Cape Cod

My husband's parents invited us on a trip to Cape Cod! It was our first time to go!

We collected some very cool rocks and shells.

We stayed in an adorable cape house. We went to three different beaches. The boys had a blast. Our favorite part was a homemade ice cream shop called Cape Cod Creamery. I loved the vanilla cinnamon ice cream but their blueberry ice cream was a huge hit with the boys!

Pirates at The Beach!

We went to Long Beach Island for a week of fun and relaxation with the boys and their cousins! Dave had this great idea to have a pirate treasure hunt for all the kids. We got pirate party favors and candy and put them in a huge chest. Dave mapped out a plan and buried clues along the beach for the kids. Uncle Tom ran in to tell us that a pirate was sited out on the beach and the fun began! (My husband is in charge of planning Landon's next birthday party! He has some seriously creative party planning skills!)

"Hey Everyone, There Are Pirates Outside!"


Let's look for clues!


There's a clue here, Logan!


All the clues taped together made a huge key with a treasure map on the back!


We found the treasure! DIG! DIG!


Is There Treasure Inside?


"Wow the pirates knew each of our names and left everyone a bag of goodies!"

Pictures of The Boys!

Soccer Practice!




This reminds me of when Dave's soccer players used to say "All for Him!" here where Logan is giving God the glory for his soccer skills!

The boys in our garden!

Hi From Connecticut

We miss you in Texas! We made it to Connecticut! It's is really great to be here!
Dave is getting ready to start his phd in August. We went to register him last week. It was really exciting and I was so proud! His classes are fully funded and he will teach and coach to get free school. One of his classes is called Cadaver Anatomy, he has to dissect a cadaver to prepare it for the undergrads! He's excited about the class and I am very thankful that he is the one taking it and not me. I wouldn't be able to even walk through the door of that class. As Logan would say "EWE!"
I am doing great! I love living in the country and feel as though I was a misplaced city girl for my first 28 years. There's something about the beautiful quiet that makes it even easier to think about God.
Landon is so happy that he dances often. He loves living a 10th of a mile from our fishing cove and a half mile from our beach on our lake. He jumps off of a huge rock at the beach into a deep body of water and is as brave as other boys twice his age. (With a life jacket on.) He is in "boy heaven!"
Logan is doing great as well. He is saying all new words and is an intense fisherman. He has to reel the fish in all by himself. He still is as sweet as always and runs to give everyone hugs!

Saying Bye to DBU!

A little history: Dave and I met at DBU! Dave was getting his masters and I was getting my undergrad. He waited until I was a junior and then asked the president if he could take me out to dinner. (Since he was a coach.) I said "YES!"

We dated briefly and got married in August 2001!

We multiplied and to stay with the Granniss tradition of 100 years and continuing, we were blessed with two BOYS!

The Granniss Family

Landon age 4 and Logan age 2. Landon likes baseball (from mom) and Logan likes soccer (from Dad of course). Landon can hit the ball over the fence with a daddy pitch (no tee!) and Logan already holds onto the soccer ball and dribbles. We have high dreams for the boys! :)

Brotherly Love!

Closing this chapter in our lives to say "BYE DBU and FRIENDS!"

Our Black Labs

We love our black labs, Guinness and Annie.
My husband had Guinness before we got married. She's eight years old now. She used to sleep in his bed until I dethroned her after our honeymoon. Sorry Guinness!
We found out some sad new today. Guinness has cancer. I know Dave is pretty sad. I don't think we are going to tell the boys yet. We are going to give Guinness pain medication for now and see how she feels. Moving is already so emotional, today was a rough day. It really makes you just hold on to each other and be truly thankful for family and friends.
UPDATE: We just found out that Guinness does not have cancer! She was not healed, but she was misdiagnosed. So Praise the Lord!

God is Good!

We are moving to Connecticut in approx. two months and this is the first time it has really "hit me" that we are moving. I think I have been emotional all day because of it.
We are amazed at all the things God is doing to get us ready to move.
We put our house on the market three weeks ago. The first person to sign up to see the house (besides all of our friends and neighbors who knocked on our door and wanted to see it) put an offer on our house! This is seriously a God thing! I am so excited but part of me is a little sad. It's the first time I have realized that we won't be here two months from now.
The past month has been very busy. Logan broke his collar bone and it has now almost healed. He was trying to get a balloon and he fell. I have been sleeping with him every night. He turns over on his bone and cries and I turn him back over. It breaks my heart! He has slept well the past few nights and he has shown huge signs that his bone is better. We get an x-ray next week to make sure it is completely healed. He's our little trooper!
Landon is in a very fun age. He is really good at paying UNO and he beats me at the game (almost every time) I don't even have to let him win! Landon also loves to help out around the house and he started a great trend. When his laundry basket gets full, he dumps it into the washer and gets me to help him put the detergent in the load. He is so cute. He loves to be a big helper!
We should know a move date pretty soon! Our rent house has a contract and closes in two weeks. Our house has an offer! Our house in Connecticut that we will live in closes at the end of April. I'll keep you posted!
We also had an exciting thing happen! We won the lottery!
We probably will just donate all of the money after we buy a house.
Oh wait we don't play the lottery... so I guess that I should now say "April Fools!"