Kicking off 2025 with a Visit to Niles

I wanted to make sure we ventured up to Niles before the kids went back to school so we made a trip on January 2nd to visit with Grandma, Aunt Sheri and Laura.  It was the first time I had been back to by grandparent's house since my Grandpa died and it was definitely weird leaving here alone when it was time to go home but she is keeping busy and made sure we had a nice visit.

 

Grandma got an Apple Watch for Christmas but wasn't very impressed with it until Nolan shows her how to work it and was able to change the watch face to Mickey Mouse.  She was really excited about her new watch when he was done showing her what it can do.

The girls put together the Noah's Ark puzzle and played Boobytrap.

Grandma had a full lunch with pizza, fruit, salad and cookies.  The kids couldn't resist her big container of Cheez Balls.

As we were leaving, she told us to start taking what we want from around her house.  Marine had eyed this little white bear the last time we were there but Grandma said she couldn't have it at that visit (for whatever reason).  This time around, Mairin remembered, and asked again.  She was so excited when Grandma said she could keep it and told her to think of her whenever she holds it.  Mairin has been sleeping with it every night since our visit.