Grace Austin

We all went to the our neighborhood elementary school park were there are actually four little playgrounds, -3 of which are well suited to Grace.   It was good fun and a beautiful day.

Mom was out with her friends for Barbara’s birthday (girls night out!) so Dad and Grace planned a Rice Krispie party.

The problem was, we got home late and everyone was tired so it got postponed until Saturday morning!!   It was some good fun and the triple-batch ought to hold us over for a while(?).

A few days ago Dad and Grace made a Wal-Mart run to get ingredients for a GIANT batch of Rice Crispie Treats.  Wal-Mart is a favorite of Grace’s due to the wonderful people-watching experience.    We still have not made the treat’s but we’ve got the stuff for when we do!

Yesterday we all went to the park and Mom and Dad attempted to keep up with Grace:

Grace seems to be feeling better.  She still has a runny nose and the cough is still lingering.   But, it sure isn’t slowing her down!  She’s as busy as ever!

In the pictures you can see the runny nose and the battle scars from a chili con carne dinner.   (Grace loves vibrant food)

We stayed close to home today. Snacked and watched football was the main theme.

Grace is coughing more and her nose is running more. She made her self throw-up twice this evening because she was coughing so hard.

So we took a bath to try to feel better and then some new PJ’s. She’s a great sport and is always trying to smile, but you can see in her eyes and runny nose that she just does not feel well.

Kimberly did a very nice image for the top of Grace’s website.  She gave us a few ideas and we chose the a Nevada landscape theme -Then Kim made some nice enhancements to her original theme.   We really like it!

Kim is a graphic design student here in Reno  website -keep her in mind if you need any design work done.    Thanks much Kim!

Oh, and how many Nevada-centric things can you identify in the image?

Grace’s Canadian friend Maura sent Grace a BEAUTIFUL book.    No one knew it was coming, it just showed up in the mailbox.   We’ll be going through this book many times as it is very special.  THANK YOU Maura!!

Grace has shown a lot of interest in Dad and Mom’s wristwatches, –so today mom got Grace a watch.  We punched a hole in the band -as well as trimmed the band so it would fit Grace.    She insisted on wearing it to dinner out with Dad.  It’s kind of funny as she has no concept of time or what a watch is for …but she sure enjoys wearing one nonetheless.

Once at dinner, Grace insisted on eating all of her food, including french fries -with a fork!

Grace is one funny girl.

A few months ago we spiffed up the blog’s theme as it was pretty dated both in looks and function ….and Dad attempted a header image that was mediocre at best.  So, a couple of weeks ago, dad decided to get some help with a new header image for the blog.

Via Grace’s art instructor at the Reno Museum Of Art, -we were referred to a young lady in Reno who is a graphic art student.    We asked her to come up with a new header for Grace’s blog …but we weren’t exactly fair –uhhh, as we didn’t really give her much input!

Nevertheless, she was a great sport and threw three ideas by us:

Wow, what fun and what a hard choices.    After some thought we’ve chosen one of these themes and Kim will move forward along that particular theme for a new header image.

Nope, we’re not going to tell you which one we picked, but sometime soon you’ll find out and we’ll also tell you more about Kim –in case you need any design work done!