God Bless Gram and Gramps B!

Hi there folks, sorry I am a little behind on my blog. We have been pretty busy here in UB doing a whole lot of NOTHING! And guess what?! It felt AMAZING! Here's the skinny...Gram and Gramps B came down last Sunday and proceeded to cook, clean, cut the grass, scrub the porch, do the laundry, edge the sidewalks, paint the furniture, vacuum, straighten up, etc, etc...all the while fully and completely entertaining me. Mom and dad have no idea how they managed to do it all, but you sure wouldn't believe how thankful those two saps were! And the house and yard look better than ever! Mom was so well rested and energized she cut almost ALL of the lawn today. Can you believe it? She hasn't felt like doing anything in SO long, and she smiled the whole time! Dad and I got our own burst of motivation and headed to town for the grocery shopping and BJs. All this was accomplished by 11:15am! Woah! We were all SO sad to see Gram and Gramps drive off into the sunrise today on their Harley. Poor mom was crying. Dad said this morning I'd sure be lonely without my real-life play toys, but mom is really the one who will be missing the company. We all went out yesterday and had a nice dinner at the Macaroni Grill. It was delicious as usual. Then we went to the mall and I got some new books and mom got some new duds. Poor thing, she needed them, she is starting to look a bit uncomfortable walking around with her pants unbuttoned! Friday evening we went for Hoffman's ice cream and I got my very own cup. Chocolate marshmallow and boy, was it tasty! I don't know if I told you but I LOVE ice cream. Last weekend was quite the event too; we went down to WV to see our family for a whirlwind visit and to join the celebration of Nanny's 80th birthday. I got to meet my uncles Mike and Danny, aunt Dee, cousins David and Brian, and their family. What a nice time we had. We also got to spend some time with Papaw Bill, Lisa, great Grandma Sloan and uncle Scott. It was hectic and we wish we could have spent more time but we're sure glad we could make it. We even ran into aunt Dawn and her family at Bob Evans before we had to leave. The ride home was quite a doozy...20 minutes shy of our house, I had a major puke fest. But don't worry, none of it got on our Honda, I strategically threw up repeatedly all over mom. Bless her heart, she took it well and even laughed about it! More news, you know we have the 4th of July coming up and Mom and Dad can't wait! I am so excited to run around with all of my friends and maybe even this time I will make it until the fireworks! We are heading to a cookout at our friends, the Smells' house on Friday, then of course, over to the Halfins' for Saturday's festivities. I didn't tell you but we had a wonderful visit with aunt Helen. We were so thankful to spend a few days with her, and so sad to see her go. Mom felt so bad because she was sick during the visit, but we still managed to enjoy our company to the fullest. We hope both aunt Helen and Liz had fun too and will come back soon to see us. Great Grandma Hively turned 80 this past Thursday, quite an accomplishment, let's hope we are all as beautiful and vivacious as her at 80. Cousin Carrie turns 32 on the 26th, so if you see her, tell her happy birthday! I posted some pics above of our trip to the aquarium and me clowning around the house. I tell you, you better come and see me soon because before long, I am going to be delivering FULL speeches. I guess I better get working on that. Back to the grind tomorrow, ugh! I feel for mom and dad, but you know I am also excited to see Ms. Michele, Me-mom, Pop, and all of my friends and their family. Please know how much we love and miss you and think of us often, as we do you. Love you big bunches, XOXOXOXO, Cooper B.