The Worleys

We now have a new Worley tradition:  Put the Baby in Ava's Elmo pajamas.  Below you will see a picture of Eli in Ava's Elmo pj's.  He is EIGHT MONTHS old!  And they look like they fit him to a T. And of course he looks adorable in them! Now you can feast your eyes on Ava wearing these same pj's!  As you can see, she is standing up.  She was already walking by this age.  She got the pj's for Christmas, if I remember correctly, so she is at least FIFTEEN MONTHS old in this picture!  Judging from the fit, probably even a little older.  She started the tradition of looking adorable in these pajamas! I promise you, Eli is not big for his age.  On the other hand, in this picture Ava WAS small for her age!  She has now grown to be tall for her age.  Amazing what time can do!  I look forward to seeing another grandbaby in these pj's in the future!  (no, not expecting any more grandbabies right now.) "As long as we have food and clothes, we should be satisfied.&

Who is my favorite grandson in the whole wide world?  Elijah James Worley, of course!  Mike and I have recently begun having BOTH Ava AND Eli over lately.  It makes for a busy evening!  We are not used to having two to watch!  This past Friday, we decided to have pizza.  Ava and Pop went to get the pizza, which left me alone with Eli for a little while.  Below is the video I took of Eli reading the newspaper.  He seems to really like newspaper! He is really fond of Pop.  He was hungry, but would not take his bottle of breast milk from me!  But he was quite happy to let Pop give it to him.  Same story, second verse with the applesauce.  But he quite happily sat at my feet and played with Pop's pen for 15 minutes while we ate pizza. The next video is at breakfast the next morning with the family at the Raven.  He was quite happy the whole meal.  He has started playing "Where's Eli", and he was just so cute!  I handed Jenni the camera so we could record the fun.  (I

Every July we congregate at Uncle John's Cabin in the woods of Minnesota. It is a lovely time together. This year, it was very cool while we were there. A nice respite from the 100+ temps we were, and still are, having here in Texas! Below is the view from the upper back porch. My favorite view. Very peaceful looking. Mike and I drove up. We met Rusty and Patsy on the way and all of us spent the first night on the road in Des Moines. So proud of Mikey -- he negotiated a deal at a very nice hotel for all of us. Very, very cheap. We arrived on Friday in Minneapolis in time for lunch with Pat and Leah, and then on to the cabin. One of my favorite meals at the cabin is Steak Night. This is usually on Saturday, and Pat provides the best steaks in the whole world! And they are always cooked to perfection! Leah makes the absolutely most delicious salad to go with it. This year I was slightly handicapped. I had rotator cuff surgery in April and was not allowed to use m