Thanksgiving 1989
Christine: "Thankful for her friends and family."
Lauren: "Glad she got to spend the night with Pawpaw and GDad and bake cookies."
Miscellaneous Times
Christine: "PawPaw, aren't you glad you don't have any wild boys - just two girls."
Lauren: 'But you have a wild boy - Granddad!"
Lauren: "PawPaw, why don't you go to work for Granddad and let him stay with us." (I think he let them do anything they wanted!)
Lauren: "I want some Cinnamon-Up." (For 7-Up).
After attending Christine's Open House at Kingsgate Pre-School, Lauren said: "Well, that surely was a mess!"
Lauren called cupcakes - pupcakes.
She called the Bible and The New Testament the "Jesus Book".
Some other sayings from Lauren;
About tornado: "The tomato almost got us."
"When I get big, will I have spots on my face, like PawPaw?"
"PawPaw, do you want me to kiss you on your stripe (wrinkle)?"
"Granddad, you don't have any boys because you're a little bit bald-headed."
When PawPaw asked Lauren if she was going to be a college professor when she grew up, she said: "I am going to be a church kid."
Lauren likes PawPaw's smashed potatoes and bacon beans.
April 1990. Lauren said she missed going to church at MW City 1st. She missed Pastor Stewart, she liked to hear him pray.
Christine told God she didn't like to drive so far but she missed Sister Patty and Pastor Stewart.
August 1990. Connie, Cathy, Lauren and Christine went to see Ron and Nedra at Turner Falls. Christine woke up as we drove into the camp area and said: "Smell that delicious food."
April 1991. Lauren asked her mother if she and Christine would have to take care of her when she was old. Cathy said, "Yes." Lauren asked if Daddy would be old too. Cathy said, "Yes." Lauren said the only "old boy" she knew was Granddad.
Sayings from Christine:
"And PawPaw is laughing at everything I say."
December 1992. Lauren in church. Granddad had said, "What you need to do spiritually, do right now." Lauren looked at her mother and said, "I need to home right now."
Christine: "You and Granddad are the best grandmother and grandfather in the whole wide world." Later that evening, "Everyone should have a grandmother."
And now that Christine and Lauren have finished college and are married, I wish I had listened closer and had written down more of the statements they shared with us. Great memories!
