Grandaughters Making Waves (Pun Intended)!

I hope you grandchildren know how much fun it is for Grampie and me to do things with you. Whether it is apple picking in the fall, eating corn on the deck, traveling across the country in a rainstorm, or being treated to displays of your talents and gifts, we love it. And we love YOU.

Last June Erika and Emily were at our house to make an anniversary cake for friends of ours and to make a graduation cake for Emily's high school class. Here, Erika displayed her talents gained at a culinary arts class while Emily got some valuable hints on how it is done! We had the greatest time that night! Not only were the cakes beautiful, they were tasty! I remember telling Erika to put two roses on the cake -- one for him and one for her. In the end, she put three roses (after all, she said, a good marriage includes the Lord). Actually, a good LIFE does, too . . .

Emily and Erika are both artistic and creative, so is it any wonder that they are pursuing beauty school? When she was a bit younger, Emily was always making the cutest thingy-dews to wear in her hair. Now she is ready to graduate from Empire Beauty School in Bangor and does truly professional cuts, styles, colors, and all the other things that cosmetologists do. I was her first client at the school and just recently had another cut (but she came to the house and treated me)!

I'm not sure Erika will never decorate and sell another cake, but she is moving on to the SAME beauty school and has her sights on August 2012 to complete her course of study and become a cosmetologist, too! (Maybe they don't know it, but they are following Aunt Iola's footsteps -- and Andrea's).

So, everybody, I am beginning to realize that I should never have an excuse to be running around with a shaggy dog hair style ever again! Not with TWO grandaughters who can make the kind of waves I need. Gramp, either -- they learn man cuts!

So Congratulations, Emily, on finishing (August 25). And to Erika, who will begin classes on the 22nd! I love you both and pray for your success at your professions -- and for lives of great godliness and joy as you find the GREAT Plan He has for you.