My kids love rocks. They pick them up everywhere they go and ask if they can keep them for their "rock collection". They don't have to be special, pretty or unique, any old rock will do. We were at my Grandma and Grandpa's a few weeks ago and I wanted to show them what a REAL rock collection looked like. My Grandpa is a pro! He even has a tumbler to polish them up. I told the kids to go ask if they could see it and they were off to ask Grandpa (with me following close behind so Grandpa could understand them :D).
On a side note... My Grandpa's shop (in the picture) was their first house. My Grandpa built it after they were married. This is where my mom spent her childhood. It has a tiny kitchen with a cinder block pony wall that separates the living space from the kitchen. My mom would stick her peas down in the holes of the cinder block. There is a tiny bathroom (you almost can't turn around in it), a mud room and two bedrooms. My grandparents slept in one and my mom and her five siblings slept in the other.
This is the wallpaper from the kids room, poodles.
Grandpa did not disappoint! He showed the kids rocks of all shapes and sizes. He also had petrified wood and the kids favorite... petrified dinosaur poop! (Grandpa said "dung" but they had NO IDEA what that was.:D)
I love this picture! My Grandpa has a beautiful smile! It is one of my favorite things about him!
I am so glad that my kids get to know my Grandma and Grandpa Gurney. They are two of the most amazing people I know! They have set incredible examples for their family and I am grateful to be part of it!
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