Why Blog?

My friends have been after me to start a blog for a while now. I've comtemplated the reasons why people do a blog and decided that for me the reason was twofold. First, it would be a great way to keep Grandparents happy, and other family members and friends up to date on the happenings of our family. And second, it would eliminate the guilt I feel as a mom of not keeping a consistent journal or scrapbook about my family. I mean, when poor Sydney's scrapbook contains a picture of me when I was pregnant with her, that is kind of sad. She is 7. Yikes! So here goes my attempt at eliminating some guilt in my life and aspiring to be a bit like my late Grandma Hansen, who I adored, and who wrote in her journal, often daily, but always weekly for about 65 years. Since her death I have been reading and working (very slowing) on typing out those journal entries for her posterity and I can honestly say I've been blessed by her words and experiences. Since my friends told me they print out their blog entries and make them into a book each year I thought this was a great reason to "jump on board the blog train". Unfortunately I didn't know how to delete this post, but you can see that I actually started this blog on January 29th but didn't touch it again until September. I'm re-dedicating myself now, so here goes. Happy Day, Ronda