In the words of one of her many small great-grandchildren, "She's my old old old old old old great great great great great great grandma. She's as old as Santa Claus!"
Allow me to educate you.
Grannies are fiesty.
Grannies like to walk 5 miles every day.
Grannies shut disobedient children in the cooler (scary unfinished basement room with no windows and heavy metal door that locks from the outside only).
Grannies love to run rivers in white water rafts.
Grannies throw rocks at cats when they enter the yard.
Grannies like to ski, go snowmobiling, hike, swim, water ski, and ride horses.
Grannies burn hundreds of collectors edition comic books that could have made us all rich.
Grannies have traveled all the world.
Grannies keep magic genie lamps in their living rooms.
Grannies occasionally take their young granddaughters to see movies at the Villa Theater.
Grannies love to read books.
Grannies are tough because they grew up with three brothers.
When window-wells get full of water, Grannies break windows with wedding rings while yelling at sons to bail faster.
Grannies just talk and talk and talk and talk and talk and talk.
Grannies get upset when snakes fireworks make messes on the patio. (Click here if you don't know what snakes are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK-PqwxC6lM)
Grannies like to jump on trampolines and watch kids play in the sprinklers.
Grannies do NOT like to "sew, crochet, embroider, do handicrafts, write letters, keep scrapbooks, wall paper, paint, wash walls, clean windows, scrub floors, or most of those other things that you more talented domestic types like to do."
Granny is my 87 year old paternal grandmother.
We love Granny.
Happy Mothers Day
Gayle Claire Ashworth Lloyd
Gayle reading 1938
Grand canyon ~1941
Wrestling with little brother Clint ~1946
Clint and Gayle on the river ~1949
Bruce & Gayle wedding Sept 1st, 1950
Gayle and Bruce, South Africa mission, 1986
Granny with great-grandkids James Booth and Sophie Lloyd at Red Butte Garden.
May 10th, 2014
