By: Steve Pearce

 Our grandson returned to Arkansas yesterday after spending 2 weeks with Cynthia and me in New Mexico.  About a month ago our granddaughter was with us for a couple of weeks.

We had him tag along to campaign events.  He got to meet Susana Martinez, Matt Chandler and a couple of the other candidates here in New Mexico.

We managed to work in a “couple” of grandson type things.  Joe and Sarah Yue have been long time friends of the family and have watched over our daughter like she was their own, she referred to them as “Uncle Joe and Aunt Sarah”. 

Now, they have a full relationship with our grandkids.  Two or three days Uncle Joe, Preston and I went fishing.

  There were bass and blue gill in abundance.  

 …and “big catfish”.  Preston landed this one.

Preston started this puzzle one night so almost every night our spare minutes found us puzzling over the pieces. 

 He likes science so his Nana got him science projects.  We shot this rocket until we ran out of rocket fuel.

 Sidney Crowe took his floundering swimming and taught him for two weeks, transforming him into a torpedo.

She taught him how to enter the pool, turn at the wall.  She worked hard for a full hour.

Summer is winding down, the grandkids are back home getting ready for a new school year and rooted more deeply in our hearts.