Technology for Grandmas!

My husband and I were recently home for Easter. A few posts ago, I shared an NPR story about my hometown. Since my 83 year old grandmother ( I know, she doesn't look 83 at all) does not have a computer, I decided to download the NPR podcast and let her listen to it on my iPod. (Yes, the same hot pink iPod Adam got me for my birthday.)

The funniest part about this whole thing was that once she put the iPod on, she was walking around her kitchen and house multitaking like a true iPod user. It was quite entertaining. My grandmother has never stayed current with modern technologies. She was completely happy with using a typewriter and accounting ledger for our family business from age 25 to 80. I was very impressed with how open she was about using the iPod. I think she really enjoyed the convenience of it. The Apple iPod is truly designed for people of all ages.

On a side note: It was great to be able to come home to visit our families, especially around the holidays. I hope we can keep up the frequency or increase the frequency of our visits once we have children because our family is so important to us. While our visit was short, we try to soak up every moment we can with family. Here are a few images of my 3 year old twin cousins petting my dad's pet pony, Buddy.

Besides his grandkids, this pony is my dad's pride and joy. He rescued it. The renters on our property didn't want to care for the animal anymore and were planning to give it to someone who was supposedly going to feed it to the lions (alive). How cruel!

God bless my Dad for his warm, caring, loving heart.