Happy #21 to my most precious granddaughter!

 

Our one and only precious granddaughter!  How can she be 21 years old?  

Here we are at Cadillac Ranch.  I was excited to show it to her...and, well, I don't think she was very impressed.  Must have been because she was just a 'rug rat' or 'ruggie' as her dad used to call her.

As a freshman and part of her sophomore year, she lived in Thailand...in Bangkok.  What an experience!

Lizbeth and I (both grandmas!) went to visit for a month.  This has always been one of my favorite pics!

                                              We all met in Colorado one year for Christmas. 

Animals...she's always loved animals!  As a 'ruggie', I would take her to the zoo and she would be content to sit for HOURS in the petting zoo.  Blu was a special lab they had.  There was definitely a special bond between them.  

                                                     Onyx is her newest love...canine love!

                                                     Of course, Baxter wants her love, too!

In the summer of 2015, she was going to school and living in London.  This was my last year to be with People to People...and guess who traveled with me?  Her dad brought her by train to meet us in Scotland.  We traveled to Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and back to England.  That was definitely special to me!

Her senior year, Thalia was back in the United States.  She was getting ready to go to her...I think this was the senior prom?  What a great picture of dad and daughter!

After high school...college.  Here she was in her dorm room for the first time.

        We love it when she makes her way to Colorado.  Her Saddie is always so happy to see her!

In January, 2020, she came back to visit.  This time, she brought Juan.  We had a family dinner so everyone could see Thalia and meet Juan.  

May, 2020, was the most recent time she's visited in Colorado.  We were cleaning out flower beds and discovered a carrot!  Her Papa, who adores his granddaughter!, was having some fun with her over the carrot.  

My precious granddaughter, wise beyond her years, studying to be a nurse, loves and cherishes her dad, still crazy over animals - especially dogs, beautiful inside and out! 

 Happy 21st birthday to you!  

I love you so much!