my Gradmother wanted me to make this photo into a 4x6 or 5x7 picture and i have no idea how to clean this up so that it will print out nice can someone help

Welcome to RetouchPRO! It looks like you forgot to attach the image.
Regards, Murray

Flora has written some instructions on posting Images to the forums Here (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/image-help/7933-attaching-files-images-threads-posts.html)