Temple with Libbie

One of my favorite things, is when the phone rings and it's one of my grandkids wanting to go to the temple.  Libbie went through in Dec. and has made a goal to try to go every week.  She has called me a few times and invited me to go with her.  I LOVE it!!!!!

The other day her sisters wanted to go, they didn't have an appointment, and my temple was pretty busy and they said it would be quite a wait.  They said we were welcome to do confirmations, so we did.  There is nothing better than being in the temple with those you love!  We went to lunch after and had such a fun day.  I am so blessed.

 

Bonnie's 70th birhday

A few months ago, Bonnie and I were talking and she invited me to come to her house for her 70th birthday.  She had seen good prices on tickets, so I immediately got online and booked a flight.  I got there right on her birthday, and we wernt to a delicious Mexican resturant for lunch.  

Then we went to see Solo Mio right after and really enjoyed it!

Such a cute movie.

 

We had a fun night playing games and watching the Olympics.  The next morning I woke up feeling awful.  Mike had been diagnosed with Influenza type A right before I left, and I must have caught a bug from him.  I spent the next 3 days on  Bonnie's couch, coughing and blowing my nose.  I felt so bad to not be any fun, but I had NO energy.  Luckily, we watched movies, the Olympics and still had a nice time being together.

The Little's Christmas trip

This was the first year in forever, that we were not able to find a time to do a family vacation for our Christmas present.   Everyone is so busy! 4 of our grandkids are playing on club teams and that pretty muich runs their lives..  We decided that we would take the groups of kids on an overnight trip to a hotel somewhere close by.  It is still tricky finding a time when just 3-5 of the kids can come, but the Littles were the first to come up with a date.  We picked them all up and then stopped by a yummy bakery for  a treat.

Next stop was the bowling ally.  Savannah had never been before, and wasn't excited to go, but she was a good sport and had a great time. 

When we left, she asked when we could go again.

We went and picked up Mike and headed to Panda for dinner.

Then off to the hotel.  We found one with a little water park inside with a BIG water slide.

The girls had a great time.  They are all so sweet with Savannah!

We loaded up on snacks, and it was their goal to eat them all, and they almost accomplished it.

We played games and watched a movie.

The next morning, Sophie wasn't feeling well at all, so Krista came and got her.  We felt so bad for her to have to go home, but she had a fever and was miserable.  After breakfast, the girls wanted to go check out the gym, and after a few minutes there, Savvy wanted to go back to the pool, so she and I went to the pool and Kelsi and Gabbie worked out at the gym.

We then went to the Bead Fairy and they each made a bracelet.  SOOOOO many beads to choose from.  Savvy chose fast and had time to make 2.

The others it took a little longer to choose.

They had fun and made some cute bracelets.We hit Cafe Rio for lunch before taking them home.

Last Saturday, I took Sophie to luch and to the Bead Fairy.

She made 2 really cute bracelets.  We had so much fun, can't wait for the next group in 2 weeks.  

 

January birthdays

Katie and Aida turned 17 this year.  They are just 1 day apart, so we have fun taking them to lunch and celebrating them the same week.

It's hard to believe they will both graduate next year, They are growing up so fast!

 

A fun day with Zac

It's hard to believe, that with 15 grandkids, I only have one who is not in school all day and can still hang out with me.  I texted Jamie and asked her if Zac had any time that I could come and play.  She said his schedule was wide open so I made a plan to go the very next day.  

We had so much fun baking tiny loaves of banana bread,

doing puzzles,

playing games, 

and going to Wendy's for lunch.  He is just the FUNNEST little guy!

He has the most creative siblings.  Their family got an amazing cardboard cutter for Christmas and Parker made this incredible airplane.

He did it from looking at a picture of an airplane.

They also got a 3 D printer and Logan has been having a great time making creations with it!

 Such creative and talented little kids! 

 

Molly gets her mission call!

As soon as Molly got home from BYU for Christmas break, she had an interview with her bishop and submitted her papers.  Her family left for Cancun for Christmas, and her call came when she was in Cancun.  She opened it there and shared it with her close family members.  After they got home, they had a party and invited all her friends so they could get to find out where she is going. 

Richmond Virginia! She starts home MTC May 13th.

We are so excited for her!!!!

 

Libbie goes through the temple

December 26th was a great day!  Libbie went to the temple and took our her endowments.  A few years ago, she went to the open house of the beautiful Saratogo Springs temple and decided that that was where she wanted to be married.  Several months ago, she decided she didn't want to wait until she got married to go through the temple, so she made plans to go on December 26th.  What a great Christmas present. 

It was so wonderful to be there with her.  Lani, Krista, Jordan and Jamie, Josh and Merijane, Libbie's other grandparents and 3 of her best friends were there too.  

We're so happy for her!  It is such a great blessing in our lives.  She wants to work in her temple, I know she will love it!