Jack and Gabbie's Birthdays

On March 23, this cute boy turned 11.  He loves Indian food like his mom and dad, and wanted to go to an Indian resturant not far from his home.  They had the YUMMIEST naan bread!

Gabbie's birthday is just 2 weeks later on April 6th.  Mike wasn't feeling great, so I took her to Texas Roadhouse.  That place never disappoints.

 

So grateful for all our sweet grandkids!

Easter and Conference

I LOVE that we have been encouraged to make Easter a season instead of just one day.  We had such a nice week studying about Holy Week.  Our ward sent out messages each day about what went on that day.  We were able to listen to lots of podcasts explaining about it and it was so nice to really focus on Christ.  My decorations were centered on Christ so I have really enjoyed this Easter Season.

Nothing could have been better than to have Conference on Easter weekend.  All of the talks focused on Jesus and it was so nice to listen to our leaders teach us about Him.

This year, we actually had our Easter Dinner on Easter!  Jamie and her kids were in California for Spring break, visiting her mom, but everyone else was able to come.  We even had Tatia's family join us, so fun!  The Boys

The Girls

The Parents

We had a delicious meal which eveyone brought something yummy.  I'm so grateful for our Savior and all that he has done and continues to do for us.

 

The Bigs and Middles Christmas getaway

This weekend we had our get away with most of the Bigs and Middles.  Hailey wasn't able to be there because she is serving her mission in Texas, and Katie wasn't feeling well enough to come.  We missed them both!

Our first stop was the bowling ally.  Then we went to Zupas for dinner, so yummy!

We checked into our hotel and played a fun game Molly brought  and watched a movie.

I brought plenty of snacks.

The next morning we ate breakfast at the hotel and dropped Mike off at home.  Then we headed to the Bead Fairy.

The girls had looked on Pintrest to find ideas for the bracelet they wanted to make.

Libbie on the left made a pearl one, Abi is next to Libbie and chose all kinds of cool beads, then Molly  made one with pearls and navy blue beads, and Aida made one with gold, pink and pearls.  They were all so unique and pretty!    We had lunch at Chick Fil A before everyone headed home.  We had a wonderful time with these sweet girls.  We are so blessed.

 

My 70th birthay

I remeber when 70 used to seem sooooo OLD!  Well, it doesn;t seem old at all to me now. 😂  I started my day by serving at the temple, always a great start to the day!  Mike and I went to the Cheesecake Factory for a delicious lunch.

Then we took all our kids, all our grandkids that could make it, and Lani to Leatherbys for Banana Splits.

There were 21 of us and we got the party room.

Jordan's family were all able to come.

Krista's family minus Hailey on her mission and Aida at Cosmotology school.

Josh's family minus Jack at activity days and Katie who wasn't feeling well.

Jamie's family minus Molly at BYU.  What a fun night!

This year for my birthday, I requested instead of buying me a gift, that they invite us to spend an evening with their family.  We ended up getting invited to lunch or dinner and a games with each family.  I love when we all get together, but it's fun sometimes to get to spend time in smaller groups.

Krista's family

Jordans family

Jamie's family

and Josh's family

 

Molly's Temple Day

Molly has been wanting to go through the temple since December, when she turned in her mission papers.  She was finally able to find a day that worked for everyone she wanted to have there with her.  What a great day February 28th was!  

All of our kids were able to be there, and all of our daughter in laws.  Unfortunatly, Matt wasn't feeling well, so he couldn't be there.  So great to be in the temple with all of them and Lani.

Congratulations Molly!

 

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.