Monday, February 28, 2011

August, 2010 - Our grandson Tayven turned 1!!

I meant for these photos to be in the opposite order, since it was Tayven's birthday (haha) but oh well... this is Kyla at her brother's birthday party. We LOVE living close to them and are so happy that they want us to be a part of their lives and memories. We have TONS of fun playing with them and loving them.
This is our cute little Tayven grandson enjoying his birthday cake. He is such a sweet little guy!

Granddaughter Courtney is Baptized!

We love our oldest Granddaughter Courtney and her family!! It was a wonderful and beautiful day when Courtney turned 8 years old and was ready to be baptized. Isn't she just adorable!?!
We love this picture of her snuggled up to grandpa.

Grandson Carter comes into the world!


Aden and I had tons of fun playing together while mom and dad were busy brining home a new baby. We played, walked, talked, had sleepovers, cleaned house together, gosh the list of our activities is very, very long. He is so much fun.
It was also very fun to cuddle a brand new baby... Carter James. He is our 6th grandchild and our 4th grandson. He was very easy to love at first sight. We sure love our family.
A beautiful bundle straight from heaven.

Kenne and Danielle marry


I haven't posted on my blog for a very long time. Life has been so crazy. But I want to add a few of the highlights. In July, Kerry, Nathan and I went to Illinois to visit my family. While we were there, Kenne called and said that the wedding planned for December was now in July! We rushed home and had 11 days to plan a wedding before Kenne and Dani left for Wisconsin to meet Dani's family. It was a crazy time, but all went beautifully. We love Dani and are glad to have her as a part of our family.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Nathan's Baseball Season

The runner was tagged by Nathan. He's OUT!!

Nathan getting a double play with the tag at third and then throwing it to first - he made it!
Good eye, Nathan! Ball 3.

Taking a rest between games. Nathan number is 1!
Another throw out at first.
A sacrifice bundt to get a player to second, but they missed the throw and he was safe on first AND he advanced the runner to second.

Nathan played on a traveling baseball team. One of the moms kindly took some awesome photos of the boys and shared them with us. We enjoyed 36 games this season including several out-of-town tournaments. We drove from Provo, Utah to right here in Rexburg. Most of the games were cold and windy but some were just beautiful. It has been a joy to watch Nathan play the game he loves the most. He usually plays third base but he also plays Right Field sometimes.

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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Nathan's Piano Award



Because Nathan has played in 12 piano festivals he got this cool award. Tonight after his piano recital it was awarded to him.

Eric Graduates, Heidi & Eric move

I was hoping to post a photo of Eric in his graduation cap and gown but I didn't have my camera and so I don't have a photo. But we tended Aden during part of the graduation and we had SO much fun. Here is a short little video of him talking.


Right after graduation, Heidi and Eric moved to their first "career job" in Virginia, Idaho and they will be commuting from Pocatello, Idaho.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

After Dinner Entertainment

While the men went to Priesthood, the ladies stayed and played and enjoyed visiting. We basically were entertained by the grandkids for hours. It was wonderful!

This one is the longest. It is Kyla dancing while Heidi plays the violin and Amiee plays the piano. Aden comes to join Kyla and they have fun dancing together.


These other two videos are only a couple seconds long but I just had to share them all. They are so cute.

2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt!

Last year our grandchildren were big enough to enjoy and Easter Egg Hunt. We had so much fun that Grandpa and I decided that we would make it an annual event. So last week I sent each grandchild their own invitation and we prepared by filling 200 eggs with candy and money. Then it snowed, and it snowed, and it snowed. . . about 6 inches. So, we hid the eggs in the house, made a yummy Easter dinner and here they came.Courtney is the oldest grandchild and so we hid her eggs a bit higher. Kyla, Kyler, and Aden's were about eye height for them. Tayven is just crawling and so we put all of his in the living room on the floor so that he could reach them. He actually got the hang of it pretty good.
Each of the grandkids received a magnetic book to make funny faces. They loved them. They each got a new summer outfit, and they each found about 15 eggs with candy and money.
Kyla had fun finding eggs.
Aden found most of his downstairs. It was a little less crowded down there. :)


Kyler seemed to like his shirt and shorts for the summer! He jumped up and down squealing.