It's been another good month with a lot going on.
1. I love the tender moments as cousins become friends.
Catharine is giving Luke a kiss on the cheek.
2. We had eight grandchildren at the Brigham City Temple
to do 50 baptisms for the dead. Sue brought Isaac and Taylor
and we came with Caleb, Jeffrey, Dusty, Katrina, Bekah, and Olivia.
This is the first time for Olivia & Caleb, who were still 11, come to
do baptisms. We had a wonderful time and feels good to have so many
of them done. The girls needed to get back for a piano recital, so
I brought them first. I got a picture, but the rest of them were still in
the temple. Hopefully in March we can bring Scott and Robert also.
3. Before we went to the temple, Tesha and I got chicken bottled.
4. We had so much fun going to school with Ben on
Grandparent's Day. There were songs, a slide show, and then
we ate lunch with him. He then took us on a tour of the
whole school. He seems to really like school and is very happy.
He is in the lime colored snow pants and blue shirt singing
at the microphone. The next picture is of Grandpa and Ben.
That afternoon we decided to head out to Arizona and
try and miss the storm. We drove that night to Cedar City
in beautiful weather. It was 10:00 when we got to Cedar
City and decided to stay the night. The next morning we
woke up to 8 inches of snow. I was glad we were that
far. the roads were tricky for a lot of the way to St. George &
then we were clear the rest of the way.
5. On the other side of Kingman, we got out of the car
and we could feel such warm weather. Dad was excited
to be back home in Arizona.
6. Levi was excited to see us and show us all around his
house. This is his room with all the different masks from
the super hero costumes in the bucket below. It was so
good to see everyone. That night at scriptures when Paul
was helping him, he could repeat every word Paul said
and we could understand each one. It was so wonderful.
Then Audrey read her scripture in Spanish. She's very
excited to go on her mission.
7. It's nice to get to see the kids in their activities.
We usually don't see them since we live so far away.
Sammy is playing basketball and loves it.
I always get good ideas as I visit everyone.
8. This is how Lacey organized her game closet room.
It's a simple idea, but sure works for getting out games
and putting them back without spilling.
9. We had fun making a quilt from Jelly Rolls.
I had just learned it before I came down. In a Jelly Roll,
the material is already cut. We sew them all together in
one long strip 1500 inches long and then keep folding
it in half to make the top. All three girls made one.
This is Elise sewing hers.
11. Watching Levi at his sports time on Saturday. He's
in the very front in a blue shirt by his coach.
12. We had a great time going to the Phoenix with Paul
and Audrey. She's an ordinance worker there until
she leaves for her mission at the end of March.
13. All three quilt tops done and Levi peeked
out to photo bomb the picture!
On Sunday we went to church and then went to hear
Pres. Nelson at a fireside. Paul and the three older girls
went to see them in person at the stadium and Lacey and
us & the younger two went to the stake center.
It was a very good and inspiring fireside.
14. We left AZ on Wednesday morning. The skyline
of the Arizona and Nevada mountains is so beautiful.
A picture just doesn't do it justice.
15. I love John's library. There's chairs in it and it's
just so comfortable to be in there. I took a picture
just in case I have room in our new house for one.
16. It was Sam's birthday the day after we came. John was
on a work trip, so we opened them over face time with John.
He's 11 years old and growing up so fast.
17. His birthday is on Valentine's Day, so the kids are
opening their Valentines.
18. It reminded me of Valentine's Day in the past, so
Dad and I went to Walmart and got candy bars to make
the traditional candy bar Valentine. Dad came up with
all the wording. Front: Ruth Ellen, Danny, Maren; Back:
Sam, me with Timmy in front, Dad, and Kirsten.
19. Having birthday cake with John and Sam.
20. Looking at the blog books I did while down
with our sore knees.
20. I just couldn't pass up taking a picture of their two little
dogs sitting on the heater vent. It's been windy and cold.
They are definitely dessert dogs and very cute and friendly.
21. Kirsten also made a quilt top. We had time to
finish the back in fleece. It makes a warm throw quilt.
22. The wind stopped and we had a work day on President's Day.
It felt so good to be outside and working. John planted a tree,
and we got a lot of raking done. The pile of weeds is behind
the tree. It's a lot bigger than it looks!
23. On the way home we stopped at Primary children's
hospital to see Robert and David. We had a good visit,
but he sure looked thin and weak, but happy. He came
home from the hospital late that night. They were both
very happy to be home.
24. We finally arrived home. It was good to be back and
Joe's kids were glad to come back downstairs to play.
25. Linda learned to sit alone while we were gone.
26. On Sunday we had our monthly FHE gathering.
It was good to see everyone.
27. Val gave the lesson. She asked what everyone had done
that day. As they answered, she filled the jar with rice. If
it was something spiritual, she put a little ball in. There
wasn't enough room for all the balls after the rice was gone.
However, when the spiritual things were put first, all the rice
still fit in the jar. Great analogy.
28. We then sang Happy Birthday to February birthdays.
29. Joseph's kids had dropped money down the vent, but
didn't get it all out. He told Max that he could keep
anything he found. He was thrilled with sandwich bag
filled with lots of change:)
30. Zach had Grandparent's Day, so we had another great
day at Fielding Elementary. Here he is waving to us before
the other class got there. We had such a great time.
31. After we finished with Zach, we traveled to Salt Lake where
Dad had a meeting on his early membership file. On the way
home, we stopped at Rob's and had a nice visit. Then we went
to A. Janet and U. Ralph's to visit. His Parkinson's is much
worse. Time & Jillyn are taking such great care of him and Janet.
This is Tim's youngest holding a quilt she just finished.
In January, A. Melony helped her to get started on the binding.
32. son Brian played the tuba for us. He had just
finished auditioning for a scholarship with the U of U
a few days earlier. It great to visit with them all.
33. Joe & Tesha had a game night with Mike & Emily and
Daniel & Ellen. They had a good time.
34. Caleb & Jeffrey had a band concert. Caleb is in
the blue shirt at the back. Jeffrey also played, but I didn't get a picture.
He also found out he made the
Baseball team at Bear River. He's very excited and relieved.
35. Joe & Tesha got 26 little baby chicks in the mail.
It was a very exciting time.
It's been a whirlwind of a month with travels and gatherings
in three different states! Life is good. We are all on a
great journey that takes us down many different paths, but
we are here together and can give love and support to each other.
We love you all very much.
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