Dinner Invitation!

Dan and I have learned never... never turn down an invitation to eat a meal cooked by Melinda! We were invited to share a steak dinner with yummy potatoes, mushrooms, spinach salad and yes, chocolate dessert with ice cream! What a tasty dinner.

Now if that were not enough we had a such a good time with Jason, Melinda and our Laura and Sara. We love those girls and they completely entertain us! Good times!

We watched the Jazz play Golden State and we lost big time. That was the only part of the evening that was not so much fun!

Super Bowl

Alas, we had another delightful SBS with my siblings and our families at Kevin and Geri's house. We even donned our "goofy" 3-D glasses for the "Monster's show" just after halftime. That was cool! We ate and cheered for our teams and ate and had fun and ate! Yes, we were full and content to hang around and just enjoy our time together. Thanks to Kevin and Geri for hosting such a fun party! When all was said and done, we had experienced a good time, and a good game. Pittsburgh 25, Arizona 21 with a last second tip-toe catch in the endzone!

New Teenager # 2

Here comes Tyler following in the footsteps of Adam and becoming a TRUE TEENAGER!
Yikes! Hard to believe that the boys are growing so fast. Tyler is a great kid and we are so happy that we could share in the 13th birthday celebration with cake and ice cream and I must admit some teasing too. Tyler thinks he will have more privileges and more freedom now that he is 13 year old.....daddy Todd had some different ideas and reminded Tyler that he was still the Dad! Tyler took all the teasing in stride and we had a great time together. It was so nice to have our Rylie and Taryn join in all the fun! Love you all!

Happy Birthday Sophie!

We had such a grand time with Bret and family and our Sophie who turned TWO years old! Jason, Melinda, Laura and Sara came to our party which made everything perfect! Sophie adores Laura and Sara and they adore her. They smile at each other and give hugs and kisses complete with giggles and fun. It is just precious to watch the girls be girlie. Speaking of girlie the cake and ice cream were PINK. The cake had princess rings in it and the girls had so much fun wearing the rings and playing. What a special day with our family. We loved every minute of our time together. Happy Birthday Sophie!

Teenagers!

We had the first of our three oldest grandsons turning the big "13" in 2009!

Adam was the first one on January 11th. We had a great birthday dinner with cake and ice cream to celebrate his big day. We really enjoyed Bret and family so much including our Sophie girl. We had a really lovely day filled with love and a fun 13th Birthday party!

Next up will be Tyler's 13th birthday on the 28th of January and Bryson will be joining the group and we will officially have "Three Teenage boys" by February 15.

I guess 2009 will really shine as we prepare for new adventures with the new trio!!! Does that mean triple the FUN in 2009?

New Year 2009

We had a great time celebrating the New Year with Bob, Keri and family up from Saint George and Todd, Tyler, Rylie and Taryn. We had so much fun eating, playing "Rockband", laughing and enjoying the moment.
I love to watch the kids pair off with favorite cousins their own age, which has worked out so well in our family, and just make their own fun. It is great to see the excitment on their faces when we all get together. I think it is so cool to see how much they really not only love each other but really like each other.
We toasted in the New Year in together! I even stayed up until 1:00 P.M. while grandpa Dan faded away just after midnight! It made me feel happy that I could actually hang in there!
Good times once again thanks to our family!

Recap of 2008

I want to find out who is fast forwarding our lives? Time as a knew it has changed somehow...it just goes faster than in past years...I don't know how... but it just does and this past year is no exception!
We have had a fun and eventful life through 2008. We are getting older and a wee bit of gray hair is showing up and our children are getting a wee bit older and some are showing a wee bit of gray hair too! Grandchildren are getting older and more beautiful daily and continue to be such an amazing and joyful part of our lives.
We appreciate what good parents our children are to our grandchildren....THANK YOU for doing such a wonderful job of raising and loving our wonderful grandchildren. You are all such a big part of our lives and we don't know what we would do without all of you! You provide us with so much to look forward to, fun times and so much comic relief along the way! Perhaps life is so full of living that may explain the reason that time goes by so quickly....we are having the time of our lives. I can't wait to see what 2009 has in store. Bring it on!