A Saturday at Granny's

Can you see the apprehensiveness in their faces? They're not sure what they're about to really get into.


This is Ben and he's the one that has the horses that lives next to my mom's house. He had put down some new red dirt in the horses corrals and they all had fun rolling in it. Now this white and brown horse is now a red and brown horse. Ben wanted to see if the boys wanted to give "kisses" the horse a bath. They thought that would be fun.



So Granny got out the soap and they went to work on giving Kisses a bath. The boys stood back as far as they could at first, but over time they eventually relaxed enough to step closer to the horse.


Then they finally got brave enough to rub the horse down all by themselves. Just imagine if it had been one of the full size horses. Ha Ha.

All in all it was a fun Saturday at Granny's. We colored easter eggs, roasted marshallows (of course) and had lots and lots of fun.

Photo's anyone?

I have to take some photos for my photography class that I'm taking, so let me know what you think of these. I have learned so much about how to really use my camera to it's best potential. I am really glad that I took the class. It's 2 days a week which is the only down side to it...he he....I wish it was 3 or 4 days a week. I just want to learn more and more every time I go to class. I have had such a blast. I don't want it to end. Anyway, we have an end of the semester project due of 8 photos. So let me know what you all think of these. I'm sure there'll be more to come.

What a special day

Today was a very special day for our family. Kyle graduated from Primary and was able to receive the Priesthood and become a Deacon. He was so proud, he just smiled the entire day. He is growing up so fast. I just can't believe how my "little" boy is growing up into such a wonderful young man. We're very proud of you Kyle.

Happy Birthday Kyle

12 years ago today this sweet little boy entered our lives and changed it forever. Kyle is such a wonderful son and we are blessed to have him in our family. I am so proud of the young man he is becoming. He will receive the priesthood this next Sunday and I can't believe that I have a child old enough to do that. It's been fun to see the change in Kyle over the last couple of years.














Two years ago Kyle, Nathan and Kayla went to spend the night at Granny's house in Globe/Miami. It was March 10th when they went up and spent the night. Robert and I came up on the 11th to celebrate Kyle's Birthday with Granny at her house and then bring the kids home. We arrived in the morning and it was cold. The weather was a bit rainy, however by lunch time it turned to snow. Kyle was so excited to have snow at Granny's house on his birthday. He thought that was the best present ever. It actually ended up snowing about 6 inches and closing down all the highways out of Globe so we couldn't return home. We were snowed in at Granny's on Kyle's Birthday. I think that will be the one birthday that he will always remember. It was very special for him.

Happy Birthday Kyle. We all love you so much.

This means war !

Kyle had his 12th Birthday Party today. His actual birthday is on the 11th but we decided to have his party today with his friends. We built marshmallow guns and had a marshmallow war at the park. The boys had a lot of fun running and chasing each other. They all had this white marshmallow dust covering their mouths. The marshmallows were really covered in this dust so when they blew on the marshmallow guns this white powder came out the end with the marshmallow and then some back on thier faces. They all looked really cute with their white mouths.



I think you can barely see the white stuff on Nathan's face. It was much better in person.

Oh Dear, we lost another one

I cannot for the life of me remember the boys ever loosing so many teeth all at once. This is Kayla's third tooth to come out. This time she lost it at the Blue & Gold Banquet dinner for Cub Scouts. I knew it was really, really loose and that she was wiggling and wiggling it, but I was surprised when she turned around in the middle of the awards and looked at me with blood running down her mouth. I hate loose teeth, they just gross me out. Robert was busy conducting the awards so I had to get my good friend Trudy to come pull the tooth out. YUCK. That is not my thing. Congrats Kayla on another trip from the tooth fairy. You're on a roll. You've got to give the teeth time to come in though before you loose any more.

Tough week

A tough week or maybe actually two and a half weeks. I'm tired of being sick and still trying to function at warp speed like nothing's wrong. Today was my grinding to a hault day. Last Tuesday I finally gave up and went to the doctor for a sore throat and chest congestion. He gave me some antibiotics and I started them on Tuesday. Then on Friday I went with Nathan's 3rd grade class to the science center downtown and had a group of 4 kids with me. Half way through it one of the girls in my group passes out on the floor and after I get her up then she proceeds to vomit right there in the lobby. Everyone staring at me but no one offering to get any help. I finally had to ask someone to please find someone who works there to help us and someone else to find the teacher. It's a 4 story building so it took a while to find the teacher. Got that situation under controll but at the same time I was developing a rather painful sore in my mouth. Thought it was a canker sore but in a weird spot that's almost at the back of my throat. Delt with the pain from friday until today and now I've broken out in HIVES. Yes HIVES. They're so wonderful. So I've got a call in to my Dr's Office to see what the next plan of action will be. I took a Benadryl for the Hives so I expect to pass out any minute now. I'm a real softee when it comes to Benadryl. However, I've got to pull it together as I have my photography class this afternoon and have an assignment due. What else.......oh yeah, Today is Robert's Birthday and I have Ward Council this evening with the Stake Presidency because it's Ward Conference next Sunday. I don't think that's going to happen tonight. I think I will just stay at home with my wonderful Husband and celebrate his birthday with him. That's if he can stand my scratching.

Where did the time go?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATHAN








Where did the time go? It seems like only yesterday we were bringing home our second baby from the hospital. A little 7lb 15oz baby boy named Nathan. What a joy you have been Nathan.

Nathan is such a loving a giving spirit. It comes so naturally to him. He is always concerned about others needs and what he can do to make them happy. He never thinks of himself, just what he can give others or do for others to make them happy.

One day we were all sitting around the table eating some leftover of a dessert from Family Home Evening. There wasn't quite enough for eveyone to have some, so I gave it to the kids and to Robert. Nathan, without missing a beat, looks around the table, notices that I am not having any dessert and says....."Here Mom, you can have mine." I thanked him very much, but told him I really didn't want any tonight and he said "Really, it's okay, you can have mine."

I love this talent of his. He is so unselfish and loving towards all. I am truly grateful that Heavenly Father sent us such a wonderful family. We are blessed to have Nathan in our family and we are so happy to have spent the last 9 years watching him grow up.

Happy 9th Birthday Nathan. We all love you.

Just having fun

Our boy is growing up

Kyle has been asking for several months if he could please get a suit. He has been looking forward to this so much. I can't believe how happy is was to get a suit, but more so the Jacket. He just beamed from ear to ear yesterday when he was able to wear it to church. In fact Saturday evening at bedtime I overheard him tell Nathan that he couldn't wait to go to church. Boy how times have changed. He was so proud to wear his new suit and he looked great in it. I think you can see by the picture that he was feeling pretty good lookin'. We only had a few moments to get a picture. I'll have to try next sunday to get a picture with just Kyle. I'm so proud of him.

The Cast

Well....Nathan went to the orthopedic doctor today and they put a cast on his hand. He is a little out of sorts right now. Concerned how he is going to write at school and do baths and things. I'm sure time will prove itself that it's really not all that bad. It's just going to take some getting used to. We have to go back in a week for another set of x-rays to make sure it's setting properly and if everything is still fine, then we will return in 4 or 5 more weeks for the removal.

Puppy Love

Back to Granny's we went this past Saturday. My sister's family was all there for my brother-in-law's grandfather's funeral. So we went up for it as well. My sister got a new puppy for their family and he is so cute. His name is Cooper. I think he's about 9 weeks old and was a lot bigger than I thought he'd be. He was still so much fun to play with. The kids had a blast. Now all we hear is...."When can we get a dog?" I think we'll just go visit Cooper more often.

Sticks & Stones may break my bones....and Nerf Footballs too

Well it's official. Nathan is the first Branch to have a broken bone. He was at school on Wednesday playing football with his friends. They were using a "Nerf" football, so you'd think everything would be okay. It must have just caught him right. He was trying to catch the ball and it hit him really hard and bent his finger back or jammed it or something. He was in a lot of pain and went to the nurses office at school. They gave him some ice and sent him back to class. It was at the end of the day, but by the time he got home his finger & hand was really swollen. I called the school nurse and she suggested getting a splint at the pharmacy for it. Robert and I both thought that it was just a really bad sprain, but the next day when I took Nathan back to school, the school nurse took a look at it and suggested that I take him to get some x-rays. I thought "you've got to be kidding". But I thought better safe than sorry. Sure enough after we got the x-rays it was confirmed. Nathan broke his pinky finger on his right hand. Was I ever glad that I took him in for x-rays. Now we have to wait until tomorrow (tuesday) to see the Orthopedic Dr. I don't think they will do anything more than what we've done and that is to splint the finger. We'll see though.

Another one "BITES" the dust

Well..... another tooth "BITES" the dust at our house. Last night Kayla's second baby tooth came out. She is so thrilled. She got up this morning showing me that she has gotten bigger(grown overnight) because of it. She is measuring herself up against everything. She is so sweet.

When she lost her first tooth she was so excited and kept holding it and holding it. We tried to warn her of the impending possibility of it becoming lost. We put it in a ziploc bag to try to protect it, but she knew better (right?). Well...within minutes of the happy event, there was complete sadness through the whole family as Kayla couldn't find her tooth to leave for the tooth fairy. We all searched and searched but no luck finding the tooth.

Nathan is so sweet. He quietly went into the kitchen and wrote the sweetest letter to the tooth fairy on behalf of Kayla.

This is what it said.....and no I didn't spell the words wrong. That's how he spelled them in the letter. I think it makes it all the more endearing.

Dear Tooth Fairy,
Kayla lost her tooth. She was going to put it under her pellow for you to come, but when she opened it, it was gone. So she is rilly sad that she lost her tooth and I was wondring if you could still leave something for her.
Thanks

Nathan is so sweet and so very thoughtful. He melts my heart on a daily basis with his kindness towards others.

Thanks Nathan for always being so thoughtful and kind.

SMORES

Who doesn't love a good smore on a cold day by a warm fire. Well at Granny's house we have them on cold days around a warm fire and even on hot summer days sometimes. But this trip was a cold winter day and a great fire in Papa's shed. My dad built a shed where he could keep his tools and things. He put a Pot Belly Stove in the shed and Granny has made it into our Marshmallow Roasting Stove. The kids absolutely love and look forward to making smores with Granny.

Nathan loves to help cut the wood for the fire and Kyle is so very helpful with starting the fire. Kyle reminds me that he is a "Boy Scout" and knows how to start a fire. And then of course they're all great helpers when it comes to eating the smores. Great childhood memories are made at Granny's house.

Thanks Granny, we all love you.

Thank Heaven the cousins have a Quad

This weekend Robert was gone out of town for work, so I decided to load up the kids and head to my mothers house to visit. Everytime I tell the kids that we are going to Granny's then Kyle has to ask "Can we go to Joy & Ladd's to ride their Quad?" He just about drives you crazy with the question over and over. He absolutely loves riding them. My cousin is always so nice to let him and Nathan take turns ridding it around by their house. The live on the top of a hill and have lots of room to ride it. Kayla also is not to be left out. She gets her turn in as well. Usually Robert takes her, but since he wasn't here, Kyle stepped in to help out. Mommy surely wasn't going to get on it. No thanks.






Nathan riding the Quad






Kyle and Kayla on the Quad. Kyle lives to be on a Quad. He lives and breaths these machines. He wants us to get one so he can ride around our backyard. I don't think so.....

FALL.......Finally?

I know for those of you who don't live in Arizona, your leaves probably fell long ago. But for us here, at least at my house, the leaves are just beginning to fall. There were finally enough to rake into a pile and have some fun with.

Never Mind....I think.....

I think after many, many hours (which probably could've been better spent) I've finally started to get the hang of this. I'm sure more changes will come later. I found a web sit that gives directions of how to do this. I'm working it out slowly but surely.


Be kind with any comments on the new design. Remember I've just started.

Can anyone help

I would really like to change the background on my blog page, but haven't been able to figure out how to do that. Can anyone give me a crash course in it?