Mr. Popular

Well, Grandaddy did it. He bought a golf cart. I don't know who is more excited about it Grandaddy or the great grand kids. They all jumped out of the pool to go take a spin in grandaddy new wheels. He is stylin thru the yard now. It is much quieter than the lawn mower. He came over this morning and we didn't even hear him coming. I hope he enjoys it and that it will get grandmom out in the yard a little more. She did go for a spin with him on Saturday. I guess it is true, girls do chase guys with cool wheels.

Reunion Time

Family Reunion time once again. This year was great just like every other year. Amelia won one of the big money jars. She walked away with $11.00. She was so excited. It was nice to see everyone. There was a little bit larger crowd this year. Estella met a few people that she recognized from her school and found out that she was related to them. Dallin spent most of his time happily sitting in Grandmoms lap. David cousins that live down in Florida were able to come up, also his cousins and Aunt from out west braved the trip. All of David's Grandparents children, grand children, and great grand children along with spouses were there except for one, Ryan, Allyson's husband had school. We hope he can make it next year. It was an enjoyable time even with all the rain that came just in time for our annual picnic at the compound. David and his dad worked in the yard all week for it to start raining about an hour before everyone started coming. so we crammed into the Grandparents house, and had a great time anyway. I was glad to see everyone and look forward to next year.

Graduation

Amelia had preschool graduation on May 15Th. She did Great! She looked so cute. We are so proud of her. She says she isn't going to go to kindergarten, so we hope she gets excited about over the summer. Amelia had a good year in school. She learned how to write all her letters and she is well on her way to being an excellent reader. Getting her to school everyday is well.... how do I put this nicely... a challenge on a good day, once she gets there of course she is a perfect angel. I hope school next year will be great for her and that it won't be such a struggle getting her there. Hey, I figure if your going to dream you might as well dream big right?

One Funny Kid

Gretchen Is so full of personality these days. She is such a joy to me. Here are a few pictures of her doing some of her favorite things. I know all kids go thru the wearing big people shoes, but she takes it to extremes. All day long that is what she does. It is not at all unusual to find her with a flip flop on on foot and a high heel on the other. She isn't picky, but noisy is always better. She also loves to sing. Now mind you this is my child that doesn't talk yet. She jabbers all day and she believes she is talking, I just haven't been blessed with the gift of speaking in tongues, so I have no idea what she is saying. We sing the " If your happy and you know it song" and when it gets to the part that says, then your face will surely show it, she puts her fingers beside her mouth and twist them around. It is darling to watch. Now don't get me wrong if you have seen my sister in law Jennifer's blog you will see that she has plenty of attitude. It must run in David's family, because we all know I don't have an attitude. I really am enjoying watching her grow, and learn new things.

Oh Jed

You just have to love Jed. Here he is last Sunday afternoon after church napping on his mommy. You know there are alot of things that I love about Jed, one of them being that no matter how old he gets he is a snuggler. Who would think that this is where you would find a 15 year old boy napping. It has been fun being able to live here and get to know all the fun quirks of the Jedster. I also observed him making ramen noodles yesterday. Now that is one site to behold. He is so funny. The time and energy that he puts into a bowl of ramen is priceless. You would think that he was making some 5 star restaurant meal, but no it is just as he put it " perfect ramen noodles." I know that we probably drive him crazy living here,but I am glad that we have gotten this chance to get to know each other better.

Estella's makeover party

Estella's birthday, Part 2. She had a spend the night party on Friday. On Saturday morning after only a few hours of sleep they did makeovers. It was insane, but fun. They had a blast. Amelia was so funny. She kept holding the mirror trying to be so precise putting on her lip gloss, never mind the globs of eye make up. I am glad to report that I lived thru it, but I am not necessarily looking forward to teenage years. Estella had her cousins Madeline, Isabella, and Caitlin. She also had her two great friends from church Erin, and Ayla. I did try to teach Estella the concept that less is more sometimes, but you see how well I got my point across?

Dallin was blessed on april 26, 2009.
Dallins Blessing was wonderful. Many of our Family came. We missed all of you that couldn't make it , but we understand. The outfit was so sweet. Lynelle made it out of satin, so he was a bit slippery to hold onto. After the blessing we all came bak here and had a great luncheon. Taco Salad. It was a beautiful weather day and I think a good time was had by all.