Wrapping up Idaho

 Fred has the pictures on his camera I hope of Sunday.

Garrett received the Priesthoood and was ordained a Deacon on Sunday.

His great grandpa Burke ordained him. 

My Dad really wanted the opportunity to ordain a Great Grandson.

It was very thoughtful of Corinne and Ben to ask Garrett how he felt about that. 

Garrett said yes. 

On Monday we had the family over to our hotel to swim before we checked out.

 Here we have Father and Daughter supervision.

 This is Richard and Henry. 

  Here is Garrett, Spencer & Henry.

 I actually am not sure who this is. Either Garrett or Richard.

 Ben doesn't love swimming, but he goes willingly all the time with the boys. 

 Next was lunch at Burger King.

The big boys sat with us. Richard and Garrett.

 Must have selfie!!

 Here we have the other table with the rest of the Fam.

Ben & Spencer and Henry by Corinne. Plus Garrett in the foreground.

 These two can eat!!

Next was the park. Here's Henry. 

  Ben and Richard and I think Spencer on the swing.

 Swinging Garrett.

 Then we moved onto skating.

Here is Garrett and Spencer.

 Henry and Mom.

 Ben with Spencer and Richard.

 Ben and Garrett. We watched. 

I just don't want to risk falling and actually hurting myself in some permanent way.

And last, but certainly not least.

ICE CREAM

Mom and Henry.

 Spencer & Garrett.

Corinne and Ben, Richard and Henry.

 Grandpa with Garrett & Spencer.

We split up here. They went home and we headed to the airport.

It was a wonderful weekend. Celebrating wonderful events.

Baby Shower and Priesthood Ordination!

Saturday in Idaho

Henry and Mima were born two days apart.These little cousins really had fun together.

 This is a picture that Shannon took so I'm adding it here even though it is out of order.

Today was the baby shower for Corinne that was hosted by one of the women that she works with at the temple. It was so beautifully decorated. The hostess made a yogurt bar with so many yummy things. Another friend brought little quiches.

 Here are all of Corinne's gifts. 

 Now all the eating.

 I would love to have arrangement in my home all year long. Isn't it beautiful.

 So many darling decorations.

  Here Corinne has opened one of the gifts from Shannon.

When we lived in Japan for 6 months when the girls were 3 & 5, we bought these little dresses.

Mima has already outgrown them and now Corinne will be able to dress her daughter in them.

 Corinne's baby theme is purple and pink butterflies.

So the color is perfect.

 Mima helped hand out the gifts for a little while.

 Here is Corinne with her hostess. I don't remember her name though.

After the baby shower, we returned to Corinne's for a family barbeque to celebrate 

Garrett's 12th birthday.  Grandpa resting his eyes.

Corinne and Ben did a ton of food preparation. So there was a lots to eat and it was GOOD.

  More play time.

  Opening gifts. Ben's sister Stephanie and her family came over for the festivities.

 Shannon and Mima stayed at the hotel with us. Mima did a late night swim.

Corinne and Shannon sorted through all of clothes that Corinne has received for the baby.

Labor Day in Idaho

Fred and I had planned on going to visit Corinne's family over Labor Day. It conveniently included Garrett's twelve birthday. We wanted to attend his ordination.

As time passed and Corinne had friends offer to give her a baby shower,

I suggested asking to have it over Labor Day so I could attend.

They agreed. Then Shannon said she wanted to come. When Mima heard her Mommy was leaving her, she cried. So Shannon brought Mima for the weekend.

So it turned out to be a pretty big and important weekend. 

Day 1

Fred and I drove to Las Vegas to catch our flight. All went well.

Once we got to the Boise airport we headed to Baggage Claim.

To our surprise everyone was there to greet us.

Richard and Garrett wanted to drive with us.

Oh - we reserved a mid-size car, but ended up with this luxury Mazda CX9.

 Yep let the fun begin.

 We stopped at Taco Bell to pick up food and then headed to a park across the street.

 Corinne and Ben brought drinks and dessert.

Yum!

 My silly girls.

 We headed back to our hotel and changed clothes so Corinne could take us on a tour of the temple.

Basically showing us behind the scenes of her work space.

We were walking down to the Baptistry and found Tom Rutter sitting at the check in desk.

Now that was so wonderful. Unfortunately Laura wasn't there.

She had a work commitment.

 It was beautiful outside. Perfect weather. Quite a relief from our heat.

 I'm in love with this picture of us.

 Shannon and Mima arrived Thursday morning. They slept in one of the boy's room that night.

They joined us at the hotel for the rest of their stay.

This is Mima avoiding looking at me in undies. 

A perfect first day. It was so cute to watch Henry and Mima play. 

They were born two days apart. Mima on the 9th and Henry on the 11th of October.