Weekend at Shannon's

Fred and I went to Shannon and Brian's for the weekend. I looked at the calendar and we have not been to their house since March. That's a long time. They have been to our house several times though. First thing Saturday morning we took a walk to a park in their neighborhood.

Swings and climby toys for Buddy.

 Mima just hangs our in the stroller and nibbles on snacks.

 Buddy loves to build with our Dublos. We brought them with us. 

 I'm not sure what this expression is about other than letting us enjoy his beautiful blue eyes!

 Sunday morning dresses.

Here we are before we left church to come home. 

This is how happy Mima looks every time she sees her Mommy.

Fast Forward on Corinne's growing Family

It has been a VERY long time since we have had time with 

Corinne's family of Four Boys!

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First I have to confess that as a Grandmother I have failed miserably...

There is not a single picture of Henry here except lost in the crowd.

I took my camera, but I did not put it in my purse.

It was in my suitcase. 

That is not a good place to put a Grandma's camera.

 In July was Richard's first Pinewood Derby. He and Grandpa started working on his Pinewood Derby car here at our house in May. He and his Dad finished it up.

Here it is.

 Their ward in Provo had a teeny Cub Scout Den so all three boys were able to participate.

Next came Garrett's birthday on August 31st. They celebrated by coming back to Provo from Ogden to spend the weekend with very good friends. 

Here is his birthday cake and Garrett in his new Cub Scout uniform.

Garrett is quite excited to be in Cub Scouts. 

The new ward in Ogden has a very big Cub Scout Den.

Next is Garrett's Baptism weekend. 

Grandpa and Ben took the boys "fishing". 

This is a private fishing pond that is stocked with trout. Poles and "bait" are provided.

Basically they give you food to lure the trout so they come nipping at the food and you hook them.

So it's not technically fishing, but you do go away with fish.

Each boy caught a fish and we ate them for lunch.

While the boys fished, I took Corinne and Henry shopping for new clothes. 

That afternoon we went to the Stake Baptism where Garrett was baptized and confirmed. 

There were only two other children baptized that day. 

Richard, Garrett and Spencer sang "When I Am Baptized" in the opening exercises.

Henry is 11 months old now. Richard is 10, Garrett 8 and Spencer is 5.

 Ben and Garrett.

Here is all the family members who attended the baptism. 

Ben's parents, uncle, brother and sister in-law and nephew, two nieces and younger sister and us.

 It was a very nice weekend. Corinne and family have adjusted to their new surroundings and the boys are all happy in their new school. Their new home should be complete in a couple of months. That will be so exciting for them. Corinne really enjoys working in the Ogden temple. Fred and I were able to drive around the Temple on Sunday before we came home. It is really beautiful and we are happy to know she is able to spend eight hours a day in a sacred building for her job. 

That's a nice way to spend your day and get paid while doing it.

A little customizing

The first six weeks when we moved here, Fred and I spent most of our time going to the stores buying stuff for the house. Things like waste baskets, shelves, little baskets, you know all the stuff that customizes your home to make it just right for you. Then I got a job and that all came to a screeching halt. 

It turned into the back yard project. PERIOD. I'll stop there.

Fast forward to today. 

We went shopping.

Nesting for me. Happy!

A Kitchen Drawer Organizer. HUGE IMPROVEMENT.

Here is the mirror that Fred put up in the bathroom so I can see the back of my hair. I have had to resort to hand mirrors for applying my makeup and seeing the back of my head to make sure my hair is just right. Back in Bremerton I had a handy dandy magnifying and lighted mirror on the wall for applying makeup, plucking my eyebrows and chin whiskers. Here I have a little magnifying mirror that I have to hold. Argh. I also had a BIG mirror on the wall behind the master bathroom vanity so I could style my hair that my Dad put in. Here I have had to hold a second hand mirror in one hand while styling with the other. Prehistoric around here. THANK YOU FRED!!!

Referring to an earlier post, this is what we do. We don't go do adventurous stuff. We shop, buy, fix the house and go out to eat. Ate a Taco Bell, went to a street Produce Market in Santa Clara where I bought a box of peaches, two cantaloupes, tomatoes, corn on the cob and fresh salsa. We also have a Starving Student card that expires on Monday so we bought a buy one get one Cookie. Well I choose one cookie and Fred bought three. It was a sugar cookie that was soft as a piece of cake with orange frosting. YUMMO!

That was our day. 

Scott and Jessica Get Married

Scott and Jessica were sealed on August 8th in the Mount Timpanogos Temple which is located in American Fork, Utah. My Dad flew from Bremerton to be there. Shannon & Brian drove up from Las Vegas with their babies. Corinne was only able to attend the reception that evening. She came down with strep throat the day before and had just started the anti-biotics the night before. Fred and I didn't dare take the risk of having any of her family come to any of the sealing and only Corinne to the reception starting at 5:30 pm for family pictures. By then it had been 24 hours on the antibiotics. It was a heart wrenching decision, but we couldn't risk the chance of spreading it. Now days later, none of Corinne's family has come down with it. It was the right decision at the time, but still certainly no fun. We are grateful that Ben encouraged Corinne to come to the reception even though she didn't really want to come much without her family.

Here is the happy couple right out of the Temple Doors!

This is the first time my Dad met Jessica!

This is the reception in Highland Utah. It was in the backyard of a relative. It was really beautiful. Our three children & Mima.

Me and Scott. All these pictures were taken with my camera. The professional photographer portraits will come out later.

I really love this one of Scott and Fred.

At the end of all the photos, I realized there were absolutely no group pictures of the two families together in any form. Only a huge group at the temple with EVERYONE who was there about 50 of us.

This would have been where Corinne's four boys and Ben would be. 

Mima is pretty much in all the pictures with her Momma. She wasn't too happy if she wasn't being held by Shannon over the weekend. Mima's special pose for the weekend!

Brian was so patient and supportive all weekend. Chasing after Buddy and being wherever he was needed. Buddy's little Knicker outfit also had a newsboy hat which he refused to wear.

Our baby boy.

Brian and Mima

Here are the two grandbabies. Buddy's having a ball.....

 Isn't he dapper?

 Here is a picture of the reception. Nice backyard huh?

The Wedding weekend was really a lovely time. Fred and I hosted a luncheon after the sealing. A good friend from long ago in Bremerton lives in Bountiful now and I asked her to decorate and host for us. She did a beautiful job. 

Here are the few pictures that Shannon took of the luncheon decorations.

Special Visitors

Shannon brought Mima and Buddy up for the weekend while Brian was in Seattle with his family. Buddy was excited to come to Grandpa's house. I'm glad he is old enough now to know who we are and remember our house and the stuff we have for him to play with. Mima on the other hand needs some time to warm up again....Now you may think that I take a lot of pictures of her because she is my only granddaughter..There may be a little truth to that, but these pictures were my attempt to capture her lips. She has the most expressive lips. Always making funny little shapes. They are SO Cute!!!

All of these toys except that truck with the red cab on Mima's right were toys that our children played with when they were babies.

Not this Mater one. 

 Or this big blue truck in the front of the picture.  

We had two of these rattles. We got one when Corinne was born and then another when Shannon was born. They were like break through child development toys at the time. See even Buddy is fascinated by it!

We bought a couple little pools for the grand kids, but it ended up being a bit of a dud. We didn't realize it was so shallow.

Shannon left on Sunday evening so the babies would sleep on the way home. The traffic stopped south of Mesquite. She was able to inch her way to an off ramp and get back to Mesquite where she let the kids eat and play at a McDonalds. She made the decision to drive back here and stay another night. Shannon handled the crisis incredibly well. We love that they live close by.