Disneyland 2020

Disneyland here we come.

Cheetos for snacking and a book for me.

We arrived earlier than we expected. That is always a positive thing!!

Scott and Jess arrived just a tad bit after us.

Our hotels were on the same street. So meeting up was easy.

We headed for Downtown Disney the first night.

We spent time looking in the stores and getting an idea about what we wanted to buy.

We ate at Jazz Kitchen. 

Fred and I shared a chicken and shrimp basket.

That's not a bunch of ketchup. There is BBQ sauce, Cocktail sauce & ketchup.

We walked through the Lego store. Graham had a fun time with Grandpa at the window.

We started our first day at Disneyland.
Here we go!!!

 Look how sweet this is. Fred didn't seem to have any problem kissing me whenever instructed.
I was a little surprised.

Scott and Jess treated us to the Character Breakfast.

The food was really really yummy.

Turns out that Graham liked the characters, but Evan was not having any of it.

I think the fact that Hook was the first character to visit our table might have contributed to 

Evan's dislike of the characters. Too bad it wasn't Mickey or Minnie. 

Maybe that would have gotten us off to a better start?

I was very happy that the boys had no problem having us in their space. 

We don't see them often, but it felt like they know who we are.

This is such a sweet moment to be photographed. 

I love watching Scott be a Dad. 

He is nurturing and kind.

It's all about the Mickey Mouse ears!!

We took a little break on the train.

You know boys and their trains.

Here's the Casey Jr Train. I didn't go on this ride with the boys.

It was an all boy team for this.

We went to California Adventure on Thursday.

 Evan was especially excited about meeting Lightening McQueen.

 Good old Mator. Aren't we all so cute!

After many photo moments, it was time for snack and a rest.

On Friday we met up at Scott & Jess' hotel.

Here's Fred getting his camera all ready for the day.

We all went on Pixar Pal Around Carosel.

Friday was a big day for Scott to make his Droid.

Star Wars Land was pretty amazing. 

We watched over the boys while Scott made his Droid and Jess filmed it.

This was the last picture of our trip in Star Wars Land.

I would have posted more pictures that were taken by the photographers at Disneyland,

but it's been super annoying that they have been hard to transfer to my email. 

I'm sure there is an easier way, but I haven't figured it out. 

Fred and I were so happy to be invited to come along.

The little boys were real troopers. Disneyland is not an easy experience for little ones.

Scott and Jess were very patient and mindful of what the boys needed.

We were more than happy to hang out in their hotel room Friday night so

Scott and Jess could go back and enjoy a date night at Disneyland.

Now we have been to Disneyland with each of our kid's families.

We want to go to Knott's Berry Farm on our next California trip.

Not much going on since Christmas

Life has been pretty quiet since the holidays.

Our ward split the first Sunday of January.

The neighborhoods that make up the new Sugar Plum ward is where my best friends live.

We gained about 70 new families. So I have people to meet and friends to make.

I was asked to lead the music in Sacrament meeting during January.

They finally called my neighbor Sharon to be the music chairman.

She will be working on callings. At least I am still choir pianist. I don't want to give that up.

I had an at home sleep study for my CPap business. 

I was hoping that with my significant weight loss, I wouldn't need to continue on with the machine.

My numbers are so close to normal, that the PA said I can experiement with not using it.

I haven't started that yet. 

Oh the grandest news of all is I've found a sleep rememedy.

Pistachios. NO kidding.

I eat a big handful of them and two stalks of celery before bed and by golly

I'M SLEEPING SO GOOD.

Fred and I have left the Sugar Plum Empty Nest FHE and gone back to the Treasure Valley FHE.

So far the meetings have been boring.

A beehive keeper and a senior missionary couple telling us how wonderful 

it is to serve a senior mission.

It's not a hard sale. We plan to serve some type of mission.

I read a book on my phone while they talked. They weren't exactly riveting. 

Fred and I finally went on the journey to Cedar City to go to the Temple.

Every time we go to any temple, I get home sick for the Seattle Temple.

It's probably because we went there for over 30 years and it's just what we are used to.

Everytime we attend the temple now, it just feels strange and not right.

 I took my wedding ring into the jeweler to have the prongs fixed.

He recommended replacing the "head" including white gold prongs instead of gold.

He said it would be more sparkly. The head would last longer than new prongs. 

The diamonds all set higher now and I believe it does look more sparkly.

 We have our new refrigerator and it's keen.

We're very happy with it.

 We finally decided to go back to glass glasses instead of acyrilic.

My neighbor Sharon told us what rinsing agent she uses in her dishwasher and sure enough,

when I tried it there was no more waterspots. 

Tomorrow we head to Disneyland to meet up with Scott & Jess and the boys.

I'm so happy they invited us. I hope we all have a grand time!

Denver Christmas 2019

This trip we were able to get flights out of St. George.

That is so convenient and easy.

We arrived about 2:00 pm and by 2:45 we were all bundled up in Shannon's car and 

headed to the lot of our future home.

It was WINDY and so COLD.

So the little strip of sidewalk is where our house will be facing the street.

Where they are all headed is the back of our lot. It looks huge.

Eventually there will house all around this plot of ground.

Here's some film footage. I don't know if it will work.

We got back to the house and opened the gifts we had for them and they for us.

  Shannon and Corinne have both been stitching this stocking for Fred for a few years.

A very sweet gift from them. 

 Shannon made this birthday board for me. 

She will bring it to me the next time they drive to our place.

It was too big to pack.

 Shannon also had our future home rendered and then printed so she could frame it for Fred.

 She also updated my grandchildren ornaments.

Here are Scott's and Shannon's kiddos.

 Here are Corinne's family. I'm happy to have one of everyone now.

 On Thursday we took the kids to Freddy's for lunch and the dollar store for shopping. 

 In the afternoon we drove to Hammond's for a candy factory tour.

We got to see them making candy.

 Since I work in a manufacturing factory, I can appreciate this view better.

 After the tour some candy was purchased and eaten.

This is our Friday.  

I wanted to get a picture of M in her wings and things. 

 M was my seat partner in the car. 

 B was all the way in the back.

We drove around in their 4 Runner. It has a third row seat.

 Another trip to the lot and to check out the community center.

It's high class.

This is looking out from the restaurant.

 This is the restaurant.

 Kind of a reception area with a BIG warm fireplace.

We think we can get used to this.

Also a pool, hot tub, weight room and another pool being built.

 Friday afternoon Shannon arranged for a babysitter and we went to the temple.

 This is the only picture I took on Saturday. 

Today we all went to the Dinner/Theatre to see the Star Wars movie.

Nice reclining seats (super nice) and you can order food that is delivered to your seat.

I enjoyed that. I even liked the movie.

 Sunday M had the scripture and prayer in Primary.

I'm sure glad we could be there for that.

We don't get that opportunity with all the grandkids living so far away.

 I just love this little face. 

I love her eyebrows.

 Gather round the food table!

 The kids asked us to play Sorry with them.

They have their own set of rules.

Very ingenious.

 This is just before it was time to go to the airport. 

It was a great visit. Very cold there, but I can handle it as long as I dress right.

Layers will be the key.

Our return flight was supposed to be around 6:30pm.

It was delayed until 11:45 pm. Not a great way to end things, but it was still a short flight home and even a shorter ride home from the airport. So thankful we didn't get a flight out of Las Vegas.