Baby shower for Melissa at work

The firm where Melissa works through a baby shower for her on Friday. They were so generous and did such a wonderful job of making her feel special. One of the ladies made a diaper cake for the centerpiece. It was adorable and, of course, had purple ribbon. They also had all kinds of rubber ducky's on the table. One of my favorites was the mama duck in the shower cap with bubbles.

The food was great. There were baked potatoes and a salad bar, a fruit salad, a pasta salad, chips and dip and of course a cake. Everyone contributed. It was very nice.

And a darling cake that had purple on it too. One of the other ladies said it only took them a few hours to know that Lissa loves purple.

They all said that Melissa had to get food first so that everyone else could eat.

They were all very generous. The firm gave her the stroller and carseat that she wanted (of course, it was purple). One of the ladies made a darling blanket that was purple and had butterflies. And so many other things....

Surrounded by all the wonderful gifts.

St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patty's everyone. Has the tricky lephrechan visited you yet? He visited my grandkids this morning.

He used all of the toilets in the house....all had GREEN water....he didn't flush.

Walked across all the counters and left GREEN footprints.

And left a message for the kids....They didn't have time yesterday to build a trap to try to catch him and he was a little disappointed. Maybe later today, huh! There was a cute trap on Good Things Utah yesterday. It was made out of an oatmeal box. The box was made to look like a tall irish hat. Then there was a ladder made of sticks that went to the top of the hat. There were gold coins on the top of the hat, but the tricky, trappy part was that the top was a false top and when the leprechan gets to the top, he drops down to the bottom of the hat and is trapped.

Luck of the irish to you all.

Disneyland

Guess Trent is never giving up his pictues so I'll have to post mine. And, of course, my camera didn't work after we got into the park on the first day...

The night before, in the motel, the kids were excited. Tyson and Cameron were checking things out electronically... While Kaylee preferred looking at pictures....

The next morning we got a quick breakfast at McDonald's and then it was on to the park...

Standing in line to get in, Cameron got a bit anxious...

Still they all calmed down for one picture.

Once inside, it was time for pics with character. Goofy was the first one we saw...

Then, Mickey... They were so excited that they got to meet Mickey. It was great! One of the first rides we went on was Buzz Lightyear. It was great fun. Later in the day we went on the Haunted Mansion and Cameron said, "I'd like this better if I had a gun". That one was a little scary for him.Another top contender was Space Mountain for the boys. They all went together while the too little, too prego, too much heart condition, and too chicken looked through the stores. Reid bought this picture when they got off 'cause it was so great of all of them. Tyson said it was great. But when Cameron got off he said, "Grandma, I almost died!" He looks like it too.

Cute 3-D glasses. There were a lot of rides that required 3-D glasses and the kids loved them all.

We also went to California Adventure. While the boys went on the scary roller coaster, we rode the carousel...how many times???...SEVEN and still smiling...

Grandpa's favorite snack at Disneyland...

A fun ride for everyone at Bug's Life...

The ladybug ride...everyone is still happy.

Waiting to go into the Bug's Life show...there were some unexpected things that made us all screech in that theater. Especially at the end when the bugs ran across the back of our seats...

These are the hats the kids chose. They wanted to be wizards. Kaylee is in the background in her princess hat. They REALLY were happy about their choices.

At Pixie Hollow Kaylee got to meet Tinker Bell. Does she look happy? She was so cute with the fairies.

We went on Small World. It was a little too tame and cute for the boys, but Kaylee liked it. By the end Cameron was singing the song. Tyson was a bit disgusted with this one.

At the Princess Faire Kaylee got to meet Aurora. That was what she had said she really wanted to do. When we were standing in line to meet her, Kaylee was jumping up and down and said, "I'm so happy, I'm so happy, I'm so happy!" It was adorable.

Now, Kaylee knows Aurora too. (In preschool, at show and tell and one of Kaylee's friends brought a picture with Aurora. Kaylee's reaction was an indignant, "How does SHE know her?")

She looks satisfied.

What are you wishing for Jen??????

The boys wore their hats a lot. I think the hat is what got Tyson picked at the Jedi training too.
This trip was loads of fun. It was great to be all together and lots of fun seeing the kids reactions. WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT FAMILY?

Cimmaron house tour for Linda

Happy New Year!

What is the best New Year's Eve activity? Having your grandkids sleepover, of course. We had a great time. The kids played with the magnets and their silly bands, drew pictures. Jen got a new game for the Wii. That was a big hit. Then we put on funny hats and blew horns and whistles and popped open poppers. Then it was time for ice cream and bed.

Who loves to dance?

Jen and I went to Kaylee's first dance recital. It was held at the studio (this was the Christmas practice for the big recital in May). Her class was dressed as ladybugs and one of the songs that they danced to was "Don't wake the ladybugs". So cute! She was great. She did all the dances and all the warm ups and was the first one to be spotlighted....All by herself she did a tippity-toe-turn, a plie, a tendu, and a curtsey. She was wonderful. The best and littlest one. And that is not just a proud grandma talking....her WHOLE family thought so.