April 2024

April 2 - Oh, this Penny girl.  She loves blankets! And she also loves to wear her bib and see herself in the mirror.  Hallie lost two teeth!

April 4 - This was the most gorgeous sunrise I've ever seen! So many vibrant colors! It was breathtaking!

Blake and Randy went to Brian's to haul some dirt to hopefully help their basement from flooding.  This funny Penny really doesn't want to walk on her feet, she prefers to "walk" on her knees.

April 5 - I went to the Pocatello temple in the morning, then to Idaho Falls and put this cup holder on Mom's wheelchair.  She seemed to like it.  

May 8 - Partial eclipse - It was pretty cloudy, I didn't have any glasses, but I took these pictures with my phone.  In each one there is a blue little half moon.  I don't know if it's a reflection or what.  I didn't even notice it in the photos for a couple of days.

April 9 - Hallie says "take my picture" as she climbs on the playground at McDonald's. 

April 12 - Another wonderful sunrise.  Molly got to spend the night, and chose to buy strawberries for breakfast.  She had fun "painting" these cute pictures.

Ryder got to come over for a bit.  We played "go fish" He thought he was funny to hide behind his cards.  We chased a cat on the patio. He had me time him as he ran around the house. 

April 13 - Penny got to help Grandma mow the lawn for the 1st time this year.

We had our Easter or Spring treasure hunt.  We started out by having pizza, it was a  little windy, but the kids ate outside anyway.

The kids all still like "hunting" and their Dads are good sports about hiding.

This is the best I could do getting a picture of all the grandkids together. You can't see Declan very well and Jared and Brian get to be in the picture too.

The last round of the treasure hunt was a free for all.  Even Penny got to go hunt for candy.

The kids had fun playing with their bubble rockets out in the driveway.

Penny and Scottlynn had some fun playing with toys, chairs and swings for awhile. 

April 14 - Penny reading a book in church. Then, it was a nice enough day to play outside and play pickle ball. 

April 15 - This time it's a beautiful sunset!

April 16 - Sunrise! Scottlynn came to see Grandpa at lunch!

April 17 - Snow!!

April 18 - This is not how the walker will help Penny learn to walk. 

April 20 - It was almost an Angel Moroni eclipse.  

Molly, Hallie and Penny are helping Brian and Jared put up a new backboard.  Blake is testing out Brian's new dirt bike.

April 21 - Scottlynn gets to try out the walker, and she took a nice little nap on the bed. 

April 22 - More of God's artwork. 

April 23 - It was finally nice enough to go for a little walk on the trike to the Little Free Library.  Hallie loves to choose a book!

Then it was a party in the driveway for Hallie and Penny.

April 24 - Jared and Blake got some projects done in Jared's yard.  Penny loved watching her dad move some dirt around.  Hallie loved riding on the 4 wheeler and on the trencher. 

April 25 - This time Grandpa got to go to the Little Free Library.  It's so fun to have in our little neighborhood.

April 28 - Penny and Grandpa are really intrigued with the movie "Wish".

April 30 - Penny found the picture collage in the dining room, she was telling us some good jibber jabber about the pictures. Then she loved playing with some boxes and styrofoam.  

Michelle came to put together two cabinets for the two guest bathrooms.  She had a little bit of help! The cabinets turned out so good!  Thanks, Michelle!

March 2024

 

March 1 - I went to the Pocatello Temple, it was quite the snowstorm coming home.

All of us went to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate Brian's 40th birthday.  We almost got all of us in the picture, Penny, Aubrey and Scottlynn are kind of hidden.

Brian even rode the saddle! Then we went to Brian's house for brownies and cookies and hugs with Scottlynn.

We drove home in a terrible blizzard!

March 2 - Tons of snow! It took all day to keep the driveways plowed out.  It was really heavy wet snow.  We got about 15 inches between Friday and Saturday.  The four wheelers got stuck while plowing.  Not a very fun day.

March 4 - Such a beautiful start to the day. Blake does silly things as work.

Just what we want, more snow!

March 7 - Oh the antics of this little Penny girl! 

March 9 - We took a little trip to Boise to watch Maden participate in the state Matchcounts event.  He ended up taking 9th place.  He was very lucky or smart to be in the top ten.  I think he's pretty amazing!

On the way home from Boise, we stopped in Pocatello to see Nikelle and Molly dance.  Unfortunately, we didn't get there in time to watch Hallie dance.

March 10 - Another beautiful sunrise.  And a beautiful little Scottlynn trying out the swing.

March 12 - A perfect shirt for this little Sassy girl!

March 14 - We took a little trip to Salt Lake.  We could see the  Salt Lake Temple from our hotel window, it looks so sad with all the scaffolding around it.Blake cleaned all the leaves out of the hot tub so he could use it later.

March 15 - It was a beautiful sunrise, but I couldn't get a very good picture of it.  We went to the Orem Temple.  It was very pretty, very much like Pocatello.

We got free tickets to the Jazz game and look who we found there! Mikala and Doug Fairbanks! Our seats were really in the nose bleed section, but it was a good game with the Jazz winning Atlanta by 2!

 

March 16 - We got to tend this little Penny girl for a few hours.  We took her to Homestead and she thought she was so big to try coloring.  Then she thought she was so funny to get into the cupboard with her toys.

March 17 - Molly, Hallie And Ryder got the games out to play in the yard. It was a bright sunny day! Penny was struggling with crawling in her cute little dress, so she just stood up! She didn't take any steps, just stood there for a minute or two.  She and Happy were begging for some treats.

March 20 - Just look at the beautiful blue sky at the Pocatello temple.

March 21 - Another beautiful sunrise!

March 22 - Such a beautiful smile on this Scottlynn girl!

Blake got the flowers almost all trimmed before a downpour! He only had three left when the skies opened!

March 23 - Blake and Jared raked up all the pinecones and pine needles in Jared's yard.  It was a big job, and they took almost 1000 pounds to the dump.

March 24 - We got a little skiff of snow. We celebrated Molly's birthday.  She will turn 9 on the 31st.  The cupcakes were delicious and looked really nice all over the kids faces.

March 25 - Yep, more snow!

March 26 - We're trying this walker to see if Penny might learn to walk.  She wasn't feeling very good and wanted to just snuggle a lot.

More snow!

March 29 - I got to take this cute Molly to lunch and shopping two days before her 9th birthday.  We went to Tommy Vaughn's so she could get steak, and they brought her a brownie and ice cream since we were celebrating her birthday.  Then we went to Walmart where she found the new switch game she wanted.  We sure do love you Molly!

We asre borrowing Scottlynn's walker to see if it is better for Penny.  She really zips around! Hopefully it helps her decide she can walk on her own.

March 30 - We took another trip to the Utah and went to the Saratoga Springs Temple.  It is very large and kind of unique inside.  We are not very good at selfies.

March 31 - Easter - I got a little creative and made some Rice Krispy bird nests.  They didn't quite turn out as I envisioned, but they were edible and kind of fun.

I love holding and talking to this growing Scottlynn.  She loved talking to the ceiling fan.  When Brian asked Annie to take my picture, Declan hopped over and made sure he got in the picture.  Cute little guy.