April 2025

 April 6 - Looks like the kitty wanted to peak in. Scottlynn and Penny are becoming good friends. Scottlynn thinks there's some fun happening down stairs.  What fun to have a blanket on the floor.

April 7 - I told Annie to take my picture with this new pop, and she also took a real closeup, she thought it was so funny! Annie and Scottlynn are good buddies.

We got to watch Maden play some tennis. 

April 8 - We got to tend Happy for a little while, she found out she could see out the window if she laid on the bed. 

April 12 - We went to an Easter Brunch at Parkwood.  Mom and Dad had a lot of family come. Molly and Hallie were happy to have a picture with the Easter Bunny, but not Penny! She wouldn't go near him.

After brunch came the Easter egg hunt for the 7-10 year olds. They got lots of eggs.

Molly, Clark, Declan and Michael and James filled their buckets!

Next, the 1-6 years olds got to go to another area and find eggs.  Hallie, Penny and Scottlynn and Kenzley, Derek and Danielle found tons.  Paul was not thrilled about hunting for any eggs.  Mom wanted a picture with the Easter Bunny, Dad wanted to poke the kids with his cane.

Penny is sharing her candy with grandpa. I won a pizza from Homestead Pizza and Bowling we picked it up and were going to take it home, but then we got stopped on the freeway because of a wreck, so we ate pizza in the car.  It was very good!

We got to watch Cole for a little while. I just love his round little face.

April 23 - I love these pictures of Maden and Scottlyynn. He is showing her how a spinner works, she loved touching it and stopping it from spinning.

Since we had all 10 grandkids here, we got a picture.  They each have an egg to hang on the bannister.

We had our Easter "Treasure Hunt".  

They found a lot of treasures.

Then the kids played games in the yard.

Brian helped the kids decorate some cookies from a kit they had bought.  Jared and Penny are just chilling.

April 14 - Blake mowed the lawn for the first time.

April 15 - Penny's reverting back to baby instead of toddler, laying on the floor playing with a baby toy.

Now, she's a big girl at Library Story Time. She loved marching with the "Band".

We got to go watch Maden again. They won in a 3rd set tie breaker! Declan wanted his picture taken! Scottlynn loved playing in the little chair.

April 16 - I thought Penny was so cute, she was so excited for Hallie to come from the bus, then a big hug.

April 17 - You have to look closely, but there are snowflakes!

Molly and Michael had a concert for their after school choir.  It was really well done, they looked like they were having fun.

April 18 - Blake and Jared are working on the new bedroom at Adam and Michelle's house. They also put up the new vanity.

We got to watch Cole again for a little while!

April 19 - I got some fun flowers put in the planter boxes on the patio. Brian and Aubrey are using the funny little spoons to eat soup at the new Japanese restaurant in Blackfoot.

April 20 - Scottlynn thinks she's as big as Declan and needs some food too.

April 24 - Penny wanted to try on one of Grandpa's surgical hats. She thought it was so cute.

April 26 - We made Suzy work when she was here. She cut Penny, Hallie and Molly's hair!

Then, she braided Hallie and Molly's hair.  It looks so good.  Such cute little girls.

Penny was not sure about Suzanne and Carter, but as soon as they would show her pictures on the phone, she was great with sitting on their laps.

April 27 - Scottlynn's reading with Grandpa.  Maden and I put the Connect Four game I won at Parkwood together. Some of the kids played a little.  A kitty came for a visit.

April 28 - Look at the duck that Lynne and I saw in a puddle in the parking lot at Michael's.

Michelle and Lynne had a dinner since Suzanne, Branson and Avery were here.  The kids ate outside and played on the tramps.  Suzy got to meet Cole! It was a fun day!

April 29 - A beautiful sunrise with some mist on the ground.

Lynne took these gorgeous pictures of the Idaho Falls temple.

Suzanne, Lynne and I got to go to the temple with our Mom! Suzanne and Mom rode the Parkway bus there and Lynne and I met them.  It was a wonderful day!

March 2025

 

March 1 - We got to watch Ryder play some basketball!

Just look at this cute Cole!

Blake cut down all the dead flowers.

Penny and Scottlynn are playing so cute.  

It was nice enough to go out and jump on the tramp!

Brian turned 41!

March 2 - Celebrating Brian again!

The kids are enjoying the warm weather.

The young ones are chilling in the house.

March 3 - And, the nice weather is gone, now it's snowing.

March 4 - Cole is getting so big!

March 6 - I don't really like these pictures!

Penny is making sure Cole knows how to play with everything.

March 7 - Blake went to Boise with Brian and Aubrey to the state basketball tournament.

March 8 - Visiting Scheel's in Boise.

More basketball for Ryder.

It's hard work to change the big clock in the living room.

Penny sleeping in Grandpa's bed while she waits for her dad to pick her up.

March 9 - these two cats spent the night in our garage.

Beautiful start to the day!

Another kitty visited.

Trying to get Scottlynn to take some steps.

Outside! Scottllynn and Penny loved riding on the trike.

March 12 - Such a bright moon in the morning.

March 13 - Can you find Penny? Another kitty friend came to visit.

March 14 - More snow!

March 18 - Yes, we got more snow!

Penny loved coloring in this book with a water pen.

March 19 - After 46 years, the old freezer gave up the ghost, so we bought a new one.  

March 20 - Penny's coloring again, and putting the rings on her arm. Cole is playing with the friends.  Molly and I are playing Old Maid.

March 22 - I love snuggles from Scottlynn.

March 23 - Grandpa's a great babysitter, he got Scottlynn to sleep!

March 24 - Oh boy, is this ok? Blake is trying out the hands free in our new Lincoln. It worked great, made me a little nervous, though.

March 25 - Jazz game! We saw Mikala and Doug again! The Jazz lost to the Grizzlies, but it was fun.

March 26 - We went to the Draper Temple, It was a gorgeous day and we even found some flowers!

We went to Temple Square and the Conference Center.  All the construction is really interesting.  It will be nice to see how it all turns out when it's finished. We loved the flowers. 

March 27 - We went to the new Deseret Peaks Temple in Tooele.  It was really nice. We found some more flowers.  We also met up with Mark and Natillie for lunch, but I forgot to take any pictures.  

We went to another Jazz game. This time they were playing Houston, and lost again. But, we had fun.  We got pretty good at riding the Trax around town.

March 28 - I got to go to lunch at Tommy Vaughn's with Molly.  She will turn 10 on the 31st! She chose this cute fox squish mellow. We had a fun time and laughed a lot.  

Jared, Randy and Blake cut some trees and limbs down at Jared's house. 

March 30 - Penny thinks she's cool to be sitting on the big tools with the big kids.  Scottlynn loves to be given a whole roll.

Molly wanted to have a neapolitan ice cream sandwich cake.  I can't believe she's almost 10!

Happy and Penny want to be outside with Ryder and Molly.  Penny settled for entertaining Cole. Randy took Ryder, Molly and Hallie for a ride in the side by side.