Carter & Ava's Birthday Party

On Saturday we celebrated Carter and Ava's Birthdays. Ava turned 2 on June 13th and Carter turns 4 on July 1st. Carter had a friend party earlier in the day. Tara rented a blow-up water slide and it was so much fun. I think they were a little overwhelmed with it all. It was a perfect evening and we had delicious food and Tara outdid herself making their cakes. She made Carter a BUZZ LIGHTYEAR Cake and Ave a Princess Crown Cake. It was so much fun for us to be a part of it.

 

Manti Pageant

This weekend was our summer activity for the Singles Ward. On Friday we headed down to the Manti Pageant. We got to set up tents on Pres. and Sister Hintze's yard for the kids to sleep in. We got a tutorial on raising turkeys we saw over a thousand baby turkeys. Later we headed over to the Stake Center for a Turkey Dinner (it was delicious) and then over to the temple grounds to say seats. We had quite a few kids coming after work. The next morning we headed over to the Palisades State Park for a yummy breakfast and a luau for lunch. The kids paddled around in several canoes and a paddle boat and played games. All in all I think all those that went had a great time. The pictures of a room are where AJ and I stayed it was called Cedar Crest Inn and it was a dive but it had a bed and a bathroom need I say more.

 

Yes or No?

What do you think? Look at the pictures down below. We have had dwarf burning bushes growing along the sides of our property. The one side has really struggled about every bush as died off and then new starts have started. SO we decided to do this rock garden with ornamental grasses. I just love this look. We've only done the one side. And the other side are the pictures you see down below. These bushes are actually doing okay. But should we take them out and put in the rock garden so both sides match????
Dwarf Burning Bushes


My New Rock Garden

It's Mine....

When the Margetts got their mission call they decided to sell all of their vehicles. This was their 3rd car that didn't get used very much, mainly for trips and ward outings. SO AJ told them we were interested. This is a 2000 Suburban with less then 50,000 miles on it. Can't beat that. I love it. It has a skylight, the window on the drivers side actually goes up and down without me pulling it up (which was so annyoing in my other vehicle everytime I went to the bank). It passed inspection (which my Tahoe never did until I went and got them to get the red service light off every year). The AC works great. Theirs a little TV and VCR for the grandkids and it seats 8. I love it and it's mine.

FYI - Margetts Farewell

Just letting past and present members of the MV 9th Ward know that the Margetts Farewell is June 14, at 11:00 a.m. at the MV 6th Ward Chapel - 8435 South 2700 West. I know they would love to have any of you come that can. So would we. We'll see you there.

They love me....and I love them!

We had a beautiful sunshiney Mother's day. Our sacrament meeting was all about Mothers and the kids that spoke did such a great job. We also handed out my caramel chocolate pretzels for all the future mothers and mothers in the congregation. (It'become a tradition at least while we're there serving). We had a yummy breakfast for Linger Longer and then we made a Dutch Oven dinner for our family to come over and enjoy. All in all it was a wonderful day. Thanks to all my family, especially AJ.

AJ wrote me a beautiful poem and gave me the book Becoming Celestial Soulmates that I'm excited to read.


Krin, Court and Elsie knowing how much I enjoy the show Jon and Kate Plus 8 got me one of their new books--Multiple Blessings. Thanks!

Cory, Tara, Carter & Ava gave me a new Cheese Grater, a Salad Dressing Mixer, and a Snowman and Mitten Cookie Cutters for when we make sugar cookies at Christmas Time. Thanks!

Megan, Tyler and Judson sent this to me Soap and a Wallflower Outlet and Fragrance Bulbs from Bath and Body Works and the best card - that meant so much to me since a lot of our relationship is talking on the phone now. Thanks!

Babysitting

Over the last four days we have had Carter and Ava staying with us, while Cory and Tara went back to Richmond, VA and Washington, D.C. They were good little sports to be separated for so long. Their parents left last Firday and the other grandparents took care of them until Monday afternoon. I think they had a pretty fun time. The first few pictures are of them eating chocolate pudding. Yummy. Then Krin and I took them all to the playground. Last few pictures are of them putting on dress-up clothes. Their parents flew home last night and got here around 9:30 pm. WE all were excited to see each other.

 

AJ's Birthday

Yesterday was AJ's birthday, now we're the same age for the next six months. We went to the Cheesecake Factory. It was really good, our waiter had such a great personality, the only complaint--it was freezing in there, the air conditioning was blowing full force. We had a great dinner and then we went home and all the family showed up for cake and ice cream. Happy Birthday, dear!


Make a Wish

Trip To The Zoo

On Tuesday I went to the zoo with Tara, Carter, Ava, Krin and Elsie. It was really fun to go with them. It could have been a little warmer. We walked around and saw the different animals. Carter was so anxious to ride the train -- maybe we should have done that first. But we waited till right before we had lunch. It was a fun day.

Two Thumbs Up

I guess we did a good job babysitting!!!! Elsie loves Barney and so I was playing it before we went off to a wedding reception. She was sitting on AJ's lap and we came to the end where they're singing I love you, you love me...and she turned around a reached her arms up and gave Grandpa AJ a hug and puckered her lips for a kiss. She did the same thing the next morning while she was watching it. She ran into my den and reached up to hug me and give me a kiss.

Easter

We were able to celebrate Easter with most of our family. The sun came out and it turned out to be a very nice day. We had an easter egg hunt for the grandkids and then enjoyed a wonderful dinner that everyone contributed to. Tara tried a new salad recipe and it was so good and Krin brought the potatoes. It was a very enjoyable afternoon.

Egg Hunt


Easter Best