ThrowBack Thursday ~ Team Boy or Team Girl...

What a fun memory of when we were guessing if the next grandbaby would be a boy or girl. Cash, Colby, and Grey were so little. 

It's a... 

BOY!

Grey seems to be wondering what in the world is going on! 

 Hooray for boys!

August 2017

We had no idea what an incredible blessing sweet Grahm would be.

So much love for our Grahm Ivan 

Love one another...

“During His earthly ministry, Jesus so perfectly … ‘went about doing good’ unto all people, inviting them to come unto Him … regardless of their origin, social class, or cultural characteristics. …
“Especially those who at the time were considered different, belittled, or excluded. He denied none but treated them with equity and love, for He saw them as His brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of the same Father.” 

— Elder Ulisses Soares (“Brothers and Sisters in Christ,” general conference, Oct. 2023)

Weekly blessings...

Just when I thought he could not be more handsome... Cash got a fresh haircut from Tiff. Time spent with Cash each week for piano lessons is immeasurable!

After work on Friday, I picked up Grahm for Grandma Day, and we stopped by Walmart to get a few things. He showed me his favorite giant candy bar and said, "Take a picture Grandma."

I saw something at Walmart the other day that had Grahm's name written all over it. He really had fun with the punching bag. I think he liked the boxing gloves most of all! 

Grandpa showed him several moves and punches. Grahm got his fifteen minutes of exercise!

The eye of the tiger!

Grahm was worn out after his boxing round so he relaxed on the couch for a few minutes.

Colby and Grey now go to school until 3:30 so Mark and Tiff brought them later, and they got to sleepover. Cash was on a Klondike campout.

We played Grandpa Says, and Grandpa trained his favorite dogs again, then we played Hide and Go Seek, and Foosball. We had a nice dinner and watched a movie. I love the extra time with our grandsons! 

Someone thinks its so funny to pull Grandpa pants down!

Humphrey and Stewart were the champions! 

Every once in awhile the Grands get out the musical instruments I have downstairs. I enjoyed watching Colby and Grey play the bells and the other instruments. They made up songs and had a lot of fun.

Colby and Grey are very talented. Colby also got a new handsome haircut!

Everyone slept good and woke up happy. Grahm was last to wake up. The first person he went to was Colby. He snuggled up next to him and kissed his arm. Colby is a sweet big brother. We had a nice breakfast complete with homemade baked donuts. Time always goes by way too fast. Tim and I mope around for a few hours after the Grands go home.

Grahm has another loose tooth and he hopes the Tooth Fairy will show up this time!

Tiffani took Cash and Colby to another snowboarding lesson, and Mark took Grey and Grahm to the park. Mark sent a picture and said, "He hasn't taken them off." Grahm needed a pair of boxing gloves! 

Hurry back, we love you so much!

ThrowBack Thursday - My everything...

Pressing forward...

I Nephi 8:2
And it came to pass that while my father tarried in the wilderness he spake unto us, saying: Behold, I have dreamed a dream; or, in other words, I have seen a vision.

1 Nephi 8:2 Lehi's dream

Few Book of Mormon themes have received as much attention as has Lehi's dream. It has been the subject of songs, paintings, and a multitude of gospel discussions. One of the reasons that it is so powerful is that it is not just a dream about a tree, a building, a river, and a path; it is a metaphor for life. As the psalmist said, we are strangers in the earth (Psalm 119:19) left to find our way, so it seems, in a foreign land. In such a dreary and confusing quest, Lehi's dream seems to give the needed direction to help us navigate successfully. The trek rings true to life with its mists of darkness, mocking fingers, moments of joy, concern for family members, and a strait and narrow path. Fortunately, we are told the dream twice, through the eyes of two visionaries, Lehi and Nephi. Lehi tells the story; Nephi gives the interpretation. Both increase our understanding of the metaphor.

Lehi's dream in the Book of Mormon identifies the path we should follow, the challenges we will encounter, and the spiritual resources available to assist us in following and coming unto the Savior. Pressing forward on the strait and narrow path is what he would have us do. Tasting of the fruit of the tree and becoming deeply "converted unto the Lord" are the blessings He yearns for us to receive. Hence, He beckons us, "Come, follow me." ("If Ye had Known me," Ensign (Nov. 2016): 104)

~David A. Bednar

Grizz...

Tiffani sent this pictures of Grizzly the other day. Cash had put him on the couch and he looks so cute. He's sitting up like a big boy!

We were lucky enough to have Grizz for a few days while Mark, Tiff, and the boys spent Presidents Day weekend in St. George. We enjoy having Grizzly. He's very sweet, obedient, and I enjoy taking him for walks each day. He's never far from his pouf or me, and I love that! If we had a fenced in yard, I would be tempted to get a Grizzly too! We love our little granddog.

Hurry back Grizzly Bjorn!

"Who's a good boy?"