Monday's Visitors

Our darling daughter called Sunday evening right after we'd gotten home from our Vegas trip and asked if she could bring the family up for a visit on Monday while Dallas went to a computer class. Only problem with that was I had absolutely no food in the house to cook for dinner, so it was a quick scramble to the grocery store the next day to stock up.


It appears that Brooke likes the potatoes that I bought. She can open the pantry door by herself now and anything in there becomes her toy--like for instance this potato (and several others that I later found up in Sarah's room and good thing I found them before they started rotting and stinking). She also found some lima beans and was playing with those. Whatever keeps her happy...???


She's getting pretty good at speaking the prayer on the food and she even keeps her eyes closed during the whole prayer. I know because I watched her.


After dinner, Glen and Dallas entertained Brooke in the basement--eating popcorn--while Rebecca and I rook Caroline across the street to visit with Andrea and see her new baby.


Here's one of Caroline's "tummy time" poses. She's getting bigger and stronger every day.


Before we know it, she'll be raiding the pantry right along with her big sister.

Happy Birthday to Dad!

Have a great birthday Dad. No one wears a bright pink tie quite like you. We love you!!

Kenny and Nani Put the "Viva" In Las Vegas

We just took a fun trip to Vegas and having Nani along made it super fantastic for me. The guys had their agenda and we had ours.

First stop along the way was lunch at Taco Time, which turned out to be a first for Kenny. How 'bout those beautiful, stylish white "riding socks" I'm wearing? I was too lazy to take off my compression stockings before going in the restaurant. Is this a big sign that I'm getting REALLY old??!!??


Glen found us a great hotel on the Internet--Sun Coast Hotel and Casino--and who cares that it was 30 minutes away from the strip?


After checking in, the guys found their room, we found ours and got settled in.






Our buffet that evening was at one of Kenny's favorite places--The Rio.


Then the guys and the gals went their separate ways. The guys went to some sports book and sat and watched games on the big screens while waiting for us.

It was the moment Nani and I had been waiting for all these months. We had tickets to see Donny and Marie!!!!! The show was at the Flamingo and we were all seated at tables in a lounge setting. We found our table number and saw that our five seatmates were already nestled in their seats and they were taking up the whole room. They weren't all that thrilled to squish together for us to squeeze in with them, but once we started taking pictures of each other, they lightened up and put some smiles on their faces.


Here are the smiles Nani and I had on our faces as we got our picture taken and as we watched the show. It was an evening of great entertainment.


We were so excited to get our picture taken with Donny and Marie.


And we had to stop and get another picture of us with Donny and Marie.


We even took pictures of Donny and Marie on the side of the building at night.


And another one of Donny and Marie on the same building during the day.


Ahhhhh, we could have gone home happy girls right after the show, but there was more fun to follow the next day...

(to be continued)

General Conference Weekend

I'm sure Glen would say that going to a football game on the Friday night leading into General Conference is the best way to start the weekend--especially considering BYU's win over Utah State. We took Greg and Jamie Jensen, our Aggie fan friends, with us to the game.


Dallas and Rebecca brought the little girls up to spend Saturday and Sunday with us.



This is how the guys watch Conference:



This is what Rebecca was doing during Conference:



She was making some cute candy flower bouquets for me to give to my Activity Day girls for the ones having birthdays soon.




Brooke was asking for popcorn shortly after she arrived on Saturday. We tried to appease her by giving her cookies to eat.


Making and eating homemade ice cream helped get her through Saturday.


And then Sunday evening finally rolled around where her popcorn wish became a reality.



And we couldn't have asked for a more angelic baby than Caroline. What a sweet and happy baby.