Grandchildren

32 Years and counting

willing to go with the girls..... oh yes... he pays!

always curious- even when on a simple kayak trip

sometimes I can even dress him up

Kay and I have been married 32 Years today!  I am not sure how many years Kay has been happily married but I have had a great ride.  Kay is a hard worker.

When I was growing up my dad always said I could marry anyone as long as the man I chose was a hard worker and had a Testimony of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and things would be fine.   He was right.  I have been taken care of temporally beyond my wildest dreams and spiritually as well. Kay uses his Priesthood to bless our family.  He is an excellent teacher in church and with our family.  Kay has been a wonderful father to our children and was the calm when I was the storm many times dealing with them.  They know their dad loves them.  He is sometimes a better mom to them than I am.  He loves to serve others and is always looking for ways to do things better.  I Love my husband!!!! Last year we spent 2 1/2 weeks in Tahiti for our anniversary,  Tonight we will do session at the Winter Quarters Temple and tomorrow we will take the missionaries out for our anniversary dinner.  Today he is fixing a washer for someone and building a display for someone else.

Hilton Head SC and Savannah GA

Lauren returned home from her mission just in time to go on a trip with Kay, Janell and me.

We are staying in a Disney Vacation Club Condo in Hilton Head SC and spend the day in Savannah.  We ended our day at a Christmas variety show.  It was a most excellent day!

Our Segway guide told us the only place Savannahians stand in line to eat is at Mrs Wilkes.  They only serve lunch, cash only.  The restaurant consists of  two small rooms so we stood in a 40 minute “short” line until they were ready.  The brought 8 of us in and filled a table. There were 25 serving dishes with typical southern comfort food.   The servers wore tee shirts that said.  “If the Colonel served Chicken this good, he would be a General”  They were right. Yummy, yummy food!

oops, gas spill

Oops, Janell and I went to fill her car up with gas and we heard a gurgling sound, ignored it and this is what happened.  They told us diesel was ok and we weren't going to die.  The guy did have to go out there and clean it up.

Thanksgiving 2011

Frances the chef

Laura and Marc

the spread

Sandy's turkey

The newlyweds, Brad and Amy graced us with their presence

Frances and Claire

Janae

pie  builder  Kay

Ryan Day, Janell, Jessica, Caleb

We all met in Orem for Thanksgiving!

Brad and Amy Boothe Married Nov 2011

Harvest time fun

sharing has it's limits....

Brother's keeper in the corn bin

We went to Valla's Pumpkin Patch for a home schoolers day.  We got an admission discount that included a small pumpkin, train ride and a class on apples.  Vallas is a huge disneylandish pumpkin patch that has expanded in the many years it has been going.... lots of different haunted houses, games, rides,mazes, pig races, shows, and activities on a farm now dedicated just to the pumpkin patch.  We spent about 5 hours there and saw just over half the stuff there

Sean and Issac

We ate lunch and then headed as a group of 4 families to the apple class.  In the education room I sat in front with the boys and Rachael was in the rear with the younger children.  About 10 minutes into the class I had a panic..... are all Rachael's children her amid the others..... Where was 7 year old Sean?     He wasn't with us.  I quickly got out of my seat, told Rachael and went off looking for Sean.   I walked down a hill a ways and there he was in a cross road, just standing there.  He didn't look like he was lost.... just waiting.

  The first thing he said is "I knew you would come, grandma because I prayed"

I told him how proud I was he stayed put in the cross road.  He was a little embarrassed, he took a side track through a short haunted house and that is how he became lost.  I asked him how long it I take me to find him after his prayer...... about 10 minutes.