picture deprived

I told my kids that I was feeling picture deprived and so they finally sent me some pictures. Our grandbabies are growing up so fast. I miss them and am so thankful for technology that makes it so we can video chat with them. Ella is starting to smile and laugh. She is so beautiful, just like her sister!!

Family Photo's

While we were in Utah in November, Marci and Christian had some Family Photo's taken. Christians sweet sister "Brittney" took these for them. She is so great and what a good job she did! They got some really cute pictures. I love to look at them. It reminds me of the great time I had while I was there. I sure do miss those little faces!!! Here are some pages that I made from the cute photo's. My friend Crystal Wilkerson sent me this cute kit. Isn't it adorable. Thanks Crystal.

Goin' to the Zoo

We had so much fun at the zoo with the Halli and Kevin and the kids. We enjoyed every minute with them. We saw so many great animals. The swinging monkeys were my favorite - or - was it the Giraffe that kept playing with his tongue - or - was it the white tiger, oh I can't decide. I loved them all. Thanks guys for including us in your fun day!!

Ella

I feel so very blessed to have such beautiful grandbabies! Sweet little Ella has added so much joy and happiness to my life that it is hard to express just how much I love her. She just makes me smile every time I get to see her. We have been blessed to be able to video chat with Marci and Christian quite often during the holidays and it has been so much fun to see the kids playing and it just feels like we are there with them. We are so blessed!

Merry Christmas

I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. I have been so busy at work that I have not had the time or strength to sit at the computer at all!! I had a wonderful time off but I guess that my work had to make up for my time gone when I got back. Hopefully things will slow down soon. I am so excited that Kayla gets home on Thursday and Stefanie comes home on Sunday!! We are so excited to have them home with us for a little while.

Happy Birthday to my Man!!

Happy Birthday to the man I love. I am so blessed to have this amazing man in my life and to have had him for so many wonderful years. He brings joy to my life everyday!  I love you Rob with all my heart and miss you terribly. 

One more week and then he gets to come to Utah and see his sweet, new little granddaughter. I know he can't wait to be here with us. 

So here's to you honey!! Happy birthday and I hope we have many more together.

More Blessings

Sunday walk on the beach. This was a beautiful little beach that was mostly used by locals.  
We loved the Sea Turtles. That were so amazing. We could just sit and watch them for hours. These guys were just sunning themselves on the rocks. 
Sunset at A Bay. The name is very long and starts with an A, but everyone just calls it a Bay. It truly was the most beautiful place to watch the sun go down. 
This was called Akaka Falls. It was such a huge drop. It was very rainy here and we got quite wet on the walk back to our car. 

We were so blessed to be able to go to Hawaii for 11 days!!! Now we know why they call it Paradise. It truly is the most beautiful place. We met our dear friends - the VanOrmans - from Medicine Hat, Alberta and had such a great time with them. We played on the beach, watched beautiful sunsets, swam with the Sea Turtles and many, many more things. Just thought I would share a couple of pictures of our trip.