Family Time!!! Wish I had more!!!!

Little Humans or Big Humans it's still mind-boggling. But it sure is fun!!! Glad we had a fun weekend together--- minus all the comings and goings between--school---work---and church functions--- at least we got one dinner in together!!! I love Family Time!!!!
Only picture of Step and Bry!!!! Nice looking guys, even if I do say so myself!!!
These are mine!!!!!




We had a blast in Deer Valley, but the best was making smore's each night with homemade vanilla, cinnamon, peppermint or original marshmallows. My favorite was the vanilla. But we will never find Hot Chocolate as good as they make at the Montage!!!!! WOW!!!!!!

Life and Vacation with Grandchildren couldn't be sweeter!!! Especially with these two!!!
Didn't get much time with Daniel and Step, but I'll take whatever minutes I can get.

Cisero's on Friday night was great and Daniel made it just in time.

Nothing better than a Sunday walk through the mountains with the cutest little ones on Earth.

What a great Weekend. Smiles for me........

One Thought

Monday I went to lunch at Jasmine with good friends!!! This was the "fortune" in my cookie!!! I have been showing it to everyone!!! I think it's good to remember!!!
Here are some of the people that make me happy!!!!

Had to be done!!!!!

Just a note---- Mark spoke in Church today up at the University Stake where he is serving. I did all the normal Sunday stuff--- Attended meetings, made dinner (a good one) for my family, studied the lessons, and enjoyed the yard. But when I got up on Sunday Morning and walked our to the kitchen I encountered-------

this mess!!! I've been looking at it all week and wondering when I was going to get to it!!! I got up Sunday Morning early (5:00 A.M.), that's actually when I usually wake up. I just thought, "it has to be done now". So I tackled it. And as usual, it didn't take that long. Also as usual, it was fun thinking about the memories that accompany all the stuff!!! Play time with Grand-daughters. Golf, lots of activities, and this cart is the drop off spot!!! But it was still amazing at some of the stuff that lands here.

Things in the Pencil Jar

2 golf tees

1 toothbrush????

sod repair tool

3 ball markers

5 letter magnets

pens pencils and scissors

All the other Stuff:

cinderella paint pallette

(ruined a few outfits)

Mc Donald's icarly toy

(from a visit on Friday night at 10:30)

1 stacking cup

two plastic horses

sidewalk chalk (Mark)

2 binkies (Ellie)

photo album (Me)

Italian Phrase book (?????)

tigger decal

mickey mouse magnet zoo

Two empty bags (mine--why didn't

I put them away a week ago

after cleaning them out

Barbie McDonals toy

Animal flash cards

Spool of blue thread

Party mints

Heart cookie cutters(2)

Chip 'n Dale pin

pamphlet (Orretors)

Utah Housing gave Mark a

Beautiful Bowl from there.

Eldredge Furniture Receipt

from 2009??????????

Magnetic Alphabet box

(several letters are all over the

place)

St. Regis Hotel room key

(Love it there)

magnetic dresses for another game

paint brush

Dress up Doctor coat

Doctor kit

Pretty Princess--Busy Book

Magnetic Zoo--(several pieces are

missing and scattered everywhere,

this would have never been the case

when my kids were small--tired

grandma)

Several Books

ABC magnetic game

Winnie the pooh magnetic game

3 large Children's book

purse kleenex

1 package boogie wipes

spool of blue thread

magazine (Wasatch Edible

Magazine)

7 dwarfs

Boa, and 3 sets of fairy wings

2 crowns

del taco coupons,

3 plastic spoons,

sticky note pad,

2 3X5 cards,

1 empty ziploc bag,

2 pocket farkel games,

Halloween stickers,

DVD insert (disney of course),

playing cards,

princess markers (too messy),

pieces from Evies Dr. kit,

nail file,

visine,

Garbage papers (just a couple)

Zebra Duct tape

Here it is!!! All done!! Hopefully it will stay this nice for a couple of days!!!

Young and Old

Well I would say we are not old!! But we are older than the Hawaiian picture (sun in the eyes) that was taken in the summer of 1982. The (older of us) other picture was taken in May of 2011. I think we did pretty well. But the best picture is of the whole family. Taken this summer up at Park City resort. We spent 4 days at the St. Regis in Deer Valley. It was Heavenly!!!

Fun Week!!!

Sunday we were up in Midway, finishing up our fun time at Swiss Days. The twins came up for dinner and we had a great time. Swiss Days will be a different blog. We spent most of the day with Meg and Thayne. It was relaxing and fun.

We had a hot dog bar at the BBQ. Lot's of salads. Highly successful!!!
We had a fun BBQ at our home on Monday night we invited both our families and it turned out great. My pictures are stolen from Megs blog since I didn't take any.
Tuesday, we put together an outing to Mary Poppins at the last minute. We ate at Cafe Molise, and then walked over to the Capital theater. We loved the production in New York and it was a lot of fun here as well. The three of us could have fun anytime anywhere however.

Thursday night we had a shower for Randi Olsen. It was a lot of fun and the girls were adorable.



Friday Britt and I went to the Utah State Fair. We had a blast and stayed for 4 hours. The girls loved the animals, and riding the Merry-go-round. We were the only ones there so the guy let it run and run and run!!!

To top the week off, Adam ran in the Greek Festival 5k. He won of course with the time of 16.20. his goal was to come in under 17 minutes. He was 2 minutes ahead of the next guy. Any way it was a beautiful morning and Jin and I had a lot of fun waiting the full 16 minutes for him to finish.

Fun in Kaohsiung

Here are the cute boys I was able to travel with to Taiwan and then on to China. Here they are in the Tokyo airport trying to stay awake for one more leg of our journey. We began traveling on Sunday May 1st at 9:00 a.m. and arrived in Taiwan and 7:00 p.m. on Monday night due to the time change. We loved it and had alot of fun.
Our first stop in Taipei was the LDS Temple. It was beautiful and meticulously maintained. We were able to meet the Temple President and one of the couples that served with Daniel and is now on another mission. It was a nice visit.
Another highlight in Taipei is the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial park. It was monstrous and beautiful.
Train ride from Taipei to Kaohsiung. Fast. Fast. Fast.
We went to a great BBQ place our first night in Kaohsiung. This is Daniels friend Torren.
One of the main things to see in Kaohsiung is Budda Land. It is incredible and I am only showing you a very small part of what we saw. Every room in Budda Land came alive when you walked into it. But no picture taking was allowed in most of it. All the rooms were as bright in color as you see here.
This display in Budda Land represents the rebirth after enlightenment.
This was a really amazing display in Budda Land. The entire land was incredible. They gave us blessings to take home and wished us peace and happiness.
This is one of the Chapels where Daniel would meet with people to teach them the Gospel. It is beautifully maintained. We walked much of the city on this day.
This is David, a friend of Daniel's he took us to a wonderful lunch and then to his shop and home. He is a major distributor for NONI JUICE. He was sweet and Daniel was happy to meet up with him. In the background is his Mother's dress shop. Most people live above their businesses.
This is a temple at the Lotus Ponds. Very deceiving. It goes up and up and back and back and becomes more opulent as you go.
Daniel in front of the light house we walked up to. It was a ferry ride across the bay and a beautiful setting.
Our last meal in Kaohsiung with three of Daniel's friends. We had so much fun. You sit down in a pit and have a hot pot which includes a lot of veggies, clumps of duck blood and a lot of stuff you may not want to eat because the duck blood is in there. You grill your meat yourself right in front of you. We loved this city and were grateful to be able to see where Daniel served his mission. We loved every minute meeting people who are important to Daniel. It was an incredible experience. One I will never forget. The people were very proper and polite.