Grandpa Lee

We went out to see him with Ann, Clay, and Ashlin, and Grandpa Lee seemed entertained by watching the kids.

Adam's Grandpa Lee is such a great man. He is kind and loving and he says the same funny phrases no matter what. I like him so much. I am not really sure if he recognized us completely, but he looked great for a man in his 90's. We were really glad that we got out there to see him and that the kids got to meet him again.

Sweet Jackson

When I clean out our house (not often enough), I give the bags of stuff to a place here called Safe Nest. It is a shelter for women and children. The main reason I give to them is because you just call, leave the bags or boxes on the driveway, and they pick up.

So this morning, I was talking to Jackson about legos, and he was telling me that he wanted to buy a certain lego set. He has changed his mind a hundred times on which one he wants, of course, but this time it is some sort of sand crawler. His money from diabetes research is his to choose with, meaning, we told him that he can decide what to do with it. He decided to buy one lego set and save the rest for his mission.... what a good boy.

Well, after he told me about the sand crawler, I said: "and then the rest is for your mission?"
And he said: "no, I think I will give some to that place where moms and kids go if their dad goes nuts and stuff."

I love this kid... I don't even remember him asking about Safe Nest, but he pays attention and thinks things through. What a sweet boy.

And by the way, he thinks that his $50 a month from the hospital is equivalent to millions I guess since he is being a philanthropist with a portion of it! :)

Relaxing Time in Surprise

We had such a great time at our cousins house in Surprise AZ. They live out in the desert and it is awesome. We went down to visit Adam's grandpa and stayed with Ann and Clint and we had a lot of fun. I will post on Grandpa Lee later.

Posing on a rock.

Kings of the Mountain

Adam, Jackson, Bennett, Clay, and Clint climbed to the top of the mountain.

Bubba in the tub.

Tough little army man

Riding four-wheelers

Bennett and Adam

Jackson lost a tooth at their house on Valentine's Day. The tooth fairy came and left him extra money because it was a holiday! He was pretty excited.... and I was happy Ann was there to pull it since it was freaking me out a little. It was one of those "hanging by a thread" teeth... not my forte.

They have this room with cutouts in the walls and the kids all took turns climbing up and jumping out onto the mattress below. It might have been their favorite thing ever!

Isaac's turn

Bennett's turn

Jackson's turn

The kids swam in a heated hot tub.

Nice jump Jackson!

Hanging out with Clay.

Jumping on the trampoline.

Isaac loved to explore the rocks around the pool, and thank goodness he has a patient dad.

Blog Lag....

Well, I did a good job blogging regularly for a short while and then I had a vacation to Arizona, two days home, then a vacation to California, and when you combine that with sick people and my computer breaking (thank you Adam for being smart enough to fix it by only replacing one part.... and not having to pay someone else) then that explains the lack of blogs. There is a lot to blog about now so it may actually be more interesting than usual too.

Past Few Days

Here's what we have been up to....

Isaac begging to play the Wii and pretending to play the Wii. He says in a high voice,"MarioCart Wii- woo hoo!" and sounds just like the guy on the game. It is cute and dysfunctional all at once.

I went with Jackson's class to the Mirage on a field trip. It was such an awesome field trip! They did a private dolphin show for us and let us get REALLY close to the dolphins. Then we got to walk through Sigfried and Roy's Secret Gardens and look at all the big cats. It was fun.

Bennett wore this Utah shirt home from his friends house one day and refused to take it off until I promised I would wash it that night so he could wear it again (he had slept in it and everything). Luckily his parents aren't BYU nuts even though we both graduated from there. That look in the picture is hostility by the way. I was talking to him about taking it off.


Cute Jackson lost this tooth on the way home from the field trip on the bus! It was pretty cute how excited he was! the other front tooth is hangin by a thread... any day now!