Trip to Georgia

Atlanta Temple.

Last time we were there it was under construction. The neat thing is Candi's ward was directly behind it so when you walked out of church you saw the temple! Unfortunetly, Candi and Raul moved more into Atlanta.
Nice to see brother and sister playing games together!

LaTerrell with his favorite jacket. He loved it!
He was a cool dude!!

We met Mike and Makayla at a mall. Took her awhile to get use to us but once she did we all had fun! She would come up to me and say "Come get me Grandma" so off I went and chased her. I was exhausted but I was one happy grandma. In December Makayla lost her other grandma to cancer and has had a hard time dealing with that. She was very close to her. That was a total shock to lose her.

Dave and I flew to Georgia so he could bless Lilliana and Rolando. He did a beautiful job with the blessings. It was a beautiful day. Raul's mom and boyfriend came too. We went out to dinner after and just sat and visited.

3 Generations

LaTerrell and Lilli.

We went to Sears to have pics taken. We couldn't get Rolando to sit still though. So glad we went and had that done. Pictures are so important to me!!

More Zoo

Jess' brother, Steven and her mom came too! It was fun to see Avery's expression with the animals.

LA Zoo

Jessica and Avery in the bubble.

Christmas 2011

Travis, Jessica and Avery came and spent Christmas with us this year. It was a lot of fun to have a child again opening his gifts. I don't think he knew what was really going on but it was fun! Travis didn't have so much fun on Christmas Eve. He got the flu and was throwing up and all that goes along with that. By Monday he was feeling better and they went to Long Beach to the Aquarium of the Pacific.

Life is going by fast!

I was really hoping to keep up better with the blog but I have failed! Since this last blog, I have finished my cancer treatments! 3 years was long enough! So far so good! The doc did say the next 2 years will be very important so I will continue going in every 6 months with full blood workups and chest xray once a year. I still need to have yearly full body mole checks from here on out. Travis had some moles looked at and was told because of me having stage 3 Melanoma, he is 8 times likely to get it too. I thought that was very interesting!

I took the week of Thanksgiving off so I could get Christmas projects done! Didn't get them all done but I did get a lot of them completed! Dave stayed home with me and he was lonely while I was in the "dungeon" (that's what he calls my craft/sewing room) By his description you would think it was in the basement, which we don't have! It's right off the livingroom. I had to get Candi and Desi's done since they would not be home for Christmas and needed to be mailed out. Travis and Jessica will be here this year for Christmas and it will be nice to see Avery! Thanksgiving was nice. It was just Dave and myself. I fixed the meal and it was nice just being able to relax and do what we wanted to do. Someone didn't even get dressed all day....won't mention names...but it wasn't me!!

As Christmas approaches I am looking forward to it. I feel good and that's a nice feeling! Still finishing up odds and ends but it's nice the majority is done. All packages have finally all gone out. LaTerrell is so excited for Christmas and Rolando is figuring it all out now too! They did open one of the gifts I had sent. Candi was scared to tell me and I just laughed and said Mark had opened his too!! I love the kids are so excited! What a fun time for them! What a blessed time for me! As Christmas comes upon us I want to wish all my family and friends a Very Merry Christmas and may the New Year find you more happiness!! God bless you all!!

Travis and Jessica's graduation

Dave and I went up to Rexburg for Travis and Jessica's graduation! What a proud moment for me!! Of course I cried!! I took Avery but he was not a happy camper with me but we made it through. When the 2 of them walked, Jess had Avery and when they announced her name, they stated Jessica Ann Sage and Company. She even had a graduation hat on him and the audience ooohhh'd and aaahhh'd and I stated those were my kids!!

Saturday morning was moving day! Travis got a u-haul (ended up with the biggest) and the McBride family and Ammon came and helped load the beast. It was done in no time and very much appreciated to have that help! Travis then drove the beast to their apartment in Idaho Falls where he has a full time job! The McBrides came and helped unload the beast. I am eternally grateful to them for their help!! Blake had also graduated BYUI and I am so proud of him!!! For those who don't know who the McBrides are, Kristol is my sister! We had her husband Terry, son's Blake and Justin and daughter, Tiffany. (Keesha was gone with a friend). We worked them hard! The apartment has stairs but they were troopers!!

After that Dave and I drove to Logan to check on our house there and to see family. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to see all the family there! It was a short trip but oh so worth it!!!

Have I ever mentioned, I love my grandkids????

Brooke Shea

Brooke Shea came into this world on 6/3/11. She was a tiny thing weighing in at 6 Lbs and 8 oz. and 18 3/4" long. She couldn't wait for me to get there, she was working on her own time! The bottom pic was the first one taken at the hospital and Desi had just sent me the top picture and boy has she filled out! She's a little cutie that's for sure! Just had a little, ok huge scare this last weekend. We almost lost beautiful Brooke. She almost died due to suffocation. She couldn't get her binkie out but thankfully Desi went to check on her and got her breathing again. Just a little scary!! Glad Desi listened to that still small voice and went in!!!