We love the Assateague Beach

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Abby loves the beach

Patrick and Tyler burying papa John in sand

playing in atlantic ocean
Patrick, Papa John, Tyler

Abby getting in on the fun

Patrick surfing the waves

Baby James loving the sand

We always love to go to the assateague beach near Ocean City, Maryland. We love to see the ponies roam free even on the beaches, They are the chincoteague ponies that swim across the bay each year the third thursday in July to be auctioned off and the ones that don't sell swim back for the next year. The beach is very nice, has nice bathrooms with showers and the atlantic ocean is great to swim in. The grandkids always love to bury Papa John in the sand and this year we got to take our great nephew Patrick who is like our grandson ever since he was born. He always has a special place in my heart. John was able to Bless him when he was a baby and I fly out in Oct. for his birthday alot. His mother Dawn lived with us for her teen years so she is like my Oldest daughter. I Love all my nieces as well. Was glad Wendy and the grandkids were able to make the trip. We had a lot of fun memories.

Spring time at our house

Tyler with our new kittens
Skittles and Kittles

Abby and Stanley

Abby feeding Fritz

James helping papa
cut the grass


Abby smelling flowers

Vicky riding down little waterfalls
near cascade springs


John riding down waterfalls
at cascade springs

Never a dull minute at our house with our grandkids and the fun times we have enjoying our golden years. We are happy to have spring come and enjoy being outside with our family. We enjoy having Wendy,Gary and the kids live close by, I enjoy waiting for Tyler in the mornings he rides to school so I can get that great big hug and him saying hi grandma I am going to school (thinking he is so big to ride from his house to school by himself,) Abby is a joy as well she can always make me laugh at her and knowing her love for animals I am lucky to have good friends that have plenty close by. James is always so fun you never know what he will do next. So welcome spring and welcome number four grand child there is plenty of love for you here.

I had fun with Grandma and Papa John

My Grandma's favorite team

Washington Redskins

so of course I am going to wear it with grandma

My Grandma and me watching Ducks

My swinging friend Zek

I love swingin

Let me swing all day grandma

No I love your exercise bottle more

Watching Papa John cut the trees

I am day dreaming of what I am going to do next

My week at Grandma and Papa John's house, I had a lot of fun and Grandma and Papa spoiled the beJeebees out of me so that is why I am having a fit getting back to my schedule. My mom,dad, Tyler and Abby got to go to Disney Land and I got to be spoiled by both sets of my grandparents for the week till I get big enough to enjoy the ride to Ca. and go on the roller coasters. I had my own Disney land where I got to do whatever I wanted too and boy did I eat it up. Late nights, lots of cuddling,lots of walks, parks, ducks and I had fun with my friend Zek at the main city park and the Dairy Keen where I ate tons of ice cream and played with the lego table and trains for hours. Sorry Mommy and Daddy but I just love to get Spoiled by my Grandparents and have all the attention on Me....

Spring Break

Tyler and ducks
Abby feeding ducks
James watching
Grandma and James

Rub a dub




I had a lot of fun this week for Spring Break with the grandkids. I don't get to see Tyler too often due to being in school and it was a real treat. We went to see How to train your pet dragon which was my first 3d movie and enjoyed it very much, then to pet store to buy some feeder goldfish which each kid got a bag of ten so there would be equal time holding on ride home. I guess when James gets big enough the turtles will have 30 to eat. When we got the fish home I filled up the bathtub added some dechlorinator so they would not die and let them swim with the goldfish before feeding them to the turtles. They love this, you get lots of giggles. Then one day we went to ride the little four wheeler in church parking lot which has lots of wide open spaces in back. One day we went to Midway to play at the park with the ducks and stayed for quite a while. We enjoyed the sunshine,ducks,playground and indoor nature center. They all 3 are a lot of fun.

Spring said hello this week

I was sitting, yes sitting out side yesterday watching Abby and James playing in the front yard and noticed we have some crocus that bloomed. I told Abby to smell them and when she bent down to smell them she said Grandma they have bugs in them. I bent down to smell with her and saw these tiny little bugs inside. Then we laughed and laughed and said we don't want no bugs on our nose. Just happy the little flowers were up. Grandkids and all kids are just so funny,sweet and innocent. Welcome Spring we are so ready for you.........

Easter Fun

I had a lot of fun with my 3 crazy grandkids the past several days while Wendy, Gary and John paint Wendy's house. I got to do a lot of Eastery things with them. We went to Kangaroo zoo friday with Lisa,Lauren,Andrea,Sean and Taya. We had fun jumping on the jumpy things and then on Saturday we colored eggs and went to the local store for a easter egg hunt and the easter bunny. James got busy with his kind of coloring which was a big plastic pan of water in his high chair with lots of plastic colored eggs while Tyler and Abby colored the eggs. We are still eating eggs. I am thinking of chucking out the window of the car at things by now especially with several days of snow. I am sooo ready for spring and fishing. I started singing the raffi song of Mr. Sun, sun Mr. golden Sun please shine down on me.....On Easter Sunday we had an easter egg hunt and lots of eggs with 2 gold eggs that had a certificate for any toy they want at the toy store valued up to 20.00 John hid them in the pool table pockets. He had a hard time not having a lot of candy around this easter but grandma stayed away from the evil stuff as much as she could luckily Sunday night at Kandy's house he got his share when Heather chucked lots of different kinds at him for him making funny remarks at us when the chocolate was passed to the girls. You go Heather I never laughed so hard....Sorry Kandy if you still find chocolate eggs around but that was too funny.

Snow mobiling 2010

Vicky on snow mobile

John at cascade springs in snow

John after going through fresh powder



We have had a lot of fun snowmobiling this past winter and spring. We have been out almost every weekend that John has been off. We have gone to Mirror lake or up to the wasatch Mt.s, Mirror lake is where we go most because there is a lot of big open areas and hills that are super fun. I liked the wasatch in the evenings, the moose come into cascade springs for their dinner, also night time is cool up there because we go so much all year long that we know all the trails. I am glad to be able to keep up with John (even when he thinks he is a kid) He gets suprised now when he turns around and I am right on his bumper....

Happy 7th Birthday Tyler

I can' believe my first grandchild is seven now. Boy does time fly. I was not able to make his party which I was feeling horrible about but at least papa went over there and had some cake. I had a bell concert down in Ogden. These are some times that we had alone together when I took Tyler on a special day earlier in the week to my cub scouts and then bike riding where we had one on one. He is so fun and very thoughtful. I love the conversations with him. He being the first is very special to me. I love Abby and James very much as well but as all grandma's know that first one is kinda extra special. He spent the night several times even when he was a baby. He knows grandma through and through. I got to see him when he was a few hours old, the others I had to wait because I was always watching one or two. We got him some of his favorite toys and some cool shirts and pants as well. I am glad he knows he can talk to me about anything.

Happy Birthday Sweet Baby James

James turned 1 last monday and we had fun celebrating his first birthday. He is so much fun, I enjoy him so much. You never know what to expect with his funny little personality. He loves to meow like a cat and lately we have been taking walks where he loves to ride in the old rickety thrift store bargain stroller where he sings, meows and talks all the way around the neighborhood, we are lucky to get him on sundays while Wendy teaches her primary, Papa is usually sleeping but wakes up fast to come out and play with James. He loves all the one on one attention with both of us. We look forward to sundays to have that special time with him. We love all three of our beautiful grandkids and their own special times they have with us. We feel very blessed to be part of their lives, I only had 1 grandma when I was growing up and remember the special times I had with her and sewing, playing canasta and baking with her. I think it is God's way of blessing us for getting older, that is what I call the golden years is playing with grandkids, they get to go home...........

Happy 5th Birthday Abby

So happy with kitten


Shutting eyes waiting for suprise

Grandma's favorite pictures of Abby's fifth Birthday. We went to her birthday party this past Saturday and Monday for her real birthday, Grandma took her to lunch at Dairy King while mommy was in Salt Lake getting her a baby kitten which she adored.
I had Abby and James in dairy King when James decided he wanted Abby's drink which was sprite after the first taste I could not get that cup back from him no matter what. So he is enjoying the sprite and Abby was enjoying playing with the trains and eating her birthday lunch. When mommy got home and brought that kitten up and told Abby to shut her eyes she about jumped to the ceiling with joy. Abby loves I mean really loves animals, when we took her to the high school play the wizard of oz it was all we could do not to let her go run up on that stage and pet toto. We had to keep telling her that the show was going on and that there was hundreds of people watching and we could not let her run up and pet the dog. I laughed hard at that. Then another thing not related to animals that she did a couple of weeks ago was cut
her little friends pony tail off with scissors, which I could not stop laughing even knowing how horrified Wendy was. The little girl has a short hair style now but looks really cute with it. Kids do the darnest things and you can't help but laugh at their innocence. By the way when Wendy was about Abby's age she cut chunks out of her brother's hair and we had to get all his cut off.

Tyler loved the kitten as well