A Very Special Day

Mia was baptized today! With many family members, friends and neighbors there to share this special day. She is the newest member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

She looked so beautiful all dressed in white. Her parents have taught her well.

Grandpa Sano and....

...Grandma Sano are so proud of her for preparing well for this important day.

Dallin (the oldest grandson) and Bridget (the youngest granddaughter) were there too.

Ethan provided his usual "comedy" routine. What a fun and adorable little man!

Brenna and Bridget were there as well as....

...Aunt Katie and Uncle Jared. Both of them participated in the program by giving wonderful talks.

Mia's family in 2010 at her baptism.

This is a picture from Dallin's baptism four years ago. My how the children have grown and, of course, the family now includes the Ty Guy!!! It was wonderful to, once again, share this kind of "red balloon day" with the Morgan family. There was a warm and peaceful feeling present as we shared Mia's special day.

Getting Ready for Christmas

We have "decked the halls with boughs of holly" and have most things ready for our favorite time of year! Bridget came for a visit and donned Santa's hat. Isn't she cute!!!???

The tree is trimmed... the candles are in the windows....the wrapping "station" is ready and waiting.

...and we even set up the Christmas village this year. Our early and ample snow storms have really helped us get in the "fa-la-la" mood!!!

We hope you are also enjoying this joyous time of year and that the Light has found a welcome place in your home, too!

A Grateful Thanksgiving

Our hearts and bellies were full this Thanksgiving! This is part of the line up of delicious dishes prepared by......

...Frank and Dallin. Here Dallin is preparing his famous and tasty rice balls.

Here are the rice balls ready to cook and eat. They were served as appetizers along with Grandma Susie's chicken meatballs. We numbered 10 for dinner (AJ's family, Katie, Jared, Frank and Beth). We missed our Texas kids and Brenna's family.

This saying, which now graces the wall of our kitchen, really captures the Sano family philosophy. We are grateful for the times when we can gather around the table to share treasured memories, good food and fun times.

Happy Halloween

Halloween is fun for everyone everywhere! The Texas Sanos had fun on a warm southern night. Remi was dressed up in this extremely clever Elevator costume lovingly made by his creative Momma.

Bridget wore the darling Minnie Mouse costume that Grandma Dearden gave her for her birthday last week. Her friend, Calli, made her this cute, cute cape to go with her costume.

AJ's family had a good Trick-or-Treating time also though we did not get photos.

As always there were dozens of doughnuts for the taking. We have been making doughnuts now for about 20 years. We talk about not making them but somehow we end up doing it every year. Once started, some traditions are hard to break! Oh, well, it is a delicious one that we can share with all our friends and loved ones.

Dallin - The Man

This was big day for Dallin...Having turned 12 yesterday, he was able to be ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood. He has made the step from being a little boy, to becoming a man.

The ordination was performed by his dad with Grandpa's Morgan and Sano and Uncle Jared assisting.

Dallin will be one of 5 deacons in their ward and gets be pass the Sacrament for the first time next Sunday.

It is always fun to share the special moments in the lives of our shared grandchildren with Cami's parents, Portia and Ron Morgan.

We are so proud of Dallin and the good choices that he is making! It is a joy to watch him grow up. We are also very proud of his parents for leading and guiding him in so many good ways. We echo the words of John: "[We] have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth". 3 John 1:4.

Bridget Turns Two

Bridget enjoyed a small family gathering at Grandma & Grandpa Dearden's home.

Obviously the theme was "Minnie Mouse" which included a fun Minnie dress and ears,...

...a talking Minnie doll, and Minnie shaped cookies and brownies. No party would be complete without cake and ice cream, too!

Bridget was a perfect party girl! Happy birthday, little one! We love you.

A Tidy Family Home Evening!!

For Family Home Evening on Monday, AJ's family helped us to haul our Fall clean-up stuff (branches, lumber, old air conditioner units, etc.) to the curb just in time for the city bulk trash pick-up day.

With their happy help we got it all done and were even treated to some of Grandpa Frank's fabulous pizza. Thanks helpers!! We couldn't have done it without you! Love you lots.

Come on over...

To celebrate a special someone's birthday!
The Fellas and I...

Randolph Fun with Mia and Ethan!

When the Rich County Fair comes to town....so do we! This time we took Mia and Ethan with us.

Having the rodeo arena across the street makes it a fun and easy activity. Each night of the rodeo starts with the US Flag circling the arena and the National Anthem.

Front row seats are great!!

The rodeo inspired Ethan to "go western".

The next day we visited the animals in the 4-H barn.

The parade was fun! There were 30 entries this year and so enjoyable that, as usual, it goes up the road and then turns around and comes back down the road, tossing candy the entire route.

One of my favorite entries was the tow truck named "Mater" ...get it tow-mater, from Disney's movie CARS.

Grandpa Frank was in charge of hanging on to the candy "loot"!!

Next on the agenda....an afternoon at Bear Lake. The weather was perfect!

What a great weekend we had.

Visiting with Grandma Brown and Aunt Ev

I am way behind in blogging picture of the Texans visit. We stopped one day to visit with Great-grandma Brown and Great-aunt Evelyn who was visiting from Indiana.

Remi and Smokey Joe, the Pomeranian, became friends.

Grandma Brown shows Remi some toys from her fun and fascinating toybox.

Marshall and Aunt Ev visit.

A Playdate Downtown

One evening last week, Candice and the boys came to Salt Lake City to pick me up from work. While we were there we walked around and had some fun. The Tabernacle display at Deseret Book store was one stop.

A refreshment break at the Blue Lemon was another.

We walked over to the Triad Center/LDS Business College to see Uncle Jared. Much to Remi's delight there were ELEVATORS. (More on this later.)

A spin in Grandma's desk chair was fun. We lucked out and were able to enjoy "leftovers" from a banquet that was taking place at the Conference Center. We enjoyed a serendipitous dinner and Creme Brulee for dessert. Throwing pennies in to the relecting pond was right up this boys alley.

Good job, Rem!!

Marshall enjoyed his ride around town so much so that he blew happy bubbles and "sang" contented songs the entire time. What a fun playdate we had!!!