It was Grandma Sano's pleasure and delight to be invited by Mia to go with her on her field trip to the Treehouse Children's Museum in Ogden.
It was fun to meet lots of Mia's classmates and help while they did arts & crafts.....
....acted out fairy tales (Mia is the light pink pig 3rd from the left)....
...and enjoyed time exploring the museum.
It was a great day! Thanks for inviting me, Miss Mia!! I love you lots!
We spent a fun day with Dallin, Mia and Ethan as we took a day trip to visit BYU. The Museum of Art had a special exhibit of the paintings by the Danish painter, Carl Bloch. The exhibit featured his famous paintings of Christ, some of which are on display for the first time ever outside of Denmark. It was inspiring!!! No trip to BYU would be complete without a bowl or cone of Creamery Ice Cream.
We showed the kids where their daddy was born and lived, the Provo Temple where we were married, as well as other favorite places in Provo. We visited the Eyring Science Building and had fun with the handon activities and exhibits. We also stopped at the Bean Museum at BYU to see many, many taxidermied animals on display. 
A special visit to Great-grandpa Clawson, Beth's dad, was delightful. He is doing well and entertained us with is wit and story telling. We had a great time with these great grandkids!!!
I am way behind with my blogging--- but what else is new?! This is a picture of the "Second Annual New Year's Day (give or take a few days) Sano Girls Day Out". We went looking for bargains at Tai Pan home decor store and then to lunch at Bajio. It is fun to be together. We are hopeful that Candice will join us for our third annual Girls Day Out ;)
Beth and Bridgie in her Mickey Mouse Christmas jammies.
This month was filled with all kinds of activities, including crafts (Katie and Brenna tranformed boring matchboxes in to cute gift boxes for Katie's students).....
... Dallin's sixth grade "Dig It" program where the students took the audience on a trip to early civilations through song and dance and fun....
...tending while AJ and Cami attended the law firm's annual holiday dinner. Grandma and Ethan show off our Santa hats...
...Ty took a bath in the BIG tub...
...and everyone helped to make a yummy Monkey Cake!
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.
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!
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.