Apologies

We are having some computer trouble at home and it makes it tough to keep up with my blogging. We are working on getting it fixed but I apologize that I have gotten behind in my postings. I have some fun photos taken while we tended AJ and Cami's kids while they went on a cruize and some cute ones of Bridget. I promise to get caught up eventually.

Remi Toes

Call me strange....but I really love baby toes! I love to play "This little piggy went to market" and Remington didn't seem to mind playing "Stinky Toes" with me. I told him that this game will only be fun while he is little and that I have no intention of smelling his feet when he is 16 years old!!! He sometimes curls up his toes when he stands. Cracks me up!!
Look at those little piggies reaching up to the table!! Soooo cute!

Beth's Annual Trip to Texas

How I love my visits to Keith and Candice's home!!! I had the chance to visit them when they lived in San Diego, California and then in Pueblo, Colorado. This is my third visit to Kingwood, Texas to see them and every time is FABULOUS!! Why is it so wonderful?.....Well, I had to think about that for a while and, with Katie's help, have the answer. Keith and Candice are what make it so great!! Their kindness, hospitality and genuineness make a visit to their place relaxing and restorative. I am already counting the months until my next trip!!! Thank you, thank you, Keith and Candice and Remi, too!!! Here are some highlights of the trip.....
A visit to Nasa was educational and fun!! This was a demonstration of how astronauts live in the International Space Station. The toilet demo was very interesting!!!!

This rocket was mammoth!!! We even got to visit Mission Control! Very fun place to be!

A drive through the Texas countryside was AWESOME!! The ghost town of Independence made for a few good pics.
Loved this old time gas station!
The Sano family at the ruins of the old Baylor School for Girls build in late 1800's. It was a cold and wet almost everyday I was there. Got down in the 30's for a little bit. Burrrr!
Candice and Remington pose near one of the 500+ cows at the Cattle and Livestock Show which is part of the month-long Houston Rodeo. There were sheep and goats. Milking displays, birthing displays, etc. The proceeds go into a youth scholarship fund. Top cow was sold for $300,000!!! They know how to do it up big in Texas!!!
Beth overlooking the midway.

Keith, Candice and Remington at the petting zoo.

Not a very good picture.... but the terrific rodeo was followed by a great Brad Paisley concert! Yeee-haw!!!! I love Texas!!!

World's Most Wonderful Grandchildren!!!

We had such fun having pictures done a few weeks ago while Remington was in town. All six cousins, dressed in white shirts and jeans, cooperated beautifully so Grandma and Grandpa could have these priceless photos!!!! Don't you love the bare feet!!!

Technical Difficulties

I don't know what has happened to our blog. I have tried numerous times to write and post pictures but there is a glitch somewhere. I will keep trying. Please be patient.

We have been alive and well since last I posted in January.

Posting soon!

More Randolph Fun

We never run out of things to do in Randolph. Mia practiced ball bouncing and playing jacks. She also learned to handle a sewing needle and can now thread the needle and sew on buttons. She will be a cracker-jack seamstress one day!

Making homemade spudnuts/doughnuts is a regular activity in Randolph. Dallin and Frank made dozens and dozens and delivered them to very appreciative neighbors. Frank did the frying and Dallin had the job of glazing which he mastered in no time.

We played a crazy game of BINGO with Katie winning the prize for wackiest caller/announcer! We laughed till we cried! Where Katie comes up with those crazy voices and jokes is beyond me! Mia took a turn spinning too. Dallin was glad for a chance to do some target shooting with Grandpa with his new pellet gun. He has quite the aim. Don't worry, he did not shoot the gun in the house! They went up to the hills to shoot.
Another very favorite activity to do in Randolph is napping, Beth's favorite! Mia was kind enough to let Beth use her blankie and stuffed monkey while she slept. Katie snapped this shot.

Winter Fun in Randolph

What do you do in the wintertime for fun in 0 - 10 degree weather?

You can ice skate without skates......

You can slide...and slip.....

and you can practice your Curling with large flat-sided rocks. (Curling is that strange event we first saw at the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics.) All of these things can be done if, and only IF, you are lucky enough to find a frozen reservoir like this one up the street from our place in Randolph. The weather was perfect for some outdoor winter fun this past weekend. It was great to have Katie, Dallin and Mia join Frank and I in "paradise"!