Monday, October 10, 2016

My nephew's wife Cher hit an elk.  She said the antler went

right through the windshield and would have hit her if not

for her airbag and seatbelt.

Speaking of elk:

Conquering hero.

3 Nephi 3:1-10

Why is it so important to stand guard against the flatteries of men?

So that we stay on the covenant path.  We need to constantly repent and progress and flattery blinds us to our sins and areas we need to improve.  Flattery causes us to be puffed up and vain.

GC: 'Valiant in the Testimony of Jesus' by Elder Quentin L. Cook

"We cannot afford to have our testimonies of the Father and the Son

become confused and complicated by stumblingblocks."

Sheri brought pumpkin mix and I made pumpkin muffins for breakfast.  After breakfast Rowan, Evan and Max went outside to help James paint and do some other odd jobs.  Ruby, Addy, and Ben helped me by washing windows.

I sure do love these girls.

Ruby getting the window over the sink.

Such a sweetie.

Ben and Ruby working together.

Sheri was a little miffed this morning.  She forgot her workout clothes and something is wrong with her phone so she was ready to go home today.  Ben needed to get back to study for the ATC's which he is taking on Saturday.  While James and I went to town for pizza, they left.  

We found out that we really like Dominoes thin crust veggie pizza and the kids like their pepperoni and their cheese pizza.

This afternoon I was doing a Mario puzzle with Evan when Ruby asked if we could do the donut puzzle.  The donut puzzle is 500 pieces but how could I say no to such a cute little girl?

The kids had a poker tournament today.

Addy is losing this round to Rowan.

Such a cute group of kids.

I think Max won the tournament although everyone agreed

that Evan was really good at poker.

While the other kids were playing poker Ruby colored some pictures for me.

Such a good artist for a seven year old.

The boys went out and worked some more for grandpa.  The girls wanted to paint too.  Grandpa told them if they would pick up pinecones for him he would let them paint tomorrow.

We have plenty of pinecones.

For dinner we had hotdogs and hamburgers.  Max says it is one of his favorite cabin meals.  Afterwards we made smores in the fireplace.

Rowan enjoying his smore.

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Darrel got up at 5:30 this morning and took Rowan, James, and Jackson fishing at Chocolate Lake.  I don't think they caught anything, but that was so nice of him to get up early and take them.  Thanks Darrel!

Jared got up early and went to the temple.  I wanted to go with him, but James wanted me to stay home with him.  He's said that the new film is awesome.

Emmy and Addy loved playing ping pong.  I bought different colored balls and they gave all of them a name.  There was Gumdrop(pink), Lucky(orange), and Lemon Drop(yellow).  Lemon Drop died today because James Hayden hit him too hard.  The girls decided to give Lemon Drop a proper burial.

Lemon Drop's final resting spot.

Ping pong pals.

Everyone went to the ski run today except for James, Molly, Ruby and me.

Grandpa getting some hugs from two cuties!

Grandpa getting a fish hook out of Ruby's shirt.

Molly looking at my plants

Molly and her sly smile

Ruby on the run.

Two sweet little girls!

The plan at the ski run was for all the adults to rent bikes and mountain bike down the mountain.  Tricia brought her own bike (Titus) and was the only one who actually rode a bike.  It cost too much to rent bikes so Darrel and Trina rode the left, but it was cold and started to rain so they went to Greer.

 At the top of the ski run.

Tricia, mud, and Titus

When everyone returned from the ski run, Anna went to the clubhouse where she has spent most of her time and they younger girls went flower picking.  Here is a bouquet Cassie Barney brought to me:

Cassie's bouquet.

In other news today:  Rowan, James, and Jackson played poker.  

Emmy, Anna, and Addy played Five Crowns.

 Girls and Five Crowns, Jared and the Ipad.

Again, Jared cooked dinner, teriyaki chicken which Tricia had marinated, rice, and grilled asparagus.  Darrel did the dishes for the second night in a row. 

Addy and Emmy had such fun together.  They found a walking stick and named him "Nick the Stick."  Also, Emmy says she wants Grandpa's walker when he is finished with it.  She wants to do arm lifts on it so she can be buff and strong.  

Molly and Ruby cover their legs in bandaids because their legs had "itches" from walking in the grass picking flowers.  

Molly said to me: "Grandma, do you have any pretend babies?'  I think she meant baby dolls.  

James helped Rowan put his Lego set together.

Just hangin' out.