Christmas Day

We didn't get a lot of pictures taken this Christmas but here are a few of our Christmas moments. Santa found Ari at our house and she had a great time with her new toys and yes, those messy rooms do indeed belong to me.

Kristen and Lara are quite intent on figuring out the new technology Santa brought to them and later there is a killer game of Rummikub in progress. Notice Melissa manages to cover her face even when she doesn't know a picture is being taken! All in all we sure enjoyed our Christmas with our family all together.

Our house was filled with giggles this morning as Lara, Malia, and Casey enjoyed a "pre-finals breakfast" of pancakes, eggs, bacon, and apple juice. Hopefully their brains are powered up to ace their final exams and then on to Christmas!

Beautiful nativity video

Click on this link to watch a beautiful Christmas video of the nativity set to the song "Oh Holy Night"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_ypUnnqr8Y&eurl=http://www.youtube.com/v/Z_ypUnnqr8Y&autoplay=0&feature=player_embedded

Arianna's getting a new baby sister! Yesterday I met Wendy at St. Joe's and took care of Ari while Wendy got an ultrasound done. Everything looked great and I got my first glimpse of my new granddaughter, due April 29th. She's sure to be born before that as Wendy has gestational diabetes and the specialist will not allow her to go full term. It would be great if she was born on my birthday, April 13th, what a great present that would be! I'm actually hoping she can go as long as possible. Maybe she can make it to her great-grandma's birthday on April 27th, but I seriously doubt the doctor will allow her to go that long. As long as she and her mom come through it all healthy and strong I'll be happy!

Granddad is enjoying his Thanksgiving with Ari and family up in Payson

Ari decided she wanted to come to grandma's house this weekend. Her mommy and Aunties had fun taking her to the park but Ari wasn't too impressed with park life. She wanted to get back to see her gram!

Beautiful day for fishing

The last two Saturdays in a row we went up to Willow Springs to take advantage of the beautiful October days. We caught lots of trout and had a great time putting around the lake in our inflatable boat.

Number 2 grandbaby

Guess what, it's a boy! I just found out that Casey and Tianna are going to be giving us our very first grandson. He's due in mid march and we're very excited to meet him.

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