Cute Words from Cute Kiddos.

03-03-18 Clay came home from work and Liam met him a the door saying "We have a situation here today". Clay asked what that was and Liam said "mom hired a babysitter so you guys can go on a date!". 02-23-18 Liam" Tomorrow we'll eat healthy like parents, but todays let's eat junk food. And when Papa was asking him questions Liam said "You're exhausting me!" 02-16-18 Shelby and I went to NPS and I was looking at a necklace. She Told me "you need that Mimi". OK, SOLD. 01-03-18 Mimi" Shelby do you want me to by lo by you?" Shelby" No thank you, I not a baby no more, I'm a big girl". And after throwing my phone and getting in trouble and being in time out "I so sawwwy Mimi, Still Best Friends?" Ok. rest of time out on my lap.

K's Visit

Sat: Farmers Market downtown Boise. Met my cousin Leasa and we went to lunch then to the pool with the kids. At night we went to a BB Game. The kids did great. Sun: Brought K home with us. mon: zoo and boat ride. tues: Uncle Gale here. wed: walk to bridge to feed ducks & gma & Gpas. Fishing at Bountiful Pond Thurs: Fishing at Settlement where K demanded they keep the trout & cook them So papa did. And K said it was his favorite thing he did at our house. He woke me up at 3AM and asked if he could stay just one more day. Fri: Met mom & dad, Z & Liam in Twin Falls at IHOP for lunch. Shelby crawling from the dining room chair into her high chair & I told her "Stop and Let me help you before you fall!" To which she replied" I got this Mimi!" Kinzi went to the neighbors and their mom told her "Sorry we can't play as we're having a baby shower today". So when she left she told them "have fun bathing your babies" and When I asked Liam how many kids he was going to have, without hesitation he said: 5!

Chelsea's Birthday Week end.

Our week end consisted of: Fri:Music on Vine with Marsha & Gary & their grandson Aiden to see Carver Louis & The Old Lincoln Hwy Band Sat: Farmers Market @ Pioneer Sq with Randy & Celinda & Mom & Dad & Doug & Nancy & Boo. Boo's favorite thing about it was all the dogs and petting them. City Creek and Costco shopping & the Demolition Derby @ Tooele Fair at night where Boo got peer pressured by Kader & Deegan to ride all the carnival rides but was so proud of himself for doing it. And only a little sick. Sun: Golfing and Chelsea's Bday dinner & Fishing.

"The Chicken Whisper Shelby" They'll follow her anywhere & right back into their cage.

Boo & Kader jumping off the bridge

Happy 36th Bday to Chels.

The Owl at Farmers Market

Busy making home made lasagna & cookies for his mom's birthday.

07-30-217
Road trip to Big Papa and Peggy's.  Stopped here at Mill Hollow Reservoir. Chels went to camp here when she was Boo's age. It was beautiful.

July

07-21-17  Echo Lake with Boo and Jacobsons. Camping, Bar b que, Karaoke,  Fishing, Boating, Corn Hole and Lots of people.

07-24-17 Shelby's first trip to the ZOO.

07-26-17
Liam and K were fighting and K pushed Liam in the chest.  Liam ran to Tara and said
"Brother broke my heart!"  ♥

07-11-17 TEXT FROM Chels after being gone for a week: Shelby Said: " I LOST MIMI" and she said she wanted to see a picture of me since they sent me a picture of her and her pool. So I sent her a picture of me in my office and told her I wish I was at the pool with her today.

somedays you have to forget how old and overweight you are and hop on your bike and go to the park with your 11 year old grandson.

Football Play-Offs, Bee's BB Clinic, BB Game & Fireworks & lots of fishing and playing in the water.

Sat: Football Playoffs. They took 4th place. And he was like "Really Mimi~not another picture". ha ha  But not before the next to last play off game where Boo bonked into another player and got a huge goose egg on Fri night. He may need to start wearing a helmet for flag football!. 

Papa pulling Boo behind the pontoon and Boo thinking it was a surf board. 

Boo Pictures~when all is right with the world.

Crazy Week

Smore's and a campfire

Macey's 1st Fish

and 1st crawdad.  

Sun May 21st. Bobby & Cindy at Big Tom & Peggy's so we met Shawn & Michelle up there.
Mon May 22nd  Happy Anniversary to us. Walter & Jan here. Mom made us an anniversary dinner.
Tue May 23rd Block Party and Matt & Darcy here. We celebrated Jesse's 21st birthday.
Thu  May 25th. Walter & Jan left at 10.  Jennifer, Doug & Macey showed up at 2.
Fri May 26th. Fishing, La Caille & frog hunting.
Sat May 27th  More fishing & frog hunting.
Sun May 28th  Jen, Doug & Macey left.

Mothers Day Week End 2017

Sun: Bee's Game with Boo, perfect hot weather~Dinner with Mom and Dad and a nice boat ride.
Sat: Boo's Football Game, froze.  Then shopping and dinner @ El Habenero in Magna with mom and dad. Got the most beautiful flowers at Oakbridge green house & mom a fountain for her patio.

AMELIA ISLAND, FL May 4-10th 2017

Thu: Flew to MCO and got in around midnight. We were offered $800.00 credit each for our airline seats as they were overbooked, plus first class to MCO via LAX.  So tempting. But decided it would put our whole trip off & we'd be exhausted as I'm not good at sleeping on airplanes.  Stayed @ Homewood Suites on Int'l Drive for the night. Went to a "McDonald's on Steroids" per our hotel desk. It was 2 stories high.
Fri: Went beach hopping on our way to St. Augustine. Stopped for lunch at Pizza Alley & ate outside and had a great calzone. A little disappointed in the shopping. Last time we were there they had lots of antique stores & old windows. This time more franchise shops. Then another hour to our condo in Amelia Island. Our condo was great. Everything from the gate code to the front door key pad all worked like clockwork. Always a  relief. Then to grocery store to stock up for the next few days. It's warmer in UT than FL today.
Sat: Shrimp Festival in Amelia Island. Blocks & Blocks &  more blocks of arts & antiques & shrimp.
Had lunch at Joe's Second Street Bistro where everything including the ketchup was homemade. I had a piece of key lime pie that cost $8.00 but it was good....After that went to Fort Clinch State Park & fort and that was really interesting, then shark tooth hunting on their beach. Fun day.
Sun: Got up early & drove 2 hrs to Savannah, GA where we got on an Old Savannah Tour trolley to see the town. We could hop off & on and shopped & sat for over an hour listening to a couple guys singing outside. Amazing buildings & history. Went to Paula Deens Retail store & bought a couple things. The restaurant needed reservations. On our way home stopped at St. Simons Island for dinner at Iguanas. (Florida's water is horrible even in a soft drink)  Nice little town with a large fishing pier & a band was in the park.
Mon: This morning we took a 3 hr tour on Amelia River Cruises. Our Capt was Pajama Dave. He was wearing his pj's and I thought oh great what is this. He was the most amazing guide and knew the area so well. We went by Cumberland Island (where JFK, jr was married)  and learned all about it & saw the wild horses that live there and the shrimp industry and the nuclear submarines. We saw 5 dolphins including a baby swimming beside us. Went to lunch at the Salty Pelican where they serve only local shrimp & it was great. After that went to Main Beach & American Beach that was a black beach. In the 1930's blacks were not allowed on the beaches & an insurance company that sold to african american's bought this beach so they were welcome on it. Lots of the old little houses & hotels still there next to the beach.
Tues: We decided since it's our last full day we would stay "home" and play on our beach. It's beautiful and we've walked it everyday. The sand is very compact and easy to walk on. Tom found one sharks tooth & a little lady we've met twice on our walks gave me one. We went to the Ritz Carlton that is right next door & went thru their shops & lobby in the afternnon. Then we headed back downtown to shop a little more and ended up eating at the Salty Pelican again for dinner because it was so good.  Also went to Capt Pajama Dave's pajama store & bar for a beer and visited with him a little more.
Wed: Headed out about 9:30am. Not sure who's idea it was to drive 3 hrs back to Orlando to catch our plane. ha. Would have been nice to drive 30 min to Jacksonville even tho we had to go through ATL. Left plenty early & went to an outdoor mall we had visited with the kids 20 yrs ago that I remembered being fun to shop at. Was so sad not very many stores open there. Had lunch outside at Adobe Gilas then headed to airport. After going through the same tolls twice to get there & paying $4.00 parking we decided we're ready to go home. There are also fires close by & it was very smoky on our walk on the beach this morning.  It was a wonderful trip with wonderful memories.♥

our spot on the beach with our condo in the background. 

Lori & Josh's Visit. Temple, Red Iguana, Great Salt Lake & fishing.

Aunt Mimi & Mimi per Shelby.

Red Iguana 2

Catching Brine Shrimp

ID kids are here & funny as ever

Kinzi: "Mimi, you were never un-love me, right?"
Liam: "How did those ducks teleport across the lake?"
Killiam: Dad, I'm just a sweet kid in a wheelchair"
Liam: as we're driving to mom & dads and I didn't make him wear his seatbelt
"Mimi, are we going to die? "   and as we left "It sure was good seeing Grandpa".

Cabo

Sat Oct. 22, 2016
Short 3 hour flight from SLC to CABO. We liked this. The customs line was SO LONG. I knew Mike & Lana were getting in about the same time from DEN but flying on another airline and going to a different terminal. Then half way through I heard someone holler my name and there they were. About 20 people behind us. So we got to share a van to our resorts. After checking in, us at Playa Grande and them next door at the Grand Solmar we went to check out their place. We ended up having a nice, (but expensive) dinner at La Roca at their resort overlooking the beach & ocean.
Sun: Oct. 23, 2016  Tom and I got up for a sunrise walk. Yep the beach is still hard to walk on in Cabo. And this part of the ocean was raging. We had a guard on the beach tell us we shouldn't even be walking on it as they've lost 30 people last year. Hard to believe. But maybe.... The guys went to Wal mart for food as we all have kitchens. Looking back with the $35.00 taxi ride next time we'll just get snacks at the resort market. We had pool time all afternoon and walked to Soloman's on the marina for dinner. Had the best coconut shrimp with baked apples. After we walked to Senior Sweets in the mall for ice cream. We laughed how we used to go for after dinner drinks and now it's sweets.
Mon: Oct 24, 2016 Tom got up at 5:30 to go fishing with Mike, Kirk & Holly and I went back to bed. I heard my text and ignored it. When I got up there was a picture of a 7ft Marlin Tom caught. It was about 110 lbs. I told him Dewayne was with him this morning as he had caught one years ago and had it mounted.
Tom only took about 5 large steaks so Brenda & Tere ran to Wal Mart and got potatoes & corn & salad & a delicious 3 cream birthday cake and made a wonderful dinner in their Presidential Suite. The Bronco game was also on so we watched it there. It was another pool day for me.
Tues: Oct. 25, 2016 Happy Birthday Day. We went to a time share presentation with everyone as we got a free couples massage. Note to Self: NOT WORTH IT. They said they were low pressure. Yes until the 6th guy. I finally told him I agreed to 90 min, presentation, we've been here 2 hrs & I'm leaving. He told me to sit down very gruffly. Holly told him BE nice it's her birthday. We hung out at the pool all day and went to Mora's for dinner. The owner greeted us & we had lobster & shrimp for $16.95. Brenda got me a banner saying it was my birthday and I got lots of attention. All the mexicans told me Congratulations and I got lots of hugs & kisses. The guys in Mora's made me get up and dance with them & the whole restaurant sang & gave me shots. The 3rd one I heard Tom say "Oh shit".  They were mostly 7 up and fizzed. We ended up at Dairy Queen for dessert. Some little mexican girls came in asking us to buy little trinkets from them. Tere (who speaks Spanish) told them no but she'd buy them ice cream. As they were eating their little brothers came in with the saddest faces. So Tom told them, come on I'll get you some also. They were happy.
Wed: Oct. 26, 2016 Another fishing day for Tom, Mike & Kirk. Holly stayed behind. We thought Kirk would as he got really sick on Mon. But he was a trooper. They caught nothing. I slept in until 9. Went to the stretching class by the beach. Then Lana, Holly & I had an 80 min massage that included hot oils & hot rocks and a 30 min facial at the spa. We went to the Beach Party & dinner at our resort in the evening. It was hilarious. We laughed so hard. Tere & Larry were called up to do the balloon popping game. They have been married for 40 yrs and when the DJ asked how long they've been together Larry said: Since last night. We did limbo & dancing & trivia. They had a live band that was incredible. A good night on the beach.
Thu Oct. 27, 2016: We had couples massages at 9 am with Mike, Lana, Kirk & Holly. They have a salt water pool on top of the roof & sauna we used also. It was Mike's 1st massage.He was a little nervous. For lunch we had leftover fish and made fish tacos. We got cilantro & pico de gallo from the bartender and tortillas from the market. We had pictures on the beach at 6, then Romeo & Julieta's Restaurant for Italian dinner. After dinner we grabbed a van for all of us to go back to the resort. The Taxi driver asked where to? and Larry told him "your house!".
Fri: Oct. 28, 2016 Tom and I decided since it was our last day we'd stay at our resort since we hadn't hung out there much. We laid by the pool. Ordered bloody mary's and mudslides and got double as it was happy hour at 10 am. They had a live band all afternoon that was incredible. We took a nap and then Tom was in a Texas Hold em tournament. He won a drink and $100.00 gift cert for the diamond store in our lobby. Everyone came over to pick out their beach pics and then we all went to Tres Isles restaurant for dinner. It was more of a locals restaurant someone told us about. Another amazing meal. We didn't have one bad meal there. We thought we may miss the All Inclusive but really didn't. The only times we missed it was ordering drinks by the pool. They were $14.00 at Grand Solmar and around $10.00 at ours. They did have lots of happy hours tho.
Sat: Oct 29, 2016  Time to pack up. Our flight left at 3 and everyone else 2 hours earlier. I decided I wanted a robe from the spa. So we got one & Tom picked out lotion. I threw it all in the carry on bag & yep the TSA Mexicans got our nice lotion as it was over 3 oz. Not too smart of me. I found the home made boxes like I bought last time in the airport and got the kids each one. A great flight home. Only 2.5 hours.  All in all a great trip.

A few Cabo pics.

View from Presidential Suite. 

 Catch of the day. 7ft long and 110 lbs.

Within a few little hours this beautiful fish went from the ocean to our plate. It was delicious and Tere & Brenda did a wonderful job. They ran to the store and got potatoes and corn and the most wonderful 3 creme birthday cake I've ever had. 

Beach Party night. 

Not our favorite beach picture, but it will probably look good in 10 yrs. 

Quote on the resort website today: A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

gardner village and sick mimi

Thursday consisted of meeting friends for dinner and shopping at gardner village, then spending the whole night with the flu. We missed our planned trip to Idaho to see our kids. On Sat Boo came over after football. "Mimi are you still sick? " I told him I was feeling a little better. To which he responded: "cuz your legs are really pale".  ok beach and sun here I come.   

sick time and grandma's old ragged quilt is a must to snuggle up in. 

FRI NIGHT FUN

Shelby & Boo came over Fri night. We fished and went for a boat ride. We were riding behind Julie's house and her grand baby was crying. Shelby said "Get her a binky!"