Government shutdown- longest in history

Clay has been working with no pay for over a month. The day it opened back up Kinzi came home from school and was telling her mom & dad about her day. In the background she heard the TV saying they ve opened the government. She said "Hooray the government shut up!" (As opposed to it being shut down for so long.

Sweet Kinzi left Mimi a note in my mailbox.

Holibration

Shelby came in and said "With all the cars outside I thought it was a Holibration!" I think she meant celebration. And she was quite disappointed to find out we weren't celebrating. And as we were reading books she said "Mimi, read to your own, I'm going to take a little nap now." and Boo's pronunciation of Salmonella is Salamanilia.

New year- counting my blessings !

Gavin "tooted" and said "that wasn't me". Shelby said "yes it was stinky." Then Kinzi was begging me to go upstairs and put make up on when I was drinking my tea. Finally she said "Mimi let's go upstairs and put on make up so we dont look like old smelly ladies!" And as shelby and I were putting away Christmas decorations she told me "I dont really like nutcrackers, they kind of scare me out". (I think she meant freak me out)

Shelby- you're not allowed to touch the elf!!! I'm not, I'm touching the bottle.

Of 5 grandbabies, the 1st to touch the elf (in the bottle)

Nothing says Christmas like the Viva la Diva Show.

Randy, Celinda, Sally, Tom and i arrived at 1 for the 2:00 show and it was dark when we left. I also ran into Marianne in the bathroom and discovered they were sitting in the front row. Then Red Iguana for dinner.

Shelby and pronunciations

Shelby and I were reading a book and it had a clown it. She said I hate clowns. They are BISGUSTING. (disgusting) She uses this word quite frequently and always replaces the D with a B. Funny.

Thanksgiving

4 generations from 4 to 84 under one roof. Good memories. I was telling a story about when I was a kid and Shelby stopped and said very seriously; "Mimi, you were a kid?"

64th anniversary and so stinkin cute

Tom, Shelby and I picked up mom and dad to go to lunch to celebrate their 64th anniversary. Dad told Shelby you're so cute and she said "so stinkin cute, that's what Ted said!"

I was watching shelby and her dad called and asked if he could come see her. I told shelby your dad is going out of town and wants to stop and see you and she said Ahhhhh. Despite it all she loves her dada. Then she got in the fridge and got two Dove chocolates. She said whoever is the winner gets one. I said what do we have to do. Well it was do a somersault over papa leg. Her favorite thing. Guess she wins.

Nov. 3rd Dana's Wedding.

We couldn't miss Dana's wedding. Kari & Leroy were such a big support when Chelsea got married. Another wonderful week end. I told Marsha & Gary I think we spent more time with them this year than our kids. Gary said We won't tell the kids. We toured Boeing and a winery and waterfalls. Gambled a little at a casino and hit Pikes Market for clam chowder. And spent lots of time with Humke's enjoying the wedding festivities.

more vinyl out the door.....one for wendy at the auto repair shop and one designed and cut for Ron & Carolyns Rental House.

Gav's Orb

Gavin saw on orb on his Dad's video security camera. He told us "Do you think that is Big Papa watching out for me?" Yes I do. Then he told us when you fart you burn 60 calories. We laughed really hard at this and he told us "Look it up! Because I did." And the final thing he did that made me smile this week. We sent Killian, Kinzi and Liam one of his football cards and he signed it love gavin with a heart and a highlight on the heart. I smiled real big and he said "What? That's how you sign your name". Happy to see he's paying attention.

Gavs football team took 3rd place. They improved so much through out the year. Gav was the quarterback and threw 5 touchdown passes the last game. So fun to watch. Uncle gale came for a week end visit. and it's good to have goals....

Shelby doooos

1. I need a papa hug. 2. Mom, can we have one of those little babies at my daycare. I really want one. 3. And on my birthday I asked Shelby if she would take care of me when I was old. SHe said "you're not old, you're new!" and her favorite thing is gymnastics. Summersaults, standing on her head, and flipping over Papa's leg. From Miss B to Mimi: 'I love your smell, your smell is good.' I felt like she was going to continue with a Dr. Seuss Book.

PV with Applegates

Tom and I booked Mexico and it just happened to be during Marsha's 70th birthday. So we told her they better come because we were celebrating her birthday in Mexico and she shouldn't miss out. So they finally did. We booked a one bedroom suite and asked for their room to be connecting and it all worked out. Two bedrooms with a living room and full kitchen in the middle. Plus they had decorated Marsha's bed. Tom cooked breakfast every morning. Here's some of our itinerary: Oct. 6 Sat I told the male stewardess on the airplane it was Marsha's 70th bday so I'd like him to announce Happy Birthday but DO NOT say how old she is. SO what does he do? Happy 70th Birthday to Marsha is seat 22B! Thought she was going to kill me. But everyone did go by and talk to her. We went to FAT Boy's to celebrate and again they sang to her. Then we got home and just getting ready for bed and we hear Pop, Pop, Pop. We're all thinking the same thing. Oh no, gun fire. So of course we look outside and it's beautiful fireworks. Tom told Marsha that was her last birthday surprise and Gary said "What's that going to cost me?" Oct. 7 Sun Tom and I took one for the team and went on the time share presentation so we'd all get 20% off all week plus free massages. Not worth it. Then we went to the grocery store to get supplies. Our taxi guy Enrique told the guys we needed to take a tour in the mountains with him. I did not want to go but they finally convinced me. Oct. 8 Mon Beach day and our free massages at the resort spa. Oct. 9 Tue San Sebastian Tour of a coffee plantation, tequila farm, local restaurant with great food but lots of flies, a wonderful old church & city. Adaultos on the beach for dinner. Oct. 10 Wed Pool day Oct. 11 Thurs Downtown Puerto Vallarta and Oscars for lunch. Oct. 12 Fri $25.00 beach massages and Sandrina's for dinner. A great week!

BOISE TRIP

A quick trip to Boise for Global Entry Interviews @ Customs for Tom and I. Boise could get us in immediately and Salt Lake was schedule out to Feb. 2019. We arrived in time to see Clay playing Boomer the Hawk at the Kids jogathon and walk the last lap with Kinzi. We also celebrated early with Clay for his 39th Birthday. We went to dinner Fri night, the zoo Sat and at night we babysat so Clay & Tara could go on a date. For dinner we got Panda Express and the kids loved it. Liam ate so many shrimp and the last bite had a cashew in it. Well he evidently didn't like it because he started gagging and throwing up. In between throw ups he looked at Tom and said "You are the worst babysitters ever!!!!" Then we got to laughing and he was really mad. Before bed he told me "you're not supposed to throw up when you have a babysitter". OK. We're sorry. He did finally tell us we were good babysitters before we left. Good thing for his parents as they may need us to babysit again. :) On the way home we stopped at Dave & Alta's miniature Hereford ranch and visited for a couple hours. Nice to see them and where they live.

Marshas surprise bday party and our 1st taco bar.

Lana had a taco bar at the family reunion and it looked pretty easy so I wanted to try it. It was a HUGE Success. Lots of pre planning but once the party started it was all done, fed lots of people, and everyone loved it. So I don't forget here's what we had: because the hardest part was remembering all this. Hard & Soft Tacos, seasoned hamburger, beans, nacho & shredded cheese, Spanish rice, Gav's guacamole, limes, Tom's hot & mild salsa, hot peppers, onions, tomatoes, sour cream, shredded lettuce & cilantro. Mom brought bean dip, and Marta 7 layer. Lots of desserts. A fun day playing in the sun.

This is the smile of a kid who just threw the game winning touchdown! Plus this was their first win this year and they beat the 1st place team.

Miss Bs 4th Birthday.

Chels & Shane took Shelby, Gavin & Carson to a trampoline park for her birthday. The next morning Shelby was asking who's birthday is next? I told her Marshas. She said I want to go see Marsha on her birthday and I told her Marsha is coming here because we're having a party for her. Shelby stopped eating breakfast, looked at me and said WHAT???~You didn't give me a party. Oh dear. (Tom told me She shouldn't have kept telling us we're not invited to her birthday party when she was mad at us.)

It was a football week end. Shelby performed at half time during stansbury high school game, Gav played sat morning against Marsha & Gary's grandsons team and the Broncos started Sunday. Those were the good parts.