Due West

I thought you might enjoy listening to some of this great country music. My brother's boy Brad Hull is part of this group. They just released their first single to the radio stations. Listen for "I Get That All The Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C_2TkW1elc

Grandma's Adventure

So which little cutie did this little trick? I think her name was Avery Jane Webb. I had the opportunity to stay with Avery and Daylen while Karen and Preston took Addison and Tanner to Disneyland this past week. After Mom and Dad left our first item on the agenda was a trip to the grocery store. Daylen said we needed some SNACKS! Mom said he could have some Lucky Charms cereal since he didn't get to go to Disneyland. We added marshmellows, and fruit snacks and banannas. We had a great time and fortunately the kids did not try to tie me up or anything like that but I am sure if I had suggested playing that game they would have loved it. I have come to the conclusion that it is not so bad to never see any news broadcasts or daily sitcoms on the television for 4 days. I actually have come to like Max and Ruby, Lil Bill and Dora and Diego. The Noggin channel is awesome, once I figured out how to turn all the media equipment on. I never have been very technical and a 4 year old's explanation didn't help. Looking at life through a child's eye is amazing. No worries, no stress... at least no adult worries and stresses. We had lots of play days at the park, rides on the carousel at the mall, and LOTS of treats. Daylen loves giant peanut butter cookies. Ending the day with a bubble bath was lots of fun too. Not so bad being a kid again when you are my age!

My Friday night date

I had a fun evening with my two oldest granddaughters last night. Megan and Addison are 10 years old and only two days apart. Our main objective was to help Addison find some tennis shoes to wear in Disneyland next week. After having no luck at Payless and Famous Footwear stores, we decided to just "bite the bullet" and go to the mall. Megan knew right where to find tennis shoes just like hers. We managed to find the perfect tennis shoes at the Van's store. That was enough to work up an appetite! I said we might as well eat at the food court so off we went. Lots of choices but Subway won out. Did you know that Subway does not serve french fries? The girls said that the hot dog place had the best lemonade and french fries and that they would taste so good with the with the bacon and lettuce sub sandwich. Who was I to disagree with these experienced mall shoppers. After dinner we decided that since we were already in the Mall, we might as well look around, right? I thought the girls were going to suck all the air out of every store we went in with their gasps of delight. Words like adorable, so cute, awesome, and Oh grandma look at this, came flowing out of their mouths. Of course Grandma could not resist. With our shopping bags under our arms and lots of chatter and giggling we decided to go check out some more stores. We were having so much fun that we did not realize how late it was getting. We got locked in the mall when it closed. The girls thought that would be ok because the JC Penney home store had plenty of beds to sleep on and the food court would be open the next morning. We finally found our way out the emergency exit. I had so much fun and hope the girls did too. Awesome friday night date!!!

Too late

I got this broccoli plant from Sharon and I have tried to take very good care of it. I planted it in a pot on my front porch where I could see it every day. I watered it, babied it along until it got big enough to stand on its own. I fertilized it, made sure it got plenty of sunshine. I watched it grow for weeks. I was so excited as it began to get bigger and bigger. Soon the little broccoli spears began to appear. It grew into a nice healthy stalk of broccoli. The other day I decided it was time to harvest my first stalk of broccoli. I planned to do this as soon as I got home from work. After work I went inside, changed my clothes, got a knife, went outside to the plant and this is what I found! Some hungry critter beat me to it. This is all that was left. Hope they choked on it!

The white stocking

I love this time of year. It is a time to evaluate myself and make resolutions for the new year. For the past few years we have added a white stocking to our row of christmas stockings. Each family member writes down a goal for the new year on a piece of paper and we put it in the white stocking as our gift to Jesus. We work on this goal all year and then on Christmas Eve we evaluate ourselves and then write down something new to work on for the next year. Seems like time slips by so fast and I hardly had time to accomplish my goal. Why is it that when y0u are young time seems to move so slowly but as we get older the birthdays seem to come around too fast? This year I felt like I did not do as well as I could have and so I put the same goal in for next year. Maybe 2009 will not slip by quite as fast as last year. Even though I did not accomplish my goal I am grateful for a new year and the chance to try again. I was reading in the Ensign this morning and was reminded of a talk by David Bednar. I recognize the sweetness of "tender mercies" in my life. I have truly been blessed this past year. Happy New Year to everyone! May 2009 be as Elder Tom Perry said in General conference. 'THE BEST IS YET TO BE'

My Claim to Fame

Christmas was so wonderful this year. I love everything about Christmas. I am thankful for the excitement, the colors, the music, the giving, the love, and most of all for my Savior, Jesus Christ. I even don't mind all the hustle and bustle. I did get to spend a lot of time with family and that made it extra special. One of the highlights of my holiday was a trip to Safford. I took my friend Sharon Johnson, my grandaughters Addison and Megan to a concert. My nephew Brad is a member of a great group called Due West and they did a fund raiser for the American Cancer Society. It was so good. His new Cd should be out in February. Brad also got his guitar out at our family party and Megan jammed with him on the piano and all the kids sang along with him. We are proud of Brad and his accomplishments. He is our claim to fame!

I thought I should let you know that Mickey Mouse is alive and well. I just spent four wonderful days in Disneyland with four of my grandchildren. Karen and Preston invited me to come along to help push the stroller. Wow, what a vacation! The weather was perfect and there were not very many people there on Wednesday and Thursday. The park turned into Christmas on Friday and the decorations were amazing. We had so much fun. I still can't handle the roller coaster rides but I really had fun on the others. Trips like this keep you young!