My Grandma thinks that Zach is a horrible child. We went to visit them in Utah the end of November. Zach was sick, and off schedule and the visit was really bad. I was hopeful that when they saw him in February that it would be better. He was better but every time Grandma was around he was terrible. The last day of the visit I put on his I love planes shirt so I could take pictures with his pilot great-grandfather.He screamed and cried and threw a huge fit. I had to laugh as I heard Grandma say again what a horrible child he was and that she felt sorry for me. Zach you will have to work your whole life to get off Grandma's list!!
My grandparents came from Utah for Kally's wedding and stayed for week or two after. They both got really sick with a virus after the wedding. Grandpa can build or fix anything but does not realize that he is old. After staying in bed for two days he thought he was better and came up to my house to work. He decided that Kris and I had lived in a 10x12 tiny bedroom for long enough and started knocking down the wall into our new bedroom addition. It was amazing and scary to watch him work. He could work any younger man into the ground. I knew that he was not well but he didn't want to stop working until the room was drywalled and the old bathroom torn out. I was so thankful for all of the hard work my 84year old Grandpa did for me. I will always have a beautiful bedroom that will remind me of my wonderful grandfather.
Kally and Kris were married on February 2, at The Morehead Conference Center. The days before the wedding were stressful for my mother and myself ,but Kally was very relaxed. It must be nice to know that your crazy Mom and older sisters will take care of every detail. I was so worried that my kids would be loud or do something crazy during the wedding but they did a pretty good job. Zach only cried when Kally tried to leave with Kris. All of the grandkids were in the wedding and came in holding a ribbon in a wild cluster. As they got near our table Graydon let out a little choo choo that was so funny. I guess he really thought they were playing train. The wedding was beautiful, but I am so glad that it is over!! We are excited for Kally's Kris to join our family.
We had a bridal shower for Kally and the weather was horrible. It was snowing over ice and we thought no one would be able to come. She ended up having a big group and lots of fun gifts. It is crazy to think of my baby sister getting married! I hope Kris (Kally's Kris) enjoys all the cute, tiny things Kally received.
This is the first snow where the kids could actually play in the snow not the mud. They love the snow and would play in it for hours. Kennedy loved mowing the snow so that it looked even. I love pictures of my children playing in the snow!
Kennedy loves CADE! She was his shadow the entire time we were in Portland. She wanted him to be her boyfriend, marry her, move to Kentucky, etc.. She was not happy when we said that he was her cousin and they couldn't get married. They were really cute and had a great time together. Kennedy gets so excited every time she sees this picture of Cade and herself in Uncle Mike's hot tub. We had so much fun with the Chandler family and miss getting to hang out with them and have Sunday dinners with them. We wish that we could have moved them to Kentucky with us!
It was so fun to see David! It had been a really long time since we had seen David. We were so happy that David and Dane stayed at Nana and Papa's with us. We had just seen Dane a few weeks before but you can never get to much of Dane. Kennedy talks about Uncle Dane all the time and was so happy to see both of her Dad's brothers.
The kids had so much fun playing in the snow. We had a really hard time finding a place for them to sled but the pictures turned out so cute! I loved being on the mountain with all of the snow.
We got to spend some time together as a family on Mt. Hood. It was so fun and we were so glad that Uncle Dane made all of the plans for us. The mountain was so beautiful and the kids loved the snow. We even went swimming in the outdoor pool several times.
We got to visit with the Werts during our trip to Portland. It was so fun to see Becky, Clete,and the kids. Tess and Kennedy were so funny playing with the dress-up clothes. These girls are only two weeks apart in age and could have really been a handful if they still lived close to each other. Maybe they will live together in college?!
