Texas...continued

After the baptism we went into San Antonio and visited "The Alamo." It just happened to be the anniversary so there were several things going on. I was surprised that the Alamo was right in the middle of town!! It was interesting to me because we study this every year in the history class that I aide in. Enjoy the pics!!!

Mike and I delivered Carter and Taylor at school and were able to see their school and classrooms. That is where we said our good-byes....which made it a lot easier!!! A wonderful time was had by all....only wish it could have been a longer stay. We look forward to visiting Texas again!!

Texas .....Carter's Baptism

We were fortunate to make a trip to Texas the first of March to spend time with our favorite Texas Birds and witness Carter's baptism. We were glad we could share this special day with Carter. Great Gma and Gpa Bird made the trip with us. They were great traveling companions!! We had a delightful time.....just not enough time with the Texas Birds!!



Not a bad sized group, huh?......considering the distance we had to travel!! Amy's parents were also able to share in this special occasion.

The little girls got a hold of my camera and just started to take pictures. They were taking pictures of everything!! What could it hurt??? They are easy to delete, right? Here is a sampling of some of their work.......their mother needs to give them a few lessons!! Note the lovely picture of the pin on the table....?????

To make him look good.....

This beautiful bouquet of flowers was delivered to me at work on Valentine's Day!! I first thought Preston and Chandi had sent them....because they do things like that. When I opened the card, I discovered I was wrong.....they were from my "valentine"!!! I was pleasantly surprised and very flattered!! Later Mike told me he had them delievered at work so the ladies in the office would think he was sensitive!!! And yes, he can be!!! It isn't the first time he has sent me flowers. He also gave me a corsage to wear to church.....I guess he wanted to impress the ward members too!!!!

Guess who???

This was one of my favorite gifts this past Christmas!! Heather put it together....pretty clever, huh? Can you tell who is who? Top row...Carter, Taylor, Elli, Cameron; bottom row...Madalyn, Cassidy, Hannah and Isaac, the eight cutest grandkids in the world!! Thanks Heather....I'm very proud to display them. Even had a few comments as it is about the first thing you see when you step into the house. Would love to add to the collection......hint, hint, hint!!

Snow....snow and more snow!!

We have had PLENTY of snow this past winter....so I just had to take advantage of the perfect snow to build a snowman. Hannah wasn't all that excited to help me out, but we (Jess and myself) made her play in the snow with gma. So we made these three snowmen....Tyson, Jess and Hannah. Do you see any resemblance????

Five years....

On October 22, Hannah and I made a trip to the cemetary to pay tribute to Gma Pete. This was the five year anniversay of her death. Can't believe it has been that long since our sweet little mother/gma left us!! I love to stop by their gravesite and just have a moment thinking of both mom and dad. I sure do miss them!!! Of course, Hannah didn't know them, but she was happy to go with me. I carved the pumpkin and put flowers from my garden in it.

Hannah checking out the pumpkin vase.

It was difficult to get a picture of both of us. My arm wasn't long enough!!

Can you believe that Hannah took this picture!!

I love and miss you, mom and dad!!

Flowers....

My daughters-in-law do such a great job of bloggin' that I feel pretty inadequate!! Besides, I don't have the cute little ones to blog about....unless you want me to take lots of pictures of Mike and blog....never mind!! Here are a few pictures of my flowers. I enjoy having a colorful yard, in spite of all the work. The lawn looks pretty dang good, too...nice and green. Thanks to Mike for that!! I like to make the yard beautiful in honor of my parents!! They loved the flowers. Of course, the flowers are all pulled now as we await the winter months. Glad to have pics to remember how beautiful the yard is each summer!! Enjoy!