A night with my sweethearts.

Like most grandkids, mine love coming to our home. They love sleeping over with their cousins and building forts etc.

On Friday night we tended Colby and Addie while Troy and Kori celebrated their anniversary. They wanted to go to Park City so we had the kids sleep over. It was Addie's first time sleeping at our home so we weren't quite sure how she'd handle it. But she did awesome. I got home from work and the first thing I did was get on the floor and wrestle with Colby. He loves that so much. We rough housed for 45 min. non stop. We had so much fun and they were so good. Addie did great too. We got up the next morning and got ready to drive to Tooele to see Brayden play his flag football game. Brayden is the quarterback and really has an arm to throw the ball so far. He plays on the Saints team. Kori and Troy met us out there then drove their kids home.

We picked up Brayden, Daxton and Presley to have a sleep over on Saturday night. We had Makinley, Gentry and Easton all sleeping over. Call me crazy I know!

We ordered pizza then watched a cute movie called Rio. Then the kids made a hut out of our mattresses that they sleep on. It was so fun to see their creativity. They did that for a couple of hours while I watched to see what they'd come up with.

I adore my grandkids so much. Each one has their own little personality and it's fun to watch them grow up and learn.

Rog and I were tired when it was all over but it was worth it. I love hearing the laughter all over our house. There were a few bumps and bruises during the night. Easton fell off a stool in the kitchen and hit his head, his finger got stuck in the toy guitar, he hit heads with Gentry. But all in all I know they had a great time because Makinley was already asking when could they do it again.

Yesterday when we were at church, we had Brayden and Dax and Presley with us. We were getting a new bishop so we wanted to be there. Daxton, out of the blue says "Gramma, how come you still look like a mom?" I said " because I am a mom Dax." Then he said "well you still look like you did when you were a mom to my mom." I smiled and gave him a big hug and kiss. I couldn't believe he said that. He's such a sweetheart.

I love all my little sweetheart so much. I can't wait for Hadley to be old enough to sleep over with all her cousins. Then we'll have 9 little ones here. Wow!!

Teaching Our Children In The Home

This morning I was abruptly awakened from my sleep at 3:00 a.m. I had this intense feeling that I needed to email my children an article about teaching their children in the home. I laid there and tossed and turned not knowing if I should because I didn't want to offend anyone or make them upset. But I listened to the spirit and even prayed and my answer was to find an article from General Conference or from one of our General Authorities.

Well, I did just that. So I guess I'll wait and see what their comments are or if they'll even say anything.

My prayers are with my kids and grandkids so much. This world is such a troubled place right now. Our kids are influenced by their peers and the surroundings they put themselves in. It's a scary time and I want my little sweethearts to get through their teenage years holding onto the iron rod. To make good choices, good friends and to be great examples. They're such a joy to me and I love them so much.

I want my kids to take the time in their busy lives to teach their children about the gospel, to teach them about life in general by their examples etc. And that teaching has to go on in the home. I don't care if it's only 15 min. But it has to be done according to our leaders. Satan is so powerful. I know from experience.

I often wish I could go back and teach my children and to be a better example. We tried holding family home evenings when they were small but then life got so busy with work and the kids sports etc. But, I wish I would have tried harder. I'm so blessed that my children have chosen the right paths. They're such good examples to me and I admire them.

God answers prayers and I know that by him awakening me this morning, it was my time to tell my children my feelings.

Camping..what I love

This past weekend which was Labor Day weekend, we went camping with Jared and Kristi and their family up to Fairview. It's one of my favorite places. We were up on the skyline drive. Rog and I went after I got off of work Thurs. night and we stayed until Monday. It was so nice to get away and enjoy the thing we love to do. And that's camping. I hope and pray we never have to give it up. We both enjoy it so much.

The first day we were there before the kids got there and Rog and I layed down in the trailer and we napped for 1.5 hours. Wow! That felt so good but it was so hard to get moving after that. The weather was so nice. Not too hot during the day, but really nice at night. It's always so fun when the kids get there because it's fun to see the excitement in their eyes. Easton loves to fish. It's neat to see that our children still have the love for camping and now are instilling that into their own children. Troy and Kori and kids came up on Sunday afternoon to visit and have dinner. Kristi made peach cobbler in the dutch oven. Wow! It's always so good. We had Colby stay with us for the night and he had so much fun. He slept with me and hardly made a move all night. Before he went to sleep we played with the flashlight on the ceiling of the trailer. He giggled and giggled. He loves to fish also. Before they got there though, we went fishing and Jared caught a bunch and Rog caught the most. I only got 1. We fried some up one night when we had a BBQ.

We missed having Shanas family with us but they had other obligations.

I hate to think of winter coming and having to put the trailer up but it's quickly coming upon us. But here's to many more fun camping trips in the years ahead.