Monday, January 24, 2011

Light Therapy

Nothing beats the winter blahs like a trip to the sun. I am home and ready to begin life with a fresh attitude, thanks to friends and family and 9 days of sunshine.Tiff and Kyle are set up in their nice rental home while Kyle works on his Masters degree. Tiff fixed us this amazing lunch. I am now inspired to eat healthy.
Thank you Tiffany for being such an inspiration.


On our visit on the way down, Kyle was in China, but Anna was there which was an added bonus. Her great attitude and energy after chemo are awe inspiring.


Farther south we enjoyed a full week of being spoiled at Gary and Beth's house.
They took us around to all of the local tourist spots.


on Tues. Beth and I had lunch at this beautiful old hotel.
More sight-seeing in the sun.


A cute western town where we ate dinner.



On Thurs. Ken and I drove even farther south to visit my dear friend Barbra. I hadn't seen her for 22 years and I hadn't had a real conversation with her for nearly 40 years. She and her husband, Mike, showed us around Tombstone.



Boot hill.

Seeing Barbra was one of the highlights of my trip.
She introduced me to the church and being friends with her changed my life.
Without her I wouldn't have my husband or kids or any of my Utah friends.

Saying good-bye on her 4 acre ranchette.

Barb's super nice husband, Mike.
On our way home, Kyle was home from China and we had another visit with Tiff and Fam.

Also, on the way home we met up with Corinne and Kevin on their way home from thier vacation.

I don't think I've ever had a vacation do me this much good.
It was wonderful and I'm so grateful.

Monday, January 3, 2011

The End of the Year

Because Blaine and Michelle didn't feel excited about driving up here after Christmas this year, we went over to see them instead. Here are the highlights of our week there.A beautiful princess greeted us.
Can you feel the love?
A beautiful mommy and four month old Evie.


The kids opened their Christmas gift from us.
Blow up building blocks.
It was quite a project getting the first "hut"built.
Grant sent gifts for the whole family...cars for the boys.
More building efforts.


A princess in her castle.

Blaine thinks Evie looks like a Who from Whoville with her hair like this.

Kimberley's favorite gift from Grant was a Toy Story game of Bingo.
Ollie watching TV.

Evie is a very happy and good-natured baby.

All week long the building process took place.
They made and remade igloos and huts.

Even Mommy got in on the fun. I like this picture because her grin reminds me of how she looked when she was a little girl.

For Kimbereley's birthday we all went to Chuck E. Cheese.
Kimberley got a head start on the fun while the pizza was being ordered.




















Back at the house we had cake and opened presents.



Grandad and I gave Kimberley art supplies for her birthday.
She loves to paint and color pictures.
Here we are getting ready to leave for home.

It was a great trip and, as usual, had fun with our grandkids.