A Catch-up on Our Grandchildren - November 2022

 Taylor went to Africa in June.  He helped lay some block and pour some concrete for a new school there.

Mason excelled at LaCrosse this year.  He played on both the junior varsity and varsity teams.

Tyce is keeping us all laughing:  From the mouth of babes as quoted by Marc, "Tonight while waiting on fireworks to start, Brittney showed us a picture of President Nelson in an odd colored shirt.  Tyce saw it and asked, 'Does he work at Chick-fil-A?' Britt responded with, 'No, he's the prophet.'"

Ali is our broadway star!  So proud of her for trying out for these plays and then learning all the script and music.  These are some pictures of Moana where she played the grandmother.

Even my mom, who is 89 in this picture, knew about Moana.

Ali was in Annie and was one of the orphans.

Lauren, Brookie and Jesse are all in first grade.  They are in Chinese immersion and now we really can't understand them.  The girls do dance and Jesse does baseball, basketball and soccer.

Okay, grandma and grandpa, can you do this?

Kacy is also a dancer.  Bet you can't guess which character she is?  Cruella?

Taylor Paschal - HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, June 2, 2022

 

It's only a small class.

Adrian and Todd are now empty nesters, all of their children (two boys) have now graduated from high school.  We are so proud of Taylor for this accomplishment.  He is a tall, handsome, kind young man.  His next endeavor will be going to Africa to help build a school and then to college in Ephraim, Utah's Snow College.  SO PROUD OF YOU TAYLOR!!!

Theron is now 71!!!!! May 21, 2022

 What does a 71 year old Theron do?  It's a sure bet he doesn't sit and watch TV all day.

He flies above the ocean in a glider

He flies over the Salt Lake Valley in a Cessna

He holds and pets alligators.

He makes phone calls from a telephone booth like superman.

One thing we all know, he doesn't sit still.

April and May 2022 - What's Happening in the Family?

 Ali had a starring role in Annie.  This was a super performance and lots of hard work learning her lines and dances and songs.

I was able to take mom and she had a great outing.

Mason got braces and played LaCrosse.  He will make such a handsome young man with really straight teeth.

Brookie and Lala were in their first dance recital.  Lots of hard really paid off with great dance moves.

Kacy was Cruella in her dance review.

Wow, this was quite a costume.

And school has now ended for 2021-2022.  I love that Marc and Brittney do fun things with their kids to make memories.  They ride on the Vespas to school the last day.  Happy kids.

Pensacola, Florida: April 16, 2022 to April 23, 2022

 As a family, we really wanted to go on a cruise.  Covid got in the way.  So, Pensacola, Florida was backup.  It was a great backup.  How fun for Lauren, Brookie and Jesse - their first plane ride(s).  First ride was from Salt Lake to Dallas. Masks were still required.

At Dallas, we had a four hour layover and so we called Aunt Neala to come visit.  She and Karen Ann drove the half hour to the airport and we had a grand little reunion.  

It had been a long time since Neala had seen the kids and she was so excited.  There were lots of hugs and oohs and ahs at how big they had grown.

We were never at a loss for Neala's laugh.

Next leg was from Dallas to Pensacola where we picked up our rental cars and drove to Pensacola Beach.  I had no idea we were that close to Alabama

 on this long narrow peninsula.  The sand was wonderful.  The weather - so, so.

You can't stop us from having fun though.  Some got buried in the sand; others laid out in the sun; some swam in the ocean and surfed the waves; and our resident teenager showed off his strength by throwing others around in the pool.

Taylor, where are you?

Then, there was the alligator farm.  We had some very brave people who held an alligator and some were just brave seeing them through a chain link fence.

And then there was the eating experiences.  The kids first time at a counter diner.

By the time we had flown from Pensacola to Austin to Dallas to Salt Lake, everyone was old hat at going through security, taking their shoes off and remembering to put them back on.  We had only one tragedy - Jesse took his hat off at a play area in Austin and forgot it.  New hat required.

We missed Marc and Brittney's family - they are doing braces this year instead of vacations.

Love this family and love that they like to do things!!!!

First St. George Visitors - April 2022

When we got back from Yuma, Marc, Brittney and the kids came down and stayed.  They were going to attend Breann's daughter's baptism in Las Vegas.  So we got to have them for a couple of days.  We hiked to the lava tubes in Snow Canyon a little red rock climb.  The pool got heated and we really enjoyed being back with family.