My girls are such faithful bloggers. I really admire them. Their kids will have so much fun seeing themselves as babies and little kids. They're awesome! And we enjoy getting to watch the grandkids grow up. We watch the video blogs over and over. Me on the other hand, well it takes me forever to blog and post pictures so I don't get around to it as much as I'd like to.
Not much has been going on around here. We went to Idaho to spend Ava's 4th birthday with her. Jarah planned a wonderful princess party. She made the cutest ever princess castle cake. We had hot dogs and plenty of food at the park. It was a lot of fun. Then later that day we blessed Halley. It was such a spiritual time for us all. Kalab's dad said a very nice blessing for her and it was good to visit with them. Jaycie and Dallas and Ashton came too, we love spending time with them all.
Then later that month Eric turned 46. He's a very young grandpa! He thinks because he's a grandpa he gets to act like one. I have to remind him too often that he's only 46. How many grandpas do you know that want an i-pod? I really wanted to get him one too but he's so picky with everything that I couldn't afford the one he wants. So we just went out to dinner. We like the Silver Nugget's $5.00 prime rib. We off handedly told the waiter that it was his birthday and later he surprised Eric with cake and everyone sang him happy birthday. It was a lot of fun.
So that was a month ago and now we're in November. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving already. We're staying home this year. James and Charity will be here and Jody and Ornella and Baby Eric. We'll eat dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Hardy and Bryan and Kim. Then later that night we're going target shooting.
Josh couldn’t take it anymore! His roommates were either going to be the death of him or the other way around. So finely he found his own apartment. He's been so excited. He made all the arrangements and talked to his financial aid advisors and was able to get out of his student housing agreement. He did all this on his own. I can't tell you how much we admire him and all his accomplishments. He's getting all A's and earned a cool scholarship. His work is amazing!
Jordan performed in the play "The night of January 16th." She was the district attorney.
Her parts were incredibly long. I can't believe her ability to remember lines! She worked so hard. She practiced day and night. We hardly saw her at all the two weeks before the play, between soccer and school and theater practice. It was overwhelming for her and she shed a lot of tears but in the end it all payed off and she was the star of the show. We're proud of her and her accomplishments as well.
Jeff went to Reno last week-end. The school chartered 5 buses to take all the kids to the state football game. Jeff got to experience his 1st serious sand storm on the way. He mentioned it was a bit scary. But they got there safely after 12 hours. He had a lot of fun while there; they went ice-skating and shopped at the mall. But in the end our team lost horribly and they all came home pretty somber. I think it's awesome though how much support our town has for the team. Almost everyone I know went to the game.
As for the rest of us, we're just doing the same ol' thing. Eric has a ton of honey do projects to get done. And me, well I make the list.
Earlier this morning we had a wonderful little surprise. I was sitting here writing this blog and Eric sets a brown egg on the desk for me. Happy Day!
The first gift from our 7 chickens. I was so excited I squealed and jumped up and down. Finely we get fresh eggs! Sometimes it's the smallest of things that bring us such joy.
Oh yeah. Jordan got asked to her 1st prom! She was given a beautiful red box and in it was a Rubik’s cube with her message.
She couldn't figure out the puzzle so she wrote down all the letters and unscrambled them. Then when she got home Jeff and Josh tried to do the Rubik’s cube but couldn't so later Eric tried and it took him about an hour and he figured it out. But the sad part is that Jordan won't be here for prom cuz we're going to be at Brianhead. She has to tell him no. Dang it!
I hope I can blog again soon because I need to finish here. We love you all.
