Another grandkids moment......and our new callings

I was recently watching the grandkids for the day while Heather was on a retreat and Jeff was at work for the day. We were playing Star Wars. Easton wanted me to be Princess Lea but I wanted a light sabre so I was Obi Wan. This was not a video game, but hand to hand combat. Taylor was pre-Darth Vader, Aniken(sp) and Easton was Orange Luke(you know, the orange flight suit). We were running and chasing each other(unfortunately, no pictures as Amy has my camera) and Easton had his light sabre tucked in the back neck of his shirt and a play cell phone in his pocket.


All of the sudden, Easton came to a dead stop. "Wait Grandma, I have to check my phone....I got a text!"


I love my grandkids and enjoy spending time with them. Easton cries now when I leave because I haven't been there long enough....no matter how long I am there! I have been curtailed lately in the amount of time that I have spent with them as I have been so tied up with Relief Society. Here is a picture of the results of the time spent away from them........my visiting teaching assignments are all made...at least for this month!



Oh that's right I didn't mention our new callings. I was called as Relief Society President and Larry was called to work with the teachers. Not what I was expecting at all, at least on my end. Larry just kept saying..."I hope I'm not too old to work with Young Men" over and over. Me, I was thinking they wanted to meet with us to give Larry a calling. But it was for me. It has been a wonderful experience. I will share more about that in a future post.

I started this post on the 11th and was waiting to put some pictures of my cute grandkids, but they are all on Larry's computer. It's now the 16th and I thought I better post it before I forget.......

Kids really do say the darnedest things!

We had the chance to spend some rehab time with Taylor and Easton yesterday. We went to the "little Dinosaur Museum" at BYU(as Taylor calls it). Easton called it the "tiny dinosaur museum". As we pulled up and parked in the handicap parking place, I pulled out the temporary parking pass. Taylor asked me "Gramma, why are you hanging a bathroom sign in your car window?" I laughed and laughed when I realized that the only place he had seen that insignia is on the signs for bathrooms! I told him that it meant that people who had a hard time walking could park in special places.

Hurray!

It's a GIRL! I am so EXCITED for Heather and Jeff and the boys!

The boys have been saying since day one(at least Easton has)that it is a girl. You know I really do believe that the veil is very thin until the time when children can clearly communicate their thoughts and feelings with us. I say this because of an experience we had with Amy when she was very young......

I was pregnant with Amy in the winter of 1983/84. Larry's grandmother, Rose Elizabeth Knight passed away in her early 90's in December of 1983. I loved Grandma Knight and if we would have had another girl, I would have pushed for the name Eliza Rose(Eliza for my Grandma Boyes and Rose for Grandma Knight). I know old-fashioned. Anyway, she was not alive when Amy was born. When Amy was about 3 years old, we were sitting reading stories when she told me about how she used to sit on Grandma Rose' lap. Now you have to understand that Grandma was not someone that we talked about after she died, so it wasn't as tho that info would have been in her head. We could never remember talking about grandma, let alone "Grandma Rose". We always called her Grandma Knight. I truly believe that Amy had some experiences with Grandma Rose in the short time (2 months) that They may have had the opportunity to be together in Heaven. I am grateful for my knowledge of our premortal life and our Postmortal life and the continuation of family from Heaven to the Earth to Heaven. Families can be together FOREVER!

Funny, Funny Easton

I have to tell about cutie pie Easton who each time he sees me asks "Is your house still messy, grandma?" He came over and played for a few hours during my construction mess and so asks each day and someday soon I hope to be able to answer him "No, Easton. My house isn't still messy!"

This is Easton at Hill Air Force Museum in July.

Pictures of the boys at the ranch

Here are the pictures I mentioned. We had a great time, as we always do, with our grandkids. We all came home dirty, tired, a little sunburned and happy.

Taylor couldn't wait to climb the rocks. He had to be patient while we did our Chores.

Like many people in the area, we now have abandoned vehicles on our property. Easton, after having pushed this truck for over 1/2 mile, left it on the upper plateau of the property. It will now rest there until we can return and he can push it back down the hill.

Taylor loves to play dinosaur. Here he is crouched in "T-Rex position" waiting to strike. They love crawling through the tunnels in the rocks that are all over the 'ranch'. Easton likes to jump off of the rocks. I'm afraid that sometime he may try to jump from too high of a rock without someone to catch him.

What a great day on the RANCH!