Grammii's blog

Monday, January 19, 2009

New girlfriend for Reese

A few months ago, I was at work and had to call a Mother with a Down syndrome daughter. We talked for a while and had so much in common. When Jamie (the daughter) came in I went out to meet her. I gave them Reese's picture and telephone number. She gave us Jamie's name and number, and a couple of days later, a picture. I told Reese about Jamie. You see Reese is always worried about not having a girlfriend and Jamie is always worried about not having a boyfriend. I thought that with her in West Valley and Reese in Layton that there wouldn't be a big problem. Reese started calling her and they have been good phone buddies since. At Christmas time Hyrum and Angie took Reese to Salt Lake City shopping. Reese did his usual disappearing act and when they found him. He had bought earrings for Jamie. (we didn't know if her ears where pierced or if she even wore earrings) We met Hyrum and Angie in South SLC for the hand off of Reese, and thought since we were so close we would call and see if Jamie was at home. She was and we stopped over to visit her. She gave Reese a tin of cookies. (The way to a man's heart) My camera's battery when dead just at picture time but Joan (Jamie's mom) had a camera and made extra copies of the pictures for me. Keep in mind that Reese is only 5 feet tall. But in the pictures he looks like a very tall man.

Monday, January 12, 2009

New Year Party!

We had the best New Years Eve party. We invited all of our darling grandchildren over for a party at Grandma and Grandpas. We played video games for a little while and then decided to have fun. Grandpa baked us a Papa Murphy's pizza. The kids had so much fun eating it. They decided that they needed to sit in age order. Moab 6, Mason 5, Kazzie 4, Nahavi 3, and Evan 2. Laughing and giggling. We watched Kung Fu Panda and Ice Age, baked cookies and at "midnight" we sat off fireworks and had rootbeer floats in honor of Grandma Reese. It was funny, Brian had changed the clocks so that midnight came two hours early. At midnight we called Aunt Wendy's in New York and they were celebrating the new year. The kids thought it was great. We brushed teeth, said prayers and Brian read stories. They slept on the family room floor and one by one fell asleep. Evan first, then Nahavi, then a while later Kaz, then much later Moab and finally after the real midnight Mason finally fell asleep. The party didn't end there. The next morning Nahavi joined us in our bed around 5:30. The other kids got up about 7:00. Grandpa made Mickey Mouse pancakes from batter in a can. They got to go down stairs and dance on huge bubble wrap that the new fridge had been wrapped in. It sounded just like fireworks. We watched Ella Enchanted with Grandpa. The parents came and we all played games until it was time to go home.

Keeping the aging away

I have the cutest husband in the world. I count my blessings every day, the best is having Brian as my husband. We are opposites on every thing. It's amazing to even us how we managed not to strangle each other. He runs by the clock, I run by the task, he is so dedicated, once he makes up his mind he doesn't deviate. He started exercising about 1978 and is still going strong if not stronger today.

Brian striking a pose

Work in progress

Brian has been working so hard this year to get our basement the way we want it. There is always something in a home to work on though. But we got a finish put on the concrete floor. I'd had a piece of carpet down there but the kids really wanted to be able to ride there wiggle cars on it. So we contacted Sheen Concrete Finish and they came for a week and worked on the floor. We had the walls done but the finish work couldn't be done until the floor was in. Brian had some places with the wood walls that couldn't be completed until the fireplace was done. It couldn't be done until the floor was done and so on and so on. Things are finally coming together.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Marston Christmas Singing

Merry Christmas to all... and we had a ball

We had such a great Christmas. What makes it the best is family. We had our Christmas party early and the family had fun together.

Another Chapter Finished

Exciting Day!

I'm so proud!

Our son in whom we are well pleased

Done at last and with a commemorative medallion

Well another chapter in our book of life is finished. McKay graduated from WSU. It was awesome.

McKay's family

McKay came following close behind Reese. There is 18 months difference in their age. McKay is a brilliant kid. He always learned things so quick, as a child he was always blowing me away. But on top of brains, agility, and quick wit, McKay has a kindness about him, he is tender and has a heart of gold. Sounds like a bragging mom but it is My blog and I can blog what I want too. He married Jena Ribe.
Jena is a fantastic person. To describe her talents would take pages. She is such an amazing mom, taxi driver, cheerleader, organizer, crafter, artist, cook, Wii player. You name it she can do it. And to top it off she got me hooked on Stephanie Meyer's books.
Moab is our first grandchild. What a beauty! She is such a darling. I love having our little Moab around. She is so fun. She has an infectious giggle and a bubbly personality. She loves to read, she plays soccer, is a fish in the swimming pool and can play the piano and she and Grammy have fun playing Wii together.
Nahvi'ah, oh what a corker. She is a little firecracker that one. She doesn't even have to say anything to get you laughing. She is an attention getter. She is smart and funny and knows how to use that combination to get what ever she wants. Whatever Nahvi wants Nahvi gets. (Honestly, she is so stinkin cute you just can't win)

Hyrum and Angie

Hyrum and Angie are our scholars. Hyrum met Angie while he was going to graduate school in San Francisco. They were married and Angie finished Law school at BYU. They have moved to Chicago in live in the heart of the city. Right straight above the yacht club on Lake Michigan. They live in a skyscraper on the 54th floor penthouse with a 120 degree view of the great lake. It is amazing. Angie is practicing law with Kirkland and Ellis. She's such a dedicated worker and devoted wife and spiritual giant. Hyrum was tele-communting with Wells Fargo but has decided to get a doctorate degree. He is trying to decide if he wants to go to medical school. I talked him into getting a little bit of medical experience and he got a CNAs certificate. I'm not sure if he liked doing that but I think he got a taste of what I do as a RN

Paige's Sparrows

A son is a son 'til he meets his wife - a daughter is a daughter for the rest of her life. There is a lot of truth to that statement. The most important woman in a sons life is his wife. (As it should be) But for a daughter I can still be the most important woman in her life. Son's have a difficult time in knowing where sharing their lives and sharing confidences separate. So they say less so they won't to say too much. But a daughter, seem to be able to know were confidences start and can go into other conversations going over everything because we have so much in common. What to wear, how we exercise, what to eat, how to make a child or husband happy, how to teach a concept, how to earn a little spending money, what to spend your money on. We just share ideas forever. Now boys don't get your feelings hurt.... it's just a woman thing. We got really close while Scott was gone, Just after Scott left for his training for his deployment in Iraq, she found out she was expecting her third child. When he was born she had a new 3 year old a 18 month old and a newborn. So for the time 18 months he was gone we got very close. I do have a lot of fun with Paige. It use to freak us out how much a like we are. We would show up at each others house with a new pair of shoes only to find out that the other had just got the very same shoes. I can't begin to tell you how many times we've gone places and found we were dressed like twins. No pre-planning. Sometimes we will say or come up with an idea at the same time and this really blew Scott away after he returned.
Paige is a stay at home mom. She is crafty and has worked with "Stampin' Up" and now has her own website selling hair bows. It's girlycurlboutique.com
Like all my children, she too picked a great spouse. And as a Grandma all I can do is brag about my grandchildren. Paige has four of my six grandkids. Mason 7, McKazlyn 6, Evan is 41/2 and Emy is 14 mos.