Never a Dull Day

Here we are - already mid February! Lots of things happen in just a few months' time and most of it good! :) We had a chance to go and visit Ron's Mom end of January for a weekend and it was nice to see her doing so well physically. Sometimes it is hard to visit with her because she does not remember who we are. Ron's sister Patti was a great hostess as usual and I love talking with her since both of us have similar lives with five children! Seems like we both just keep coming and going a lot even though our children are supposed to be grown up by now.

The following weekend we went to Salt Lake City to visit Brian, Brooke and the four boys. I am so glad I had a few girls in the mix - a lot of boy noises and smells fill their house! We watched a lot of basketball and even stopped in to watch Christina play in a volleyball tournament while there.

We had a few birthdays to celebrate in January - myself, Markus and Jaana. We went to a pizza place, Brick Oven to celebrate Markus's and mine birthdays. Jake was here too so it was extra special! Jaana's birthday gift got lost in the mail and she did not get it until this past week. So glad it was recovered since I did handmake her gift. It would have been a real bummer if she did not get it at all.

This past weekend we were babysitting Jorel and took McKena, Bryson and Jorel to Jumping Jacks to play for a few hours and then out to lunch. That was a blast and after a few jitters even Jorel enjoyed the event. It is fun to be a grandma! I am looking forward to a few more children to spoil!!

In another week we will take a trip to California to celebrate Krista's garduation from her master's program - MBA will be hers in just a week's time. Jaana and Paul are gracious enough to have us invade their house again and we look forward to seeing her and Paul and Jake for a few days. Here we come Disneyland - hope I have broken the curse on the place and we can actually get in this time!