Joey Lems Birthday Outing - January 18, 2011

     We took Joey to Pizza Factory for dinner.  He ate lots of salad and hardly had room for the pizza and bread sticks, but managed to eat some.   Then the server brought a big FREE dessert - a huge cookie with ice cream and topping.  Grandpa and Joey managed to eat the whole thing!
     After dinner we went bowling.  When Joey saw the bowling alley he said, "It is just like on the Wii!".  He had fun bowling his first "real" game ever and did a great job.
     It is fun to take time to spend time with each of the grand kids on their birthdays.  They are all so unique and special!  Joey is a smart boy and is doing great in school.  He is also learning so much about the gospel.  He is excited to be baptized next year and to be a cub scout.

Joey Lems - January 22, 2011

    Joey started playing Junior Jazz this year.  He is an awesome player!  The team has really learned the game fast.  It has been fun to see Joey's fan club at every game (aunts, uncles, grandmas and grandpas, and, of course, his family. 

Dance Review - January 29, 2011

     Yesterday Hailey, Brittany, Amelia and Tessa all performed at Copper Hills High School.
Brittany is in a music theatre group.  They sang and danced to "Its a Hard Knock Life".  This was particularly fun to watch because Brittany and I have watched the movie Annie together many times when she was little.  She loved to dance to the songs.  One time we went to the Hale Center Theatre and say Annie.  When the girls came in on their beds and started singing she said, "They are real people!".  She did a wonderful job of singing and dancing!
     Hailey danced last year and is on a team this year.  She got to ride a scooter for part of her dance.  It was really different to see her with her hairpiece and makeup!  She did a great job on her dance.  She has been working hard to do a cartwheel and did one in the dance.  Yeah for Hailey!
     Tessa looked so cute in her dance costume!  She went up on the stage before it started and went through the whole dance.  She didn't seem to have any fear of performing!  She was a great little dancer!
     Poor Amelia had to wait until 4th from the end before she got to go perform.  She was so excited for her turn.  She has always liked to dance and looked so cute all fixed up in her make up and costume.  Her friend Kylie is in her dance class which makes it extra fun for her.  She did a great job too!

The Nutcracker - December 18, 2010

It has been a long-life grandma dream for me to take some grandchildren to the Nutcracker.  My friend, Susie's, mother took each one of her grandkids when they turned five and I thought that was a really neat thing to do.  This year, Ben agreed to splurging on some good tickets for the ballet.  Even Colin seemed excited to go and knew the story.  I worried a little that a boy might not be as excited.  The girls are all singing or dancing so I knew they would be into it.  It was fun to see their reactions.  We got some great pictures.  The kids all got an ornament for a souvenier and each family got a book of The Nutcracker.  After the ballet, we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and ate lots of yummy rolls and food.  It was a great day and a great memory!

How to Start

I have been wanting to start some kind of a Blog.  I am thinking that it will be and easy way to post pictures and write a little about what is going on in my life.  If this continues all through 2011, everyone will know that I really did it!