Logan: It's Great to be Eight!!!!

Logan had his 8th birthday and he got some good stuff!  Also the trip to Green Bay to see the Packers and have a clinic.  But yes, he had a fun day!

Oh yeah!

Dinner at grandma Arden's and a shared birthday dinner with Aunt Kobie!

Navajo tacos for all and gifts and fun.

Brian Turns Another Year Older!

Today is Brian's birthday.  36!  I can't believe my little (big) turkey baby is that old.  He was my Thanksgiving Day turkey exactly 36 years ago! So we started the celebration last nite, but before that My mom, Jamie, Ty, Brecklyn and Grayson and myself went to the German Christmas Markt.  It was in another location and Grayson came for the first time.  This time Logan didn't come because of a friend's birthday party.  Below we are waiting for the show to begin!  Brecklyn is in the 2nd picture with Baerbel and Heidi working on a Christmas decoration.

While waiting for Brecklyn to make her decoration, Grayson plays games!

 

Here is a cute 3 some at Brian's favorite eating establishment!

Here is BJ with his requested cake, black forest, what else???

Happy Birthday Brian.

 

A Busy Month With Lots of Things to Do!

It's the end of September.  It was a busy month.  I thought about blogging often but did I get around to it?  Only in my dreams!

So what happened?  Well, work changed DRASTICALLY.  We lost a lot of our workers to other departments and/or retirements.    Barbara retired, Baerbel and Sylvie and Paola were moved and that left Heidi and myself to man the "store". (so to speak)  It also changed our late shifts from 1-9 pm to 11-7 pm.  And without Sylvie, I have to work all the late Thursdays.  Heidi is going on vacation soon and that will leave me.  We have missionaries, too, but staff is indeed small now... So it will be interesting to see how things work out.  I will be teaching 3 Polish classes this month.  It was supposed to be Sylvie teaching 2 or them, but again, with her new assignment, I now have them all.  And lots of our assignments have changed as to what we do on an average day.  It has been somewhat stressful and hopefully we will adjust or some things will be adjusted.  Well, that's it for work.  Now on to other things.

Brecklyn had a birthday.  She turned 9 and here are some birthday pictures.

Here we are at Jamie's,  and it looks like the gangs all here!

 Jamie had a birthday too.  September is a big birthday month in the family.  Jake has one, too. But I don't have any pics of his.  Sorry Jake!

 And a little fun in the sun, as Logan becomes a real football star!

 This guy got a handsome haircut.  He has also definitely grown a "Foot or two"!

 Ty is also in football, but is playing "Flag" football.  He did really well and made a major touchdown run in Lehi running from the opposing team's 5 yard line all the way to the goal on the other end of the field.  Talk about excitement and a proud grandma!

 Homemade ice cream at grandma's.

 You can always tell who has been on grandpa's computer lately...

I love this picture. Ty and grandpa talking all things baseball!

A little more football action!  Yeah, it's been a busy month, but now it's almost October, one more day to go!  And then I will have one of those icky mile-stone birthdays.   Yuch....
Have a great fall everyone!

Aftermath!

Ok, so after the baptism comes the birthday slash baptism party!  Jamie spent hours prepping for this one.  So little Brecklyn give her a BIG hug and a kiss for this one!

The rainbow!

The scripture cake! Inside the layers were the colors of the rainbow.  So pretty!

The food (more was coming, this was just the start!)

More food!

Cute!

Italian soda bar...make your own, if you dare!

Admiring the work!

The gangs all here!

Gifts galore!

The mismatch bike!  A real Breckie gift!

And the candles!  Happy Birthday, dear granddaughter!

TWO!

Today was Grayson's second birthday.  He and my mom share the same day.  That makes them b-day twins.  I think it's cool.  His party was at the Hofheins in Alpine.  It was a swim party!

Here he awaits his private pool, but he prefers to not get in...

Logan, now that's another matter...fear?  Are you kidding?

Breck loves it too...

And so does Ty.

Pizza is more my style....

But finally mom insists.  It really is sort of a nail-biting experience, don't ya think?

Sheesh, I really could use some more pizza right about now.  I promise not to feed it to the dog...

Well, maybe I could sorta get used to this...I'll try!

But now for the good part!

Presents! Yeah, I could really get used to this birthday thing!

Now I can race Logan and I will win!

And now, the Cake, an ice cream cake!

It's great being two!  Don't ya think!