This Is Not Your House, Grandma!

Yesterday was Thanksgiving.  It was a cold day outside but the sun shone.  We were invited to the Hofheins' for dinner.  It was a really delicious meal and we had a very good time.  I have to tell you a little secret though...After Arden's sister cut the pink fruit salads that are shown above on the counter, Brecklyn went over to them and decided they looked really nummy, which they were.  So...she took a really good lick of one of the salads and I said, "Brecklyn, don't do that!"

Afterwhich I got the response, "This is NOT YOUR HOUSE, grandma!"  Can you just see her saying that in the picture???  So I guess I am only allowed to be her grandma at MY HOUSE....  I doubt that I will keep that in mind, however, she is still my granddaughter no matter where or whose house we happen to be at...

Grayson also had a little "solid" food for Thanksgiving for the first time.  I don't think his was quite so tasty and appetizing, but at least it was edible, maybe??

Well the day after Thanksgiving is my set-up Christmas day.  Usually I go all out, but Spence didn't want me to work as hard due to the fact that I have been having some health issues and so he wanted me to "Reduce and simplify"  and I did much to my own disapointment.  I felt sad about it.  Maybe things will be better next Christmas...

Well, as we were setting up, Logan came over and his "thing" is to play Legos.  Just like Brian ....

Here he is in the thick of things.



Brian's Day

Brian's favorite restaurant.  Can you guess what it is?  No, not Chuck-a-rama, but close!  It's Golden Corral!

Look at Gray's sad face...No food for the hungry.  It shouldn't be too long and you can have it all!

A trip to the dentist will fix this, maybe??

A Night At The Ballet

So tonight was Brecklyn's big performance.  She did great!  Even little Grayson enjoyed his first night of "culture".

Here is our Prima Ballerina in the Grande Finale!

Here is Tiny dancer after the fact and ready to go home.  The older groups did a great job.  I always get a little teary eyed for some reason...

One On One With Logan

Logan wanted to have some one on one time now for quite a while now.  Today grandpa took Tyson to the gun show and felt Logan was not really old enough for this activity.  Grandma had lots of errands to run, and so asked Logan if he wanted to come along.  He said, yes.  And so as we drove he was much more quiet than Ty, so I had to kind of start some conversations.  I asked if he knew what next month was? 

"No," he replied. I said, "It's Christmas".  "Oh," he said. 

 I asked, "Do you know what Christmas is?" 

"I don't know," he replied.  I said, "It's when you hear about the Christmas story and you kids act it out.  With Joseph and Mary and the shepards and the wise men and....." 

"And Jesus", he said.  Yes! OK!  I asked "who do you want to be this year."  "Joseph, and Tyson can be Jesus". 

I replied, "I think maybe Grayson would be better in the Jesus part this year, what do you think?"  "I don't know,what about Harry Potter?"  So does this mean our Christmas Story will have a bit of strange twist this year???  I hope not...I am kind of a traditional type grandma...

So we ran one of my errands and lo and behold, close by he spotted the errand store of his dreams.  It was Toys R Us.... He loved everything and I asked what he would like.  He looked and looked and loved everything he saw. But he chose Cars.  And then I got a huge lesson on the names of all the cars.  I hope I can remember, because I forgot Mater/Mator (whatever) was Lightning McQueen's best friend.  I should be given time out  for not knowing.  Logan was so surprised that grandma did not know this very important fact...



Then we went to Sonic for lunch.  I wanted to show him what "drive-ins" were like back in the "olden days".  It was fun, but after I got home I noticed I had not been given credit for the coupon I used.  Such a deal...  After we arrived home, there was a small package that I had been expecting.  And guess what it had ???  Poppers! What fun!!!

Here Logan proudly holds up his gift that he personally picked out for Grayson.  So Grayson will be Santa for Christmas.  I bought this at Penney's for $2.00.  Now that is a good deal!

Who Knew??

Yesterday on the bus I was sitting in the front seat talking to someone that had asked if I was working and at the library on the day of the shooting.  We talked about that and somehow got to talking about Elizabeth Smart's trial.  I mentioned that I had seen her downtown as I was walking on my lunch break to Zion's bank on Main Street.  She was in the white get-up walking behind a man and a woman.  I took a double take because they looked so ridiculous and I could see she was around teen age.  I remember thinking, oh that poor girl, she has the weirdest parents in the world.  My bus driver joined the conversation and said she was the bus driver that had them on her bus the day they found her.  Apparently they kept calling her on her phone system to get informtion but she too, had no idea who the girl on the bus was.  Interesting, isn't it?

It's My Turn

After church Logan and Ty came over.  They were at the table and Logan said, long time ago you took Ty somewhere and now it's my turn.  It has been a long time now grandma!  So it has, Logan!  What would you like to do?

All To Ourselves

This is an interesting shot, wouldn't you agree?

Took the 2 oldest of the grandkids to Pioneer Village.  It was a lovely sunny, warm Nov day.  Jamie had given me a coupon for admissions and I still have $30.00 left.  I will be going here forever, I think.  Unfortunately only the big train ride was going and the houses and the activities were closed.  So we could only walk, look, etc.  They loved the wooden train.  They want their own in the backyard.  OK, Jake, start building!

Please notice the sign on the ladder....My grandkids were being intentionally defiant here, I might add...  Notice the spelling of "Ladder"...Who wrote that anyway?

As you can see, we had the whole place to ourselves.  The weather was perfect and we could only look.  How sad..But we made the best of it and I hope that they still enjoyed the day.

Tending Grands

Yesterday I got to tend 3 of my grandchildren while Jamie did her bi-monthly Relief Society Dance Performances.  She does this with a group of women  and has been doing it for several years.  The dance company is called Diamond Dancers.  They have spiritual performances and perform free of charge 2 times monthly.  Here is their link  http://www.diamonddanceco.blogspot.com/ While she was away I tended kids because Jake was in St. George.  Here is Tyson writing his play on the computer.

Here is my little Logan.

Logan was trying his hardest to avoid having his picture taken and turned every which way to not let me snap a shot...Brecklyn, however, was more than happy to oblige!

My Hanisch Family

In an earlier post, I mentioned that I had a researcher, Ronny Suske do some on-site research on my Hanisch family.  Here are pictures of the Lorenzkirche where the records were housed in a part of the community of Zeithain.  My ancestors were actually in Krienitz, but due to the construction in the area, that church could not be photographed. The bottom picture is a view from the shepardry towards the location where the Hanisch windmill stood on a little hill. 

Election Day

Cell Phone Shots.  I photoshopped these, but then when I uploaded nothing stuck.  I even remember saving them all.  How strange. I am sure the fact that I have washed my cell phone didn't help its camera qualities too much...

 I waited well over 1 1/4 hours to vote.  After a long day it was hard to stand and wait and wait.   The couple in front of me kept kissing as though they were newly weds.  It was rather annoying.  Saw Marilyn, the Meadows, Ted Schultz, Janine Lasky, Vicky Forsyth and other familiar faces.

Ted reminded all to stay in line and make it count.  So I did.  Some people were reading, some were phoning and others like me weren't doing much at all.  But I voted and then I went home, very tired.  Spencer had gone earlier in the day.  That would have been nice!  Anyways, Tomorrow is another day and we will see how the election went.