Cruising 2016

 Europe Trip 2016.


Places visited:
Italy
France
Spain
Monaco
Corsica
Spanish Morocco
Transatlantic - lots of ocean out there!
Florida Gulf Coast

Pictured below:
 Pisa, Monaco, cruising the Mediterranean with a balcony room off the back of the ship, Barcelona street scene, Roman ruins in Spain, Cruise Ship Harmony of the Seas - new this year and the largest cruise ship in the world, and some beach time on Florida Gulf Coast. Quite a trip!

 

Beach time!

Where does Mickey live?

Two year old loves to tell us who lives at Disneyland.  It's Mickey Mouse, of course.

The whole family spent a fun week at Disneyland in September.  Great to have everyone together for five crazy days at Disneyland and California Adventure.  Yes, 5 full days, 8 adults. and 10 kids, 3 strollers, a few melt downs, hundreds of snacks, lots of fun!!!!

 

 12 yr old with hands in the air enjoys a rare ride on the kiddie coaster with the younger kids.  He was mostly off to the scarier rides with Kevin and Casey.  I spent most of the time with younger kids, so don't have many pictures of him.  Fun times!  Great kids!

Five 5Ks

This was a record summer for 5Ks.

Farmington Days - July
Orem church group - July
Provo Freedom Run - 4th of July
Temple to Temple - Provo run 24th of July
Payson Onion Days - Labor Day


Extra fun now because the grandkids are running too.
There were three medal winners in this group!


At the Payson Onion Days Run, this cute 7 year old in purple won first place in her age group, beating out all the 8 and 9 year old girls. The 5 year old also beat most of the 8 and 9 year old boys. He came in fourth.  So sad they had no medal for fourth place. They are way too fast for me.  Can't wait to see what they will do next!!


 
This Old Provo Temple to New Provo Temple race was all downhill, so new record times were set!
Why can't they all be like that?

It's also soccer season again.  Beautiful day at the soccer park in early September.

 Two year old is a big fan!

 Seven year old goes for the goal.

 Five year old scored a few goals and has a new trick of standing on his head!
It's really fun to live so close to these great kids and their parents.  

Summer

Some fun summer activities with the kids.

 Enjoying the new Utah house.

Popsicles on the porch.

 A day at the lake.
So fun to have Kevin's kids here.

 Hike to top of the "Y" on the mountain with the kids and grandkids. 
A good way for the grandkids to learn they CAN do hard things.

Nice view from up here.  I think you can see our house way out there by Utah Lake.

 A few days at Yellowstone with all the kids and grandkids.

 Suzy's 5 yr old (Later Gator) with Ryan's 3 year old (so cool to wear shades).

 4th of July in Utah.  These two are ready for fireworks!
Suzy made this Red, White & Blue dessert. Fun and tasty?

 Baby's first 4th of July.  Maybe she'll enjoy it more next year??

February. Winter?

 Finally having some nice warm weather here - 80s in February is what AZ is all about!

 New house in UT scheduled to be done in early March.  Hoping winter will be over by then and it will be spring there.  But I know that is just too much to ask for.

 Ryan and Ashley holding Kevin and Caroline's new baby and their boy Bradley, age 3, with Bethany, Kevin's oldest daughter, age 7.

 Found this picture to send my older sister for her February birthday.  I like to look at these old photos once in a while to remind myself I used to be the baby of the family.  We were all just so cute then.

 

January baby

Here she is, the newest grandbaby.  This makes #10 grandchildren for us now.

 Aubrey Elizabeth was born on January 20.
#6 for Kevin and Caroline.  Busy family!

After helping out with the other kids while Kevin & Caroline were at the hospital for 2 days, I give them lots of credit for all they do.  Just getting everyone to and from school and dance, piano, scouts, etc. is a bit overwhelming.  They seem to take it all in stride and do a great job!

Things to do after you sell your house.

Things to do after you sell your house:

1. Go on 2-week Caribbean cruise.

2.  Go back to AZ for a Tucson Christmas.


3. After Christmas, drive 12 hours back to freezing UT to check on progress of new house.  Looks like it's coming along nicely.  Due to be done in late February.  Tentative move in date mid-March.

Enjoyed spending time with Suzy and family, but . . . .

This is what UT looks like in winter.

This is what driving in UT in winter looks like. 

This is why I don't want to be in UT in winter.

4.  Drive back to AZ just time to celebrate my birthday. 

Age?  Way over the hill +1.

5. Have the grandkids come for a sleepover.  More time with grandkids. 

And even had a chance to go to the Cub Scout Pine Wood Derby, with Kevin as Cub Scout Leader. Scroll down for pic. Carson is the cub with the hat and Kevin is the tall one. : )

Thanks to Kevin's engineering skills, the track worked great and kids had fun!