Howell Family Visit in Las Vegas

Bracken is getting so big and tall. He's really into Star Wars.

Little Boston is so funny to watch - he was being a diaper head.

Dad took them to the store and bought them a bike ramp - Boston has no fear! He learned how to ride a two wheeler without training wheels at the age of 3.

Bracken is also very brave and flies over the ramp - this Grandma had a hard time watching and it brought back memories of Brady and his ramp!

Boston with little Teddy which he has had since he was born - Teddy has had to have a few stitches but he is well taken care of by Boston - so cute.

Boston and Grandma at the baseball field waiting for Bracken's baseball game to start. We love the Spongebob ice creams at the park - they are the best!!! Sometimes we have 2 of them!

Bracken - #11 up to bat. He is a great little baseball player and we got to see two of his games while there. He played awesome!

Baby Jancy and the Boys

Baby Jancy and Brothers at the Hospital (Proud Grandma too!)

Baby Jancy glad to be home.

Tommy waiting for Big Brother to Come From School!

Me and the boys went on a nature walk - was a beautiful day!

Christmas and Ice Fishing with the Hendersons

Christmas Eve with the Hendersons in Mink Creek Idaho. We were lucky to be able to have Grandma Fryer with us, and although she didn't feel great, she was a trooper and enjoyed being with the family.

This was Grandpa's favorite Christmas gift!

We went ice fishing for Calvin's 8th birthday. Had birthday cake on the lake and caught a lot of fish. It was a blast!

Our crazy little Tommy decided to wear his fish on his head.

We had a great time ice-fishing and thought maybe we should make this our winter-time hobby!

Steve and I went to San Diego this past week to watch the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) tournament at Torrey Pines. It was totally awesome and man can those girls play golf. We went to the tournament both Saturday and Sunday and walked the entire golf course both days and we were exhausted after. We enjoy just sitting on the balcony of our hotel on the 9th floor which overlooked the bay over to the naval base and Coronada Island and enjoying the sites. Saw a naval ship headed out to sea which was exactly like the one Steve was on when he was stationed in San Diego in the Navy. We enjoyed two yummy Mexican dinners at Old Town San Diego. We stayed three nights, and we were so NOT ready to come home. Was such a great mini-vacation. I think we are kinda semi-retired. Here are a few pictures:

Torrey Pines Golf Course - beautiful ocean course - oh, how we wanted to play it!

Steve standing on our hotel room balcony - nice hat, huh!

Naval Ship - brought back Navy memories in St. Diego for Steve.

Resting after the Golf Tourney.

Yummy Dinner at San Diego Old Town. Brought back fun memories of when we vacationed there with the kids about 20 years or so ago.

Calvin and Tommy came down to stay with us for the weekend. As usual, we had a blast. They wanted to go to the Dinasour Park again and we loved it last time so went again. It was just as great the 2nd time. They brought their Halloween costumes to show us. Tommy's 4th birthday is Tuesday, September 8th, so we had a little party for him. They also wanted to roast marshmellows again, I really think they just like playing in the fire, but who didn't when you were a kid. Here are a few pictures in no particular order, I'm doing good just to get them on here. We love all of our grandsons so much and wish they were closer -- they are all so special!

We went to Vegas this past weekend to visit the Howell family.

We had a great time and did a lot of fun things and wanted to share

some of the pictures we took. We went to the new Ice Age Dinasour

Movie cause Grandpa wanted to see it so bad. We all loved it. We also

went and check out the new M Hotel and Casino, went bowling and to the

Arcade at South Pointe. We had a contest with play dough to see

who could sculture the best things. Grandpa Donut was pretty good.

The Howell family heading into the new M Hotel/Casino

Working on the 600 Cheese Balls from Sam's Club - Yummy! GO UTES!

Oops, forgot to recycle my 3-D classes from the movie!

But I looked pretty cool in them, huh!
You crack me up!
Our Play Dough contest!

Wrestling with Grandpa Donut!

Our Vegas boys!

Here are a couple of pictures from the last time we visited the Howell family. We love visiting our grandsons, Boston and Bracken in Vegas and are looking forward to visiting them the end of this month! Love you guys!