Love having family close by

We had TJ and the boys out for part of the day and evening yesterday. We just love it when they come and visit. It is great to have them close by so they can come often. I am glad that we are here and not in Evanston where we had no family close by. It would be wonderful if we had all of our family this close. I realize that would be next to impossible. But we can always wish.

Picture Tag

This is my 4th picture of my 4th folder. It was taken the summer of 2007. It is a picture of Nana, Granddaddy, Bridger and Sam right before we took off on our 1st annual camping trip with grandchildren 8 and over. We are on our way to Warm Lake up by Cascade. We spent a week up there and had a wonderful time. The rest of the Jacksons came up and spent the last few days with us. We look forward to this trip every summer. This past summer we spent a week up at Sage Hen. Summers are wonderful times and we are sad that this one is over. It was a sad day when I had to winterize the trailer and put it away until next spring.

Stained Glass

I have finished my stained glass project that I am making for my sister's Christmas present. It has been a little bit more complicated than the others that we have finished. It has 55 pieces and is larger than the others. It was fun making it and turned out quite nice. This is a neat hobby and one that I will continue to do. My next stained glass project? I'm not sure.

Marching Bands

Last Saturday afternoon Benji and I had the opportunity to attend the HS Marching Bands competition at BSU stadium. We had a wonderful time. The bands were great the the weather not too cold. The competition went from 2:00 until 8:80 p.m. We went to the last half from 5:30 until 8:30. During that time we were able to watch 12 of the bands compete. After the high schools were finished the BSU marching band performed for about 1/2 hour. They were great to see and very entertaining. We were both glad that we attended the event.

Playing in the Trees

Friday TJ and the boys came out the house to enjoy the day. We went down to the Boise river and played in the trees. They are great trees for climbing on and playing around. We got some wonderful pictures of all of us. Lily thought that the swamp by the trees was solid ground and walked out on to it. She sank! The water was black and stinky and so was Lily. We had to give her a bath when we got home. The boys had so much fun that they didn't want to leave. It is one of their favorite places to go.

Greenbelt

This afternoon we went to Garden City and walked a couple of miles on the Greenbelt. It was wonderful temperatures and a beautiful walk. The fall leaves are on the trees, a combination of orange, yellow, brown, red and green. We were glad that we went and enjoyed the changing of the seasons.

Soccer game and surprise visit

We went to the boys last soccer games on Saturday. It was a beautiful day to be out watching the games. The boys all did a great job. TJ and AJ are very glad that they are all over for the season. They spend a lot of time working with the boys in soccer. Benji and I got home about 5:30 after stopping and doing some shopping. We had a message on our phone from our nephew Hal asking us to go out to dinner with them. My brother Duane and his wife Donna were here in town visiting with them. They told us to meet them at Golden Corral at 6:30 for dinner. We were surprised again when they all showed up at GC. There were about 16 of them. Jan and his wife were there with some of their kids and some of Hals kids were there too. We had a great visit and enjoyed seeing them. Duane and Donna look great! The best we have seen them for years. They all had to go back home today so they didn't have time to come out to our house.