ANOTHER FULL WEEKEND OF FUN

Friday was dental exams and cleaning, skiing, then theatre and then a stop to visit Ben and play some games.  (Gary missed out because he was been dealing with a cold all week.)

The weather was not quite as clear and beautiful at Snowbasin this week, but Jena and Terrie said the snow was great.

Saturday, Jena started early with a birthday party for her friend, Dani, at Dartside at the Layton Hills Mall.  They had a fun time and Julie (Dani's mom) who was inside with the girls said that Jena was giggling the entire time as she was shooting her friends.

Here is the group of them with their guns.  Dani in in the green shirt in the front.  Dani actually also lives near us and is in the same ward that we are in.

 Singing "Happy Birthday to Dani"--Jena is leading.

We headed straight to bowling after the party, and then to ushering at Centerpoint.  We finished the day hanging out with the four grandkids in Magna.  For some reason, both Liam and Zander were connected with Jena and often came for hugs or got her to play with them.

A busy weekend--and Jena has not done her homework yet for school.  Glad we have an open morning tomorrow for that.

Gary has mentioned  to me that he appreciates that I have not worried about leaving the grandkids to serve a mission.  I don't worry about it, but as I held Alex last night to rock her to sleep, I did think about how different a two-year old and a 3 1/2 year old are--the span that the twins and Ava will be while we serve.  But I am sure their parents will remind them about us and we will continue to exchange cards and letters and photos with them.  All of us are going to learn a bit more about somewhere or something as we serve.  ( I guess you can see that I am a bit obsessed with all of this mission stuff.)