BIG BOY GRANT - Pirate Ship Project

While in Utah for the third time this year (Mark lectured 150 BYU business students in early February, I had our girls only trip and then Mark had BYU Advisory Board Mtgs in March) I was able to spend one on one time with grandson Grant. He is a very large 3 yr old with a brain to fit his body size. He wanted to do a project with me so we went to the store and he picked out a wooden pirate ship. We put it together - then he got to paint it. That was the highlight of the project for him. He actually painted it again the following day. How great is that? Painting your project two times!!

1st Annual All Girls Trip

We had a great time in St. George, UT and Las Vegas, NV for our first annual all girls trip. While we love our babies and husbands, it was the first time in 10 years that we could get away with just the girls. We knew we had a very short window given Natalie's baby girl coming in early April. With the long President's Day weekend, available and willing daddy babysitters, we did it. We shopped all day in Las Vegas, ate out every day and even cooked our own gourmet meal on Sunday. It was just four days for this first outing, we are planning a longer CA trip for next year followed by a NY trip an island trip to Hawaii - the sky is the limit. SO MUCH FUN.