Steve surprised Natalie with tickets to fly the family to Arizona for two weeks in March. She was getting a little blue with all of the cold and gray weather in Utah and mentioned to him that she needed the sunshine. We had a great time in the sunshine on walks, on bikes, festivals and parks. Natalie and I were also able to get in some lunching and power shopping:-) Steve and Natalie also got away to celebrate their wedding anniversary and a few extra date nights. Natalie is expecting our grandchild # 10 in August.
Ashley allowed her son Gavin to come with Natalie and Steve. These are our six grandsons for a day in Jessica's backyard playing in the splash pad and riding all manner of things with wheels. For two weeks we had only the boys around. Jessica and her four boys even came to stay with us for three days while Travis was away as a captain on the pioneer trek with a youth group from church.
Lest you think that I have lost my touch, I was determined to help a couple of grandsons learn to ride their bikes. I don't know about them, but I sure got a workout. Gavin in his pj's in the morning jumped on his bike and Nathan trying out his two-wheeling magic.
The day that the Wirigs and Gavin went home Ashley flew in. Ashley and Jessica have a dear friend who was in town with the traveling "Les Miserables", she plays the part of Cosette. Both of the girls went to her performance and said it was wonderful. Ethan took care of his four children and since Travis had been away for days on the trek he offered to take the boys up to their cabin for a few days so that Jessica could spend uninterrupted time with Ashley. We went shopping, to lunch and dinner, we had a great time together.
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