Aliza had time with just Grandma and Grandpa

Andrea and the boys went home to CA and Aliza stayed longer. We had a great time riding the Georgetown loop railroad, going to the movie and the zoo.

Water Games in the backyard.

Aliza and the boys played in the hose and with the sand while at our house. We had a great time with the squirt guns too!

Family Pictures

We took some pictures of the family. Interesting to do with so many little ones! We took some serious ones and some fun ones. Guess which one the kids liked the best!

Troy and Andrea

Troy and Andrea had time to reconnect. It was great to have Troy with us on the weekends!

Swimming

We took the kids to the pool. You may notice that Ethan has lots of "floaties"
he wanted to be sure he stayed above the water line!

Grandkid's Visit in July

We had a great time with Jonathan, Ethan, William (Andrea's boys) and Aliza (Don's daughter) this July! Here are some of the pictures. Troy was with us as he did his externship in Greeley, CO, as well. This is Jonathan and Ethan in my classroom. They drew me pictures for my wall. William joined us and had a great time crawling around and playing with anything he could get his hands on!

Ethan and the Terrible Twos

Ethan is full swing into the terrible twos. The other day Andrea decided to make chocolate chip cookies and offered some chips to Ethan - his immediate reaction, of course, was NO! Then it registered - OHHHHH chocolate chips -( I'd better be nice about that!) "What did you say?"he asked. "Do you want chocolate chips?" she replied "Yes Please!"
I am teaching my poetry unit and I write with the kids. Here is my poem in honor of Ethan.

Ethan and the Terrible Twos
By Grandma Wilde

No he announced
And turned his head
And stomped his foot
No go to bed!

No he exclaimed
And closed his eyes
And turned his back
No want that pie!

No he cried
And walked away
And folded his arms
I want to play!

No he declared
Then a delay
Hearing chocolate chips
What did you say?

Ben's Baptism

Ben was baptised on January 2nd. We were thrilled to be there on this special day. We took this picture of him as he was entering the church. He was very excited and well prepared. When the Stake President interviewed all the children being baptised, Ben was the one with all the answers. Way to go Ben!

The family picture includes Barbara, Jennifer, Adam, and Andrew Fletcher
Don, Sharla, Ben, Aliza and Lilly
Paul and me

Things looked up after that!

We had a great time with Ben, Aliza, Lilly, Don and Sharla. When we first arrived there was snow! Paul and the kids had a great time during the snowball fight. Grandma recorded the action.

Trip to Texas

Our trip to Texas began with Paul's luggage getting caught in the conveyer belt and completely melted at the airport. The tie that Troy gave him for Christmas was a melted mess! Here are the pictures.