Mark, Holly & kids come see us!

Last weekend we enjoyed having some grandkids come see us! Well they said they were coming to see us, but I think the main reason they wanted to come was for the gum balls! We had such fun, when they got here on Saturday, we loaded up and headed to

Big Lake to go ice fishing! Grampa was just sure we would catch some fish. 

 I rummaged through all the old snow clothes I've

saved from when my kids were small and found a few

things the kids could wear.

 Zallen couldn't hardly walk it was so deep.

 Warming up in the truck.

 You can see how deep the ice is!

 Gpa was very disappointed that the grandkids

didn't get to catch a fish!

 On Monday we went up to the old ski run and had

the place to ourselves! Milea was a little scared at 

first, but got braver the more she went.

 Kaemon went down pretty fast on this little sled.

 Bolden loved the 'ATV sled' 

 Zallen collected lots of broken sled pieces

 They had lots of races down the hills 

 Every time the sleds went down, Mark would walk

down and haul them and the kids back up! He got a lot

of exercise!

Wembley's just as cute as she can be! She's 3 months old already!

(I don't think this LONG video is going to play! It was of Kaemon & Milea reading the poem)

On their 51/2 hour drive here, Mark and the kids wrote 

a poem about Grampy's gum ball machine. We thought

it was pretty special and will hang it on the wall above the gum ball machine!

Late January Posts

It's almost the end of January and I haven't posted about a few events. We went to Mesa on the 17th because Aunt Glenna was having a family get-together and wanted us to come. We all met at the Gilbert temple for a 7am session and then we all went to Country Buffet for breakfast. It was so fun to see Gary and Jason, it's been awhile.  Lisa and Barry came too. 

 Jason, Aunt Glenna and Gary Crosby

 The whole group- lots of Crosby's and Nicolls

 On the 1st of January, we took Tami back to Mesa to catch her flight home and we stopped in to visit with Nanna & Pomp.

 Colter LOVED Nacho

 Then to celebrate our 38th wedding anniversary on January 21st, we all met at Red Lobster for a great meal!!

 Of course, Dad's been doing a little fishing!

 We've had some SNOW, too.

I had to get a picture of the LOW gas prices in January!!

MY New Years One Little Word- O L W !

  Here it is Jan 8th, and I haven't yet posted about what my 

"O L W" - "one little word" will be for 2015!! In fact, I don't think I even picked one for 2014. Two years ago my word was "Aware" and I guess I needed lots of time to work on it! I hope this year that the word I picked will help change my behavior in all the areas in my life that I'm striving to be better at. The word for 2015 is:

                                   "Remember"

                                                   remember re·mem·ber (rĭ-měm'bər)

                                                     v. re·mem·bered , re·mem·ber·ing ,                                 

                                                    To recall to the mind; think of again.                                       

                                                            To retain in the memory.

                      The categories I want to focus on are:

1. Christ-- I want to remember each day to have my prayers, to do my scripture reading- not just read them, but ponder and study them. I want to think constantly- "what would Jesus do, or how    would Jesus act".

2. Family--I need to remember family better, to call them more often, to pray for them, to help in any way I can. 

3. Health-- I really hope to remember to be better in choosing the foods I eat, to do my exercises daily, to drink LOTS of water and to read self-improvement books. 

4. Friends-- I want to remember to call my friends often, to make time for them, to do nice things for them and try to make new a few new ones.

5- Service--  This is a one I really want to do better at this year. I want to remember DAILY to do something for someone. 

"Remember" is such an important word, its used 100+ times in the Book of Mormon!