Liann's visit

We had a great visit with Liann and her Mom this morning.

Liann flew to Seattle last night to drive back to San Diego with Mariza,

who is in the process of moving to Oak Harbor.

We heard all about Liann's life.  She loves her marketing position at the Jack in the Box corporate headquarters in San Diego.  She also has a nice boyfriend of two years, and it sounds like he just might be "the one".  She also filled us in on Lindsey and how she's doing at UCSB (she's doing great).

 

 

Stardust Diner

The girls had early release yesterday so we picked them up and had lunch

at the Stardust Diner.  It was good, great service, large portions (Harper had the kid's mac n' cheese, so hers isn't huge).  We talked about our plans for Spring Break, then went to Ross.  

 

Wren and Brentley

Early Friday we got to see Wren one last time before they left for home.

She was startled to see Great Grandpa taking her picture! 

She's starting to coo and even told me a short story.

Such a sweet baby girl.

Later, we had a visit from the world's strongest baby girl, Brentley.  She's up on all fours and will be crawling soon. All those crunches she's done are paying off, she's ready to follow Hattie around!

Such a sweetheart, our family is so blessed with these beautiful babies!  

Note: The one picture I got of Hattie was blurry, darn it.

 

Wren

Monday we visited with Macee, Craig and Wren, or Wrenny, as Macee calls her.  I got to feed her a bottle and took this picture when she was on the floor with Des.  

She is such a cutie!

 

Meeting Wren

We finally got to meet Wren!  Macee and Craig drove over today to visit.

They said Wren was a great little traveler, sleeping most of the way.

She was a little nervous at seeing new family members (like Great Grandpa and I), but Macee and Des 

got her calmed down.  She was bright eyed and looking at everything, then had a bottle and a nap.

 

The girls came up after Ava's game Saturday (a 1-0 win).

We checked out the new Blueberry Hill store and then Ava asked to go into Cliff's Vintage Music Shoppe next door.   He's the only antique phonograph repairman on the West coast. He explained the history of them and how they work, really a nice guy.

Saturday night cookie baking

Sunday apple pie baking lesson

We all ended up working on this very tiny wooden puzzle, it was a challenge,

but Harper finally finished it.

When we took them home we got to see the cute miniature greenhouse Ava put together from a kit.   

 

Wren Parker

  Our Great-Granddaughter Wren Parker was born on January 26th.

Macee said it was a long labor but they both are doing well.

We think she is perfect.

Grandpa and Grandma are thrilled!

Aunt Rielee, too.

She's cute wearing a chicken hat,

or showing off her freshly washed hair, 

or just relaxing.  We can't wait to get to Boise soon and hold her.

 

The cutest visitors

We had the cutest visitors yesterday.  First Hattie came over to play, 

Uncle enjoyed some quality reading time with her.  She loves Brown Bear, Brown Bear.

Then Will brought Brentley over, she's so sweet, strong and alert, looking at everything.

Dad forgot her binkie which gave me some walking and bouncing time with her to keep her happy while we visited with Will.   Love these little girls.

 

Baby salamanders

While walking on the Dolan's canyon trail, Ava turned over the log to see the roots of a mushroom.  She was surprised to find a baby salamander.

Then Harper found one. They were so thrilled to see these cute, tiny creatures and let them crawl around on their hands.  It was difficult to put them back.

Ava got a sewing lesson this weekend, she's making a tote bag.

 

Wicked and smores

Making s'mores Saturday night when we took a break from watching Wicked.

This little s'mores maker Papa picked up on sale at Costco was a nice alternative to sitting outside in the rain.

Sunday we went to a few shops in Woodland and Ridgefield before meeting Charb at Papa Pete's.

The girls played some games before the pizza came.