SummerTime!

Hi all! Much has happened since last here. We've had birthdays, holidays, scout camps, girls camps, volleyball camps, theatre workshops, moved G&G Naylor, and had generally a grand ol' time. Here are some photos

Eliza Nicole Brunner

Eliza Nicole Brunner - 1st Grandchild

Eliza Nicole Brunner - 1st Grandchild

First Grandchild

Tuesday the 15th of April, I got up and cleaned the house, ground two buckets of wheat, made a loaf of bread, and went shopping. At the store Kyle called and said they were at the hospital and that Jenny's water broke and that I would soon be a grandma. Feeling like I had been preparing all day, I decided to jump in the van and go to Provo, to see if I could get there before the birth. (I had planned to go up in a week to get Karrae and Todd from school, so I would now help with the baby for a week and then bring the kids home.) Well two hours later, I was packed and had arrangements made for the other kids and was on my way to Provo. I stopped at my Mom's in Cedar City for some dinner, and continued on my way. About two hours out of Provo, Kyle called and said that she was here, Eliza Nicole Brunner, was born at 8:5something pm. Jenny was doing fine and the baby was great. She was 5 lb. 5oz and was 3 weeks and 3 days early. The three days put her in the premie category and so she had a couple of special needs to take care of. It was so exciting to get the news and hear that all went well. I was so grateful. She is a beautiful little - very little - girl . I enjoyed getting to help take care of her for a week. We look forward to seeing her more this summer and watching her grow. Grandpa got to go up this weekend, April 27, to go see Eliza, and take Karrae and Skyler back to school.

Easter Copy Cats

We tried to do a nice Easter Egg Hunt like Lou always did. Well I used my whole box of eggs, bout 600, plus 6 dz hard boiled. The trick was that most of the eggs represented one chocolate egg or 10 jelly beans or a small prize. The boiled eggs were quarters $.25 with a few special ones worth more. We invited Walkers, and Regan, and the four younger Nelsons and Sariah and Bryan's crew, also Brighton and Anthony, but they couldn't come. It took us an hour to "trade in" the eggs for the candy and prizes, but I hope they all had fun. We had to use our front yard and Walkers front yard because we have manure in the back. It was a little different but everyone seemed happy in the end. Aaron Walker was a little skeptic that he could have any fun. But I think it turned out ok. We lost one of Sariah's pink bunny eggs, but I saw it up in the corner of the yard yesterday when I drove out of the drive way. I took only one picture as they came out of the doorway, then I got so caught up in it I forgot the camera swinging on my wrist and got no other pictures. Boo hoo.