Bloomin' January

 

Top 10 Things that happened in 2013:

10. We moved to a House....a real HOUSE, people! Hasta la vista apartment....I (hopefully) will not be back.

9. We grew a garden!

8. We had a yard sale

7. I got a new calling.

6. The Pirate bought a motorcycle

5. Liz and Ed came to visit...(Hold on to your hats!)

4. I started working at the LDS Institute!

Ok so I guess I never mentioned this, but a long time ago I stepped in for a few months as an office manager at the institute, while the regular manager was on jury duty. Long story short-she decided to retire, and called me to see if I wanted the job! I won't lie...I was scared to say yes. (Goodbye to my lazy freedom...) But I am so glad I did say yes, now. I really do love it, although some days are dastardly....in the long run, it is awesome!  (the kids keep me young!)


3. Olive came to MY house!

2. I got a new Grandbaby!

1. I got....ANOTHER new Grandbaby!

WHEW!!!!



And the number 1 thing that happened in 2013?  
We actually made it to 2014!

Crazy Happy

 ....the number 1 thing that happened in 2013?  

We actually made it to 2014!

 

New Christmas SWEET!

 The BEST kind of surprise came a couple of days after Christmas!  A new Garner baby!   Lewis Garner came running into our world on the 27th.  His birth mom was visiting and went into labor at Kindle's house.  Claire and I ran over and ended up going with Kindle and "A" to the Hospital.  She was pretty far along in her labor, and so we got her going with Lamaze breathing all the way to Salt Lake!  Wow!  Turns out I remember all the old tricks from when I was a young whipper/snapper giving birth.  It was wonderful.  We were invited in to watch the birth...huge blessing.  The Spirit was so strong, and like I said...Lewis came into the world running!  (Maybe with a little help from "A"...) but he couldn't wait to get here!  Another sweet for me and I could not be happier.  Love you little Lewis.  Welcome!

Christmas 2013

                                                     

November Fun

Olive came to MY house! 

I LOVE it when that happens!  

We've been all over the Bay, visiting our favorite places that we like to take people to.  Breakfast at Bette's Ocean Front Diner in Berkeley... and the stores right there are amazing...seriously my favorite in the Bay Area.  The Museum, of course was awesome...and the Golden Gate was totally socked in, but still beautiful peeking out from the clouds.   When the sun finally showed up it was even more beautiful.

SO MUCH FUN!