Happy Day to Phoebe and Porter!!

Things are a little hectic around here, and as I went off to bed at 1 a.m this morning, I though, "Oh goodness, it's Phoebe and Porter's birthday and I haven't done a blog post!!"

Porter is 7 today - and pretty excited about it!! He headed off to school with a big smile on his face - and a cupcake in his lunchbox!

Phoebe is hopefully being pampered and spoiled today!! What a great day when she was born - a much awaited, longed-for event - and she's just been bringing us more joy as the years go by!! When Dad was her bishop and had to write her letter of recommendation for BYU, he quoted Yeats,

"I sigh that kiss you,
For I must own,
That I shall miss you,
When you have grown."

We do miss having her close by - but she continues to light up our lives!

Happy Day to both of you!!

A peek at the week - so far!

Tuesday found us saying good-bye to Phoebe, Calvin, and Sully. They brought lunch to me at school - it was certainly fun to introduce them around!! And it was great to have lunch brought to me!

Then Tuesday afternoon, I picked Eve up at her piano lesson so that we could finally finish out our "Grandma's Birthday Sleepover." We both have pretty crazy schedules, so we've kind of been doing it piecemeal. A couple of Saturdays ago we went for manicures. And Tuesday we went shopping!! Afterward, we met up with Grandpa at Mimi's and had a great dinner.

Tuesday night, Eve wanted to do her mask project that is due Friday. She was pretty insistent, and we were pretty resourceful, so we found stuff around the house that would work. Her book was about the young Eleanor Roosevelt, so this is our interpretation of her!

We didn't have any yellow yarn, so we made her a brunette! And I think she enjoyed sleeping in the bouncing chair!

It was fun to once again have hair to fix, a lunch to pack, and waffles to make for breakfast!! Eve was excited to get to school a bit early even - "Now I can play before school," she said.

One of the great blessings in my life is our wonderful grandchildren - when I dropped her off at school, Eve said, "I love you Grandma!"

Charles Dickens once said, "It is no small thing when children, who are so fresh from God, love us."

He's right you know!