Hangin' with the Little Women!!

Our holiday weekend is drawing to a close - and tomorrow will find everyone heading back home - but we've had a fine four days together with the little women!!

Several games of Golf!! And some amazing wins!

Soccer practice at sunset - the beach is a great place to hang out!!

Got in on Activity Days with Dawn and the girls of the Monrovia Ward - Annika and Esme are devotees of the journal now!

This is either "Spit" or "War" - but ask Porter about "Kaboom!!"

Dad and I did babysitting honors for Dawn on Thursday night - Noah joined us too.

Eve loves it when the cousins come!

So a Grandma's Sleepover was in order - this is what it looks like the next morning - I never seem to remember to take a photo when the three little girls are snuggling into our living room!

This is my latest Grandma find - and it is a BIG HIT!! It's a battery powered turtle with stars on his back - when the room is dark, he projects the constellations onto the ceiling - there is even a crescent moon!! After a set period of time, he goes dark once more, so you aren't wasting batteries.

Waffle Friday!!

Crafts in the family room. We had some fun shopping at Michael's!!

We came back to the beach Friday night - and Grandpa joined us.

The household had been without a computer - the new one isn't up yet - so all were interested in seeing what Grandpa's had to report!

Annika requested I take this shot!! She is quite the star, don't you think??

Ara is adding the bassoon to her repertoire!!

Saturday saw four girls with four games in pretty much four different places - at least Ella and Esme's games were both at the high school - just on different fields.

The view from Annika's game - like I said, this is a beautiful place to live!

Annika's team won - 5 to 0. She LOVED her trophy!!

I forgot to ask if Esme's team won - we were there briefly - to bring Ara to Grandpa - we had to head back to a birthday party Annika needed to attend.

But we were all together briefly. Dad did not take photos of Ella's or Ara's game. Ella's team lost, but they are still in first place. More games next week. Ara's team won - Dad said it was a great game.

We are back in Monrovia. We have enjoyed the photos Bonny has been sending to my email. Hopefully she will do a wonderful big post - it all looks and sounds like a great place to visit.

It's been a lot of back and forth, but it's not so bad with some great conversationalists riding along with you!! The girls have been great - we've done lots, talked lots, and I even got everyone in bed on time tonight - except yours truly!!

Dad and I especially enjoyed sleeping at Bonny's - the view of the night sky was wonderful - what a way to head off to dreamland!!

Tomorrow is the Primary program - should be great! If I get more good photos, I will post them - but I do have some catching up in other areas that is nagging at the back of my mind, so maybe I won't. Trust me when I say it's been a busy four days, but they are four days I wouldn't trade for anything!

I am so grateful for our wonderful grandkids - what a joy they are in our lives!