Amy's 4th birthday

 Lena with her birthday hat smiling.  You can see some of her teeth.

Amy and Esther in their princess shoes, a gift from Rylee. 

 Amy was really excited to get chapstick for her birthday and a little purse which Esther is examining.

Amy's birthday cake was frosted cinnamon roll with 4 candles.  She is wearing the birthday crown.  

Jan came up with me and we had a nice visit.  Christina and Jan enjoyed talking and I played with Amy and Esther. 

Christmas Holidays

Jenny's family and Ben's family were here for Christmas Eve.  Here are some random photos. Serge took some with his ipod and put them in cartoon mode.  We decorated gingerbread houses.   I drew nativities for the kids to color.  Rylee's cousins loved her ipad.  I gave them butterfly wings and Rylee decided she was a butterfly puppy.

Jenny had fun with Ezra.

Shera & Rylee look at the gingerbread houses. 

Ezra inherits Ben's Christmas stocking.

Christina's family came down on Christmas day as Jenny's left in order to avoid the snow storm on the 26th. We got two feet of new snow and Ryan made a snow cave for Amy & Esther. 

I stayed inside where it was warm with Lena. 

Sadly for the rest of the holiday, I had a bad cold.  Jenny and Christina both said they had colds when they got home.  So we will spend the new years in bed trying to get over the colds.  

Thanksgiving

Here is a photo of our family on Thanksgiving.  I took the photo and then had Dad take one and I added myself in afterwards.  I call Esther my barnacle because lately she clings to me. It was great to have them there.  We talked with Sharissa who was at a conference and even got a text message from Jeff.  Jenny's family went camping and called the next day.  We have much to be thankful for.

Lena photos

Here are some photos of Lena and the family.  I went up and visited Christina and helped her load her photos.  We could not get Lena to smile for the camera.  She mainly looks surprised with her big blue eyes.
I enjoyed playing with Amy & Esther and holding Lena.

Visiting Jenny's family in Henderson

We spent several days in Vegas and drove out to Henderson to visit Jenny's family.  They also came to see the giant pumpkins, fountains and flowers at the Bellagio.  The kids really enjoyed it.

Olsen Reunion

Bud, Jill, Jeff, Jan, Jerry & Diana

It was great to see my brothers and sisters for a few days.  This was the first time we were together in five years.  The last time was just before Bruce & I left for China. We enjoyed the beautiful fall scenery around our home and good meals.  We talked about mom & dad and growing up and shared stories. It is nice to have brothers and sisters that love one another. We are planning a reunion next year in Oregon on the coast on July 19-21.  We need to make this an annual event.  Jan, Diana and I get together at least once a year for our sisters' lunch when Diana flies out to see Lance and his family.   We attended Lance's ward so Diana could watch her grandson pass the sacrament.  Bud got up and gave a wonderful testimony about the power of a loving family and good parents.  

Watching grandkids

I am watching the Weight grandkids, Lena, Amy & Esther for two weeks while Christina & Ryan are in London & Germnay.  Lots of work and lots of fun.