Grandma LaRue Oliver

November 2005 with Kyla


February 2008 with Johnny



August 2008 with Amelia and John



August 2008 with Liz and Belle


August 2009 with Kyla

August 2009 with Leo


Grandma is in the hospital and will probably rejoin her sweet heart soon. I wish I could be there to hold her hand and give her a love, but we are far away, it is snowing, and Steve has to work. Oh and Leo just woke up from his nap with a fever... So we are making do with pictures, memories, and promises that she is getting loves from us through my mom.

Grandma always has a ready smile, the kind that adds a twinkle to her eyes. She gives the BEST loves! She always makes me feel special and is a great listener. She remembers what everyone is up to, if you want an update on all 33 grand kids she can give you one.

I went to USU in Logan where she lived, it was special to live so close. I went over to visit, do my laundry, and enjoy some yummy food. You know it is going to be a good day when I can get my scrambled eggs to turn out as good as Grandmas. :)

I am glad my kids know Grandma, Kyla calls her "Grandma Oliver with the white hair." Ky and John both spent some time learning to walk by pushing Grandma's walker around.

She is a sweet sweet lady and I love her!

lost it...

I guess we should have known it would happen someday...
Johnny left his Lightning McQueen hat at the library and despite all my calls and trips there, we haven't found it.
He got it a year ago and it has been on his head more than off... He wore it to bed, to the movies, in the snow and rain, swimming, hiking, sledding, around the house, to the store, everywhere, even the LIBRARY!

March 2009




February 2010



So far Johnny hasn't been upset about it, Steve was looking online to try and find a new one and when John saw the picture, he said, "Hey I have a hat like that... I left it at the Library... we have to go back and get it." Fingers crossed that it will still show up or that the one that comes in the mail will be ok. They don't make the exact hat anymore but we found one similar.
I love my little man who is so into red and Lightning McQueen!

My Sweet Grandma Oliver

Grandma Oliver, Grandpa Oliver & Dad

Liberty Park Easter 1946

Gong Xi Fa Tsi!

Translated: congratulations for not getting eaten by the beast. But it is kind of like Happy New Year, Chinese New Year. Apparently there is a beast that comes out at midnight on new years eve and eats all the children, heart warming tradition isn't it... So they light off fireworks and make lots of noise at midnight to scare off the beast and if you make it through the night without getting eaten you say congrats to your friends who also made it through the night...

For us it just means Steve makes us lots of yummy food!


So good! Thanks Steve!



You are suppose to eat fish on New Year's for luck, our fish was goldfish crackers... it counts right? If we have a string of awful luck you'll know why...



Leo likes rice!








(Don't listen to my accent, I did it to tease Beave and now I can't quit... gong she fats eye... he he he)

Johnny is sick...

"Mom, fevers are not nice to people!"

"I can't play Kyla, I have to rest cause I have a lot of coughs in my tummy."

"I'll get better when I watch Thomas all day."

I sure hope Thomas does the trick!

Johnny's up to bat

Johnny got this cool bat and ball from Santa for Christmas. Up until now it has been used more for hitting sisters than the ball and we were about to write Santa a letter asking him to take it back... But Johnny figured it out.
(I am wearing my pajamas, it was Saturday morning...)

the fix

I debated for awhile, what to do with Kyla's hair. Finally last night I just cut a few inches off, the hair she cut is still shorter but I didn't want ALL her hair that short! I actually like it this length, luckily she does too.

ESCAPE

We escaped the snow on Saturday with a trip to Sedona to enjoy some sun and hiking. It was great to get out and play without 15 layers of socks... Crazy that we only have to drive a half hour to get to this.

Check out Ky's awesome sunglasses, yes they are double bars and yes Steve got them for her...



Our hiking was a lot of playing in the dirt and rocks and a little hiking... The second trail we went on we didn't make it far, we could still see the parking lot, we got stuck at a little pond. They were more than happy to stay there all day throwing rocks into the water.



Johnny... I love this kid! He is seriously funny! Today he was asking me a question and I wasn't paying attention or something, He must have figured I needed more specific instructions. "Mom, I say what is that flying outside and you say the answer part!"



"Ok mom, dad wants to take a picture of us. First you look... good"



"Now I'll look...hee hee hee" Little Leo is sitting up great now, no help. He LOVES solid foods but wants to feed himself, he and the spoon do not agree, too slow. He is sleeping through the night!! Yeah!! He laughs at all our jokes, Ky and John love to make him laugh! He is a beautiful boy!

our snow days

We had lots of fun in our HUGE snow storm two weeks ago. Rumor is there is another storm coming and today the city is trucking the snow out... I guess to make room for more snow. I thought I better get the pictures of the last storm up before the next one hits us.

Steve's artsy picture taking. He is very creative!



The trees look super cool with all the snow!



Steve made a snow cave with Kyla and Johnny. At night we talk about their favorite thing that day and Kyla and Johnny are still saying "sledding in the road" and "the snow cave" even though it has been almost two weeks since they did those fun things!



Bye Johnny...



It was big enough for all three of them to fit in. They said I had to get in and try it, my claustrophobia said just stick your feet in...



so much snow...