Basketball! Basketball!

I am posting these because this is what we have done every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday for the last 2 months.

Matthew: Bears #15

Matthew's #1 fans

Rachel: Red Raiders #12
I am not sure about her form in this picture, but it worked!

Ethan: Red Raiders #43
According to the line on the brick wall, they are all the same height ...

Grandma & Grandpa's Time with Us & Galveston

When Grandma comes to visit, she comes to play. And she brings her Grandma patience with her. Whenever we had a moment or when I was in a busy moment, Grandma would play games with the kids and they loved it.


They arrived Thursday night before the baptism and left right after the baptism for San Antonio and then they came back for a few days after Mitchell's baptism. So the first part of their visit was just getting ready for Matthew & Rachel's baptism. It was the second part that we were able to spend some good time with them.

They almost weren't able to make this trip because Grandpa passed out and broke his ankle. He was such a trooper though with his cast and walker travelling all over Texas.

Grandma the Partier

Someone got a hold of the camera and took a few pictures of Grandma, this is the only one I thought she wouldn't mind me posting.

We were able to spend a day in Galveston. It is the first time we've been there since Hurricane Ike and the first time ever Grandma & Grandpa have been there. The beach was actually beautiful, but what made it even better was the lack of tourist and the incredible sky. It was a little windy, but we were able to drive right up to the water and had fun watching Lauren collecting shells, running from the water and playing in the sand. Then we were entertained by Grandpa feeding the birds Lauren's peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Like Father

Like Son Steve & Dad holding a jellyfish

This is always a fun thing to do while at the beach. The funny thing about this time is that the birds were fed right over our car with the doors wide open. Luckily the inside of our car was spared of any bird droppings, but the outside needs a major car wash.

I think Grandpa & I had a contest to see who could get a bird to eat out of our hands first or to just see whose arm would give out first. Grandpa won by a long shot.


If this was a close up shot, you would understand what Grandma was looking at. Grandpa looked like he was going to fly away with the birds in his new hairdo. We love you Grandpa!!!

Believe it or not we didn't see much damage while we were there. We looked a little for some and found this.

Our Good-bye for now pictures... like always we love it family comes to visit. And we feel so loved, special and lucky that Grandma & Grandpa Spendlove were able to make this trip. We had a great time and you are always welcomed to come visit anytime.....

Silly Grandpa!

San Antonio Fun

We were able to spend some time out at the Lake House with Grandma & Grandpa and Kari's Mom, Julianne. The kids love it out there and Scott & Kari are always so gracious in letting us come. Scott got a new telescope. He said it was bigger than the big one he already and he wasn't kidding. I am not an astrologer, but it was fun having someone else spot everything for me to see through the telescope. That day and night we were able to see different planets, the moon, Venus, Orion's nebula, the seven-sisters, the sun through a special filter, the big & little dipper, and a few others.




Matthew & Mitchell were never bored. They found this ship wheel and where able to use their imaginations.
Then they played a little Mad Lib and yet their imaginations are still going. And yet their imaginations are still going when it comes to break dancing.

Ethan and Uncle Scott could fish all day if they could. Uncle Scott was a little jealous when Ethan caught this Bass, so jealous that he fished a little longer than usual.
Lauren found her spot and colored all afternoon.

Rachel went with Kari & Julianne to watch Emily's basketball game. Grandpa rested. Grandma and I relaxed and read our books. I was reading Mormon Scientist, by Henry J. Eyring. {good book}. And Steve just enjoyed being there.


After everyone was there, Julianne and I stayed behind to help with dinner and because it was a little too cold for us, while the others took Grandma & Grandpa out on the boat. Steve made sure he brought back some pictures for me.

I am not quite sure how you can fall asleep on a speeding boat in super cold weather.

We stayed through Sunday and were able to attend their ward conference. I caught these pictures of Lauren right after church. She was posing and I couldn't help it.

It is always fun to see what kids take pictures of. Someone got a hold of the camera on the ride home and this is what I found. We brought Grandma & Grandpa home with us so we could spend some time with them before they had to go back home to California. So the older kids all sat in the back, which is a rare occurrence that sometimes goes good and sometimes goes bad. This ride was a little bit of both.