Emma's Baptism

Emma was baptized in January. What a wonderful way to start off the new year! She was the only child in their stake to be baptized, so she got her own personal event. She was beautiful in the family baptismal outfit (for the girls) and in her lovely white dress. After the service, Dan and Chris planned a family luncheon. It was delightful! We had a taco bar. Yummy!!! The grandkids always have a fun time getting together, and that day was no different. Luke was a bit camera-shy, though.
I hope Emma always remembers the covenants she made that day and all of the people who were there to love and support her on her special day. Her Sardoni grandparents and some aunts, uncles and cousins made the trip from out of state to be with her. It was truly a wonderful, memorable day!

Abby 1, Abby 2 and T-Ball

In my last post, I mentioned that Abby had the viral fever. She still had it on Monday, so she spent the day with me resting and recovering. I thought we were out of the woods, but around 3 in the afternoon, she once again had a fever. That day we watched Space Buddies and several cartoon shows. I went into my workroom to work on a book project, and she wanted to be by me. So I set up a small table for her and gave her the makings for some beaded bracelets. She made one, and wanted to then be at my elbow "helping" me with my book. She did great. She's a wonderful rub-on applier. She helped me choose the photos and words to use on each page. We dropped her off at Kamille's workplace and we headed to Casa Grande to watch Emma's t-ball game. It's so much fun to watch games for kids at that age---no stress, but lots of funny things. They try so hard to do what their parents/teammates/coaches tell them to do. Too bad, it's probably three different things all at once. What's a kid to do??!! Emma's team is called the Muckdogs. Don't know where that came from, but she's a cute player!

Brian thought last night that Abby would be well enough for school today, but she woke up with a slight fever, so she spent today with me, too. Today we watched Space Buddies, 102 Dalmations and Inspector Gadget. I was prepared today! Erin came by later in the morning with Ellie and Hattie. Since Abby hasn't had a fever since early this morning, and since Erin's girls have both already had this virus, Abby was able to mix and mingle with the other girls. They had lunch together, which was fun. Ellie and Abby chose a mix of Chicken & Stars and Chicken Noodle soup. Hattie wanted mac and cheese. Erin toasted a bagel and I had the leftover soup. The favorite treat of the "sickies" has been Scribbler popsicles. They're small and cute and the kids love them. They're also helpful in keeping down a fever.

Abby is still fever-free, so it's a very good probability that she'll be sitting in her class with her fellow students tomorrow. We're crossing our fingers that Luke will be able to dodge the viral germs. After all, we have a trip to the zoo planned for Saturday, and if he's sick, we can't go....again! Say a prayer that he'll skip the sharing this time.

Primary Program

Today was a fun day. We went to Casa Grande to watch Matthew and Emma participate in their ward's Primary Sacrament Meeting Program. They both did a great job on their individual parts and singing with the large group. They both seemed as though they knew all of the words to the songs well. I'm so proud of both of them. Emma was funny, though. After she said her part, she stepped away from the podium and held both of her hands up and shrugged her shoulders and said something. I'm not sure what she said, but it was a funny gesture! I think it was a little nervous energy.

We're looking forward to having Thanksgiving dinner with Dan, Chris, Matthew and Emma. Dan and Chris will be cooking....except we're bring the pies! They always do a great job trying out new twists on common dishes. And it's always very tasty and good. I look forward to what they come up with this year. Then we'll head north to Erin's and Brian's and have dessert with the Trimbles.

On Friday morning, Mark and I always manage to be at Joann's Fabric bright and early and take advantage of their flannel fabric sale. In the past, it's always been 99 cents/yard. But it's a bummer this year....it's $1.49/yd. Boo! Then on Friday night, we're having Ellie over for her birthday sleepover. She will get to choose where to have dinner that night and if she wants to bring along one of her sisters, she can. Then she'll spend the night and on Saturday morning, she'll get to choose some sort of fun activity and then we'll take her shopping for her birthday gift. She gets to choose what she wants. I have an idea that we'll have some sort of pizza or hamburger meal on Friday, go to Build a Bear for her activity and she'll probably choose some sort of baby doll. But you never know, she could totally surprise us all!