Weekend Trip

 So Grandma Anderson died on Monday 17 of January.  They had the funeral that Saturday.  Everyone in Provo thought it would be nice to go the the funeral that would be held in Payette, Idaho, a 6 hour drive from Provo.  There would be the added benefit of seeing family while there.  There drive up and back had no major problems, excepted on the way there the dashboard lights went out and on the way back I missed a junction and had a 28 mile detour. 

The Program. 

There was a life sketch and a talk about the plan of salvation.

 The casket at the burial site.

 The marker.  

I'm kind of fascinated with this kind of stuff. (I think fascinated is the right word).  But I've want to start determining what to put on my tomb stone.  I know I don't want to be under a 8 ft one.  But Michael does, so we shall see what will happen.

 Tables at the luncheon after the service.

 The Center Piece.

It was nice spending the weekend with family.  12 people and a baby sleeping in 3 rooms is fun in my mind for a family get together.  We played a lot of games and talked. 

Whitney thought this was funny.  And we just loved to hear her laugh.

It's official

My mom wanted to see the diploma.  We got it from the mail on Friday before we left for Payette.

So I've graduated.  It says that I graduated in the year of the university 135th, I thought that was cool.  I'll be walking in April.

Christmas Holidays. Part IV--North Carolina After Christmas

We had a lot of fun being with family in North Carolina.  It was nice to have all the siblings and children there and to be able to talk to George.

 Here's GrandBaby #1 shaking sugar onto some Daddy Doughnuts.

 Little Chauncey on his baptismal day waiting for the fount to fill up.

Babies Playing

 We tied a camera to I think 25 or so balloons and took a video.  It was pretty cool.

 Feeding the Ducks at lake Lynn

 He was pretty good at feeding the Ducks.  He broke them into pieces which I think is unusual for toddlers to do.  They mostly just through the whole slice in.

 The girls watching a movie

 Eating so good food

Buffy had a Birthday.  So she got an ice cream cake.

Christmas Holidays. Part III--North Carolina Christmas Day and Toys

 Christmas is fun with little kids.  On Christmas Day we got to open up the stocking first. Then we ate Breakfast.  Played some more with our stocking stuff.  Talked to George.  Then open the rest of our gifts.

 Then we did breakfast.  Mom took orders and everyone got to pick what they wanted for breakfast.  Most people picked Biscuit and Gravy.  So good.

Enjoying pancakes, Kix, and cinnamon rolls

 Cute kids looking over the banister from the second floor.

 This kitchen set was a very popular toy for younger 4 kids. 

 Talking to Elder Baby George over Skype.

 Pretty little girls with their parasols (or umbrellas).

 

 Michael does a very good job at playing with children. He actually plays with them.  Allison does more of the rough housing.  Maybe that's why he prefers to watch children, while Allison prefers infants.

 More often than not the Wests get some sort of shooters for Christmas.  This year we got marshmallow shooters.

 

Christmas Holidays. Part II--North Carolina before Christmas Day

 So looking at all the pictures I took, I realized that I'm very good at making pictures that are blurry.  But I'll share some that are not that bad.

Grandma holding GrandBaby #10

 GrandBaby #9 sleeping on the couch.  I like sleeping pictures

 Some boys playing football inside because it was actually to cold to do it outside.  Weird for NC to be too cold.

 The Christmas Eve Program.  GrandBaby #1 reading his page.

 Doing a Stable Scene with 7 kids under the age of 8 is actually kind of difficult if you want every child to look at one camera with smiling faces.  Particularly if one is not able to look at the camera because he's a sleeping cow.

 Oh no! One of shepherd dudes lost his head covering.  And Angel is being held in place.

 Shepherd dude is removed from the scene. Cow still sleeping.

 Oh, shepherd dude is back with head covering. And Angel is not being held in place.

And here we can see little Jesus' face.