We made it to Yuma, but unfortunately without our new driver.  We got to watch him all day the Monday before we left and his favorite place was in the driver's seat and pushing every bottom he could reach.

The Yuma Stake has a Fiesta each year and we were invited by a counselor in the stake presidency. There were tamales and great music.  They featured a Hispanic artist who does all her art work from recycled materials.  This is a most intersting lady we are standing by that she created.  Kim's Boise State shirt didn't seem to help the Broncos on Saturday.

October 2015

You have seen mostly our cute grandson this summer.  How could we help it?  He is so cute. (Remind us that in 14 years.)  So we made a trip to Utah to attend Kim's neice's sons farewell.  He was called to serve a mission in Spain, which is really cool, because his family comes from Spain.

So it is football season !!!

Steve and Cherie, Kim's neice and husband live on a hill in Heber City.  Standing on their front porch was this view.  We stayed in the RV while there and it was not too easy to move it for the picture, but it didn't impede the view of the mountains.

Here we are with the handsome missionary on September 27, 2015, the day before he left for Spain.

Our Trent tried his first ear of corn.  Maybe the butter is better than the corn.

Grandson's grow up too fast.  But firsts are always fun.  Especially your first blackberries.

Trent devouring blackberries.  When blackberries are ripe and good, the only option is to devour them. 

June 21, 2015,

We are on vacation in Martin's Cove, Wyoming.  We have some friends here serving a senior mission.  They help with the treks and with facility maintenance.  This is a very special and sacred place.

We woke up the first morning found what we thought were a few antelope out the window of our RV.  Then we looked more closely and found that there were dozens of them hiding in the grass.  We caught these two, but they were not very good at posing for us.  The mountains in the background are some of the oldest granite mountains in the world.  The smooth stuff at the bottom of the mountain is actually a huge accumulation of sand.   

We are joined by our friends, Elder and Sister Blackhurst.  

Here we are in the middle of Fort Seminole, part of Martin's Cove historical site.  Two French Canadians established a trading post here and were helping so many of the emigrants as they passed through central Wyoming on their way west.  They had closed it down before the Martin Handcart Company came through.  The rescuers brought the people to the fort but they could not all fit in the fort, so they went to a cove in the mountains that had three granite walls to protect them from the wind and stayed there for a few days until the bitter storm passed.  Almost 500,000 people passed through this area to get to points west.  

Kay in front of the Blacksmith shop at Martin's Cove.  Kay made this dress in 1976 while in Alaska during the country's bicenteniel celebration..  It is just a little snugger fit than it was all those years ago. It is the closest thing I have to a pioneer dress.

Kay is never complete without her handsome honey.

May 17, 2015

We had a big event in May that we have never participated in before.  We were invited to the Thai New Years Celebration with our son, Brandon, and his wife, Pear.  So here are some photos.

Trent's first formal outing with mom and dad.  He even has a tie.  You should have seen his dance moves on the dance floor.

Sometimes he prefers mom and dad to grandpa and grandma.

Only one of our grandchildren is has a Thai grandmother that is a professional seamstress. 

He loves to wear his mother's dark glasses.

His first attempt at drinking from a bottle.  They just put a little water in so he would not choke. (or drown)

Last week we got to take care of Trent for a few hours.  He handed grandpa the harmonica, climbed on his lap and promptly went to sleep.  Grandpa can get away with all kinds of favors when he is playing the harmonica.

Oh, how the time flies by when you are pulling weeds, planting peas, mowing lawns, golfing, and enjoying your little grandson.  Babies are so fun.  Here are some photos.

Kay got to share her noodles with Trent.  When he gets full, he feeds you

It was Trent's Moms birthday. She is feeding the thirsty bird some water.

He got his first haircut on Easter.  Love that pucker.

Trent being introduced to great grandma's chickens.