Carolina Vacation!

We filled our first day in S. Carolina with a variety of activities. In random order I've included pictures of some of them. We took an afternoon break to watch a video of Benson's "Music Man" play.

We started the day off with a visit to the pool at our hotel. Abigail, Benson and Sadie warmed up in the hot tub. That morning we had the pool area to ourselves which we loved.

Abigail and Sadie loved playing with Sadie's new little kitchen set out on the screen porch. This donation from a neighbor is a very popular toy

and almost as good as the real thing. Sadie and Abigail help me make a batch of cookie dough. We planned to cut out and bake shamrocks but we never quite got around to it. Hope you used up that yummy dough, Libbie.

Off we went to the aquarium, Boardwalk and later the beach. You can see the kids are ready for adventure.

By the time we got to the beach at the end of the afternoon, it was chilly so our visit didn't last long. We planned to come back on Saturday anyway.The kids enjoy the playground at the Boardwalk shopping area. They also liked feeding the fish and climbing around on the statues.

Everyone enjoyed the aquarium. Here the kids are leaning over in an attempt to pet the rays. They had a formal petting opportunity later in the day, but we were ready to move on, so we didn't stay for that. We crammed quite a bit into our first day in South Carolina, don't you think?

Angel Footprints in the Snow!

Abigail and Tiffany arrived to some snow and left more snow behind when they departed. The first week of March was flanked by snow with some sunny, warmer days in between.
Abigail was thrilled to have 4-5 inches of fresh snow to play in while I shoveled the walks. When she got cold, we went inside so she could get warm and ready to leave for the airport.

While Tiffany worked diligently on my files, Abigail exercised on the pilates machine, colored, drew, organized papers, and helped around the office.

We made a trip to see Grandpa and Grandma Great.

Abigail helped Uncle Steve make some cookies.

Abigail filled in when my hairdresser was too busy.
Her cousins came from Idaho for a couple of days. She and Elsie have sort of a "love/hate" relationship. Elsie was a little jealous of her slightly older cousin.

Abigail loved doing activities with her cousins. Here they make shamrock cookies together.

Elsie loved the squeeze yogurt Tiffany gave her.

We played in the sunshine at the "Castle Park". The northern cousins loved the warmer weather and quickly cast off their jackets. Ah! Sunshine!

I think that Anna was Abigail's favorite this trip.

On Saturday we went to Jenna's baptism. Here Abigail dances with Elsie and Korinne. It was so fun to have so many cousins together.

Tiffany has been extremely supportive of family events. She hasn't missed a single baptism of the "P" cousins.

The day after their arrival, Abigail spent the morning with me. We attended a religion class on the writings of Isaiah that I've been enjoying and then we stopped by my cousin Liz's house to pick up my camera. She has a big brown dog that Abigail was brave enough to pet. She was an angel during the class and brave too when she met the dog.
She also went with me to take photos of one of my listings and helped me with some shopping. We had a great time together.


Here she is walking in the snow the morning after her arrival. She was so excited to walk in "real" snow.

Thanks for coming, Tiffany. You always do such a great job helping me and I love to have Abigail as my assistant too! Come again soon.

Fun on Friday too!

Friday was a fabulous day for me. I skipped out on a realtor awards luncheon to spend the day with some of my awesome grandkids. Heather's kids were out of school so they came down Thursday night. Tiffany and Abigail were in town so Tif could help me with my files and attend Jenna's baptism on Saturday.

While Heather and Tiffany ran some errands, had lunch and pedicures, the kids and I played. They made a batch of shamrock cookies that would make a leprechaun proud. Everyone around here enjoyed eating them too.

We shared pizza for lunch after spending the morning at the park. We also squeezed in a little movie in the "hotel" room.

Quinn is a real "climber". He loved swinging and climbing at the park. It was a beautiful day and the Idaho bunch thought it was down right balmy.

Thanks, girls, for letting me spend an awesome day with some of the cutest, most creative, people on the planet. Yahoo!

SATURDAY WAS A SPECIAL DAY!

Because it was the day our beautiful granddaughter, Jenna, was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She was so excited and we were extremely happy to share this special occasion with her.

It was fun having a lot of her cousins and both sets of grandparents there to celebrate with her. Adam's parents, two of his sisters, Kim and Marci and their families were able to attend. Steve and I, and Hilary's sisters, Heather and Tiffany and families were also there. Heather's family came from Idaho and Tiffany and Abigail came all the way from Texas. It's great to have such good family support. Hopefully this will be a good memory for Jenna. One thing she won't ever forget is that the water heater wasn't working so she was baptized in cold "burrrrr" water.

Tiffany, Steve, Hilary and Heather take time to eat and visit together after the baptism. I love it when family members get together.