Catching Up!

This past week my dad retired after working 29 years as a Statistician for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. On Monday his work through him a nice farewell party. My sister Megan and her family were here from San Diego, my sister Ann and my brother and his wife Alisha came here from Denver. My mom's sisters Mary and Carolynn also came.

Megan has two sets of twins. Coleman and Chloe are the same age as Ethan and Sadie and Dallas are the six months older than Eliza. The kids had a lot of fun playing together.

Here are Grandpa Reed and Granny Pam with seven of their grandchildren!

Ethan balancing Eliza and Coleman overlooking the Utah State Capitol.

Lora, Emma, and Eliza taking one last look at Grandpa Reed's office.

After my dad's Retirement party we went and ate lunch at the Lion House.

Here is Eliza eating a snack before dinner.

We had to divide into three tables. Chloe joined the Monson's at their table.


Granny Pam, Grandpa Reed, Alisha, Will, and the rest of Megan's family sat at this table.

My sister Ann along with Aunt Mary and Larry choose to avoid the chaos and sit at their own table.

Coleman and Ethan had so much fun together that Coleman came up later in the week to spend more time with Ethan. Making a snowman was one of the many fun things they did together. After spending the day with Ethan Coleman is asking for a basketball and basketball hoop for his birthday!

This past week I had a visit from my old roommates from Bowling Green State, Shirley and Melissa. Melissa and her family drove all the way to Utah from Ohio to surprise her family for Christmas. I am grateful I was able to spend an afternoon with her. We made pizza and had fun visiting while our children played together. This is the only picture I have of the kids eating pizza together. Between the two of us we have a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 year old and one on the way... and no I am not the one who is pregnant!