Sunday, February 24, 2008

"Splendid" time with Grammie!

This weekend, Benson's Grammie came to visit us from Cody, Wyoming. Donna's (Benson's mom) brother Ken and his wife Jill were coming for a visit and were able to bring Grammie with them. She is 90 years old and hasn't been to Arizona for several years because she doesn't travel too well anymore. We visited her in Wyoming this summer for her 90th Birthday Party and my kids (especially Sammy) loved her so much.
Sammy has talked about her several times since then and since she doesn't come here and I am not taking the 20 hour drive again anytime soon...I kind of thought we would never be able to see her again. In fact on Tuesday (before I knew Grammie was coming for a visit) out of no where Sammy said "Mom I really miss Grammie I wish I could see her" and I said "we probably won't see her again in this life" and Sammy says "I bet I will". Than 2 days later I find out Grammie is coming. I swear, Sammy is so in tune with the spirit it is crazy. She is such a spiritual little girl..I can't even explain it..if you know her you know what I am talking about. She has always just kind of known things..
Grammie is such a sweet and nice lady. She is always saying how "splendid" and "lovely" things are. She commented on how "lovely" EVERY thing in my house was and ask me several times how I came up with the design of the house. I kept telling her that we didn't design it that we just bought it...but I guess she didn't like that answer because she kept asking.
We are so happy that we could have Grammie come and spend the weekend with us! I'll have to ask Sammy if she will be able to visit again ;D


I thought this picture was so sweet of Grammie reading with Ben.

Grammie has a charm bracelet with all the names and birthdays of all her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Sammy and Ben had a "lovely" time looking for their names and their daddys name.
Sammy, Grammie, and Ben
(notice Sammy's bows...I made a TON on Friday. I am pretty proud maybe I will post them all...)

Benson, Nathan (doesn't he look happy?), and Grammie


For dinner we went to Joes BBQ in Gilbert with all the Bashfords that live here. This picture is Sammy and Pyper (Bensons sisters little girl). Pyper is only a month younger than Sammy and they LOVE to play together.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ahhhh, I love Grandmas! What sweet pictures!

Anonymous said...

Oh she is sooo cute. Tell her that your friend Deanna designed the fruit label pictures in your kitchen. Haha- just kidding. I could actually see a smidge of them from one of your pictures. They look so good!

That is so sweet that Sammy has such a close bond with her great grandma! She looks so interactive for being 90+!

Nancy said...

Hey Kyle- I love blog hoppin and I am glad you found me. I love your blog and can't believe that Grammie is 90. DANG! Is it ok if I peek in from time to time.See ya Wed. P.S. I went to golden spoon twice-yummy

Ashley said...

Craaazy If we have another girl we want to name her Piper as well, that is a super cute spelling of it without going to nuts like some people do. Fun, let's meet at the park sometime.

Shane Meredith Mason and Kendall said...

that cool that she got to come. And tell her I designed the house :)

Britany said...

Grammie is so cute!! And so is your new layout - stop while you are ahead! :)

That Sammy is truly amazing!

Laurel said...

Did I know that you had family in Cody, WY?! That is right near where I grew up. When we wanted to go to Walmart we drove to Cody. (Do you hear banjos picking in the background?) Anyway, if you ever want to drive, I usually make the trip every summer. 20 hours. Yeah, good times.

Anne said...

Kyle. A- I LOVE your music "feels like home" I can't change blogs until the song is over. Nice choice. B. how do you do this comment thing in a window instead of it changing the page and ending the song? C. Name the day and time and we will come over. Any afternoon around 3 works for us. Talk to later.