Nate and Beth Posts April to Aug 2016

Hi All

I'm catching up on blogs.  Last week I posted the Chris and Lisa updates.  This week it's Nate and Beth family.

3 April 2016

I played tennis with Nate and Spence, Preston, Lauryn.  We practiced hitting against the wall.  Lauryn out of the blue told me, “My Dad is not fat, he is large”.

 June 13, 2016

  

Camden had his third birthday party which was pretty amazing.  He had a dinosaur cake and a lot of great presents.

 

I went to Spencer’s swim meet at Cottonwood High School.  He did great, placing first and third in two heats.  He has improved his swimming a great deal.  When we were at the Rec Center I raced with him and he killed me. 

 9 July 2016

I took Spencer and Preston golfing at Swan Lake this week.  It was fun to see them hit the ball.  They got better throughout the time we were there. 

Sandy and I took Lauryn and Camden to the zoo.  They were excited and enjoyed being there.  We saw the Elephant show, the Bird show and the Nature show.  

Lauryn asked us if we were “sad when my Dad moved out to marry my mom?”  She also told us that Hawaii is “famous for potatoes”.

We Lauryn had a wonderful birthday party. 

9 Aug 2016

Last week we watched Spencer, Preston, Lauryn and Camden while Beth took care of her Mother after surgery.  We had a very enjoyable time with them.  Friday morning we went to the Hill Air Force Base Museum and afterwards I took Spencer and Preston swimming while Lauryn did art with Sandy and Preston took a nap.  That evening we had dinner with Nate and the kids and with Brian and his kids.  Nate and the kids slept overnight.  Saturday morning Spencer and Preston “played” tennis with me while Sandy watched Camden and Lauryn at the playground.  That evening we had a wonderful cookout in Mueller Park with Nate and kids, Brian and kids and Kaelynn/Matt kids.  All the kids could not stop laughing when Kaelynn told the story of “I got you where I want you now I’m going to eat you”. 

Nate and I took Spencer and Preston on a great backpacking trip to Wall Lake in the Uintas.  We caught two nice brook trout, played “camoulflauge” , talked about foofing, pooping and other scout-like stuff.  On the way back we stopped for hamburgers and milkshakes. They were a lot of fun to be with and hope they have good memories.  Unfortunately, Brian and his kids nor Chris and his kids could come.

 4 September 2016

We had another picnic with the Nate and kids, Brian and kids and Kaelynn and kids at Woodland Park.  We had some delicious sloppy joes and other.  We had some contests: three-legged race, crab walk and hopping races.  Camden walked around picking up sticks for the fire; Sarah hugged me and said that she missed me; Jaimee thanked us and helped bring stuff to the car.  It was a lovely evening. 

5 Sep 2016

Hello All,

Because I have not posted a blog in a while, I am going to make several posts each one with a different set of children and grandchildren.  First one is Chris and Lisa:

3 April 2016

Chris and Lisa spent several days with us.  We went to the zoo, we went on walks, listened to Matthew play the Cello and Alyssa play the violin.  It was very enjoyable to be with them. 

I also went to Matthew’s concert at Libby Gardner Hall.  His orchestra won region and came up to the UofU to perform.  I enjoyed their performance very much.  

June 13, 2016

Chris and Lisa came up for a couple of days and we had a great time with them.   Emma came up with a beauty: I have said on multiple occasions that I get paid (retirement check) for “sucking air”.  She asked me whether I actually get paid for breathing.  We were quite proud of her because she fasted on Fast Sunday that her aunt would feel better.  We went to the Great Salt Lake bird refuge and saw Blue Herons and other birds as well as a garter snake.

26 June 2016

Chris and Lisa came up Thursday night for the baby blessing.  Chris got a telescope for his birthday and we looked at Mars, Saturn and Jupiter.  The next day we went to the zoo and got back in time to welcome Mike and Andrea and the kids.  We had a lovely London Broil dinner.  Afterwards we played “Werewolf” which everyone enjoyed.  Saturday Mike, Chris and I and our neighbor Larry played tennis in the morning.  We all had a lot of fun.  Afterwards, Chris, Lisa, Mike, Andrea went to the Temple to do sealings while Matthew and I did baptisms for the dead.  I was proud of Matthew—he enjoyed doing the baptisms and afterwards we signed him up at familysearch.org.  Later that day we went swimming at the bubble and then had pizza in Brian and Mindi’s backyard.  Sunday we had the baby blessing.  Emma gave heartfelt, sincere prayers. Emma and Alyssa were very kind in playing with their young cousins, Nicole and Tara.

 16 July 2016

We spent this week watching Chris and Lisa’s children while they went to Woodbadge Scout training.  We enjoyed being with the kids very much, though it was a bit tiring.   We went on a bike ride, we went swimming at the Aquatics Center, we went snorkeling at the pond behind the Acquatics Center and we went to Del Taco for a dinner.  We enjoyed being with them for scriptures at night.  Connor and Emma asked about what happens when we die and we had a good discussion about what happens when we die. 

(Allyssa and Emma in gymnastics)

 (A sunset picture on the way home from Cedar City)

25 August 2016

I went down to Cedar City to see Alyssa, Emma and Connor in the Children's production of "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat".  It was a wonderful evening.  The actors were full of energy.  Our three actors were particularly excellent!  Great job!  We went out for Ice Cream afterwards at Dairy Queen.