Olivia's Invention

 Olivia's First Grade class had an inventions unit ... I went down on Tuesday with Lindsey's glue gun and helped the kids make their inventions.  Olivia's was a a"Baby Soother" - shake the beads in the jar and it makes a nice sound to sooth the baby!

 We brought the other girls down to see all the inventions - see Olivia on the far left - Grandpa in front of her...elementary school teachers are the best!

 More Dress-ups - which Grandma loved!

We miss these darling little ones - but like sleeping in our own bed!  So thankful Dan and Lindsey got home safely and had a great time...so did we!!

Dan and Lindsey skype

 Dan and Lindsey were able to skype from Germany a couple of times ... I love how Georgia has her arm around Millie ... Millie kept waving to Dada and Momma!  So cute!

 Polly and the Kroeber's came over for dinner --- Isaac's asked how come Grandma fixes Taco Salad every time we have dinner together - opps!  have to be something different next time!

 More fun pictures of our family dinner.

 The girls and I made a WELCOME HOME sign for the front window - each colored so carefully.

Briella comes over to Play

 Briella came over to play - - we had a great time at lunch - in some of the dress-ups!

 Two Pretty Princess's and a darling Elephant!

 They would put another costume on and then ask me to take their picture!!  notice Georgia in the background - not quit ready for the picture yet!

 Millie was napping - so we had the baby doll in the stroller - such fun!

 When Olivia came home from school we made these cute Jello cups - Thanks so much Aunt Polly for giving them to us.  Sadie and Briella wanted an apron if they were going to 'cook'!

The chocolate were gummy worms - and the pink were princess with gummy crowns, etc.  They were fun to make!

Aunt Janice turns 80!

 March 21st was the First Day of Spring - and Aunt Janice's 80th Birthday!  We drove the three youngest girls to Bountiful to wish her a Happy Birthday - she and Uncle Wayne looked great!

Here is the whole group ... the Fairbanks girls are the cutest!  they had fun running around the back yard and seeing the ducks that were on the creek that flows past their house.

Fun at Fairbanks

 March 19th we got to drive to Provo and take care of the darling Fairbanks grand daughters for a week.  Dan and Lindsey were in Germany - his sister Michelle had them over the weekend.  They are so creative - here is Sadie and Georgia with their block city!

 Closer of the blocks they built into a city.

 After School Aunt Polly came over and we all headed to McDonalds - the girls loved the play space and Polly and I loved chatting for over an hour!

Millie had enough of pictures - let's get going!!

Dad's good job - Mom's new sweatshirt!

 Dad put up pegboard behind the water heater today - we are getting ready to put the house on the market and this is a good Saturday project.

 Turned out well, huh?  The old board was a different color but we figured it didn't matter - at least not to us!

Aunt Sue send me this cool Smith College Sweatshirt - not so sure about the color but love it!

Thia and Riddick

 It was good to have Stan, Julie and Thia stop Monday on their way back to Bozeman - didn't stay nearly long enough - that would be about 6 weeks!!

 Riddick is good protector of darling Thia.

 Cuteness, huh?

Icicles on the front of the truck - back to winter for a few weeks - I love the snow - covers up the ugly back yard!