Easter Dinner & Fun 2009

The family had dinner at Crystal and Shane's house and spent the day hunting Easter eggs, hanging out and enjoying each others company. Grandma and Grandpa great came and spent the day and enjoyed themselves as well.

When we first got there we enjoyed some conversation and caught up on each others lives and what have been going on with them.

After a while we had a wonderful dinner, Crystal cooked a really nice ham, Mandy brought twice baked potato's, Sharee make a great jello salad grandma great made the rolls and I made my usual eggs. Dinner as always is wonderful.

Then after desert settled it was time for the Easter Egg hunt. Wow that was the biggest hit, the kids just loved it....

The next couple of pictures tell the tale

The smiles tell it all, not to mention the baskets full of eggs.

After the egg hunt the kids spent the rest of the day just simply playing. There is nothing more relaxing then watching your little ones playing in the back yard and loving it. Life can be so full of blessings and its day like this we need to remember just how lucky we are and cherish each and every person and each and every day we get.....

I am so blessed I just cant say it enough, to have such a wonderful family.

Look at what beautiful grandchildren I have, Jackson (Jay's son) and Taylar (Mandy's) daughter.

Jay is such a tease, I don't know who he was trying to give a heart a tack Kendra or grandma....LOL

My little football player, Chance is such a sportsman, Grandpa Beano couldn't be more proud

Grandpa and Grandma Great had pictures taken with all the grandkids per family and can you image that Joel (Crystal's) smiled so great we only had to take this one picture. Joel is so photogenic that pictures of this beautiful little guy come out perfect. Isn't he gorgeous?


And last but not least Grandpa and Grandma Beano with all the grandkids. (from left) Taylar, Kendra, Chance (behind) Seth (front) Joel, Jackson. It is so surprising to me that Taylar is crying, she hardly ever cries, I am wondering if those dreaded hormones are setting in.... LOL

Birthday Bash

April Parties. So April is a very busy month for the Thackeray family it started with the Anniversary of Robin and I on the 8th then Jay and Sharee got married on April 10th. They had Chance their oldest son on April 16th and Jackson was born April 9th one year ago.
Saturday night we celebrated birthdays at Jay and Sharee's house. The next few pictures really tell you that the parties are really for the children because you can certainly see how much fun the adult men had...LOL

What a Face.......Is he in misery? He Looks it.......LOL

Come on Grandma ~ Grandpa it only comes once a year...... LOL

Gee dad the party is in the other direction.....

Do we really have to invite the adults again? What a drag.

Now this is what a party face is suppose to look like, even if it is the party boy...

HAPPY "6TH" BIRTHDAY CHANCE your so grown up :-)

Now the fun really begins...................................................................................

Poor Kendra she felt so left out mom got her a gift so she had something to open.

HAPPY "1ST" BIRTHDAY JACKSON the 1st year goes by so fast............

Now this is a cutest face a grandmother could ask for.

Now the yummy part, the cakes.

Can you tell Jackson didn't like his very much......LOL

And he really didn't like the gift grandma and grandpa Thackeray gave him.

I DO.......and the story continues.......

Robin & I will be married for 34 years can you imagine..... I may love this man in a much different way but by no means no less. I can say my love if anything is much stronger and has evolved into a much more caring and understanding relationship.

April 8, 1975 Eagles Lodge, 24th St. Ogden, Utah
And we said I DO

Still looking good after 3 kids, that didn't last long. LOL

The gray set in after 6 grandkids. LOL

But isn't that what the circle of life is all about?

And the happiest story of our lives continues.....

A Saturday with Seth & Taylar

I had originally planned to spend the day scrapbooking with Mandy, you see we had gone to the scrapbook expo and spent the entire day looking at really neat ideas and buying some new stuff to get started again with our books.

Well, we all know how plans can change.....

When two of my little ones come over grandma has to spend the day playing with the little ones.

With working two jobs I don't really get alot of time to spend with family so I cherish all the time I get with my grandkids. THEY ARE WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT.......
Below are a few pictures of our day

This is Seth's golf stance while playing the Wii, now I may just be a proud grandma, but I think we have a future Tiger Woods on our hands. LOL

AND he is certainly not camera shy, all you have to do is ask his to smile. It may be cheesy but you'll get one.

What a follow through, I'll bet that ball went far. The look of determination on his face is a dead giveaway he meant business. The concentration of a pro at such a young age what did I tell you.

After mastering golf it was on to Monster Trucks, his driving ability was much better than grandmas. It's a sad day when a 3 year old can drive better then you even if it is just a game. LOL

Seth could play these games for hours, so much for interacting with grandkids anymore. However they are wonderful baby sisters.

NOW, as for little sister she takes after mom. The telephone is her best friend, she figured out how to hold it at an early age. It be in the genes.

She just couldn't get enough of Stormie, I am so glad by dogs love my grandkids. It makes it so nice to know that I don't have to worry about bites.

I tell you this went on for hours, these two are good buddies, all my grandkids just love following Stormie and holding her little stump of a tail, they think it is a riot.

Grandma finally got her attention long enough to get this picture, WHAT A CUTIE.

Saturday night turned out GREAT, I went to the JAZZ game with hubby and it was a really great game, it started out strong and ended out excited. talk about close. WOW....

I have really been a slacker about my blog, I spent a great
Saturday with Mandy & Taylar we started with lunch,
pedicures and all day of shopping. We didn't get home until
7 at night, what a day. Sunday Robin fixed a wonderful
dinner. What a finish to a great weekend.

Picture Day

Last Saturday Mandy wanted to get pictures of her kids so off to Kiddie Kandid we are, as you can see Joel tagged along and he got to have his picture taken. It would have really been great if I could have had Jay & Sharee's little one's than I could have had all six grandkids pictures. That would have been a chore to try and get them all to smile at the same time. We didn't even try to get one of these three to gather, that would have been just to much for this one grandma to do. I would have needed drugs....LOL

Not that I am parcel to these three, but are they not the cutest little ones in all of Ogden? Well, I had to limit the area :-) didn't I? I just wouldn't have been fair to the world...LOL..LOL