How time flies!

The last couple of weeks have been busy weeks with lots of fun with our grandchildren. On June 29th we welcomed our 19th grandchild. We received a call early Sunday morning that Stevie was in labor. So we threw on our close and headed for Denton. Sarah was born around 10:30. We went to see her that evening.

During the week after the baby was born, we went up to Stevie and Mark's in Denton to help with the three little boys while they got accustomed to the new baby. It was really fun (but tiring. We know why people have children when they are you are young.) to be with the boys. They were fun to be around and played well and were great little helpers. They love to watch Little Einstein and Dora and they love to read books. We went for picnics, took walks, napped, and just had a good time. One day we brought them down to Lori and Doug's and took them swimming. It was a good time for us to be with the boys and have a good time with them.

The next week we spent a few parts of days up in Denton just to give Stevie a little help but she has pretty much taken over and is back to handling four kids. We are grateful for the time we had with them.

On Friday, Lori and Doug took Taylor to Boston for his 16th birthday. He wanted to go to a Red Sox game. So we had the opportunity of staying with their kids. We started on Friday and were with the kids until kids until Monday evening. Again, we are so grateful for the time we have to spend with our grandchildren. Lori's kids are great helpers and we had a good time with them. Megan is working at Chili's so we hardly saw her. The other kids spent a lot of time swimming, playing on the computer, helping with jobs and running around.

On Saturday we had Mark and Stevie's kids come down and stay with us at Lori's. Matthew had a birthday party that day and it was a swim party so the hosts wanted each child to have a parent there. So I was the parent stand it. It was a very interesting cultural experience. The party was for a young Hispanic boy. The party was scheduled from 12:30 to 3:30. We were running late from having the kids swim at Lori and Doug's and so we didn't arrive until 12:45. When we got there, we were the first to arrive. The father said that I must not know about MMST. I asked him what that was and he said "Mexican Mormon Standard Time." He said the people just show up when they get there. It appeared that this was really true. The first group to arrive after we got there arrived at about 1:15. The last group we saw arriving arrived at around 3:15 just as we were leaving. The father said that the party would probably go until around 8:00 in the evening. It was really a fun time and the food was great. But MMST was an interesting concept.

That day was also Morgan's 11th birthday. She had a Hawaiian party. The cousins her age were all invited and so we took Lori's kids up and had a great time at the party. I am going to try and get some pictures from Lisa to put here. They had a lot of games that they made Hawaiian. For example, they played "Pin the Coconut on the Palm Tree.) They also divided into groups and each group made up a dance to Hawaiian music. Michelle helped choreograph the dances. The kids then did them and they video taped them and showed them to the kids. It was hilareous. Sunday was very relaxing and Monday we just swam and relaxed. Lori, Doug and Taylor arrived back around 9:00 on Monday evening. We went home tired but really grateful to have most of our children close to them and really enjoy spending time with time.

That kind of ended our two weeks of baby sitting. We are so thankful to have