Baptism, Blessing and More Blessings of Seeing Who We Love

We had such a great week last week as we had the chance to see all of our grandchildren and children that do not live in Idaho Falls. We started out in Stansbury Park and met Amy Mike and kids at Gardeners' Mill for the Halloween opening when we first got there about 7:00. It was a fun little activity. The next morning we got to see Sam and Dan's soceer games. Then at noon we went to the church and got to see Sam be baptized. It was a very special meeting and confirmation. Dad and I talked at the baptism and Ana sang a song. Jon and Melinda and family came down for this special time and Mike's three sister's and families were there also. Amy did a nice pasta bar lunch and there were a ton of people in and out of her house. Then we left for the airport and flew to Indy to see Meg and Justin and be there for Eva's blessing. It was good for dad to be able to see Eva. Meg kept her up until we got there late that night. She is a cute little one but I didn't get very many good pictures of her but of course we had a few of the big sister when she would hold still. We had a nice Sunday lunch after the blessing Justin's parents and sister from Minnesota came. Also some very good friends of Rob and Flori's came to the blessing. Ann Marie and Jim. They are not members but they loved Rob's family and now they love Meg's family. They then invited us to come to their home for dinner Monday night. What a treat that was to talk to them. They have questions about the church adn it was fun to respond to them. We then rented a car and drove 5 hours to Knoxville to be with Susan Andrew and Grayer. We had a great time getting acquainted with the 9 month old Grayer. He is responding so much more now. We enjoyed the italian ice cream the tours of campus and Knoxville the shopping and the out to eat in Gatlinburg. We were blessed to drive to the famous apple orchard and meet Rob and family in Hendersonvill. Loved seeing the girls and being able to imagine the orchard bathed in sunlight as you can see it was rainy. Thank you everyone for letting us be with you and stay with you. So here are a few pictures.