Thanks Grandma!!!

Nate turned 16 in January and we made a deal that his first date would be with me or one of his grandma's and double with Rhett and I. (I wanted to make sure he knows how to treat a lady. Thanks for the great idea Natalie!) He decided quite a while ago he would ask Grandma Robertson and we would go on a double date.

Well last night we finally went and we had a great time. We went to Johnny Carino's for their Mother's Day Deal and it was really nice. We had a little wait, but we had a great time visiting and Grandma shared some wonderful stories from the wagon train. She had spent the day reading about their experiences and reminiscing.

I think Nate passed, he was quite the gentleman and even got a big hug from his date, before and after the date on the doorstep!

I have several sweet pictures of Grandma and Nate together, they have had a lot of fun together and we are so grateful for the blessing it is to have her in our lives! We love you Grandma!!!

What I love the most is Grandma's laugh, her laugh has always been contagious, when she laughs, everyone laughs. What I didn't realize is how much Donean's laugh was just like Grandma's!! How fun it is to be with her! I felt like last night Grandma Judy was there laughing and enjoying the night along with us, I could hear her laugh inside Grandma's laugh. It was awesome! Thanks for a great night!

Happy Mother's Day tomorrow Grandma and all the Mother's, especially our angel mother in Heaven, we miss you and love you so much Grandma Judy!!!!!

We want everyone to know they are invited to Brielle's baptism!

Trip To Southern Utah

I had to go to St. George for a work visit, so we made a trip out of it to get out of the cold. We spent three days riding 4-wheelers and took a drive to the grand canyon and through Zions on Sunday after going to the Apple Valley Ward in Hurricane. By the way - Stir the Pot is none other than the Justin Judy family - we like to mix things up every once in a while.

You should have seen the heel clicker Grandpa did on our "Moablike" ride.

Overlooking St. George.

This is how our trip to the north rim ended. Just so you all know, they don't open the north rim until May 15th. Jacob's Lake is really pretty though.

We crossed the Virgin River 23 times one direction and then 23 more time coming back! This is South of Zions close to Mt Carmel.

This was the toughest climb out of the river. This is as far as grandpa made it. It was fine until a group of at least 60 4-wheelers came through and dug some pretty good trenches.

Beautiful scenery!

Brinly found a cactus that didn't have needles so she decided to roll around in it. It turns out it had needles and Carleen pulled needles out of hands and belly for about an hour.

This is a cinematic masterpiece. This is at the sand dunes outside of Hurricane.

Grandma's unofficial Update

Hi! It's fun to see everyone and hear how you are doing. This has been a busy year so far. We got grandma hearing aids, new glasses and a perm so she could go to Texas and Washington with Dell and Doyle. She is enjoying hearing. She was asked to speak in Relief Society the other night for the R. S. B-day party. You all would have enjoyed her antics and the story of her life - complete with hats. She is in good health and enjoys the people of the ward. They are all very sweet to her. She was just called along with Sister peterson to teach the 7 year olds. It has been an interesting two weeks for her. She forgot kids could wiggle that much and need that much attention -- all of them --- at once. She always seems to be gone -- either to the temple, to "Super Sisters" (a group of women that get together to visit and have lunch) or to Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
We'll have to get some pictures. We'll be sure to get her over here to enjoy your messages and pictures. Lots of fun guys.

Hammer Family Update

Hailey and an art project she made at Halloween

Chloe taking cookies to preschool on her b-day

Caden snowboarding

Coelton at sweethearts dance

We are all well and happy. Today Joel and the boys are snowboarding at Bogus Basin. They got 16 inches of new snow! They couldn't pass it up and I think all needed a break.
Tonight we are headed to Cenntenial High for a speed jump competition. Hailey tried out for the "jump rope" team at her school and made it! she is 10 years old and is very active! She has to jump 100 times in 1 min.
Hailey is also clogging with Idaho Rhythm this year and is on the intermediate team. She competed in Nampa and her team took 1st and she also took 1st in her solo. We are headed to pocatello for another competition in a couple weeks.
Coelton is gearing up for Track season and is finishing up his Junior year. He is most excited about Cross Country this summer. He will race on Varsity next year.
Caden is ready for his PACE project to be presented on Tuesday. It is a big deal in the 8th grade. His project is on Dentistry. He wants to be a Dentist someday. He can now solve the rubiks cube in 30 seconds. Caden truns 14 on Monday.
Chloe is now 5 and keeps us all laughing and having a good time. She is so smart and loves to go to preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
I was released as the primary president and called to be the ward dance director for our youth 14-18. We are doing a 9 stake dance festival in April. Joel and I are teaching them the New York Hustle. It is a lot of fun and I have realized that teenagers are alot different from primary kids...it's kind of like herding cats. But we have fun and they really seem to enjoy it.

Glenn family update

Greetings from Washington! In case you hadn't heard about our baby or haven't seen photos of Adelle yet, I thought I'd post a couple. We blessed her on the 1st of February. It was good to have Mom and Dad and Grandma and KayDee come up for a quick visit. The kids all loved seeing them ,and the truck, again! Adelle loved the attention! Kaleb is in 2nd grade and loves it! He informed me the other day that he wants to be a teacher when he grows up.....of course, he also informed me that he wants to stay in 2nd grade forever! HMMMMM, we'll see how that turns out! Florence just turned four and is my big helper. Steve's working for an aerospace company and is always busy. He is also teaching in Primary, so all my kids are in Primary and Adelle and I are in the hall! We miss being closer to family and hope that you are all well.

The point of a blog...

is to actually post. Haha. We still have 11 open invitations, so talk to your families about it, if they need me to send them another e-mail to accept, I can do that. Just let me know! All of my family has accepted (and even posted, GO DAD!), so... score one for the Judy's. Just sayin'. Here are the e-mails that have yet to accept:

elmerfudd@myldsmail.net (I'm assuming this is Clay... so he's the only one that has an excuse. Or is he home yet? See... this is why you need to post!)
robertsonjd_wiley@yahoo.com
emailjengi@comcast.net
robkate_865@hotmail.com
topazcanary@yahoo.com
d_lurch@hotmail.com
ldbeyeler@yahoo.com
desrich22@yahoo.com
dwrobby1@hotmail.com
darbyvball@hotmail.com
dellsyd@yahoo.com

It's probably a good idea to bookmark this blog so you can remember how you got here, and check every couple of days so this thing doesn't die.

DaNae