I got dragged to Betsy's company holiday party...
Mad? Crazy? No one is sure, but this look will keep the rif-raf away.On a very happy note, Adam, Hayley and Ellie came to Virginia to visit us!
Ellie decided Grandma was pretty cool.
Ellie decided the teething biscuits were pretty dang good! Grandpa checked, not that good.
The girl does like the dogs; Kiki was not as sure about babies. Lots of hair pulling.
Lots of driving around kept Ellie guessing; by and large she did really well.
The DC Auto Show
We made a trip to the DC Car Show, really left us with car envy. Adam thinks this Challenger would look very nice with him behind the wheel. (maybe when he becomes a doctor)
"Grampa, I really don't care how many horsepower a Charger has, or how much torque it makes", (what's torque anyway?).
Grampa thinks he looks good behind the wheel of anything shiny and fast.
"Ellie, tell Momma we really need this one."
This is the G8 we picked out for Jake, (he really wanted to be at the Car Show, but the Army has him tied up at Fort Gordon still).
" We'll take this one too!"
Grampa thinks he's finally old enough for a Cadillac, (as long as it's a fast, black one).
Grandma didn't come for the cars, she came for face time with Ellie.
"I'm happy and smiling, now bring me the food please."
Ellie and Grampa had a fun time during the whole visit; it shows.
There's just something about hanging a baby upside down; it just has to be done.
Yee Hah! Ride 'em Tex!
Izzie's Dad and Mom brought her to see Cousin Ellie!
Grampa and Phillip took Izzie to the park. She's very brave and goes down the slides all by herself.
Izzie is about to get the "treatment" from her cousin Ellie; a good hair pulling.
Izzie just kind of had this "I can't believe she pulled my hair" look. It was funny to most of us, not to her.
Izzie was very understanding and kissed and made up. What a sweetheart.
Grandma and Ellie looking very pretty and ready for Church. Ellie still struggles to make it all the way through a meeting of course.
Mom knows the real deal, soon she'll spit up on Mom's dress, then cry right in the middle of Sacrament Meeting.
The master of Sunday dinner, Grampa!
Ellie loved the dogs in no time. She doesn't know that for Tank she is snack size.
But he was very patient and the old dog seems to be learning new tricks. Each grandkid gets a little better to him.
Ellie learned the art of the walker very quickly...forward and backwards.
"I think there's something good in here"; Tex knows there is.
She really wanted to walk, right now! But pretending was good fun too.
Grampa is a lot of fun.
Grandmas always have the magic touch at nap time.
Tex is always glad when Adam comes to visit, but none of us wanted them to go back to Utah. Oh well, as a Rolling Stone once said, "you can't always get what you want".
Grampa and Phillip took Izzie to the park. She's very brave and goes down the slides all by herself.
Izzie is about to get the "treatment" from her cousin Ellie; a good hair pulling.
Izzie just kind of had this "I can't believe she pulled my hair" look. It was funny to most of us, not to her.
Izzie was very understanding and kissed and made up. What a sweetheart.
Grandma and Ellie looking very pretty and ready for Church. Ellie still struggles to make it all the way through a meeting of course.
Mom knows the real deal, soon she'll spit up on Mom's dress, then cry right in the middle of Sacrament Meeting.
The master of Sunday dinner, Grampa!
Ellie loved the dogs in no time. She doesn't know that for Tank she is snack size.
But he was very patient and the old dog seems to be learning new tricks. Each grandkid gets a little better to him.
Ellie learned the art of the walker very quickly...forward and backwards.
"I think there's something good in here"; Tex knows there is.
She really wanted to walk, right now! But pretending was good fun too.
Grampa is a lot of fun.
Grandmas always have the magic touch at nap time.
Tex is always glad when Adam comes to visit, but none of us wanted them to go back to Utah. Oh well, as a Rolling Stone once said, "you can't always get what you want". 
