Compare Andrea to her boys

Andrea has been told a lot that her Blake looks just like Jaxon. I thought I would add my 'two cents' and show you pictures of Andrea at a young age and see what you think.

Sorry girls, but this picture is way too cute and shows a great face on Andrea.

I couldn't find any real young shots of Andrea, this is as young as I could find.

Four wheelin' and campin'!

It's so much fun to get out in the mountains and get away. It's kind of a bit of work to prepare and all, but oh so worth the trip. We went this weekend with good friends and family. It was a GREAT trip. I can't believe I didn't get a picture of the trailer and campsite.

David's always good for a picture moment. This was at the top of a kind of scary ride. There was so much water every where. In this climb we rode up a road with water coming down it. Kind of like a little stream. The views were spectacular.

SEE! I always have to get my flowers in. This picture really doesn't do justice for the pretty purple, yellow and white flowers.

It's always good to have a map. It's even better to agree on where to go?

Serious contemplation! These are the times we really miss Duane!
We see some really pretty sites. Can you believe this wall of white.

Can you read this sign? Notice where it's telling us the road goes. It really goes the direction David is headed and goes right up a rocky stream bed.

Here are the "WHEELERS". What fun we had with our good friends. We saw everything; pine trees, snow, waterfalls, streams, flowers, deer, snakes, etc. It was a great ride. We were gone for 8 hours and did 39 miles.

The kids arrived Friday night and this is at the beginning of Saturday's ride. Tyler and David checking out the little stream. Yes, the water was cold.

Kevin; always the 'goof'. He is fun to have along. Jared's picking him up on the way down.

Tyler doing a little log throw. I missed this picture.

The kids were throwing rocks at Kevin to get him off balance. Didn't work.

Here we all are. Left to right: Christine, Tyler, Kevin, Jared, Leslie and Denise. David had to take the picture. I wish I had taken a picture of this stream just to the left. We crossed it earlier. Probably 20 to 30 feet wide. Leslie did it twice for Jared could get her picture.

When looking for a place to "do my thing" we found this man made latrene. Didn't dare use it. In fact, didn't dare go anywhere near it. I went the other way.

And here's this little "man cave". We didn't get too close just took pictures.

Kevin and Jared had races through the mud puddles on the way home. I think Kevin got the worst of it.

We had a great trip and it just got us more excited to get out this summer.

Andrea and the kids came over to spend some time with me. Here is sweet little "Blakers" just chillin' to his mom and sister playing Guitar Hero.

Kaja loves to join in on the fun.

Here's David taking a little rest on our way home from Lovelock Nev. Tyler and Christine were on their way home (a day early) from her sisters wedding reception in California. when their car broke down with only 3 hours out of town. David and I left home Monday night, went as far as Elko then met the kids in Lovelock where we picked up a car dolly and started our trek home. Ya know you would think the rental people would have helped us with the instructions and directions of hauling and loading the dolly, but nOOOOOO, this guy was not helpful and soooo very slow filling out the information on the computer. But, we met a real nice LDS guy who helped us with loading the car onto the dolly and made us smile. He was a funny guy! in several different ways. He gave Christine his nephew's name and told her to call and say Hi from his uncle and that was payment for his help.

Here's our ride. It was most interesting. Tyler and Christine did well. They were cheerful and had a great attitude.

Yard Work Has Begun, and will probably never end!

Here is what keeps David and I busy on the weekends - YARD WORK.  It's all really good, but it is work.

One of the big jobs is cleaning the pond after the winter season. Not a real fun job. Very stinky as a matter of fact. David usually does it by himself, but this year I got "dirty" and helped.

Here are our happy fish! 

It's tough to see, but there are 3 goldfish. There are 2 darker fish, not sure where they came from. Seriously. They are hard to see and even find. But, every once in awhile I will see them darting in the pond.

The fountain is working. This means one of the pumps is working. It's always a good sign when it works on the first try. Probably cause I was there!

David is clearing out the other two smaller ponds of debris. And the big pump also worked on the first time! We are 2 for 2! Yeah, for us.

Little fisherman is happy!  I also planted lots of flowers, notice the hanging baskets! Leslie planned a planting party where we went to the nursery and then went to her place to plant and then have some dinner together. Christine and I went early to the nursery and to buy plants with Leslie. Then David and Jared came later - for the food of course. Not exactly true. David helped Jared with the swingset.

Here are more of my flower planting. This is a little garden David made in the backyard just before Tyler and Christine's reception. It's always fun to plan it out and then plant it.

More planting, but this time some veggies. But first David made these planter boxes for me for Mother's Day. Our soil is not real great so this helped to get some decent topsoil in and plant some tomatoes and green peppers and beans for summer meals. (I hope!)

This is the second box with the same mixture of veggies. Love it!!!!

Our Last Graduate for 2009

I am going to be bold and say, "That last the best of all the game."  Here are my 3 reasons for saying so: 1). It only lasted 30 minutes; 2) There were only 10 graduates; 3) It produced the cutest graduate.

Kaja is taking it all in.
See what I mean - the cutest graduate! I really like the robe! 

Way to go Kaja! You make this old Grandma proud. I love you.

THREE DOWN AND ONE TO GO

Yes, another Graduate!!! What a couple of weeks.

Kevin David Jeffs graduated from Law School at the University of Utah. I thought the robes were very nice. They had some nice color to them that we haven't seen yet.

It wouldn't be Kevin if the picture didn't have a "GQ" pose.

Here's the little family. Nicole was a very big part of Kevin's schooling!

Oh, yes! There's always goofing off. Especially when you have 'props'! See what I mean about the colors! Cool, huh!

You can always count on David to get in on the fun.

We are so proud of Kevin and this great experience. He has worked hard and diligently. He is now taking a course to get him prepared for the Utah Bar Exam in July. Hang in there buddy!

St. George Fun

We went to St. George last weekend. We had fun and did lots of stuff. I told myself it was not going to turn out to be a shopping weekend. I already bought the grandkids outfits at Wal Mart. I would not have found a better deal in St. George! We did go when the guys took off for a ride, but I didn't feel like it was something I had to do. It was just fun and easy. And it wasn't me buying!

The little ones brought their bikes and had a good time riding in the back.

I guess Jaxon riding a pink and purple bike is pretty embarrassing to his dad. Jaxon got a new GREEN bike for his birthday.

David and I took off early Friday morning for some four wheelin'. David asked me if I was going to take a jacket - since the temp. has been in the 90's, I said NO. Well, we got up to where the ride was and it was like 10 degrees cooler. Since we left early it was only 60 degrees and chilly so I wore David's jacket! We had such a good ride. I love being out on the bikes.

Baby Blake was our weekend centerpiece. Pretty dang cute, huh?

Friday when everyone arrived was the night for TICKET TO RIDE.

Saturday afternoon David and I and Tyler went on another 4 wheelin ride. We didn't go as far up as David and I had gone. It was a different ride, but still very fun - and this time much warmer.

On the road home! Tyler laid down almost as soon as the truck got rolling. This doesn't look too comfortable does it?

I love to get out with the family. We always miss those who didn't come terribly.