Jensyn's Baptism

Our oldest grandchild, Jensyn was baptized and confirmed on Saturday, June 5, 2010. She was the only girl being baptized that day along with 5 boys in their Stake...

This day was very special and beautiful, just like this precious girl!
Photo shoot with Grandpa...
Enjoying the tulips at the Bountiful Temple grounds
Jensyn & her dad, Chris.
We love you Jensyn! Remember to stay on the straight & narrow path!!
Ashley, Jacob, Chris, Shan, Jensyn & Austin

Endowed!

June 15, 2010 Lauren received her endowment in the Bountiful Temple. (The word endowment means "gift," and the temple endowment truly is a gift from God (lds.org). After attending the temple, we had her family over for dinner and watched the sunset from our deck. What a beautiful night and what a blessing (and gift) it will be to have Lauren in our family...

Brett & Lauren's Wedding

June 26, 2010 - Beautiful day, gorgeous bride, lucky groom! More photos to come...

Congratulations Brett & Lauren!

Mr. & Mrs. Muir!

Grandpa & Grandma Muir. Grandpa sealed them for time & all eternity!

Grandpa Dee & Grandma Colleen. Brett was happy to have both sets of grandparents there!

The happy couple surrounded by friends and loved ones on the temple steps...

The Muir gang!

Happy 3rd Birthday Jacob!

Jacob turned 3 on June 19th. I just love this little guy! He has gorgeous blue eyes and is so much fun. His favorite movie right now is The Polar Express (Choo-Choo Train Movie), he loves M & M's (Nem-E-Nems), and asks me every time I see him "You have bubble gum?" For awhile he called me "You", but now I'm Grandma Linda!

His unique way of holding up 3 fingers!
He had fun singing Happy Birthday to himself!

He (and his ice cream cone) had a melt-down at the DQ!!
Playing at Kangaroo Zoo...

QUACK...we have pet ducks!

It all started one day in June when I found a baby duck in our backyard, scared and chirping, huddled in a corner on the deck. I captured him (with a butterfly net) and put him in a box. There were red-tailed hawks flying over the gully and I thought maybe they were going to swoop down and get this little duck. Well, he lived in our house in a box for a few days, until one day we decided to let him run around on the lawn for awhile. He went a little too far off the grass and into the "jungle" between us and our neighbor. Darren looked for him for several hours, but never found him. Hopefully he found his mother and siblings!

Fast forward to June 12th when Darren returned home from work with a small box in hand. On the box it said "Handle with loving care-live animal"! "Oh Darren, what do you have there?", I asked...

He said he made a little stop on his way home at IFA (Intermountain Farmers) and made a purchase! Inside the box were 2 ducklings, 1 brown and 1 yellow, about 2 days old. I couldn't resist, so I said we could keep them as pets (after all we have a big grassy backyard where they could hang out and eat bugs)! We named them Diva and Duckworth, and have no idea if they're male or female! They are living in big box in our storage room for now...

WORD OF WARNING...baby ducks are adorable, but poop ALOT!!

BROTHERS

Take my hand, little brother, walk with me. I'll show you all the things a little boy should see. Digging in dirt, climbing trees, splashing in puddles, chasing bees. Tasting dirt, making a mess, scraping knees and elbows, no less. Come with me, little brother, take my hand.

Memorial Day Weekend

We spent Memorial Day weekend in one of my favorite places...St. George. The highlight of our trip was to see this sweet little boy sealed to his parents in the St. George Temple by his Great-Grandpa Muir. The rest of the weekend was spent having fun at the "Johnson Resort", watching NBA games and eating out!

Happy 8th Birthday, Jensyn!

May 2nd our sweet Jensyn turned 8! We were on our cruise so we missed the party, but we took her shopping at Three Little Monkeys and let her choose some gifts when we got back.

We also celebrated by going to Nielsen's Frozen Custard for her favorite treat, a "double chocolate in a cup"!

It's a joy being Jensyn's grandparents!
Age 2
The Webkinz kitty she chose to rescue from the store!
Sweet baby girl who made us first-time grandparents!

Mediterranean Memories...

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Mediterranean Cruise

April 22-May 8, Dale & I were able to go on an amazing cruise with his parents, and his 2 sisters and their spouses. This was the longest I've ever been on a vacation and it was maybe a little too long, but very fun!! We weren't able to do the first part of our trip (Florence & Venice) because of the volcano in Iceland...our flight to Venice was cancelled! Instead we left 3 days later and went directly to Rome where we boarded Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas. Our first stop was Naples, Italy (my favorite). The Amalfi Coast was beautiful. Next stop, Athens, Greece. Athens gets my vote for the best food! Rhodes, Greece was our next port. Rhodes is very medieval and a fun place to visit. Then it was on to Turkey (Ephesus), and finally Alexandria, Egypt. One word to describe Egypt: Filthy! Apparently there are no fines for littering, and there are no traffic laws either! After a CRAZY van ride to Cairo, we visited the pyramids, rode a camel, and stayed overnight in a fairly nice hotel. The next day we did some sight-seeing in Alexandria before going "home"-our cabin on the ship! Sickness started to hit some family members that night. We had a final stop in Sicily, Italy and those who could get off the ship, took a quick walk into town and then promptly came back to the ship where we pretty much stayed in our cabin for the next 2 days. Our whole family plus another 90 people on the ship were sick (the ship blamed the sickness on food we ate in Egypt). Gatorade and water became our best friend! The ship docked in Rome early on May 6th. We were able to get a tour guide to take us around to the "most important" sites in Rome in about a 6-hour time period. The Colosseum was huge! Way bigger than I thought it would be. Even though we still weren't feeling well, we were able to see a lot. We stayed in a hotel that night and then back to the airport to head home. After a 3 1/2 hour wait on the plane to fix a mechanical problem, we had an 11 hour, yes 11 hour flight home! We missed our connecting flight, so we had to stay overnight in Atlanta. We were so grateful when we finally got home! Two weeks later and with the help of two different antibiotics, we finally got rid of our "intestinal bacteria"! While we were gone, our oldest grandchild turned eight and her baby brother was born. As a grandma, it was hard to miss those special events, but it was a memorable trip, one I will never forget and am grateful for.
The ship docked in Rhodes, Greece.