Carson and Mason's sleepover

We took Carson and Mason for a sleepover while Tyler and Amanda were on their cruise. Stephanie is staying with their children this time. We took them out to dinner for happy meals and ice cream. They ate every bite. We love our little talkative grandsons!

Yellow Roses

Malcolm has picked several bouquets of our yellow roses too. Our whole house has the scent of roses - love it!

First Rose

Malcolm picked our first Lincoln rose for me ! It is one of our favorites!

Gram Weston

Grandma Weston is now recovering from her fall in a skilled nursing facility in Gridley. This is close to us so we can visit every day. She is alert and enjoys visits. We have brought some of her favorite things to wear to lift her spirit. She is eating ice cream in this picture. Friday is ice cream day. She isn't crazy about the food, but otherwise is doing reamarkably well.

Jam Project

I just make two batches of low sugar jam (our favorite). One is boysenberry/Pomegranate jam and the other is boysenberry/pomegranate/blueberry jam. They taste delicious when you taste more berry than sugar. I have already given away several jars to family and friends.

Flowers

Spring Flowers

Potted Pansies

Purple Bush

Pansies and Violets

In spite of our hail, rain and wind, I had one good day to plan some Spring flowers and put in some pansies with our violets and dianthus plants. We love the color and sturdy pansies.

Our Children Visiting Gram

Val and Malcolm

Amanda and Todd

Kathi, Malcolm's Sister

Annette & Mike
Although it is sad that Gram is injured, it is also wonderful to have caring children who come and visit or call and send flowers. We are grateful for their sweet spirits and how much they care about their grandmother

Gram Weston

This picture was taken just before she fell -

We have had quite a week since last Sunday. Sunday morning, I went with my friend, Marietta to visit Malcolm's Mom and found her on her face on the floor. She had fallen when her walker and TV table got tangled and caused her to fall and hit her face on a wooden footstool. EMT came and took her to the hospital so I called Malcolm and he met her at the hospital and I delivered Marietta to Fairfield and returned to the hospital to meet Malcolm there. His Mom has a fractured C2 vertebrae and was put into cervical collar and on medicine for the pain in her neck. The neurologist said the neck was fractured many months previous to this fall, but apparently this was really a bad fall and a miracle she is ok for now. She was in the hospital for a few days and then transferred to a skilled nursing facility to take care of her until she can recover. Kathi Erick, Lisa and our children, Todd, Val, Mike, Amanda have been here to visit with here. We appreciate the flowers and calls to inquire on her. It has been a tough week for us all, but we are hopeful that all will go well and know she is in God's hands.

Cherish & Joey

My niece, Cherish just got married to Joey - Congratulations to them and wishes for a wonderful life together!

Gram Weston

Gram Weston is not feeling too good. We took her to the Dr. Tuesday and she ended up in the hospital. She has legs that are leaking fluid to the outside of her skin and bowels that are not cooperating - her hemoglobin was very low too so they decided to hospitalize her and find out the cause of her troubles. She is not happy about being there, but by today has adjusted to the situation while they do some testing on her. We have had some good visits and a little TLC helps a lot. he looks remarkably good for 92 years. She just shared a birthday dinner and party with Paige because they both have birthdays a few days apart. Everyone keep her in your thoughts

Our daughters got me a certificate for pedicure and manicure in Yuba City so yesterday I went and had two heavenly hours! Thank you darling daughters for your generosity and for pampering your Mom! The girl took more time with me than she needed to and we had a ball. Here is a picture of the pedicure!

Our family loves the food at Costa Vida so I experimented with a recipe to make a similar enchilada and it turned out really good. We had it for lunch today. I made it with pork loin roast and a sauce made with green enchilada sauce, garlic, brown sugar and Dr. Pepper topped with cheese and sour cream. Yummy

Window seats and valances

Malcolm and I got some seating foam, fabric and dacron wrap so I could upholster the cushions in our window seats and enough fabric to make new valances for the three windows in the room. We really like the change and the touch of color it adds to our room. The window seats also have hinged tops so we have additional storage for blankets, pillow, etc.

Valentine Day

Malcolm got me a beautiful peach rose for Valentine day. I love the vase too. It is such a sweet experience to be remembered by my honey! Thank you, Angel Face - you are loved and so appreciated!

Paige's 7th Birthday

Paige ordered chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. It was fun and tasted delicious! she is adding the candles !

This is the finished product with us enjoying the time together!

For Paige's 7th birthday, we had her stay overnight, have dinner and bake her cake and decorate it. We had such a good time and we are such buddies. She loves to come over and cook and hang out with us. The next day, we took the cake and some other food and had dinner with her family and Great Grandma Weston whose birthday is the same week. This is now a tradition for them both.

Subway art for Valentine

In our Relief Society in Liberty Ward we made these subway art projects. We had a black frame and tore up pieces of paper and just glued them on in a haphazard pattern. They turned out quite nice. Thanks to Lisa Hunter for all her work on this project.

Violets

I was given a start last year on these violets and this year they have spread and blossomed. They have a wonderful fragrance and are a dainty and beautiful addition to our front planter.

A current Picture of Russell

Malcolm and the Jelly Belly Car

Malcolm and I went to Martinez for some doctor appointments and stopped on our way home at the Jelly Belly factory and had a fun time picking out our favorite flavor of jelly beans. Later we met Russell for dinner at Red Robin's prior to going to Wyatt's wedding reception. We met some old friends and had a nice visit with them during the reception. It was a full day and we were weary when we got home - and crashed!

Window Seats

We have been wanting to have a window seat near our windows to increase our seating area in our living room for family events and finally contracted a contractor to put them in. We will have storage for blankets and pillow and soon I will cover some foam cushions for comfort seating. We are excited and love the way they turned out!

Knee

I met with a new doctor today who did a weight bearing xray on my knee which showed the bone on bone area so I'm on the list to have it done sometime.