Tasha stopped by

Tasha called yesterday and wanted to meet me for lunch, we met at Burger King so the boys could play,  little baby Anniston has gotten so big she is now six months.  Tasha took the cutest pictures of her yesterday and posted on Facebook.  After lunch we went back to my house and I mended some of their clothes for them. Lincoln needed his church pants hem and tighten because he's so skinny.  Tasha likes for all their pants to be the skinny jeans so she gave me several pair to make skinny for little Winston.  I will have to finish those up this next week we had a good time visiting

Celebrate Yael Towner 2nd birthday

Hard to believe our little Yael Towner is now two years old.  His birthday was January 24 last Saturday.   He has been sick all week.  Last night Stacy called to stop by and visit us.  We have missed her little kids, we have not seen them for over three weeks now.  We met at Leatherby's ice cream shop to have some dinner we were hungry and then we had ice cream and sang happy birthday to our little Yale.   It's hard to believe he's two years old now the time goes by so quickly.

The last day of January 2015

The month of January has gone by very quickly adding our trip in the middle of the month definitely made it go by faster, it was fun to be in a warmer climate- other than we've had a very mild winter; it's been in the high 50s here most of the month.  Today is a beautiful sunny day.  I'm out and about running errands, getting the car wash, getting my nails done & taking the time to get a workout in and then go home and finish up some of my housework, that will pretty much be my day. Tomorrow is fast Sunday so I would like to prepare myself more fully for my church meetings and take the time to fast. Tomorrow Michael is going to be ordained a priest. Craig took him shopping last week for a new suit for the special occasion we are so proud of him and look forward to our time with the boys tomorrow at church.  Their church meetings are at 8:30am now; that will be a challenge for us to get them there on time.  Craig picked Michael up last night with his new suit he tried it on and I ironed his new white shirt for him, he looks so handsome.  We have him all ready for the special occasion!! 

Slowly getting our house cleaned

I'm slowly getting things cleaned up after putting all the Christmas decorations away. I spent about three hours vacuuming on Tuesday and that kicked my butt; I was dead tired at bedtime working out during the day makes me really tired as well. I'll be glad when my energy level gets better from my workouts.  Today I've got to get my car registered and go by Draper city to pick up a judgment complaint letter, someone's been writing bad checks at a grocery store here in Salt Lake and they have Craig's name on the checks with our address.  So I've got to pick that up. Yesterday I had to get mother's life insurance paid and that was not an easy task finally accomplished that task, it took over three hours getting that taken care of.  Today I need to go through some of her bills and our bills as well.  Craig wants me to get a running total of what our expenses are monthly he really wants to retire soon so we need to know more what our budget is.  I need to finish vacuuming the basement and tidying down there.  I'm sorting the Christmas closet it always gets cluttered after dragging things out and putting things back away.  I need to clean the upstairs so I have a lots of work that needs to be done still.

Losing weight

I'm so excited I got on the scales this morning and weighed 164.2 pounds I'm slowly losing weight since I return from our vacation to Mexico peeking out at 175 lbs was not fun. I'm feeling better and getting this weight off losing 8 pounds makes a huge difference. I just need to keep going I really want to get in the 150s again I have not seen that for several years I really want to lose 20 pounds and be in the 140s again so I'm going to work hard and hope I meet that goal by late spring.

Spiritual night at the temple

Yesterday was my day of service at the temple.  I felt the spirit strongly there last night. Sister Brown of the temple presidency spoke to us in our prayer meeting she expressed her feelings about the importance of the work we do there in connecting the links of families forever we are hastening the work by helping patrons that come to the temple. I know performing temple ordinances is very important in my own life and for my own ancestors.  I look forward to the time spent serving in the Temple of the Lord.  I need to start working on my family history again.   I have so many spiritual experiences by participating in this great work!  In Sacrament on Sunday- one of the youth speakers talked about the conference talk printed in the June ensign   by Pres. Thomas S Monson:  he talks about hastening the work for ancestors, we all need to be involved!  I want to be able to do my part!  I know this is one on my callings in this life to work for the salvation of my own ancestors, being a first generation Mormon.  The first in my ancestor lines to have the gospel of Jesus Christ as a part of my life.  I have been so blessed.  I have done much work for my ancestors and still have much more to do!!  I love working on my family research.

Lost Weight

I have been trying to lose weight since we got home from our trip. I was really worried I'd be stuck in the 170s but since I've got home the weight has been slowly coming off. I woke up this morning and weighed 165.5 pounds in the last week so I'm excited about that.  Craig and I went and worked out at the gym last night and then I had a dentist appointment this morning at 10 AM after that I went and worked out. I'm trying to eat low calories and get exercise time in. I have got to get this weight off!!  I'd love to get 10 pounds off in the next month!

Sacrament

Jan. 25th. Embark on the service of God.  Theme today,  we need to hasten the work of the lord.   June ensign hasten the work for the dead by president Monson by going to the temple and serving the dead , do our own family history, live our lives righteously and the lord will bless you in the great work . Embark on An personal scripture study.  Embark on giving service to others, brother Howell high counsel talked about the importance of our marriage and that we should be giving 100% at all times, to serve one another.   Giving our all for happiness in our lives, giving service in our marriage to one another  is so important.  I was very touched by his talk.  I love my dear husband with all my heart and have strive to love and care for him our entire marriage.  It takes constant effort to keep our love strong!

Finally Putting Christmas Away/ Temple Worship

Today I finally got myself to start putting all our Christmas decoration away.  It is always a chore to do.  I was able to get everything hauled downstairs.  I still have the Christmas tree to take down.  I will tackle that tomorrow.  I had to quit today at 3:30 to meet Shannon at Edge Homes showroom to pick things for their new home.  We were there from 4pm till 7:45.  We got a lot of things finalized.  They are going to have a very nice new home.  Hope to be moving in by June this year.  I'm tired and ready to go to bed.  I want to say I have been better in saying my prayers daily and felt joy and peace in my heart today.  I even actually enjoyed taking things down, nice to be in a better frame of mind.  Tomorrow I will finish up and then begin giving our home a good cleaning.  It feels really nice to get rid of the clutter.  I want to Thank the Lord for all my many blessings.  I really enjoyed working at the temple last night.  I have been meditating in my heart things I learn at the temple.  The Law of Sacrifice was replaced from the offering of shedding blood, the first-ling of flocks from Adam to the time of the resurrection of the Savior.  The law of sacrifice- now is to give all that I have in sustaining the kingdom of God on the earth.  Being faithful no matter what- even if I was asked to give my own life as a witness for Jesus Christ if needed.  I live the law of sacrifice with a broken heart and contrite spirit is what I read in the book of Mormon last night.  I'm striving to be a witness of Jesus in all that I do in my life.  I love the Lord and so grateful for the knowledge I have obtained at this stage in my life.  Pray that I continue to grow and learn how to truly live gospel principles.  I'm trying to focus on each law that is given us in the temple to live.  I want to learn more about living the Law of Sacrifice and what it really means and how to live this law with all my heart, soul and energy!!  It takes action on my part!!

Farrah Towner's Baby Blessing

Stacy and Chad blessed baby Farrah Sunday January 4th, 2015.  It was fun to gather as family at their sacrament ward to witness the blessing of Farrah by her father Chad.  Chad did a great job and so proud of him and that he is a priesthood holder in their family.  This is the blessing of our 17th Grand child.  We are so very blessed as family!!  We are loving having a few more baby girls in the family.  Baby Farrah is so darling!  Stacy blessed her in the blessing dress she was blessed in by her Father in January 1985.  So fun to get her blessing dress out 30 years later and It is in great shape!  A family Tradition- I'm so blessed to be apart of.  I dreamed of creating my own family and so proud of all my little girls.  So touched to see our 17th grandchild blessed and wearing the blessing dress I picked out over 30 years ago  This truly been a special day in our family.  We gathered afterward for lunch to eat some yummy food.  I made the family favorite potato soup and bread sticks. 

Baby Farrah Towner on her Blessing Day in the blessing dress her mother Stacy wore on her blessing day

Farrah's blessing Day Jan 4th, 2015, Craig, Stacy, Farrah, Chad and Debbie

, the Proud Grandparents

Stacy and Chad with their baby Girl Farrah on her blessing day

Natasha And Her Little Family

Natasha and Bridger had a great time on their cruise.  She called yesterday to thank me for watching Anniston and Winston while they were gone.  I enjoyed babysitting those two.  Lincoln stayed with his other grandma Mindy Thomas.  He had school  and she was able to take him to his school.  They are very dear in our family.

Natasha on their cruise Jan. 3rd-12th

He seriously cracks me up. I had to document this.
Lincoln: "Mom I just told Aniston a secret!"
Me: "No way what did you tell her?"
Lincoln: "I told her she's going to be a mommy when she grows up!"

Lincoln with his little sister Aniston

Aniston & her Mommy- I'm 6 months old!! - Jan. 14th -

Winston and his Mommy.  He is the crazy two year old in the family, we all love him! Lots of personality!
I haven't posted as much of this guy as the others because he's usually a blur cause he won't hold still, or he's naked half the time, or being a sassy pants. But he's got the biggest personality! And he's such a fun little guy. He just might be exactly like his father

Aubrey Noriega's 11th Birthday Today

Our Aubrey Girl is turning 11 yrs old today.  She is turning into a beautiful young lady.  She is a joy in our family.  Sharlena texted me yesterday to let me know they are planning an ice skating party tonight to celebrate her special day.  I'm planning on attending.  Craig is still not feeling well.  He had a very rough night last night with fever and chills.  He is home working today.  Don't think he is going to feel well enough to go tonight.  I will have to go without him.  I need to take the time to shop for a present today for our Aubrey Girl!!

Craig with our Aubrey, Craig  feeling well enough to visit

The Power Of Prayer

 I just read the lesson from our manual for relief society this year 2015 the teachings of Ezra Taft Benson lesson 2 "Pray Always"- it talks about the power of prayer in our lives.  In reading this lesson I have learned that I need to do so much better in my personal prayers,  Pres. Benson has counseled us to say our prayers morning, noon and night to not let a day pass without pray to our heavenly father. I need to do better I want to strive this week to be more diligent in my personal prayers each day and feel the spirit of heavenly father's guidance.  I have taken the time to read the lesson this morning to reflect on the things that I need to work on.  I do feel a void in my life and that I need to strive for more righteous perfection in my daily actions.   I know that the power of prayer is very real yet I struggle in making it a habit in my daily life.  I guess you could say I've become lazy or complacent in my actions.  I really want to do better,  this is my goal for the week to be more consistent in my personal and daily prayers. President Benson a prophet of the Lord said:
"Pray has become an integral part of me, an anchor, a constant source of strength, and the basis for my knowledge of things divine....  "Thru prayer we can reach out and tap that unseen power, without prayer no man can do his best in life" .." We should pray for personal guidance and strength and also pray for one another."  This is a prayer in my heart daily for the welfare of my Children and grandchildren.  I do pray for unity to come into our family circle and that hearts can forgive one another of our wrong actions and love one another more fully.  I do pray for my daughters to have love and unity in their homes and that they will cherish one another as sisters in Zion and in our family unit.  They are eternal sisters that they should love and care for one another as they can.  I pray for them to come to a unity some how in this difficult time in our lives.  It has felt as if our family has been ripped apart!!  I pray for Shannon her health issues and that she can find answers for the difficult things she is dealing with.  Pray that she will come to know that she needs to be obedient to the commandments of God and that takes action on her part.  Pray she will have the strength in her actions to be kind and loving to her sisters and work out their differences.  Pray Shannon and Sharlena can come to love one another more fully and to forgive each other of their wrong doings, which I know in their hearts have not been intentional. I pray for kindness to be in my heart for my mother, love and honor her when it is very difficult with the challenges before us at this time.  She has done so many wrongful things in her life that have such a huge effect upon her children.  Help her to be strong and make correct decisions.  There are so many things I do not have control of and pray for Heavenly Father's insight and direction in my actions.  I feel helpless in many ways, yet through my Heavenly Father's guidance I know things will work out and that I can feel peace in my life even when the storms around me are raging!!  I pray for the strength I need this day to care for my dear husband in his illness for speedy recovery.  I'm very grateful for him and all he does to provide for our family.  He has been such a good husband in so many ways and is very caring and thoughtful to his girls.  I pray for strength in our relationship to draw closer to thee.  Pray that we can be better in our personal and family prayers together.  I did offer up a humble prayer this morning with my dear husband to comfort him in his time of illness and give him the strength he needs this day to work and do what needs to be done.  Pray we can have better unity in our own lives as husband and wife in drawing closer to thee through prayer!!

Hard Coming Home From A Trip

It always seems it's difficult for me to get back into a routine after a vacation I look around the house and I have so much that needs to be done it's overwhelming I still need to take down all of our Christmas decorations I have not been able to get to it yet. We went to the cabin for New Year's, when we got back I babysat Tasha's kids for the week, then I had just a couple days to pack and get ready for our trip to Mexico, so now we're home and I'm looking at all the Christmas decorations that need to be packed and put away.   I need to give our house a good cleaning so I've got to roll up my sleeves and get to work.  Today is Martin Luther King day so it is a holiday.  Craig is still not feeling well and is staying home from work today so I'm not sure I will not get much done today.  Having the motivation to get moving is my challenge right now.  The weather is so warm for this time year in the high 50s yesterday and looks like another beautiful day I would really like to go outside and tinker in the yard with this warm weather instead of doing housework.

Home Sweet Home

It feels so good to be home to sleep in her own bed again!  We did have a very fun trip, a nice little getaway in the winter months.  We slept in a bit and then got ready for church, our new church schedule this year is at 11:00 am.  I was slow getting ready, so Craig went to sacrament without me, he came home right after sacrament not feeling well, he could fill the body aches and fever coming on while he was sitting in Sacrament.   He has some type of a bug. I went to relief society it was a very good lesson about the power of prayer in our daily lives.  We are studying the teachings of Ezra Taft Benson this year.  I would like to take the time to read the lesson in the manual.   I need to do better in saying my daily prayers I have become very lax in this area in our lives.  After church I went to Christy Dixon's house and we met with Sandra Bruce. She is having a very hard time in her new marriage of only three years, I don't know if they are going to make it.  We gave her the council to start keeping a journal. Christie also advised her to go to some women support meetings on Wednesday nights to help her with her emotional feelings of abuse.  Sandra is from Mexico and her father worked for the drug cartel.  He was sexually abusive to her growing up.  She has been married and divorced twice already, this is her third marriage and things are not going well.  She did not start out on a good foundation, so I just don't know if they are going to survive.  Sandra has her issue too.  Pray I can be a strength for her in finding her answers in her marriage.  I feel she should just walk away and start over.  Her new husband is not living gospel principles and is very controlling and verbally abusive to her.  Those are things you do not change over night.  He seems to be to set in his ways.  They seem to be cross threaded.  She has a very challenging road to follow with the man.  She did not make a wise choice when she agreed to marry him.  Just pray I can be a source of peace to her.

Our Trip To Cancun

Craig & Debbie at the Riu Yucatan Resort in Mexico Jan. 2015

We're looking cubby in face!!

We had a great trip to the Mayan Rivera this past week. We left January 10th and came home on January 17th.  Lots of RR time!!  We stayed at the Riu Yucatán resort and enjoy the beautiful beach.  I enjoyed laying in a lunge chair by the beach reading a good book by Dan Brown, "Inferno".  The resort was not as nice as the one we stayed at last year. But we still had a very nice trip.  The food was very good at the buffets.  We went sailing one day that was fun to be on the ocean, the ocean is so pretty and blue.  We had lots of food to eat with the all-inclusive hotel resort. Craig and I are both at our all-time high with our weight.  I peaked out 172.8.  That's not the fun part, now I've got to work really hard to get this weight off.  I refuse to let myself get any heavier!!!  I said that when I was in the 160s and now I'm peaked in the 170s

Having dinner with friends, Gary & Karen McDougal, Steve & Tauna Robbins with their 16 yr old daughter Kierra

Gary, Steve and Craig with Mexican showgirl at the resort

Craig, Debbie, Karen, Gary, Tauna, Kierra, Steve

Get Ready For Our Mexico Trip

I took Winston & Aniston to Trisha's last night so I could work at the Draper Temple Wednesday night.  I have two days to get ready for our fun Mexico trip. I'm not real happy with myself, I've gained too much weight!! I've put on about 8 pounds since Thanksgiving this year so none of my clothes are fitting me which is very frustrating.  I want to pack, I will go through my clothes again today to find what fits and is the best to pack.   I have errands to run too so I have a very busy day.  Craig gave me a $100.00 gift certificate for Kohls.  So I'm going shopping to find some new clothes for our trip.  I will have to worry about losing weight when I get home.  I just want to go and enjoy our trip.  I'm so excited to be in some warm tropical weather!!

Obedience Is The First Law Of Heaven

In reading the visiting teaching message today for the month of January, the quote that has really stuck in my mind is "Obedience is the first law of heaven."   We learned this in the temple that obedience is the first token of living the gospel principles.   It is so very important in our lives and is compared to the oil in our lamps when the bridegroom comes, our Savior Jesus Christ.  Following the Savior Jesus Christ increases our faith in him. Christ chose first and foremost to define himself in relation to his father that he loved him and obeyed him and submitted himself like the Royal son of God.  The Scriptures teach when we obtain any blessing from God it is by obedience to the law upon which it is predicated.  Our spiritual growth takes place as we draw close to God through obedience and invite the power of the saviors atonement into our lives as we walk in obedience to the principles and commandments of the gospel of Jesus Christ we will enjoy a continual flow of blessings promised by God and his covenant with us those blessings provide the resources we need to act rather than simply be acted upon as we go through life obedience gives us greater control over our lives greater capacity to come and go, to work and to create.   "The First Law of Heaven is Obedience!!"  Pray I may be more obedient to my Heavenly Father in my walk of life.

Counsel For Hard Choices In Our Lives

I have continued reading in the ensign this morning in order to give myself a spiritual pick up.  I have enjoyed reading the talk written by Pres. Monson of following the prophets.  Pres. Henry B Eyring told a story about following the prophet at general conference when he talked about getting out of debt specifically paying your mortgage debt.  Pres. Ezra Taft Benson was the prophet at that time speaking.  I know that Craig has a great love for president Ezra Taft Benson because his son Reed Benson was his mission president while he served his mission.  Craig remembers this conference talk well and has strive to do the same himself, he was strongly driven to pay off our home while we were living on Player road 1980-1989  Craig would pay double house payments and he did that for many years -9 years.  We were able to pay off our home while living on player road.   Since 1990 we have had our home paid for and have been out of debt.   My husband has been very strong about staying out of debt, I'm very proud of his conviction and he has been able to provide so well for our family.  I know that this has been a huge blessing for our family, he has been following the prophets advice all these years of staying out of debt!!

Feeding My Spiritual Tank

 I haven't been very good about reading my scriptures lately, or the ensign.  I was on a good routine reading the book of Mormon for our book of Mormon challenge with our ward this past year to read the complete book of Mormon but all this drama with my mother has thrown me off track. I've  tried, but have not been very successful in completing. I still have third Nephi to the end to complete. I have enjoyed reading the book of Mormon at the temple on Wednesday nights I can say I've just about read the complete book of Mormon while attending the temple. I will continue my efforts for this year and finish reading the book.  I have felt a spiritual low by not reading my scriptures and have missed immersing myself in the scriptures.   Today I woke feeling the need to take the time to feed myself spiritually. I got out the ensign for the month of January.  I have taken time to read a few articles.  The first presidency message by Pres. Thomas S Monson talks about following the prophets.  He shared a story about following the Council of Harold B Lee.  In this story Pres. Monson was struggling with making a serious decision about the future of his life, he had been training for the Naval reserve and had been asked to serve a commission there, just at that time he was called to serve as the first counselor in his bishopric as a young man.  He could not serve both positions at the same time and did not know what to do so he counseled with Pres. Harold B Lee. He told him to write a letter that he would not be accepting his commission to serve in the Naval reserve he needed to have faith that the Lord did not feel this was his path to follow.  Pres. Monson said this was a challenge in his life and very difficult, he felt tears running down his face as he wrote the letter to decline his appointment in the Naval reserve. Six weeks later he was actually called serving as the bishop of his ward. This was a great test of his faith to follow the Council of a Prophet when it is very difficult.  The lesson to learn from the story is but a single lesson we can learn in immortality that when God speaks and his children obey they will always be on the right side.  A quote that he says in the article that has really pricked my heart-  "It has been said that history turns on small hinges and so do our lives,"  "decisions determine destiny we are not left unaided in our decisions. If you want to see the light of heaven, if you want to fill the inspiration of Almighty God if you want to have that faith within your bosom that your heavenly father is guiding you then follow the prophets of God when you follow the prophet you will be in safe territory."  I love these thoughts- " history turns on small hinges" and so do our lives.  I can remember a time after a special sacrament meeting with an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ Russell M Ballard spoke.  He was Craig's Bishop growing up as a small boy and Craig has a great love and fondness for him.  We had a ward reunion that we attended and brother Russell Ballard spoke in the sacrament meeting.   After the sacrament meeting I had the opportunity to shake an apostles hand, I felt a burning inside me and so happy to be able to be in his presence, he whispered into my ear to always keep the Commandments of God and to always keep the Sabbath day holy.  What great council and to be able to personally experience the words of an apostle of Jesus Christ,  is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me that I will never forget!!  I felt my heart pieced by his words.  This is an experience I will never forget in my life time striving to live the commandments is a daily challenge and takes constant effort working on it.  Keeping the Sabbath day holy is even more challenging at times for me in my life.  I want to live the gospel with all my heart and it seems to be so challenging at times.  I need to do better I can see where I have been on autopilot this past year and have not put in the effort that I should.  I've just been going through the motions.   Challenges in our family life has really beaten me down and I've just been trying to hang on to do the right things, but I need to do better, I need to spiritually feed myself consistently and say my prayers more consistently I've been very lacking in this area I need to do better and renewing my covenants on Sunday during the sacrament I want to do better!! This is my goal for the year- to spiritually do better in my life to feed myself spiritually!!

Heading Home

Our Winnston!!

We arrived Wednesday evening to the Cabin and are heading home on a Friday afternoon.  It was a quick trip for us.  Spend as much time cleaning up as we were there.  It is a lot of work with the family there no matter what the time period,  we have to spend the same amount of time cleaning things up. Jaxon was ready to leave yesterday when his cousins left.  It is not as much fun for him with them gone. Craig is taking me out for a nice birthday dinner. We didn't have any time for ourselves with all the family.  There is just not enough snow at the lake yet and the lake is not frozen yet so it limits what the kids can do outside. We need a couple feet of snow still. We have had a very mild winter, with the snow on Christmas Day it has been very cold since so the lake should freeze in the next month.  We will come back up in February for presidents weekend.  I'm ready to have a break from grand kids but not for long.  Tasha & Bridger are leaving for a cruise tomorrow. We are watching Winn & Aniston the first of the week and Trisha is watching the later part.  So excited to be leaving on our trip to Mexico next Saturday.  Only 9 more days!! This is going to be a busy weekend. Stacy & Chad are blessing baby Farrah this Sunday afternoon.  Going to have our hands full watching Tasha kids  

Our Darling Aniston

My Birthday Presents

The family was good to me this year. Trisha gave me a very nice serving platter it is large with lots of dividers for vegetables and fruit, it'll be nice for the cabin, Stacy gave me some very pretty jewelry two bracelets that I love, Tasha gave me a pretty sweater to wear and colored my hair on New Year's Day.  I was very overdue it was nice to be pampered.  Stacy gave me a foot rub and a back rub too it felt so good!! Shannon gave me a beautiful sterling silver necklace that says love with some little diamonds in it, it's so pretty I love it!  Shar called me and we are going to lunch soon.  ( At Farrah's baby blessing day Shar gave me a lovely neglace, sweater and scraf for my birthday, I love it.)  They were all very thoughtful !!

Happy New Year 2015

Natasha & Aniston at Bear Lake, Love this picture!!

 A new year and another year older!!  I turned 58 today. Getting up there.  Where do the years go? All to fast for me.  Today has been a low key day hanging out at our cabin with the family.  Trisha & Buck left by noon.  Tasha & Bridger were not far behind. They had all been here since Monday night. Three nights and they were ready to go home. Stacy & Chad are leaving in the morning.  They are blessing baby Farrah this Sunday.   So we will be heading home tomorrow too.  Tasha & Bridger are leaving Saturday for a cruise so we are baby sitting Winn & Aniston for the weekend until Wednesday.   I will need to get ready for our trip on the10th to Mexico.  Looking forward to some warm weather. We had a fun new year's eve with the family.  Midnight & we were all ready for bed .  The best part last night was when Trisha was sucking the helium out of the balloons and talking funny.  The rest of the family join in & we had some good laughs!  I bought lost of balloons to blow up with a helium tank and we toasted Happy New Year with our sparkling cider!  I bought glow sticks for the grand kids to play with they had fun with them.  The Chaudhry boys were ready to go home when all the cousins left.  It's not as much fun with the cousins not all there.  Hope to have a better year!!  This past year has been very emotional and stressful with our family unit.