Monday, February 12, 2018

Grandma Visits All the Grandchildren - Dec. 2017

ID to UT to AZ to CO

I'm experienced with Blogger because I made a blog for my Europe and Jerusalem trips (I actually still have a couple of days to finish for Jerusalem, which I'm working on now.)


Hailey - thanks for getting this going.  It's not hard everyone, to post a photo.  Just go to "new post" at the top RH corner.  You can type something, then add photos or videos and even make captions underneath them.  Go for it!

THANKSGIVING - with the Schreiners and the Despains.....My photos are on Rich's computer, so I'll have to insert them here later!
A beautiful snow in Woodville before I ventured out to see all the grandkids.  It made for a cold time in the loft, however, by myself since Rich had already left for Baja.  Good thing I have a nice friend I could stay with sometimes.

Remember the Fuhriman's?  I'm teaching Ben's children.  Lori is on the right side.  She is an aunt of Andrew who learned Suzuki Book one in five months.  His sister takes violin from me.  Oh boy!
Andrew's Book 1 Recital in December


UTAH with the DAHL FAMILY
First stop is in Springville, UT to stay with Carlene and Sam.  I loved visiting everyone during the holiday season.
Eliza and Emmet and I build cute little Olafs - it was their first snow, so LOTS of fun, but it melted quickly.

Carlene is reading to the kids from their scripture storybook.  They are so intrigued and cute!
LOVE playing with Eliza, 5 1/2 and Emmet, 3 with baby girl coming in February
We went to Eliza's dance performance at a retirement center.  She is one of the candies with Mother Ginger standing close by.

Dahl Family Photo 
WOW!  Lots of presents and in their Sunday best!

Fly to Phoenix, then to Janelle's Family in Buckeye
Ready for bed and a sleepover with Madison and Kaitlynn
 Their house is so cute and Janelle and Jason have done a great job of decorating.  I didn't take many photos here with my camera.  There are some on my iphone if I can figure out how to download them to this blog???
3 Generations - do we look alike?

Drive up to Sierra Vista and to the Chadwick Family House

Cute photo op with Zaylia, 12  and Melayna, 8 months
 Christmas Eve 2017 after church with the Chadwick Family.  Toby, Kyli, and I played "O Come Emmanuel" in church.  So many remarks and such a fun experience!

Grandma is loving it!
CHRISTMAS morning!~  So fun for me with the kids and Santa even filled my stocking and gave me presents!

Toby's 40th....we surprised him so when he got home from work, we threw black confetti everywhere, which we found all over the house for days!  We dressed up in black and put black balloons up marking the BIG ONE!
This is an example of one of the girl's signs and cute little Jazilyn, age 9
Flight to DENVER to the Sloan's residence

Dress up time with Hailey, 14, Dallin, almost 12, and Elliana, almost 7

Us pirates gotta stick together!
4 of the 6 families moved this past year!  WOW!  I should have taken more photos of all their homes, but they are all so beautiful!

We won't tell our ages, but look at Danae's nice tan after their Hawaii trip!

 While in Denver we always get together with Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Norval and their families.  This year we went to see Uncle Pinky, my mom's brother in-law, who recently went into a care center.  We also went out to eat at a wonderful restaurant in the Flatirons shopping center.

Isn't Breanna cute with her husband, Daniel.  She is expecting in late January.  Boy or girl?  We don't know!


More photos later when I learn to upload them from my iphone!  Maybe they're all lost in the clouds, however!  HELP!

Saturday, February 3, 2018

DAYS 17 & 18- Coming Home from the Holy Land!

Jordan to Frankfurt to Toronto to SLC, Utah

John and I left for the airport at midnight to catch our 3 a.m. flight to Frankfurt, Germany.  Here are some photos that I took in the airport.  We hung out there for  quite a few hours.





I remember seeing this on our European trip back in 2013 - MEMORIES!
Germany is famous for Cuckoo Clocks.  I remember picking one up for my parents when I came to Germany for the first time with the American Youth Symphony and Chorus back in 1969.  Oh!  Good memories!

Now to Toronto, Canada, for the last day of my journey.  What a layover it will be!
Since I was to have an 18 hour lay-over in a city I had never been to, I decided to take a train to downtown....even though I had had VERY little sleep the night before on the flight from Jordan.

Toronto is the capital of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located within the Golden Horseshoe in Southern Ontario on the northern shore of Lake Ontario. With 2,731,571 residents in 2016, it is the largest city in Canada.

I really enjoyed the modern architecture of downtown Toronto!

The CN Tower is a 553.3 m-high concrete communications and observation tower.  It is struck by lightning approximately 75 times each year. 


A panorama view from the CN Tower (pulled off the internet, since I didn't go up into the tower.)

Crazy little guys on top of the roofs of the buildings




I decided to spend some time at the railway museum, walking around the many buildings and warming up in the sunshine.  It was CHILLY, although the skies were bright blue!

The Toronto Railway Museum is dedicated to preserving the physical legacy, history and experience of rail transportation in Toronto and Ontario.


Toronto is a city of high-rises, having 1,800 buildings over 30 metres (98 feet)

Roundhouse Park is a 17 acre park in Downtown Toronto in the former Railway Lands. It features the John Street Roundhouse, a preserved locomotive roundhouse which is home to the Toronto Railway Museum, Steam Whistle Brewing, and the restaurant and entertainment complex The Rec Room

The John Street Roundhouse was built in 1929-31. Following the renovations of the roundhouse in the 1990s, the area to the east of the building became a city owned park named Roundhouse Park in 1997. The Toronto Railway Museum occupies Roundhouse Park and officially opened in 2010. The Museum occupies three stalls of the John St. Roundhouse and features an indoor display, an indoor restoration facility, a full size diesel cab simulator, an outdoor miniature railway, numerous railway engines and rolling stock as well as a fully restored railway village which includes Don Station, Signal Cabin D (with toolshed), a Watchman's shanty, a Water Tower and a coaling tower.












The Toronto waterfront is the lakeshore of Lake Ontario.  It spans 46 kilometers.

A cute garden on the waterfront
Basking in a little sunshine for a nap



AIR CANADA CENTRE...Large arena hosting pro hockey, basketball, and la crosse events.  Everywhere I went, I saw people coming to a game dressed in red.

I went to a little market to get some food and saw many different kinds of mushrooms for sale.

These are NOT real woodpeckers on the post, but they sure looked real!

MORE little people - real modern art all over the place!

Guess I'll settle down for a little "shut eye" in the airport.  Hope I don't sleep through my take-off!


Although these last couple of posts from my Holy Land trip are nearly a year old, memories are vivid and I'll always remember the trip of a life time - to WALK WHERE JESUS WALKED!!