Great Times with the Wilsons

Because Todd got a new bike, Kate got his old one and Jack got Kate's.
Happy Days!

The chef at work (after work)

Pics from Story Book Park

I wish I had videoed them when they got off after begging Grandpa to spin them!
It was pretty funny!

A Polly Pockets Modesty Fashion Show! (24 little dolls-some made the grade, others didn't!)
Kate is a pretty tough judge!

What a great visit we had with Lori, Brad, Todd, Kate and Jack Thursday night and Friday! We arrived about 7:00pm Thursday night. The kids couldn't wait to show us their new bikes and ride them around for us. Lori had prepared a delicious meal of garlic mashed potatoes, tossed salad, and homemade corn, bean, tomato, avocado salsa with chips. Brad was busy cooking trout on the grill that some neighbors had given them. Um, um good! We ate outside in their beautiful back yard and then all jumped in the pool and had a great time racing with the kids and splashing each other. Kate and Todd are amazing little swimmers! I think they can do pretty well all the Olympic swimming strokes. It is wonderful to see the family enjoy their beautiful back yard, pool, and the bounties of this year's garden...and we had fun enjoying it all with them for an evening. We then watched a very cute movie called "New In Town"...Pretty funny with some great one-liners. Saturday morning we had a mountain man breakfast made in the crock pot that was delicious, fast and easy cleanup! Then off to Burley for haircuts for the boys, some sale shopping at Penney's and fun at Story Book Park. Kate rode with us and we had a ball playing car games with her to and from Burley. Todd rode with us on the way back and got in on the fun. It brought back memories of the things we used to do with the kids when we traveled to make the time pass more quickly. We enjoyed lunch and ice cream at Gossner's Cheese (The Upper Crust Restaurant) outside Rupert. The afternoon was spent resting and playing with the kids while Lori practiced to sing at the Cassia County Fair. Kate and I played Polly Pockets for a couple of hours and Todd made sure we had great music to listen to via ITunes downloads on the computer. Jack is so content just to be left alone to drive his little jeep and trailer all over the house! We thoroughly enjoyed our time with the kids and look forward to taking Todd to General Conference in October. (I've got some new car games, Todd!)
Lori just received a call on Wednesday or Thursday asking her to sing on the free stage at the Cassia County Fair along with some other veterans of the Oakley Community Theater. We had no idea when we got there that we would have the opportunity to hear her sing. It doesn't happen very often so we were thrilled that it fit right into the schedule. Brad met us all there after work. He is such a gem...so supportive of Lori. The group sang and performed from 6:00pm to 7:00pm and put on a very entertaining show. Such talented people and so willing to share even on such short notice. I have included a video of two of the three numbers she sang. Lori has a beautiful God-given talent and has had many opportunities since moving to the Rupert/Burley area to develop and share that gift. Even in a county fair environment she was amazing (from our very unbiased parental point of view! No really!!) Here...judge for yourself! (See above video)
We love you all and thank you for what turned out to be another great vacation!

Ours Forever!

Our three beautiful daughters uniquely different and all amazing!

We love you and consider ourselves very blessed to be your parents.
Thank you for all you have become.

The Girl in 14G

What a treat to have Great Grandma Johnson come to Rupert!

Mom and I took the opportunity to drive to Rupert on the 5th of May to see the Wilson family and enjoy watching Lori sing at a Music Club fundraiser in Burley at the King Fine Arts Center that I mentioned in a previous post. We had such a wonderful time visiting with all of them. I feel blessed to have my three girls within two hours of us though all in different directions.
In this post I have included the link to the YouTube video for Girl in 14G. It makes me laugh out loud! Lori learned this hilarious number as well as the Linda Eder version of Man of LaManche. Mom and I, Brad and the kids attended the function. Can I say (with no prejudice) that Lori was brilliant! What fun. Yes, our three girls and ALL of their character traits and talents prove to me on a regular basis that we have grown daughters who are hands above their parents. And our son, Matthew, is no exception. They are simply marvelous people! We feel very, very blessed. Here are some pictures from the trip. Aren't the kids adorable? Todd and Kate were practicing their duets with their Mom for their piano recital.

Quick Stop at Lori's!

Jack knows exactly what he is doing and runs the mouse like a whiz! Lori helping Jack get set to play!
"This is my bug's house!" Jack on the tramp!

We had a quick but wonderful stop to visit Lori and Jack on the morning of April 23rd while waiting to meet Brent and Janet for a little get-away to Boise! Lori is the consummate hostess! We had a fabulous time visiting and even talked her into singing for us! You should hear the girl sing the Kristen Chenowith song called "Girl in 14 G". If you have never heard this song, google it and watch Kristen's version of it! Hilarious and amazing and Lori does it just as well!

It is always fun to see little Jack...he reminds me of Lori so much; very intelligent and serious about whatever he is doing at the moment! He was so thrilled with his little bug's house and just couldn't figure out where the little guy went! Why would he want to leave those wonderful living quarters!

We were sorry we missed Kate and Todd but my mom and I are going to Lori's on Wednesday, May 6th and will stay overnight. Lori is singing at the King Theater (not the right name) in Burley that night so we will have some time to visit with the whole family! Thanks, Lori, for a great time! I have the most amazing daughters!