Making Brownies

It was Savannah's turn for a sleep over at Grandma's house by herself. Syd was gone with Naomi and this gave us a perfect excuse for some personal one on one time. After a great night in the "big bed" without having to share it with her sister, we started our Saturday with breakfast and a few chores like making our beds and straightening up. Then we made brownies, personal pan size! We used my grandma Larsen's old individual pie pans for the brownie pans. Savannah did all of the work herself. She even poured all of the decorations on herself. She was so thoughtful to include making one for her sister because she wasn't there with us. After brownies we wrote Thanksgiving cards to her Great Grandparents serving a mission in Boston. She put extra thought and care into these cards. After the cards was a browsing through the most recent "Toys R Us" catalog. Savannah very carefully circled the items she thought she might like for Christmas, but before long just about everything in the catalog had a circle around it for someone. If not for herself it was for her sister or her brother or for someone else. We had an awesome day and I'm so glad Savannah was able to spend some time here with me. At the conclusion of the day Wayne and I took Tyler and family to SLC to Simply Sushi for Tyler's birthday. It as a great day all the way around.

On The Road Again!

Wayne and I have had a great week traveling with our kids Zach and Hayan. We've seen DC and New York City but we ended our trip here in Boston with Wayne's parents. They are here serving on a mission but they were given the day off to travel with us around the city and show us around. We've really enjoyed our time with them but now our travel and fun are coming to an end and it's time to head home. Life is good, we've seen lots of new places, we've had lots of memorable experiences that we will treasure a lifetime. We are grateful for them all!


We went to Dinner at a place called Mikes. Mom and Dad wanted to make sure Wayne enjoyed his visit so it started off with a great Lobster dinner!
You might have thought he couldn't do 2 whole lobsters but anyone who knows Wayne knows it was going to be NO PROBLEM! Loved it to the very last bite!