I have been thinking a lot about Laura lately and how much I miss having her near. How much I miss watching Parker and Landon growing and the cute sweetness they have. I talked to Parker on the phone yesterday and today and he keeps asking me when I am coming to see him. Happily I was able to say Thanksgiving. He was so happy and so is Grami. So far it looks like Meghan, Kevin and I will be with Laura Thankgiving day. I know she is happy about this. I may not call you as often as you would like but know this: I think that you are such an awesome person and a loving, caring mother and wife. Her family is so blessed to have you to teach, lead and guide them. Though Parker looks just like his dad I thought Parker would love to see a picture of him and mom at his age. Loving big sister...Loving big brother

Just a quick picture of Kevin before the Marine Ball in Wendover this week.

I just noticed that there is nothing about Sean's wedding. My dad came up from Florida which was great. I was so good to see him. At the Temple there was snow piled up on the sides of the parking lot and he was so surprised to see it considering that it was a beautiful day. Warm and sunny. You couldn't have asked for a better day. The Temple was lovely and the kids had a blast at the waterfall. Alison looked so beautiful and Sean so very handsome in his tux. Welcome Alison to the Reilly clan.

Today I spent the day with Shannon's kids. I brought my camera but the batteries were low so I didn't get any good picutres. At 1 I put Kailey down for her nap and the others were outside playing with friends. The Kassidy came in and sat downstairs on the couch with me. Next thing I knew she was sound asleep. Around 4 Kailey woke up and she eventually woke up her sister. Later I brought the kids inside to help clean up the house for mom and dad and they helped me make dinner, took baths, helped clean the kitchen. Then Reilly played her two recital songs on the piano..since I won't be there for her first recital she gave me one tonight. Then we sat down and read stories. Then mom and dad had to come home and ruin everything. :) They always ask me to spend the night. They are sad when I don't. Maybe some day again I will.

Well this has been a busy weekend. I decided early in the week to spend Friday with Kellee and the kids. Payten is always so excited to see me that it melts my heart. Lilly takes some time to warm up but when she does it is complete. I spent time with the kids early in the morning and together we made cookies. Though Payten wanted to use cookie cutters for "chocolate cookie chips". Finally decided to do it another time. He only wanted to do the baking soda but they ended up helping half and half. We had a blast and they loved the cookies. During their long naps I held Kaitlyn a lot. She is so cute. When the kids woke up we played some more and then they helped me make dinner for everyone and set the table. Granted many times they just got in the way but we had fun. We finally got Lilly to hold Kaitlyn and I took some pictures of them together. After that she kept coming and saying "hold" so I would put Kaitlynn in her arms and she would say picture so I had to take their picture. When done she would say "take" for me to take her back. Payten kept wanting to hold her too. He love being a big brother. When it was time for bed a full 30 minutes early Payten wanted me to put him to bed and read him a story. so Lilly, Payten and i went downstairs to his room and read him "My mommy is great". He knows this book from front to back. He loves this story. We said a prayer together and kissed me many times goodnight and went to bed. A wonderful day for grami.