Fun with a Son and His Little Ones

They came, they saw, they conquered. Well, maybe not exactly in that order, they'd had our hearts wrapped around their little fingers since birth. But oh, how we enjoyed the visit of Greg, Victoria, Julianna, and Christian. Colin agreed to post a few pictures (the camera wasn't always at hand), but I'll go ahead and write a few of my memories.

My little Primary friend, ten-year-old Ally, came over and played with the children on three different days, helping them with homemade salt dough creations, figuring out the first few steps of castle construction (Greg finished up), re-tidying the play areas, teaching Tori and Juli a cool cheer for when they modeled the cheerleading outfits made by their great aunt Jamie, acting as big sister to them at Carl Junior's and Wahooz (formerly known as Boondocks), and watching them take flight with their fairy wings my friend, JoLyn, made for us during the midst of her own holiday preparations.

You see, I owe big thank yous to several people. Julie went out on that busy Saturday before Christmas and found some extra gifts to send to Greg for me. On short notice, Penny, Neil's wife, made and delivered to Greg a cute little Christmas tree, and a funny one made of cans of soup, too. Many people helped out by sending Christmas cards and gifts to my friend, Rebecca. She wrote a happy note of gratitude on the forum we belong to, and said that we had helped her forget about cancer for awhile and made her fearful, 8-year-old son smile.

And you know that cheer Ally taught the girls? It worked! The Boise State Broncos won the Fiesta Bowl tonight!