Our Baseball Star ...

Our oldest grandson, Cody Rowell, is now in the minors of the Little League in Taylor Arizona and quite fitting his number is 1 !!!! Cody is a good athlete and tries his best while cheering on his team!! Papa and Mimi are so proud of him and are hoping to make it to Taylor for one of his games!!! GO CODY!!!!

Our 6lbs 9oz Brynlee

Here she is at Easter and believe me she has all of our family giddy!!!! Papa and I have had a one on one with Brynlee the last couple of nights and she has us wrapped around her tiny little finger as does her sisters, brother and cousins!!!!!
Life is so complete for now with the arrival of our Brynlee Dawn!!!!!

Our fun weekend .....

Our dear friends, Charlie and Teresa Adair, came from Mesa for the weekend. We met up on Saturday afternoon with lunch at Casa Manana! We drove to Safeway where Teresa and I got fruit platter, cheese and crackers and Verg and Charlie's donation to movie night was a bag of peanut M&Ms! We came back home and watched "The Blind Side" and then talked, ate, talked,ate and talked some more. On Sunday morning we went to pick them up at their hotel and went to Sacrament Meeting and then for a ride to 3-way then around to Duncan. Why, you ask because the wild flowers from all the rains were gorgeous. They left about 4:30. They have been our best friends for about 40 years, well Charlie has been longer than Teresa.
We have each others backs!!! Love 'em loads!!

Seeing Brynlee .....

Seeing Brynlee through the looking-glass!!! On our trip to Mesa, we took the kids to see Brynlee and they were so excited! At one point Brynlee turned her head and looked right up at her nurse as if to say; "And your point"!!! She is so precious and the kids absolutely love her! Sydney made the comment, "she is so cute and her ears are so tiny"!!!!!
They are now home and thank you, Shamoms for the wonderful time together!!!!

Spring Break 2010 .....

The week started with our sweet Cluff grandchildren coming to spend the break with Papa and Mimi!!!! On Thursday, K-Sue, Camalious, Bubba D and Mimi headed to Mesa for our "end-of-Spring-Break Week" follies!!
We met up with Mom and lo and behold here comes Shamoms, T-ron and Syddiddy!! We got settled in the Brogan's gorgeous home (complete with three flights of stairs) and we headed to Chili's then back to the complex and 2 1/2 hours of swimming!! Tifani came by to head the swim and then the Bryans headed to Laveen and the Cluffs and Mimi headed to bed!! The kids were so tired they said they might not watch all the movie and sure enough one by one they kissed me good-night and headed for bed!! NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY!!!!
The next day (Friday) we met Nanna and gang at the Phoenix Zoo!! Had a blast as you can only think what Shawna didn't come up with Tifani did and the kids and I walked a few feet ahead of them (not that we were embarrassed)!!!!! We went back to the hospital and waited for Brian to arrive and then we all headed to the Cheesecake Factory!! Brian and Tifani took us home and headed to the hospital to do some "nesting" and the kids and I went to bed.
Saturday the kids went swimming for a couple of hours while Brian, Tifani and Brynlee were discharged and headed for Safford. After the swim we cleaned up Aunt Melissa and Uncle Chris' apartment, packed up and went in locating a Hobby Lobby. The kids were so good as we shopped and headed for Jack in the Box!!! The Renaissance Festival is in full swing and it took us an hour to go 9 1/2 miles!! Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!! The rest of the trip was great and we arrived home to Mom, Dad and our premie miracle!!!!
This Spring Break was one of the best I have ever had. No painting, no weeding, no cleaning out closets or the garage, but one spent with 5 of 7 most wonderful, awesome people!!
Thank you Papa for holding down the fort, I love you so much!! Thanks to C.J. and Amber for coming and hanging out with us this weekend!! Thank you to Kaely, Cambry and Doyle for putting up with Mimi the WHOLE WEEK !!! Thank you to Heavenly Father for loving me so much as to let me be a part of this awesome family!!!

All the way from Heavenly Father ......

How can anyone ever doubt the love Heavenly Father has for each of us, when you see something so small, precious and a miracle in the making!!??? I honestly believe Heavenly Father makes us appreciate the "smallest" details when a dip in the road causes us to be humble and seek His divine help. Brynlee has helped me stop and take stock in what is truly important in my search for heading "home". The love of our Savior is unconditional,constant and committed and I am going to return this love in just that way!!
Thank you Brynlee, for the powerful example you are to Mimi while the short time you have been on this earth! I love you, sweetheart!!!!

So how special is this!!!!

When you have a "one on one" photo and spend some precious time with Pluto, Minnie and Mickey, you have hit Disney paydirt!!!! This is an awesome feat and having a special in with Pluto makes it so fun and special!! I am so grateful for these pictures and Theron and Sydney, hope some day you will really appreciate these special pictures!!!!!