December Fun

Wow! What a busy Holiday Season we've had! Somehow we were able to

cram so much and we're so glad we did!!

This was just a cute daddy-son pic, I had to post it!


We went up to see the Jazz play the Magic with some of my siblings! Great game!!

Can't go up to Salt Lake at Christmas time and not make a stop over to Temple Square to see the lights!

McKay was VERY good helping Josh study for finals.

Josh did such a great job on his finals and we are so glad they are finally over!

We've definitely enjoyed the break. Good job Josh!!

Josh's parents came up to help do some work on our car. I was lucky enough to catch this cute picture of the three boys out in the garage!

We spent Christmas morning in Vegas with Josh's family. McKay loved his new firetruck!
What would Vegas on Christmas Eve be without a visit to the strip...and the Bellagio Gardens?!

They were gorgeous!

Josh was on call this last week one day so I took McKay and my nephew, Ruxing, into see Josh and the "Big Fire Truck"

They loved it!

We also went to the St. George temple one night to see the lights, with my niece Min and nephew Ruxing. The lights are always so pretty!

Happy New Year!!

Grantham Fam Fun

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

McKay was a tiger! He loved the costume, but every time I tried to paint his little nose black-he would tip his head back and open his mouth, so he could eat the lipstick!!

He has this funny smile now-where he scrunches up his nose and squits his eyes-it's pretty cute! Any time he sees the camera, he busts it out!

Happy 25th Birthday Josh!!

I threw him a surprise party in Vegas-it was so good to get together with family and friends and PAR-TAY!!

Love ya Birthday Boy!!

McKay's new favorite thing now is swings. He absolutely loves it, so we go to the park almost every day. Too bad we're running out of warm days...:(

San Francisco

We took a weekend trip to San Francisco 2 weeks ago

and had a blast with my sister and her family!

McKay's First Airplane Ride! He did great! I was all stocked up with candy, toys and books and this little boy did great! He even slept the entire flight home!

Josh and I took a little cruise out to Alcatraz. I'll admit I was a little scared of being eaten by sharks on the way out to the island, but we survived! The prison was crazy. We did the audio tour and learned alot about that place...those cells were tiny!

Of course we made an outting to the park. It was McKay's first time swinging and he loved it! Little Yenna, next to him was having a great time too!

Ah yes, the fountain in front of the Ghiradelli Factory. Wouldn't ya know, my little boy would be the one to take a dive in just when I turned my head...for one second! Yep, he's a tough one and was just fine---he only got soaking wet!! The only real thing hurt was my pride, but we've sure got a great story to tell! I know I know....I deserve the "Best Mother" award! :)


We had planned to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge, but it was too cold, so we drove across it a few times. This is my cute niece-Min and nephew-Ruxing. They are so cute!!

Down along the water (post fountain---hence the girly sheepy coat on McKay--thanks for sharing Yenna! It sure helped keep him warm)

Getting a picture by a trolley car is ALMOST as good as riding it

right? With four kids in tow, an hour long line is not worth the wait!!

Stinky sea-lions

My two favorite men!!

Reading with Min and Ruxing

All the excitment wore Yenna and McKay out

Thanks for the fun weekend guys, we had a blast!!

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McKay is almost 8 months now. He has 4 teeth and has just discovered how to pull himself up to stand AND CHEW on his crib. Lovely. We've gone a little ghetto with our blanket tied across the top rail of his crib-in an attempt to help save it from his sharp little teeth carving some serious gashes! I was going to get rich and invent a teething rail cover for cribs---I've just been informed that someone beat me to that one....lame. Guess I'll be helping make that person a little richer when I go purchase one.....:)

The first time I realized McKay could stand up-I had gone into his room to try to calm him down from the tantrum he was throwing (he wasn't especially excited about taking a nap). I walked in and there he was...screaming his head off...holding on for dear life!

Who can deny that cute face??!

My latest hobby has been to re-finish furniture. I'm a little sad I didn't take "before" pictures of these two projects. The desk had light oak drawers and top, and the rest (including the knobs on the drawers) was forest green. I re-did it and even added cuter hardware! The bookshelf was given to me by my cute neighbor who moved :(-it was light oak as well (I sold that). I guess I'm on this red kick or something. I love it!! Hence the RED birds on my wall. I made those one night when Josh was working. Sortof random right?

We made a trip up to our cabin on Kolob with my parents the other night. It was so much fun! One of our favoriet places with some of our favorite people! We roasted hot dogs and of course had to make s'mores (for me!!)-they were so yum!

The rodeo was in town last week and I convinced my sweet hub to take me---he even put his cowboy hat on for a picture! (but only for that) Belen (my niece) had a great time wearing his hat and hanging out with us. It was pretty funy playing "cowboy" for the evening. I even wore my boots!

Grandpa Jay and Grandma Kay came up Sunday afternoon to hang out. McKay was thrilled to see them and had a great time showing off! Thanks for coming up guys! Love you!