Sky~Carter~Addison

See what I mean about pre-teens and the DSI?

Sky is having a great time taking pictures!

Carter doesn't try to be so cute, it comes natural!

They are having so much fun doing their own thing!

Carter with the sand and Sky with the camera!

Sky thought she could out run Carter, not going to happen, that boy is FAST!

She enjoyed pushing him (he is still for that) but he has his own way of swinging, puts his knees up against the front to keep from sliding through!

Carter, Jen and Sky, love those smiles!

Sky and Addison working on a colorful purse!

The three of them had a great morning and afternoon getting to know each other with the occasion being Tyson's Baptism and Confirmation that morning, followed with an *eat and greet* in the park for family and friends!

The DS Progression

Tyson with his new DS!

Lively Granddaughter's in action.

Sky and Kayleigh!

Mexican lunch for sure, but no recollection of the name. Kayleigh was too cute so while the others were selecting something wonderful, I was busy snapping pictures of this adorable Bambito!

Back to the DS progression story, Braydon actually asked for his for his 10th Birthday gift. (in June, the gift, not the birthday) In July, Sky turned 12 and the logical gift for her was a DSI since she, being a female pre-teen, would really enjoy the camera portion.

Amazingly, she has taken more pictures than the camera will hold and we had to get a memory card to save them all for her! Kayleigh likes to use her own *peuter*!

Braydon, the beginning of the DS Progression!

Look at that concentration! I'm not sure they are not in coma's while using these things, but that's because I haven't tried them yet, too busy buying and taking pictures!!

Isn't that what G'Ma's are for?

Sushi and Steaktable

We can't get together without eating at great places, is part of the game plan!
Sky's favorite Utah restaurant is a Japanese Steak House so we ate there on night one!!
( she may have changed her mind after the Brazilian Restaurant)
Braydon and Tyson are watching our chef create FIRE!!


Ranes favorite food, SUSHI!
He got enough to share, it was the best part of the meal!
Heather is her usual calm at a table full of clowns!

Papa John and Kayleigh got to share my end of the table.
We had a great time pretending we really could use chopsticks with enough proficiency to get our food down!

After a few intended fires, knife tricks and noodle scrambles, the chef tossed all a shrimp!
Sky is about to catch hers!!
(look at everyone else trying to help her)
What a great night!

Tyson's Baptism!

Papa John , Sky and myself flew to Utah to attend Tyson's Baptism!

We arrived on Thursday morning and immediately had hair and nail appointments

with our favorite beautician, Terri!!

(John abstained, Sky and I had the full treatment)

As we LOVE to do, we headed out to Meadow Elementary to wait for Braydon and Tyson to get out of school, see them run (in wide open gear) across the big field to meet us. I never would have thought that the very act of walking the route to or from school would be so fulfilling, but it sure is. Better yet, Kayleigh went with us and it was especially wonderful to have Sky there too!

You can see everybody's excitement in the picture, including Kayleigh and her new *Peuter*,

More activity at the school that evening, including a book fair, parent teacher chats, and a view of all of the great seasonal decorations at each classroom entrance.

The picture above was the school entrance with an entire wall of *friendship*!

Grandparenting is SO cool!!

The morning of Tyson's Baptism had Papa John looking for someone to tie his tie for him!

THANKS TYSON!

Braydon, Sky and Kayleigh are ready to go to church, Tyson has already gone with his Uncle Doug who, along with his Uncle Larry, will be doing the Baptism and Confirmation.

It was a most beautiful service that we will not forget, attended by many friends and family members. Papa John and I enjoy it as we feel so close to all of the Utah folks, is hard to be there very long without feeling the love! Even the church members have become familiar!

When we got to Church, Sky was especially happy to see Carter again, to meet Jen, Marty and Addison, who brought her a beautiful necklace that she will treasure forever!

What a day...full of peace, joy and love!!

I'm not sure it gets any better!

Nephew Jonathan

Jonathan ALWAYS shines to us!


GOOD JOB JONATHAN!!

In Keeping With The Season~

I was Mooned!
(By my son Ranes, is his adult form of mooning)
So~~ *MOON OVER UTAH*

JoeJoe

Is JoeJoe precious or what?

Son of Joey, Solom's father... so *The Castillo Boys*

He is three, likes to say *ding ding*

GOOD JOB FISHING JoeJoe!!!

From Free to Four

What a great Birthday!

Can you imagine a finer evening than a dinner of mashed potatoes, a nap on the way to Build-A-Bear, and a most cool Pink Unicorn~~ all shared with your Daddy on your Birthday!

Daddy calls this picture *cheap date*. Kayleigh fell asleep after dinner

right in the middle of her dinner date!

View of Utah Mountains, it SNOWED on September 30th!

Birthday Snow?

The total JOY of having a Birthday in the Fabulous Five Family

is going on a Daddy Date! Kayleigh is four today (told me she was *free* when we chatted on the phone, so we updated.) After all, she was already in the car and on the way to her *Daddy Date*.

Like her brothers, she had a choice of dinner and entertainment! Braydon had pizza at the skating rink, Tyson selected Chinese and bowling and Kayleigh's choice was *Daddy Date* and *Birthday* . Her modified dinner request was *Mashed Potatoes and Gravy*.

I think she had a GREAT evening!!!

Kayleigh Is FOUR today!!

Kayleigh Joy Carter

9-30-2005

First Trike!

Declared an Official Pink Hat Lady in Thomasville!

Sharing her Great-Grandmothers 80th Birthday last fall!

Kayleigh is all girlie!!

She can slap her hands on her little hips and give you what for,

or she can apply her own make-up in the middle of the kitchen bar,

as well as decorate a lot of extra things close by in pretty colors!!

WE SURE LOVE HER!!

(little grill)

Happy Birthday Kayleigh Girl!

Hands On Thomas County 2009

6th Annual Event for Community Volunteers!

We selected Thomas County Historical Museum.

The jobs needed were landscaping, sanding vintage iron work

and painting a white picket fence!

Our group was John and I, Blace, Sky and Brittany,

Sky's friend and neighbor, fellow Girl Scout.

Blace went to work on the iron, some of it half buried!

She dug it out!

Our group was also made up of my fellow employees, this is Sandra and I on the picket fence!

Afterward, all were treated to lunch at Cherokee Lake to include Blue Bunny Ice Cream!

YES... we will do it again next year!

Tyson's Grand Birthday Finale~

The grin is as cool as the bowling pin gift!

The only possible topper for that great evening

God put a Rainbow, right over the Bowling Alley!

Magnificent, or as Tyson says, Supercalifragilisticexpalidocious,

or is that Braydon?

At any rate, this was a FANTASTIC Birthday,

we weren't there in person but were there through these great pictures.

THANKS DADDY!

(by the way, I meant Daddy Ranes, Sky says that our Honey is the rainbows, she had one on her Birthday, and we had one at his memorial dinner at the Train Depot this past June, now one on Tyson's Birthday and several have been noted this past year at various time.

It's been a RAINBOW year!!