Dinner with Grandma Ison

Tyrel had a girl friend fly in from Arizona for the weekend

It was his idea to make and take dinner to Grandma Ison

and

introduce his friend to Grandma

Here is Lexie showing pictures of her sibling family

Grandma is studying

and asking questions

I made a fact sheet for Grandma

All about Lexie

So grandma can read and re-read it

to remember the visit

So you and Tyrel met on an LDS cruise?

Yes

And there are 5 children in your family?

Yes

And you live in Gilbert, Arizona?

Yes

And your work is selling eye glasses?

Yes

And Tyrel is learning to fly small airplanes?  Oh you better be careful, Tyrel!

Tyrel:  Grandma, do you want to go up and fly with me?

Gma:  (eyes wide)  NO!  I'm too old and I'd be scared!

Meanwhile

Tyrel was mashing potatoes in the kitchen

Roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, red jello with bananas, rolls, green salad, pineapple upside down cake

YUM

Daddy Brinton, Sterling, Amber

Sterling in the multi-generation high chair

On grandma's fact sheet

she also had me write down her age

She is surprised each time she re-discovers she is 96!

Grandma was in her usual humorous quipping mode at the beginning of the visit

After initially meeting Lexie she said

Well if you stick around here long enough we may just make you part of the family!

What cute faces

Lexie is delightful....fun and easy to be with

Tyrel did a great job of organizing dinner

As for now, they are figuring out how to date LONG distance

Good thing he has cheap cell phone rates!

Grandma Had a Lively Living Room

Is Grandma dazed by the whirl of kiddo action?

Nah....she loved having company

Amber, Sterling, Grandma Ison

A sweet wiggle bug on Grandma's lap

He is going for a safety pin within his reach

Beautiful Amber and Sweet Sterling

One year old

A miracle growing boy

One year ago he was a little guy in NICU

Daisylyn stopped to share a smile

Does her speed of travel

cause her cowlick

to salute the wind?

What a dear little girl

Mickey Mouse

I haven't blogged about the staff death we had at our school

Too overwhelming

In honor of Julie, we planned a fund raising memorial dinner

Funds raised were to buy an outdoor bench in her honor

(to be placed just outside her classroom)

and extra funds were added to her family's scholarship fund for her children

We as staff were assigned to bring desserts to that spaghetti feed

Our teacher colleague and friend loved Mickey and Minnie Mouse

So in honor of Julie's love for all things Mickey .  . .

I had a brainstorm

Now these do look like mini Moose droppings

but I assure you

they are MOUSE related, instead!

See

I told you so

Mickey Mouse brownies

ready to go to the school spaghetti feed dinner

Think:

 two sizes of Tootsie Roll

slice into wafers

(which squishes them)

then

 rework them into circles

Voila!

Disney would be proud

Julie, we miss you

SPOOKY and Cute!

Some grandkids dropped in for Halloween

I only got pictures of Sydney and Audrey

Audrey is a very convincing spook!

Last Call for Star Wars

Alisha asked to see a picture of my costume 

Someone else got these shots

OK....so the gold jacket was a good start on the C-3PO costume

I can't see the gold hairspray I caked on my hair

nor the sparkly makeup I spread all over my face

The purple ribbons around my waist

are supposed to be his wires

The gift bag front disc

is my attempt to represent the round place on his chest

It was bright enough to put your eyes out

So be it

Heading to the parade route