I spent one weekend in November helping Katrina and Kyle's family move to their new home in Annabella. I was also able to spend some time with Alvin and Adriana's family. I watched Jacob and Shelem perform in the play "Pirates of Penzance". They both did a great job. Sweet little Cody was very hesitant to be with Grandma and didn't even like to look at me. Little by little he warmed up to me and was able to hang out with me for a morning while Alvin and Adriana were busy. I returned the following weekend so that I could attend Church with them when the Primary performed their program. Shelem sang a solo in their Sacrament Meeting program, "My Life Has a Plan", and did a beautiful job. By the end of that visit Cody was a little less shy but he gave a hearty wave when it was time to say goodbye.
It was fun to have some of the kids visit for Thanksgiving. Alvin's family, Katrina's family and Alex's family joined Ammon, Abby Hyrum, Audrey and I for dinner and games.
We sang happy birthday to Alvin, Kasidy and Audrey who had birthdays that week.
It is great to have reminders of the important things in our lives.
The week after Thanksgiving I flew to Maryland to spend some time with Heidi's family before she and Isaiah fly to Utah on Dec. 11th. That way I can be with her as we see how Isaiah handles the plane flight. If he doesn't do well, I guess he will just have to stay in Utah, because Heidi will have to deal with him by herself on the return flight.
I have enjoyed my visit. We haven't done any sightseeing this trip. We have been more into the unexpected celebrity sightings. Heidi, Pamela and I went to the movie one evening--"The Fantastic Mr. Fox".
I haven't actually read the book, but the stop-motion animation makes one feel like they are reading a picture book. Maybe it was just because George Clooney was the voice for Mr. Fox, but I saw amusing similarities between "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" and "Ocean's 11" which also starred George Clooney.
Upon leaving the movie theater, we sighted the stars of the upcoming holiday movie, "Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeaquel". We couldn't resist getting our picture with them.
Saturday we went to Savage Mill (historic cotton mill transformed into a shopping center similar to Trolley Square) and wandered around the various shops. We happened upon another celebrity and Isaiah posed for pictures with the famous dog, Marmaduke. This is a must have stuffed animal that we regretfully had to bypass in exchange for a picture since it had a $450.00 price tag.
