I'm thankful Jared accepted the job in Sandy about 4 years ago (was it that long ago?). How great it is to have Jared, Emily, Sam, and Eden nearby. (And how I wish the rest of you were closer!!)
On Sunday they all came down for dinner, and then Sam and Eden stayed for "Grandma and Grandpa Camp" for Monday and Tuesday They had spring break and BYU was in finals week, so no school to worry about for any of us. (Well, I had to keep up on some things from home, but I didn't need to go to the office or teach.)
We had a great time--though I forgot to take photos, so I have no illustrations. Each morning when we woke up, Sam reminded us to do our chores (make beds, brush teeth, etc.) and exercises. We danced along with Richard Simmons, and even Grandpa joined in. Eden created her own dance moves of knee waggling and hand circling (wish I had video on that).
Monday adventures: Lunch and games and Pirate Cove. The server dress and act like real pirates ("Aarr! And how be your grub today?"), there's all you can eat pizza buffet, and arcade games galore. Eden liked the roller coaster simulator and the pirate ship playground. Sam liked all the fun video games and choosing prizes with the tickets. After lunch we went to see the new movie, Rio, a fun and colorful animated musical set in (guess where?) about birds.
Tuesday: BYU bowling and dinosaur museum. Lunch and ice cream at Cougareat. I loved bowling because, very atypically, I bowled a strike on my first try. We all had fun, and Sam got 87--almost as high as Grandpa and me. Eden chose to watch and cheer for us. At the BYU dinosaur museum we happened to see Dr. Brooks Britt, a WAC colleague of mine who is in charge of the museum and quite an aclaimed dinosaur hunter. He took us back in the lab where we got to use the electric drill to dig out dinosaur fossils. (I was a bit hesitant; Dr. Britt grabbed my hand, saying "Go at it girl!") We saw all the specimens back in the storage room, including a huge dinosaur head Dr. Britt's grandfather had carved from wood.
Afterwards the sun came out and we played badmitten and blew bubbles in the backyard.
Mark joined us for dinner and brought presents for the children--so sweet! After dinner we took Sam and Eden home. Things seemed pretty quiet the rest of the week!
If any of you are feeling sad that your children couldn't come to Grandma camp, you had better move to Utah! :) Just kidding. We do wish you all were closer. We'll do Grandma camp with the other grandchildren when we can.
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