Day 3

We woke up to another beautiful,

sunny 

day here in Arizona.

Unlike back home in dreary Utah where 

we hear it's snowing!  

 YUK!!!

We head downstairs for lame,

La Quinta Inn, breakfast.

Does not even compare 

to our hotel in Vegas. 

Here we eat hard boiled eggs,

instant oatmeal,

one choice of yogurt, etc.

I was spoiled at our last hotel!!!

The gal that works the buffet is very chipper.

She would chat with us every morning,

 we even found out that she is from

Lehi, Utah. 

Small world! 

After breakfast the boys are restless.

Matt & I are worried about them 

causing too much of a ruckus. :)

I still needed to get ready for the day,

so Matt took them to a park to burn off

their excessive amounts of energy! 

Why can't I have that kind of energy?!?!

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Next on our agenda for today,

Pizza for lunch at Great G&G Taysom's.

We had a good size group show up

that we were not expecting.

It was so fun to see everyone.

It was a full blown

Pizza Party!

We had Great G&G Taysom-

it was at their home.

Grandma Elly, 

Jason, Jamie & their 2 boys

Ryan & Jaxson.

Megan Taysom-

she put the whole thing together.

Bryson, Ashley & their daughter

Kaylee.

Bryson's brother- I can't recall his name. Sorry!

David was there too for a few minutes-

great to see him!

Hope I didn't forget anyone

and apologize for any misspellings of names.

One thing I am bummed about is

not having pictures of everyone.

I can't believe I didn't even get some

with Jamie & Jason or their adorable boys.

Guess I was just having too much fun!

I also feel bad that we did not

spend much time at all with 

Grandpa & Grandma Taysom.

They are both so fragile, 

can hardly hear us.

Grandpa does not remember who we are.

Grandma won't leave her recliner.

It's just so sad to see them this way.

They were once so full of life.

Every once a while you could see a 

twinkle in Grandpa's eye. 

For a moment he would smile or joke

then slip back into a blank stare.

I am thankful that we could get over

here to see them one more time 

before it will be too late.

Matt & I really wanted our boys

to meet and know who 

their Great Grandparents are.

 

Here we are with Great Grandpa T.

Pizza Party

Great Grandma T. Crew would not be in the pic with us.

This pic was actually a group shot but everyone else was not looking or pulling a face. So I cropped it just for Matt & I. :)

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Now we must go.........

swimming!!!

This is the fabulous La Quinta Inn pool.

My cute boys!

I was no fun and did not go swimming. I sat here on the side, sunbathing & taking a pics!

This is Landen's cannonball.

Matt was their water toy!

Once we could get these fish to turn

back into little boys;

we were rushing out the door again.

By now it's 6pm.

Grandma Elly, 

Jamie, baby Jack &

Great Grandma Ferrin,

are meeting us at

Sweet Tomato's

so yummy!!

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After our filling but delicious dinner;

we now are going to visit

Great Grandpa Ferrin.

He is in a care center right now.

Friendship Village

It is a beautiful facility.

He has been here since 

he took a bad fall in January.

Poor guy. :(

It sucks getting old.

I was not sure how this visit 

was going to turn out.

I had heard so many different things

about Grandpa's condition.

But Wow!

He was great.

Well- as great as you can get

in a place like this.

He was so cute with the boys.

He was smiling & joking.

Seemed to recognize Matt.

If not he played it off well. ;)

He shared advice with us.

Told us stories.

Even took some fun pictures.

Walking with G-ma Elly down to Grandpas room.

We Love you Great Grandpa & Grandma Ferrin!!!

Four Generations. I love Landen's face. :)

I am so happy we had this

opportunity to spend some time

with Grandpa and introduce him

to the boys. :)