Thursday, May 22, 2008

We Love Our Grandma's!

With this being Mother's Day month I thought we would pay tribute to all the grandma's in our life. We are lucky to have 5 grandma's still around. They are all so amazing and we love them all so much!! Grandma Beth Gibson is Tyler's maternal grandma. She lives in South Jordan, UT so we don't get to see her too often. This picture was taken back in 2002 the day we moved from Provo, UT to Arvada, CO after we graduated from BYU. We've been able to see Grandma and Grandpa Gibson about 4 or 5 times since then and are hoping they will be able to come down for our new baby's blessing. We miss them!
Grandma Marge is Carrie's paternal grandma. Abby has seen her twice and the boys have seen her once. In 2006 we flew up to Everett, WA and surprised Grandma Marge on her 90th birthday. They boys still talk about flying on the plane to see the Grandma with all of the balloons. She is a special lady.
Grandma Hall is Carrie's maternal grandma. We are so lucky to live about 40 mionutes away from her so she is the grandma my kids see most. She is such a wonderful example of love and service and she does so much for her 24 grandkids and over 50 great-grandkids.
Grandma Aldine Allen is Tyler's wonderful mother. She is such a positive example in our lives. Grandma and Grandpa Allen recently moved to Cibolo, TX (the San Antonio area) and we were able to go visit them last Thanksgiving. This picture was taken when they came to visit us in Jan. '07 and we are excited to have them come visit again when Benjamin is born.
Here is Carrie's mom - Grandma Pam. I don't think we could survive without her - she does so much for our family and we are so grateful. She has 18 more days left of teaching 1st grade in Buena Park, CA and then she will retire and move out here by us. Yay!! We are looking forward to visiting her and Grandpa Dave next month and going to Knotts Berry Farm.

1 comment:

Christy said...

Cute pictures! When will you be out in California? We'll be out there a few times in the next few months so if we happen to be there on the same weekend we should do something! It's been so long!!