Monday, February 4, 2008

When Dad's Away We're Off to Grandma and Grandpa's to Play

My aspiring cake-decorators
Trey has begun to enjoy "helping" in the kitchen with the girls


Jeff's new calling as Young Men's President is definitely keeping him busy. Most weekends he has either a Young Men's activity or a scouting activity that usually take up most if not all of his Saturday. So when he is busy with the Young Mens, we have decided we will take advantage of living so close to Grandparents so the kids and I make the short 1.5 hour drive to Marietta to see Grandma and Grandpa "G". And lucky for me, Grandma and Grandpa "G" have been gracious enough to give up their entire Saturdays entertaining the Thornton kids. My kids love it!! Who wouldn't love a day when your Grandma and Grandpa do just about everything you have on your "list" (Bayley came to her grandparent's house with a 12 line list of things she wanted to do on Saturday) as well as other fun things that weren't even on your list. My kids have been blessed with wonderful grandparents on both sides of our family. They look forward to their bi-annual trips to Indiana and have loved having grandparents only a short ride away.

Grandpa and Kendal making Chocolate Chip Cookies from scratch!

7 comments:

Lindsay Griffeth said...

They love playing with their grandkids! That's a good idea to go there when Jeff is going to be gone with the YM. It's a HUGE calling! I feel like Wes or I are always doing something with the youth.

Vanessa Shannon said...

How fun. I wish my parents lived a bit closer so my kids could see them more often. Vegas is a just a bit too far for frequent trips. Glad you guys can see your parents a lot!

Doreen Griffeth said...

We loved having them!! What great kids! We feel so blessed to have such wonderful and amazing grandchildren!
Love,
Grandma G

Lori said...

So cute! It's good to see your little son is practicing his baking skills! How fun to go to your parents so much!

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