Sweet Tooth

I've met very few people in my life who have as much of a sweet tooth as I do (as well as certain other members of my family), and today I found one more family member-Aeriana. Brett, Erin and Aeriana are in town for a few days so today Jimmy and I went up to Thayne and MaryAnn's for dinner (I love having them so close). I brought cookie dough bites for Thayne, but started feeding them to Aeriana. I have never seen a child smile so big and giggle so much. I became her best friend, until Thayne took the cookie dough bites, at which point she latched onto him and totally forgot I even existed. Basically, she spent the evening following the food and whoever had food at the moment.

Naturally, as we do whenever Garner's get together, we had to play some sort of card or board game. Brett and Erin brought "It Came to Pass." It was Jimmy's first time playing but he stayed in first place until the last round when Thayne pulled in the lead. Its amazing to think how just a few years ago Jimmy thought board games were dumb. Now he loves them! I have taught him well.

WAFC

Today was the semi-finals for the spring frisbee league I am in (WAFC-Washington Area Frisbee Club). Normally semi-finals would not be blog worthy, but today was the most intense frisbee play I've ever experienced. Normal games are 7 on 7 (with a minimum of two players being female). On a good day, a team will have at least one sub for everybody on the field. For some reason, our team didn't have that today. We had one guy sub and no females...not no female subs, NO FEMALES. So we played 5 on 7. We had three games, playing from 10am to 4pm and because of an injury, the last game was savage (no subs). But somehow we won two of the three games and are going to the finals. It killed us-we all limped off the field, but we did it. Hopefully we will have more people show up for the finals, but will still play just as hard. Go Team.

97 Descendants

This has been a difficult week. Tuesday afternoon I flew out to Idaho for Grandma Garners funeral. While a terribly sad occasion, its a great feeling knowing that she is happy and in a better place. It was also really great getting to see family. Last I heard there were 87 kids, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and spouses in attendance, and ten unable to come. What an incredible life grandma lived.

I love getting to see all of my nieces and nephews. Dacia had a hotel room and we went swimming. I could not believe how good Alyssa did. She had absolutly no fear of the water.

Kaitlyn loved getting a chance to drive. Just don't tell mom.

This was one of my favorite toys at Grandma's house when I was younger and all the great-grandkids seemed to enjoy it just as much.

While it was great spending two and a half days with family, it wasn't enough. Luckily I got to come home to more. Chad, Cara and Evie flew out to DC for the weekend. We spent the weekend checking out sites, going to movies, shopping and trying lots of food. For Sunday dinner, we ended up at Thayne and MaryAnne's. MaryAnne cooked and it was delicious. She even made homeade ice cream for dessert. Cache and Evie were so cute!














Naturally the evening revolved around playing with the kids. Cache has a four wheeler that he loves to ride. He can't turn and just drives straight into the wall, but for those 8 seconds of "driving," he is in heaven.




Evie was so good. She never cried and just laid in people's arms just looking around at everything that was going on. Jimmy loved holding her. She was a "refreshing change" from all of the crazy Garners.