Today was a pretty busy day!  Angela and I got up early and attended a session at the Ogden Temple.  It was nice to be out of the cares of the world for awhile.  While we were there, we ran into Ted File!  He and his wife Joan moved from Naperville a few years ago and we hadn’t seen them since.  It was wonderful to have a chat with him and catch up on what they are doing.  🙂

After we got back from the temple, we piled the kids in the car and drove down to Bountiful to see Angela’s Grandma.  She’s in her 90’s now and we try to see her whenever we can.  We had a great visit with her and she seems to be doing very well right now.  We wanted to take pictures as we always do, but she was being stubborn and wouldn’t let us, so we “snuck” some anyway!  🙂  We don’t know how long she will be with us, and we wanted an updated “Sarah” picture (all first daughters in the family are named Sarah and has been so for many generations).

We then went over and visited Aunt Mary (Grandma’s sister).  She is not far behind in age and is struggling a little bit with her heart.  We like to go see her whenever we make it out to Utah as well.  She is always on the move and we caught her just going out for her morning walk.

After we visited Aunt Mary, we drove back home to North Ogden and had some lunch, after which Angela and the girls went with Grandma to see Toy Story 3.  Dad and I stayed home while Ben took a nap.  It was great to chat with Dad for a couple hours and just hang out and relax.  He’s doing much better now that one of his heart valves has been replaced and he is on a strict diet and exercise plan.  We were quite worried there for awhile.  The idiot surgeon released him from the hospital when he shouldn’t have been and he almost died of congestive heart failure before he could get back down to the hospital.

Tonight we celebrated Mom’s birthday and Mom and Dad’s anniversary.  We had cake and ice cream, and relaxed outside in the yard.  The weather has been absolutely wonderful!  Some people complain that it is hot, but having the weather in the mid-70s and hardly any humidity is not something to complain about!

Brittany has been Facebook friends with my cousin Carli for quite some time and had been dying to meet her.  She came up with Uncle John to join in the festivities.  It was great for her and Brittany to finally meet each other!  🙂

It was nice to catch up with Uncle John and Carli.  It’s amazing how fast time flies!  The last time I saw Carli, she was about 3 or 4.  Now she’s 19, graduated from high school, and looking at colleges to go to!  Yikes!  It’s hard to live so far away from our family because we don’t get to see extended family very much at all.  Fortunately, on this trip, we were able to see a couple of my aunts and uncles as well as cousins at church and when they stopped by.  We wish we had more time to do that kind of thing, but when you are only out once a year, it’s tough.