Avery and Douglas, Jr. - Two cute cousins!

Douglas and Ashley and Douglas, Jr. -'DC' - came to visit us for a week and it was so wonderful seeing them! This was my very first visit with this grandson! Dad went back for his blessing when he was born. It was early December and cold and not conducive for Kirsten to travel so we stayed home.

Grandpa and DC 'hanging out' while his mom and dad were at a Mariner's game. Ashley says that Doug can hardly wait until DC is old enough to play baseball!

I drove Douglas and Ashley and DC down to Oregon to visit DC's great grandma Valdine. This was on the way back and Kirsten and DC were sleeping.

Great Grandma Valdine and DC checking out DC's heart on her heart board.

DC at our house in the walker watching his mom and I cook dinner.

DC playing with the toys. His mom would sit on the ball and softly bounce him to sleep at night.

We went to David and Angela's on June 12th to bless Avery. This sweet dress was made by my friend Jan Taylor.

Angela and I dressed Avery to get ready for her blessing. Avery was hungry and was letting her mommy know it! She did get fed before her blessing. Her grandpa Neil gave her a beautiful blessing. Douglas and David's bishop, Bishop Kimball, were in the circle.
Avery was blessed at home.

Ashley and Angela holding the other's baby. Avery is 1 month old and DC is 6 months old.

Two brothers, Douglas and David, holding the other's baby, Avery and DC.

Douglas and Ashley holding the little cousins, DC and Avery.

I took this picture of DC the first Sunday Douglas and Ashley were here. He reminds me a lot of Bob and Julie's little boy Braxton.

DC loves getting up close to Kirsten.

Kirsten was toying with DC and hanging onto her slinky. She played with it for 5 minutes and then gave it to DC.

DC really enjoyed playing with Kirsten and her toys. Kirsten enjoyed having DC with us! We really enjoyed their visit and now they have left and in a few hours will be back in Georgia! We sure will miss them! ♥

T.D.A.D.??? Do I have it? YES!!!

Yesterday I went to visit David and Angel to see this little cutie pie, Avery. What a doll! She's so tiny and so cute!

My own terminology... T.D.A.D. ... Traffic Driving Anxiety Disorder - or anxiety with heavy traffic on freeways and on and off ramps merging with crazy aggressive drivers!

I grew up in a small town. I've lived in much bigger towns. Driving in and out of big cities, a little unnerving. What makes it worse is today's aggressive drivers who bob in and out of traffic like they were a flea hopping from dog to dog! They are the reason people have accidents. They drive like they are on a speedway and the road belongs to them without any personal regard to other drivers obeying the law.

I read maps great and driving instructions. I just don't like driving in congestion. I am constantly watching for cars all around me. I allow room for merging cars, cars who want to change lanes.

Why am I writing this? So my family will understand why I don't like to drive to the Salt Lake airport, drive through or by Seattle. I went to visit David and Angela in Bothell yesterday. Bothell is north of Seattle. It's 55 miles from our house and takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes to get there. This was my very first 'solo drive' without dad. I left at 10:00a.m. so it was 'after' work traffic. I got there 1-1/2 hours later. The trafffic was smooth and great. Half way there was a bit of a slow up from an earlier accident. We had a great visit and little Avery was so precious! David and Angela do a wonderful job taking care of their sweet little daughter. Nala, their dog, is adorable with Avery. Whenever Angela is holding Avery, Nala has to be in her lap and is very content with the 'family' situation. Nala is always happy to see me and I love her!

The drive home was also smooth. I left 'before' heavy work traffic. Face it, when you get around Auburn on 167 that traffic is 's-l-o-w' moving from 3:00p.m. on. I made it back in 1 hour 10 minutes. I felt victorious that I made the trip! However after being home half an hour my neck and jaw was tight, I had the beginning of a migraine and my stomach was in knots so I took some B-complex and a couple of Ibuprofen. An hour later I felt fine. Hmmm, I think the next time I make that drive I will 'pre-medicate' myself with B-Complex and Ibuprofen 'before' I leave! :o) Was it worth the drive? Absolutely! What a sweet little baby! :o)

Fantastic Book!!!

I just finished reading this book. It was awesome! I gleaned a lot from it! It's like a commentary on the Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1&2) in the New Testament. There were some many golden nuggets of information in there! I copied and (made them small) pasted many into my scriptures as footnotes! :o)

I highly recommend reading it! I'm working on Talmage's next book 'The Articles of Faith' and that is a good read also. My 3rd read by Talmage after I finish the Articles of Faith will be The Great Apostasy. I hope to finish those two by the first of September. I'm also working on other books at the same time. I love increasing my testimony and studying the scriptures. I'm so grateful for the gospel and the scriptures and for our church leaders!