Clothespin Tag with Grandma

Our 3rd visitors in August were Grandma Donna & Grandpa Mike

They came on Mark's birthday to help us celebrate.

After Mark got home from work we were able to go celebrate with an adults only dinner with Mom, Dad, Mark, his brother Matt, Sis-in-law Abby and myself. We went to Carabbas. Mark and I had never been there before. Mom had Lasagna, Dad had clams, Matt a steak, Abby some chicken spinach canneloni, Mark got some lobster ravioli and I got their grilled chicken, mashed potatoes and broccoli. We all liked our dinners so it was a success. After dinner we came home and our niece Kei had bought some ice cream and come over to the house so the celebrations continued.

Grandma always seems to come armed with a new game to share with us. This time was no different. She brought a USA states puzzle and we raced against each other's times putting the puzzle together. Carly won with the best time. Another game she brought was "clothespin tag"

Each kid started out with one clothespin clipped onto their shirt.

The object of the game was to try to grab each other's clothespins.

If you grabbed someone's clothespin you would clip it next to your own clothespin and they would have to sit down and freeze until grandma came and clipped another clothespin on their sleeve.

At the end of the game, obviously, the one with the most clothespins would win.

It was fun for everyone.

well........

almost everyone......

There was one person who felt the sting of being the littlest.

Friday night we had kids going several different directions and it was just grandma, grandpa, Mark, Mason, Samantha and I after 8pm. Grandma, Mason, Samantha and I had been swimming at Kei's new apartment, Mark had gotten home from work and we were all hungry. We went to Ridleys' and bought a strange assortment of food for dinner. We had chips and nacho cheese sauce, salsa, pork chops. baked beams and cantaloupe. Strangely it tasted really good together.

Saturday we had a get together with the entire Heber Bocanegra family, our family and grandma and Grandpa. We played in the sprinkler, ate hot dogs and little Debbies, chip and dip and melon and talked and just had a good time together. Kei brought us some Hawaiian hot dogs called Redondo's. They're bright red which is a little disturbing. Grandma Donna was so excited because she only gets them once a year on her annual trip to Hawaii and LOVES them. Carly really liked them and I kind of liked them... as someone who does not generally like hot dogs. It was fun to try something new.

I was reminded again how nice it is to enjoy being with your family.

Rachel had a talk in Sacrament meeting so Grandma and Grandpa stayed over especially to hear it, delaying their departure.

It was a nice visit. Thanks for coming. We can't wait til next time!