The Adventures of Grammy and Grandad: New York, New York

We started this month with a beautiful snow fall and a dental apt. The good and the bad.

Monday, Dad made some yummy bread. He is amazing and loves to try different things. I love eating it. He also shares with people in our ward. Tuesday the 4th, Dad got news that he was clear on his MRI. Little blessings.

Ashley had a birthday on the 5th. No telling which one. She is an amazing mother and wife. She does so many things for her family and others.

When we woke up in the dark, we looked out the window and there was a beautiful lantern all lit up from Tiffani. It is so beautiful. It was dark outside, but the lantern was so bright and beautiful.

The 8th, our three boys came to do some banking with our account. It is so when we check out, they will be able to share what little we will have left. It’s a good plan.

Sunday the 9th we changed our clocks to daylight savings. What a pain, but I guess it’s for our good.

Tuesday the 11th was Molly’s birthday. She is a wonderful addition to this great family. She loves her family and visits often. She loves being married to Jayden and they are so happy.

Wednesday we got so excited for our trip to NYC to see Baylie sing in Carnegie Hall. Kristin arranged flights for our trip with no stops. They were straight there with no stops and the same thing back. Very long flights, but so wonderful. Despite our TSA Pre-check, Dad still had some issues getting through security.

Our flight landed very close to the same time as Kristin's. We were blessed to meet up with Baylie’s choir and were able to get ourselves and our luggage on the choir bus, saving a lot of time and money. We all stayed at the Park Central Hotel.

View from our room.

If you want to read full details of our trip, you can read Kristin’s blog.

Day 1 - Travel Day and Walk Through Central Park

Day 2 - Metropolitan Museum of Art and Dinner at Bubba Gump

Jewelry from Turkey

This gives you an idea of how huge the picture is.

Day 3 - Meeting up with Morgan Nebeker for bagels and Museum of Natural History

Dad's knee was bothering him so we both ended up using wheelchairs! (Dad got the electric scooter.)

Day 4 - Church, Sweet Treats and Carnegie Hall!

Day 5 - St. Patrick's Day Parade and Home Again

One of the highlights of the trip was tracking down Dad's mission office and the church where they held meetings when he was a missionary here over 60 years ago.

Of course the highlight of the trip was seeing Baylie sing in Carnegie Hall. What an experience!

We had an interesting adventure with the elevator on our last day. We were on the 18th floor with a large accessible room. Kristin’s family was on the 7th floor with the rest of the choir group. One of the days there was a sign that said Wet Floor. We left for a while and when we came back the sign was still there. Kristin moved it and we got in. Two women and two men who didn’t speak English - only Spanish - also got in. Suddenly the elevator started moving up. It jerked and headed down between floors and stopped. Not good. We were very nervous. Kristin noticed a phone in the elevator and she called for help. After what seemed like a very long time some male voices called down to us. They worked on it and got it running. WHEW!! Kristin told the men it was her fault, but they were wonderful and told us that it was not a problem. We may have been sleeping in the street that night!

We packed up and Kristin’s family came up to our room so we could gather together. Again we were able to get on the same bus as the choir which saved much time and money. Our flights left very close together so we stayed together until we boarded our flight. Then Kristin’s family went to catch their flight.

I was so sad because I had misplaced my diamond ring. My memory is not up to par. But later I discovered I hadn’t taken it on the trip at all!

Baylie Anne’s birthday was the 19th. She is an amazing young lady who enjoys everything. She loves to pick on her grandad and he loves it. She excels in everything she does - well, maybe not lacrosse.

Simon Johns’ birthday was on the 20th. He is such a special boy. He belongs to Ashley and Tyler. He loves life and anything he can imagine.

Monday the 24th Tiffani and the girls came for a visit. While they were here, we went to the Orem Temple to do baptisms. Tiffani and I did confirmations. It was a great time. Cameron turned 22 the same day and went on a fun trip with his dad to see the NCAA tournament.