A Week For Our Grandkids!

What a highlight week we have had in many ways. Monday, January 20, was my Moms 99th birthday.  I am sure she was celebrating on the other side of the veil, but I did think of her a lot that day.  It was also our granddaughter, Elizabeth Barton's, birthday in Mead Washington.  We sang Happy Birthday to her.  Spencer and Gaylene Call, a couple we served with at Deseret Land and Livestock, came to visit and have lunch with us.  We had a good visit catching up on the last 3 years.  They are now serving as directors at Mosida, a church property southwest of Utah Lake that does handcart treks.

Spencer and Gaylene Call January 21 2020.  We had a great visit.  Yes we Calls are related!

Wednesday January 22 we had the great privilege of picking up Joshua Barton our first grandchild missionary, at the Salt Lake Airport. He will be serving in the Dallas Spanish speaking mission.  We were able to show him around our area and he was able to see the demolition of Temple Square.  He was very interested in what was happening as he has been studying construction management at BYUI This past year.

Happy Grandparents with Josh outside the Salt Lake Temple.

Looking in on the demolition of the South visitors center.  Joshua was loving it.  Notice the Barton boys stance.

We then drove to Provo and picked up our oldest grandson, Brenan Mayhew, who is a Junior at BYU and we all went to lunch at In and Out Burgers.  It was their choice!  We all then went to the MTC to drop Josh off.  It was an amazing day.  We just have the best grandkids any Grandma and Grandpa could want.

You now drop off your missionaries in an underground parking garage at the MTC and they have MTC Elders whisk them away.  Another great missionary on his way!  What a fun day with our two oldest grandkids.

A favorite place to eat for our amazing grandsons.

Friday January 24th our granddaughter, Kyen Mayhew, competed in her first level 10 competition in gymnastics.  We of course were not there but through the miracle of technology we were able to watch her compete.  She did super taking first on floor and first for the team, Desert Devils.

Kyen First place floor routine.  Yeah!

Kyen by the pool before the meet.

First place team.  Kyen is third from the left.

If that was not enough, our granddaughter Shaylin Mayhew, a cheerleader at Mountain View High School, had a competition where they took second place.  Can you tell we are proud grandparents.

Shaylin up in the air where she usually is being a "flyer"

Shaylin high in the air

Shaylin on the far right.  Team took 2nd

The demolition continues to be speeding along.  The South Visitors center is essentially gone.  It looks like a bombed out ruin.  It changes everyday.  The best view is from the 10th floor of the Joseph Smith Building.

What was the south visitors center.  January 26, 2020

South Visitors center gone.

Just one little southwest corner remains.  I'm sure it will be gone tomorrow.

We continue to be learning like we are drinking from a firehose.  Our new group of missionaries arrive tomorrow, all 22 of them. Bob will be teaching his first class Monday, "Discover, Gather, Connect".  He is ready. This week I will continue to mentor and learn.

Tonight our zone fed 10 of the young Elders.  We had to do it out in the hall on the fourth floor, as no one has a big enough place to feed 20.  We had Hawaiian haystacks and we all had a good time getting to know them better.  We will sure miss them when the young Elders leave us the end of June.