Three days after Christmas my granddaughter, Jade, aka Jadie Patady or Her Jadeness, and I went to Chico on Amtrak. We were fortunate enough to get seats with a table between us, therefore, we played Kings in the Corner and Zilch for 3 straight hours! Thanks to Jamie for making a yummy lunch for us so we only purchased hot chocolate on the train. It was FUN. Jade is a great traveling companion!
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Jade in the train station with said yummy lunch!
The occassion for our visit was to attend the Open House for Kiersten and Clint who were married in Idaho on December 18.
Below should be pictures of my OTHER GRANDCHILDREN who live in Chico. And the most attractive refreshment table at the Open House. Also all the darling Bridesmaids and the Bride and Groom and Clint's parents and brother. ALSO MY ONLY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER WITH HER MOM AND DAD WHO HAD JUST ARRIVED FROM SOUTH AFRICA AFTER A 6 MONTHS STAY THERE! ALSO, A FOUR GENERATION SHOT WITH STACY, JILL, BRYN AND ME.
Other possible pictures should have included my friend Eileen's Christmas tree. Now, that was some tree! Obviously, you'll have to trust me on this as there is no picture to prove it.
(Picture of Knox here)
(Picture of Sopie here)
(Picture of Cody, Casey, Jonathan here)
(etc.)
On the 30th, we "girls" did a "Girls Weekend" in Rancho Cordova at the Fairfield Inn for one night! Jamie met us there (from Fresno) and we had a great time. First order of business was to eat at Olive Garden as that was Jill's desire since she had been OG-less for 6 months.
(Picture of Group at Olive Garden here)
The rule is that the Grandma (me), my girls, Stacy, Jamie, Dawnie, and their daughters who are over the age of 11 are in attendance. (Jamie's daughters Jacie and Marissa were missing.) (Also missing, but not expected, were my daughter-in-law and her four daughters! That would have been something!)
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We managed to cram all of us into two adjoining rooms. This is Jill on the extra bed.
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Jamie and Stacy
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The girls--Jade, Courtney, Sierra all sharing a bed.
As we were attending the 7:00 a.m. session at the Sacramento Temple, we strongly cautioned the girls that there would be no talking or giggling as we needed to sleep. They assured us of their compliance to this request (couched as a demand and threat) and accomplished this by texting to each other in bed!!!
Not pictured, because it would be impossible, were the games, skits, Charades and boistrous laughter of this magical night. We ordered Pizza in so we wouldn't have to behave ourselves.
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My two granddaughters on either side of me and my three daughters. (Courtney didn't get the memo about wearing black!)
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Added into this picture is Katie who is informally adopted into Stacy's family. She and her student husband have twins and live away from family.
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Courtney, Sierra, and Jade at the Outlet Stores in Rancho Cordova.
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At Chilis before we all said goodbye.
7 comments:
Fun times! Great pics!
What a fun trip. Glad you had a good time.
What priceless memories! You have a very lucky family.
So what happened to all of the pictures that you said you should have had? Did you forget to take them, or did they just didn't come out? Sounds like you had a great time. I'm glad you got to go to the temple. That would have been the most special part for me, to be in the temple with all my daughters. Let's talk. Corinne
What an adventure!!
I don't understand why some of your pictures will come up and others won't. Is it your camera or the computer or blogger's fault?
Interesting generation...texting in bed! That made me laugh. I am from the generation of reading with a flashlight under the covers.
I love how you and Jade got to ride the train together. What a memory!
I would have especially loved to see the 4 generation photo! Please show it to me next time I come over.
The pictures that didn't get shown were not taken! I've not yet graduated to the point where I think "Take pictures!" at special occassions. It's flattering that people think I took the missing pictures. Sad, but true. Susan
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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