Grandchild #21!!!

Today at 7:30 a.m. little Isabella Kaye Crandall was born! She was 7 lbs. 10 oz. and 21 and 3/4 inches. She is so very, very beautiful with lots of dark hair. She looks a lot like Abbygail did. Isn't it amazing that every new child is just simply a miracle. Ally is doing very well and had a great delivery. Justin is certainly the proud father. It was thrilling for me to hear his excited voice this morning announcing the birth of his third child. Rex was afraid he would miss the birth while he was babysitting Kaylene and Ruel's children in Boise -- and he did!

Ethan was so excited about Isabella that he tried to rearrange the entire hospital room!

Abbygail is already acting like a little mother. She cheered when her dad called this morning with the good news.

Thoughts from Grandpa

I have been so busy but you have all been on my mind since Grandpa's birthday party. He was so touched by all you all did for him. He has read his book many, many times and comments on all of you every day. Thank you all for your pictures and thoughts. You have made him so happy. I love you all for your great lives. We had one of our ward members come that night to the party and he commented on this must be how the Celestial kingdom must feel because there is so much love here and you can just feel it! What a family you have, he said. And we do. I am so grateful I am part of all of your lives. We are also so excited about Ruel and Kaylene and family moving to Kingman. Ruel has a great job as an attorney. We are meeting them in Kingman this week and will look the area over with them. I am just happy to be getting away. Now I have three out of the five children close to home. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!

We had the most fun at our family reunion this past month. On the first day we went to Raging Waters and I did survive my grandchildren in the Wave Pool. It was so fun and the grandkids were determined to have me surf every wave on my tube. We then went to Park City and stayed in a great resort where we could prepare our own meals and just enjoy each other. Saturday morning our company sponsored a shopping spree for each family and it was really fun. The activities at Park City were awesome with a Zip Line, a Coaster, the Alpine Slide and lots of fun children's rides. Our tickets allowed us to go as many times on the rides as we wanted to so needless to say we were there for hours having a blast!! You should have seen me ride the Coaster at full speed. The instructor told me to keep it at high speed or I would spoil it for everyone else--so of course I didn't want to spoil it for anyone else, so I went the fastest you could go!!! What an experience!!!!!! Sunday some of us went to the Spoken Word in the Conference Center(you had to be 8 years old or older to attend). That is such a neat experience, be sure to go if you ever have the chance. We played in the park, played games and had a testimony meeting. It was a special day. On Monday we had so much fun riding rides at Lagoon. The most fun for me was seeing grandchildren of the same age enjoy each other and become friends. How I love my family!!!!! They are my most choice blessings. I am thankful for their good lives. They all love the gospel and are busy serving in their individual areas and are such good parents and children. I am so BLESSED!!!!

Survived Camp--Can you beleive it!! And more----

I am sure I was the oldest lady at Camp but I was the first one up everyday and I loved the entire time. I got close to my girls so it was really worth it. It was very cold at night until we got more blankets. I had treats for the girls each day and they seemed to enjoy that. On another note--be sure to get you pictures and thoughts about Grandpa to Ally by the 24th of June. This will mean so much to Grandpa. We are getting excited about the Rex Crandall reunion coming up next week. We are going to Park City in Utah and have lots planned like--Raging Waters on Friday, Park City Activities on Saturday , The Spoken Word on Sunday and Lagoon on Monday. I think everyone will be there and I can't wait. We are going to take Grandpa to Utah in July to see his family over the 24th of July. Shane will be marching in a parade in his marching band and so we will try to be there also. A busy, busy summer and I tell you Young Women's is busyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!! Yikes!

Double blessings coming this year

Last week I went to Women's Conference and Kaylene and I stayed at Kristie's home. As we arrived Kristie said they had saved the dessert for us until we arrived. As we went into the kitchen to have dessert, we saw a cake and on the cake it stated,"Coming December 2nd"sooooooooo we are going to have a grand baby in October from Justin and Ally and another one in December from Kristie and Joe!! Yeah!!! That will make 22 very special blessings in our life. It was wonderful seeing Michelle and John's children while we were up there and Kristie's and Joe's children also.

Overwhelmed

Can you believe that I have been called to be the Ward Young Women's President???!!!! I haven't been sustained yet so please don't say anything to anyone in our ward or stake--probably don't know anyone there but just to be safe. I'll be sustained on Sunday. Rich said that serves me right for not looking my age and when he called the other day he asked how the oldest YW President in the church is doing. Oh dear--I hope I can do this. Actually I am excited and have bought every book there is that deals with Young Women's and have spent hours studying. It has changed a lot since I was in the thick of it before. I have thought only Relief Society for several years. I will be going to camp as a Cabin Mom so if any of you have some tips regarding this let me know. When I went before I was the Stake YW President and we stayed in the lodge. I think being cabin Mom is the hardest of all callings at camp. Please remember this old woman in your prayers.

Ally and justin showed us a video Sunday of how they made a Gingerbread House at Christmas time at her mother's. It was soooooooooo funny--they used caulking guns and nails and who know what else to hold it together! Anyway as the credits were being given for the marvelous production that we had just viewed, the announcement of their upcoming child was part of the credits. They always have the most clever way of announcing their pregnancies and the sex of their babies. How I love my children and most of all my grandchildren. Ashley is running for 7th grade office right now and I am praying for her, Melissa has an amazing job interview coming up and we find out tomorrow whether Ruel passed the Bar. I've got a lot of praying to do so better sign off for today.

Update on Rex

I have been experimenting on blogging and it is fun and I will try to be as good as you all are. An update on my husband. He went to his Nephrologist two days ago and he was told he has 30% kidney function in the kidney that is left and that he will eventually be on dialysis. Well ,we don't want that so please remember us in your prayers. We have seen how prayers are answered so many times , so I know we will be blessed. I wanted to thank you all for your thoughtfulness during his surgery. So many of you were there during surgery and then the hospital visits and calls were so appreciated. Our children were wonderful!!! Our three girls flew in to be with us and our two boys were there giving blessings and visiting with us. We love our children, they are the best--you all are the best. We have a wonderful family and heritage. How we love having Grandpa with us everyday. Everyone remember that on August 2 we are giving Grandpa a Surprise Birthday Party. He will be 90 years old. We want from each of you pictures of your family and thoughts about Grandpa so we can do a page in a book from each of you. Bye for now.

My first post

I'm at Kristie's helping her with three adorable children because she is very sick and Joe is in Germany. We are going to bake cookies this afternoon. Of course I bought pre-made dough to cut down the effort. It is sooooooooooo cold in Utah but the groceries are sure cheaper. This certainly is a new adventure for me but I want to be part of all of you bloggers' lives. I am even going to try pictures down the way. The babies are crying and I need to go and play Grandma. Bye for now.