Sunday, March 21, 2010

Kathryn Talbot Williams


Kathy passed away Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.
She is my brother, Ron's wife, mother to five, and grandmother to eight. Kathy died from brain cancer. She has meant a lot in our lives and we are very sad at her passing. We know that we will see her again but wish she could have been in our lives here on earth a little longer. We love you Kathy.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

THE BOY IN THE BACKYARD

One mother was late picking up her son from Preschool. As she was leaving she said, "your grandson is outside." I said I didn't have any grandchildren here at the time and she told me there was a little boy in the backyard. I went back to see who it was and there was ALEX!!! (My daughter, Kelly's little boy) Of course, I yelled, "Alex, what are you doing here?" I gave him lots of kisses and he asked for Opa. Kelly stopped in for a few minutes on the way back to Utah. While Alex was at our home, he ran from the backyard to the schoolroom to the closet and asked if he could vacuum. We loved it! Alex will be back in a month and will stay with us (Parents are coming too.) I'll get pictures then!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

VISITORS FROM UTAH!!!

Our daughters, Becky and Liesel came to spend a week with us. Along with Becky came Drew (5), Clark (3), and Ty (1). With Liesel came Cade (9 months). We had so much fun! Grant taught the boys how to play "bully" with him! It was very funny, even Ty was in on the fun!








Grant was done!!!

GRANT'S TRIP TO TEXAS

Grant went to Texas to bless our little grandson, Rome Miguel Serratos IV. Grant went to the San Antonio Rodeo. Grant got to see his two daughters, Kathleen and Laura; and played with the granddaughters, Sydney, London, Karleen, and Grace. He played with Rome too!!! :)



Monday, February 8, 2010

NEW CALLINGS IN THE CHURCH

Yesterday, Sunday, February 7, 2010, Grant was sustained as 2nd Counselor in the Chino Valley Ward of the Chino California Stake. This is the singles ward of our stake. We will now attend the Singles Ward every Sunday. The ward is located in Diamond Bar. We are excited to be working with the YSA of our stake and look forward to having a great relationship with them! Also, our son, Robert, is in this ward. So as a mom, I will make sure to stay out of his way as much as possible :)

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

36th Wedding Anniversary

As of January 26, 2010, we have been married 36 years! It is great to have each other. We love being together. Looking forward to another 36 years.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

2010

At the beginning of the year it is good to reflect back on what is important and what I am grateful for, so here goes...

Things I am thankful for in 2010:

Grant, Robert, Michelle, Tod, Madelyn, Spencer, Kathleen, Karl, Karleen, Grace, Rebecca, Geoff, Drew, Clark, Ty, Laura, Mike, Sydney, London, Rome, Liesel, Cody, Cade, Kelly, Zack, Alex, and the rest of my famiy.

Work

Friends

The Gospel of Jesus Christ, scriptures, prayer, inspiration

life..........

There is so much more but I will stop for now.

I am so thankful for all that I have been given in this life.

I hope for a great 2010.

Our new grandson, Rome Miguel Serratos IV

Rome Miguel Serratos came to us on November 13, 2009. Laura was on a fieldtrip with her preschool when she felt some pressure. She decided to go home and got Mike and delivered Rome two hours later!


London with Rome


Sydney with Rome

Robert comes home, August 29, 2009

The welcoming crew

Our first sight of Robert

Talking to the welcoming crew

Hug for Mom

Dad and Son

Talking to his sisters in Texas

Hugging his sister Becky

Abuelo at the airport to welcome Robert

Sign on our garage

The finish line for Robert

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Robert comes home from his mission

We just got word from the mission office in Salt Lake City that Robert arrives home from the Brazil Porto Alegre North Mission on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at the Ontario Airport. I am so so excited!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

THE SERRATOS ARE HAVING A BOY!!!

Laura called today to tell us that she is having a BOY!!! How great is that? That is the best news. They have the two cutest girls, their boy will be darling!
Laura is due November 18th.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

MY TIME IN UTAH WITH CADE



After Liesel had to her little boy, Cade Charles Moultrie, I flew up to Utah to help her. It is so amazing that this little boy is now part of our family. He is beautiful! How tiny! I think we forget how little they are when they are born. I love the sweet spirit Cade has brought into our lives. Yes, he get impatient when he wants to eat but when he is awake and looking around, he is quite amazing to watch. I look forward to many visits with Cade.
Christine

Thursday, April 23, 2009

OUR NEWEST LITTLE GRANDSON!

This is Liesel & Cody's new little boy! He was born this morning at 9:55 am MDT. He weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. His name is Cade Charles Moultrie. Isn't he cute?

Here is Liesel, Cody and the new little guy.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

EASTER IN TEXAS II

I forgot one of the most important parts of our trip, the Easter egg hunt!. We held it at Kathleen's house on Saturday morning. The girls were so excited! Opa and Oma took the girls for a walk around the block and low and behold, the Easter bunny came while we were gone!

The girls waiting to go into the house.

Sydney

Karleen

London

Karleen (notice the tinkerbell dress,as mentioned in the previous blog entry)

Grant helping Grace find an egg

The girls and their full baskets

EASTER IN TEXAS

PLEASE START READING AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG ENTRY. I ACCIDENTLY ENTERED THE PICTURES BACKWARDS. THANKS!

Our final day in Texas. We all went out to breakfast at the "Flagstop Cafe." Large 'Texas' size portions and good food! We hated to say goodbye to our girls and grandchildren. It was a wonderful trip.

Fiesta in San Antonio started while we were there in Texas but a Texas size rain storm made it impossible to go. So, we decided to celebrate in Kathleen's house anyway. Here are the children cracking confetti eggs on our heads and us doing the same. Notice how happy the girls are.





The girls with the train engineer. These engineers were the friendliest guys! They tried to convince Grant to come work for them!

Karleen has to have either her mickey mouse ears or her tinkerbell dress on. For the day, it was the ears!

Here we are waiting at the train station for the train.

There is also a train at the zoo so we rode it over to the sunken Japanese Gardens. Look at that cute crew!

The little monkeys resting on the animals

Here are the girls looking at the butterfly that landed on Karleen.

Here are the girls looking at the butterfly that landed on Kathleen's leg.

At the San Antonio Zoo, they have what is called "The Butterfly Experience". Inside a netted area are hundreds of butterflies. You can go inside and see it. Here I am sitting with Grace, London, Karleen and Sydney. We walked around, the butterflies just come and land on you.

Here we are at the San Antonio Zoo. The girls and Grant are posing by a Komodo Dragon. There was a real one there but thankfully, this one was made out of bronze.
left to right: Sydney, Karleen, Grant holding Grace and London,

Grace really enjoyed the cupcake! Here she is with Kathleen. By the way, Grace is not in pain, that is her look when you say "Cheese" or she knows that you are going to take a picture. She squints her eyes to wait the for flash! Hillarious! All you have to do is say to her "Grace, say Cheese" and she makes this face! So funny!

I must put this picture in. Here is Grant and I with Sister Heller. She is the most wonderful person. She and her husband are surrogate LDS grandparents for Sydney and London in the Boerne 2nd ward. I love this lady with all my heart. She is wonderful! London and Sydney love her so much. As soon as London saw her, she stayed with her the rest of the party. Thank you Sister Heller for being the loving person you are!

Here is Laura putting a "Kitty" face on London.

Monday, we had a birthday celebration for London who turned three! It was a "Hello Kitty" party and I decorated the cupcakes to look like "Hello Kitty". Here is London and the cupcakes held by me. London had ears, tail and face like Hello Kitty also. All the girls were made up the same way.

Here is Grant sitting at the table with all four of our granddaughters. Sydney, London, Karleen and Grace in the high chair. Every morning London and Sydney would ask Grant to make "Opa's best scrambled eggies." Those eggs were the standard every morning in Texas!

Grace Cramer is a climber! At 16 months there isn't anything in the house she can't climb! She is repeatedly on top of something. Here she is on top of the kitchen table. Isn't she cute?

Don't you love this picture of Grace kissing Opa?

Here is Grant with London and Sydney in their new Easter dresses and ready for church.

Grant and I flew to Texas for Spring Break. We have two daughters and 4 grandchildren in the San Antonio area. Laura and Kathleen took turns letting us stay at their houses. It was great to be with them again.
The grandchildren always know I have a present for them so I made all four girls Easter pillowcases. Here London and Sydney are showing theirs.