Friday favorites potpourri

This week brought a wonderful mix of things to smile about–a Friday favorites potpourri, if you will. Let’s start with a visit from these beautiful grandchildren.

Best friends

We have an agreement: one “nice” pic and then they get to make silly faces. (Anyone else notice Wells’ face didn’t change at all?)

Funny faces!

More grandchildren — this time at Keaton’s 17th birthday party. (That’s 17 folks! He’s going into his senior year of high school. This is not possible.)

Happy birthday Keaton!

Just eating cake on the trampoline

This makes me very happy.

Our new yard

We have lawn!

And if you are wondering how our front yard made the Friday Favorites, this is what it looked like just days before.

Friday favorites potpourri

In need of a lawn

I couldn’t resist this picture of Charlie taking over my spot on the couch. He is definitely King Charles.

It's a hard life if you're Charlie

This week also brought the opportunity to get a heavenly pedicure at JTB Nails & Spa with my amazing provider enrollment team at EMI Health. These ladies work hard every day and deserved a break–and, of course, I had to go along!

Just taking a little break from work

And finally, I’ll finish up with one more grandchildren pic. This time we were at Desert Star Playhouse with the Penney kids. Always a good time. (Thanks, Larry, for taking the photo.)

Desert Star Playhouse

That’s it for me. How was your week? What were some of the highlights?

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  1. I drove 12+ hours from Arizona to SLC, for a gathering in a cabin at beautiful Bear Lake with all my kiddos and their kiddos! First time we were all together in a year! Amazing!

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