Party Pictures

Grandpa Hanks with our grandchildren.

Grandchildren getting ready to sing.

Opening the gift from our family.

A Great Party

On Saturday, March 14 our kids and their spouses put on the greatest party for us!! It was to celebrate Glenn's "retirement" from practicing ortho for 30 years and for our leaving on a mission. They really know how to put on an awesome party. We felt so honored that so many family, friends and patients came to see us.

My favorite part of the evening was when all of the grandchildren sang "I Hope They Call Me On A Mission." Our family presented us with a scrap book filled with their pictures and quotes. There is room for us to fill it up with mission pictures and more family pictures and notes from home. What a treasured keepsake!

We had family pictures taken before the party. Maja has posted some of the pictures on their blog, McMinnBunch.blogspot.com.

We leave for the MTC on April 6, about 1 1/2 weeks. We have boxes all over the house! Boxes to take to Nauvoo and boxes to store in the basement. Our neice, Megan, and her husband, Steve, might be moving into our home this summer so we are making room for them.

We are excited to get on our way! I am dreading the "goodbyes" but it helps to know that we will get to see all of our children and grandchildren sometime while we are in Nauvoo. All of them are planning trips back to see the Pageant and the historic sites. Yahoo!!

Cruise pictures

Skyline of Miami from cruise ship

Grand Cayman

I paid $3 to hold this!

Haiti - a few sunbathers!

Family Cruise

We find ourselves daydreaming about the wonderful Western Caribbean cruise we just went on. It was supposed to be with all of our children and spouses but Brian, Tiffany, Kevin and Stefanie weren't able to go after all. We missed them a lot! The cruise was so relaxing and the warm air was the best feeling ever. We did a variety of excursions, some together and some on our own. Glenn and I did a flight line in Haiti, climbed the Dunn River Falls in Jamaica, swam with sting rays in Grand Cayman and had a great snorkeling adventure in Cozumel. We were all together in the evenings for dinner in the dining room. We had some excellent dinners and we all ate way too much! We went home with several more lbs. than when we started the trip!! We all agreed that we should do a cruise again only next time we will have all of us there.