Welcome Sophie Lyn Oveson

Sophie Lyn is our twelfth grandchild and our second granddaughter. She was born June 15th in Ogden, Utah. Her parents Mark and Tara and older brother Van, as well as us all, are very excited to have her joy our family.

Sophie surprised us by being so small. She weighed in at 6 lbs. 7 oz. and was 19 1/2" tall. She is a little bit darker than Van so I think she may have a little bit more of her mom's blood in her but she looks a lot like Mark and Van.
It took her a while to get here. We really was hoping for a May baby but she had her own mind when she would come. She has very long fingers and toes. I envy her fingers. She is going to be a great pianist.
Van struggled with her for the first day and after his parents and Sophie returned him, he struggled with Grandma. I loved spending this time with Van, Mark and Tara, helping them and getting closer to Van. I don't get this one on one time very often with him. I don't think he liked it as much as I did though. He was more than ready for me to return home.
He is doing great now with his little sister. He is very protective over her. Making sure she doesn't get hurt, well by anyone but him. I just pray that he doesn't follow the example of his father, getting Sophie out of her crib when she is just a couple of months old. Mark did this with Cyrena and to this day I haven't figured out how he got her out, on the floor, and into me without her crying or being hurt. I'm looking forward to the many years ahead of us getting to know this special gift from our Heavenly Father.

Happy Birthday Bauer

Bauer's birthday was on June 3. For the past several months he has told his Mom that he was going to have his birthday in Utah. Neither Cyrena or I thought it was going to happen. She found a great deal on line a few days after his birthday to fly here. So Bauer was almost right. Last Monday we celebrated Bauer's and Josh's birthdays together. Josh's is today and I will post about it on Monday after we got back from Riverton this weekend. For their birthdays we went to the Classic Fun Center. They have a bounce house and the kids all went wild. We had ten of the grandkids there. Bauer loved every minute of it running, climbing, screaming and sliding. None of the kids wanted to leave.

Bauer is getting to be a very big boy. He is such a big help to his mom. I still don't know how she dared to fly alone with three little boys. It is because she knew she could depend on Bauer to help her. When you tell Bauer to do something, he makes sure that his little brother Emmett fully understands. Bauer loves to play soccer and he had his last game this week. Again he has taught Emmett how to play. Being the oldest means extra responsibility and Bauer is doing a great job. He loves to play with his littlest brother Reece and takes few good care of him also.
Of course you can't come to Utah without spending time on the four-wheelers with Grandpa. Bauer learned how to drive one but not by his self. He also wanted to climb a mountain and was a little bit disappointed that I wouldn't climb to the top of one. He just didn't understand that it would take us a full day to do that. But we did climb a short distance. He was able to see a doe up close as she tried to jump a fence.
The best part of being here was to play with his cousins. Him and Josh are very close and love each other. It was touching to see them hug each other at the airport and tell each other good-bye. Thank goodness it won't be for very long since we will be seeing them again in October in Disneyland. Happy Birthday Bauer and we love you