We had an EPIC month starting in the middle of July with visiting family in Utah and then having our family come to visit us here in Texas. It was busy and long, but so, so worth it. Tommy only was taking a week off of work, so I flew out a few days early so that I could see my grandparents for a few days before the Leininger "reunion" (aka, a bunch of the siblings ending up in Utah at the same time). I was so glad I was able to do that. I felt so special to be able to spend a whole day alone with each of my grandparents, and getting to see them and spend a lot of time talking with them. And I loved seeing Dane and Graham spending time with them too, of course. I love that Dane has totally bonded with each of my grandparents, and it makes me wish we lived closer to be able to visit much more often. (But luckily we get to see them again with the big WEDDING in a week!)
It is weird for me to call my grandmas and grandpas Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa whenever I am talking to my kids. It sounds like such a mouthful! Luckily, Dane has picked it right up and knows exactly who each of my grandparents are. It was so cute to hear him say, "Great-Grandma..." and "Great-Grandpa..."
We first spent a day with Grandma and Grandpa Murphy in Orem. I had told Dane about Grandpa's missing finger and he asked him about it. I had to get a picture of this quintessentially Murphy moment--learning about Grandpa's missing finger.
Dane and Grandpa admiring a 100-year-old car in their neighborhood.
We spent the morning in Grandpa's garden helping and looking around. We harvested a bunch of tomatoes, lettuce, green onion, and cucumbers. Dane's FAVORITE thing was picking the raspberries--something he claimed he remembered doing from two years before.
Dane also helped Grandpa with the watering. He may have squirted all over the wheelchair too.
Graham did not want to ride on Grandpa's lap. But Dane was excited about it.
I did take the boys down to the BYU Creamery to get ice cream around lunchtime. We were just too close to pass it up! Dane LOVED all the mountains around and kept talking about how amazing and tall they were. He really, really was fascinated by the letters on the mountain and wanted to hike up to them. We are going to try to hike the Y when we are in Utah again.
Graham enjoying some Graham Canyon ice cream... too cute!
We spent some time talking about Grandpa's farm when he was a little boy. He showed Dane some pictures of his pigs.
Graham was very sweet and cute, eating all of their berries while we were there.
I'm sad that this picture is a little blurry!
On the way up to Grandma and Grandpa Myres house, I stopped by the Mt. Timp temple with the boys and let them walk around. It was so beautiful. The boys mostly wanted to dig around in the dirt though.
Grandma Myres had popsicles for us when we got there.
I love the view in their backyard. It's so peaceful and beautiful.
Dane really loved Grandpa Myres. Grandpa couldn't believe that Dane was going to be a truck driver when he grew up. This is them talking about what kind of truck Dane wants to drive and if Grandpa can sit in the front seat next to him while he drives. (Dane said yes.)
We got to help in their garden too! We did some weeding in the front yard and pruned some trees with Grandma.
This was such a fun, nice way to start off our trip to Utah. We love Grandma and Grandpa Myres and Murphy so much. I feel so lucky to still have them all around and that my boys are getting to know and love them too.
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