For General Conference weekend, we got to have two lovely ladies, my mom, Mary, and little sister, Roni, come visit us, and we had so much fun with them! The first thing they did when they arrived is give Jared his Easter basket. He loved it. He had to open each and every egg and and dump out the candy; it made Mom and Roni laugh every time, so he thought it was a lot of fun. Roni just started working in the wheel in her ceramics class at school, she was impressed to see all of Ryan's great work.
Friday evening we went in to the ceramic studio on campus to see Ryan
make his final two ceramic projects, so Roni could see his technique. He
let Roni and my mom pick what they wanted him to make for them.
Saturday morning, we had some fluffy, big, orange rolls with orange frosting. They were really good! We enjoyed conference, and as seems to be the tradition, we took naps in between or after sessions.
Jared took advantage of Roni holding really still by playing on her with is crocodile. It seemed the whole weekend they were there he was laughing and giggling and playing every minute he was awake. Grandma Mary was one pretty energetic and playful grandma; what a lucky boy Jared is. She was running around playing shooting games and tickling him and hiding with him. He always had to know where she was. When she went to take a shower one morning, he spent the whole time banging on the door and waiting for her to come out and play with him again. He even came and got me and asked me please to open the door for him.
One morning he had to get in bed and cuddle with Roni, when he woke up and found her still in bed. He loves cuddling! Later, during conference, while she was trying to take notes, he decided to help, by drawing pictures in her note book. She didn't mind. =)
He then went to help Grandma, who was sketching a picture of the Salt Lake Temple. She gave him a blank paper to draw on. He had to stop and turn around and give her a hug several times though. She loved that!
On Sunday, before they left, we made sure to play some games, because playing games is always a hoot when you're with family. We've made such fond memories while playing cards and other games and this time wasn't any different. At one point Mom was having a hard time winning, so for one game, Roni and I made it our goal to help her win. We were successful, and then all of a sudden she kept winning whether we were helping or not.
We had a great time and were so so glad they could come! Jared especially had a great time having two more play mates who just wanted to play with him and hug him all day! This boy definitely knows he's loved!
