Ama is the LOVE of my kids life!

My kids crave their grandma's attention. We call her Ama--which means 'love' in spanish. I think Monson came up with the affectionate nickname when he was in the babbling stage. Sometimes the kids' love for Ama borders true obsession. They talk about when they'll see her next and all the things they are going to do and play, they dream about her, they call her on the phone all the time and my little ones babble away so fast that she needs me to get back on the phone for translation, they play 'Ama' with their dollies and just love her to pieces. Lexie loves talking about going to Ama's house, but commits me to never leave her there by herself again! (After-the-fact, she felt I abandoned her when she was there for 6 weeks during bedrest last year!)

When she comes she does little things for the kids. She was here for 24 hours this weekend after their monthly Mexico trip. This time she gave a cute little PJ pattern to Kenz for her birthday complete with all the fabric and notions so she could sew her first set of PJ's. She took the time with K-man sitting by patiently waiting--looking at his watch every 5 seconds wanting to know when they could scoot out the door---he doesn't do well with noise and quiet my house is NOT. Anyway, she took the time to cut out this pattern with McKenzie which I know McKenzie loved. She's the best at giving the individualized attention and making every grandchild feel as if he/she IS her FAV. She has 16 favorites though--Our 6, Wayne & Beck's 5, Matt & Heather's 1, Mark & Tal's 2, and Brett & Em's 2 (get on it Brooke & Kev, will ya?) She is the dream-come-true grandma to my children!

While Ama & K-man (Kelly) were here we all went to Brayden's first baseball game of the season. Bray played like a star on first base the whole game and then a surprise to all of us--he pitched the last inning and did a fantastic job! I think he even surprised himself at how well he did his first time! He has a great coach who really sees the potential in the boys and gives the kids opportunities.

Lexie sat next to Ama & K-man and told on ME! She was funny. "Ama, Can I talk to you for a minute? Your daughter took me out of preschool cause Vivie got sick. That wasn't very nice. Your daughter didn't rock me last night (last night meaning one time last year probably) and I was so sad. Your daugther yadda yadda yadda. " I guess that was a good way to get Ama's attention---to tell on her daughter aka ME!! I guess she was really upset at these things and just wanted my mom to know. That's what grandma's are for.

Afterwards we all went to Shogun...a Tepanyaki-style Japanese Restaurant and had a great show and good eats to celebrate McKenzie's 9th birthday. It was nice to have them here--even if only for 24 hours! We'll take what we can get!