Mayne family

sunset

Dining at La Caille

Last Friday night Paul’s mom took us and his sister and her husband to La Caille for dinner. Our anniversaries are about 9 weeks apart and Paul’s mom thought it would be great for us all to go out to dinner to celebrate. La Caille is probably one of the nicest restaurants in the Salt Lake Valley. It sits on a vineyard and the grounds there are beautiful. The meal took about 2 and a half hours to eat. It was wonderful. The whole atmosphere there is fabulous. Thanks Karen for a wonderful dinner. It was nice to have a fancy night out with no kids and good company.

I dared Paul to do a backflip on the tramp in the middle of our last snow storm! He showed me!

I cannot believe the snow that we have outside. The snow in this picture melted and we have more outside now than we did here. I am not too excited that winter is coming so early. But the boys are loving the snow.

One of my favorite things in the world to do, is to lay in bed with my boys and watch cartoons. When we have nowhere to go, I cherish these special snuggle times!

This past Thursday Paul’s grandpa, Red Mayne passed away peacefully at his home. He has been in pain for the past few years with his back and his health has been slowly declining since Paul’s dad passed away. It is incredibly hard to see him go, but we are all happy that he is with Ed again, and not in pain. Grandpa was a wonderful man who definitely lived life to the fullest. He loved to be continually learning about technology and he loved his family. He also loved to spend time at his cabin up at Soldier Creek reservoir. I was fortunate to have a wonderful relationship with this man. He truly was a grandpa to me. He loved to always say to me, “you cute kid you!” He is truly going to be missed!

http://www.legacy.com/saltlaketribune/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=118717801

Paul and his Grandpa Mayne

getting our house halloween ready

Jackson’s preschool class had a fieldtrip to the firestation last week. It was fun. The firemen were so great with the kids. They gave them hats and pins, let them try the firehose, and tour the firetruck. His school teacher is awesome. I am so happy Jackson has her as a teacher. She also planned a fun fall scavenger hunt where the kids had to collect leaves, etc representing fall. Jackson has a whole new love of learning because of his teacher. It was nice to get to know the kids he talks about and also to meet their parents. Now we can start setting up some playdates.