Grandpa & Justin's little ones

Lilo emailed me today and she sent me this picture. She took this picture last summer when they saw Grandpa walking around the temple in Cardston. I think it was sometime in August.

Surprise!!!

Thought I would add some information on the growing decedents of Grandpa and Grandma through their son Randy.
This year there has been several new additions. Lillian was born March 10th, followed by Tanner April 26th, Brinley joined us May 4th, and Stephen May 28th. Little Eve is scheduled to come sometime in September and we are excited about them all. It seems Mom, Dad, and Grandma are working overtime to increase their posterity. Since there are already pictures of Brinley and Tanner I will add pictures of the other two. If you want to see Eve at this point you will have to visit Rod and Jessica's site. You might catch a glimpse of her growth by looking at Jessica, but I doubt it. Jessica carries pregnancy well.
There will also be another addition to the family by way of marriage August 15th. Rhea has finally found a wonderful young man (or so we are told, I haven't met him yet, just heard many stories from varying sources) to spend the rest of her life with. His name is Jackson Jones and he has agreed to have his arm twisted and be married with her in the Cardston Alberta Temple.
I did some searching and found a picture of him so maybe I will post that. He would be the tall redhead in the picture.

A Visit With Grandpa!

I had the privilege of spending Father's Day with Grandpa this weekend! We arrived in Cardston about 6:45pm on Saturday night and went straight to the Chinook Lodge where he is staying. We found him in his room where we hugged and kissed and visited for a little bit.

Grandpa told us we were lucky we didn't miss him. He said he almost checked out of the country!! I thought he meant he was thinking about going to Spokane to Jordan & Leanne's Wedding. But he said no, I almost kicked the bucket!! I asked him what happened. He said he got a piece of bacon caught in his throat at dinner and it took quite a bit to get it to come loose. It was still giving him some trouble, but he was obviously not having breathing problems about it. Just could feel it in his chest.

Diana called and invited us all out to her place. Grandpa decided to come, so we got what he needed and took him out to the Jacob's ranch. We had a little supper and visited a bit more. We then went to bed. When we got up in the morning, Grandpa hadn't slept very well, and seemed a little out of sorts, so we decided to take him back to where he was more comfortable. He said he just knows what he can do there, and they know what he can do there.

Anyway, when we got there, we checked in and they were glad to see him back. Apparently the message that we had taken him hadn't been relayed to the morning crew and they didn't know where he was. They did figure he was "checked out" since his medication was gone, but they didn't know with whom he left. They put him on what they call the "Jiggler". It's an exercise machine for the residents. He jiggled on that for 5 minutes, then we went up to his room to get ready for church and lunch.

We had lunch with him there at the Chinook. A couple residents came up to him and asked him how he was doing from the night before. I guess it was a pretty big deal. He said they pounded on him for quite a bit trying to get it loose. While he seemed to have trouble eating at Diana's for dinner and breakfast, he seemed to be doing better at lunch. After Lunch, we went to Sacrament Meeting with him. I even attended Priesthood meeting with him. (He wasn't sure if I was okay with that, he kept asking if I was going to stay.) I assured him, I was okay with attending priesthood, but he seemed concerned about it. :)

At any rate, we finished there and took him back to his room. He seemed pretty tired and seemed to need a nap. We told him to take his nap and we would be back to visit with him some more after dinner.

We went back to Diana & Ron's and had dinner with them and Michael and Alita and their two kids were there. We played a couple rounds of Phase 10 and then back to Grandpa's.

We found him in his room again and visited some more. It was fun to hear him reminisce about different things. He talked a little bit about how difficult it was for him to be confused at times. I told him I didn't mind, I was used to it with taking care of my mom. It was a natural thing that happens when we age, and it was really okay. He just needed to be patient with himself and let us know when he was confused, so we could help him the best we can. He seemed okay with that.

He was very sad when we told him we were heading home on Monday morning. I guess he thought we were staying longer. I felt bad, but was still very happy to have had to opportunity to spend the day with him. I promised to come back early in the morning to give him a couple more kisses before we left. He said that would suit him fine. We did just that. It was hard to say good bye, Just one more kiss!

He does seem pretty lonely, he doesn't watch TV or read, or really socialize much. He does enjoy the faxes he gets. **Thanks Brent and Karen for setting that up!!** So, feel free to fax him notes and letters when ever you like. We try to do it during meal times (8-9am, Noon-1, and 5-6pm) so the machine doesn't bother him and he has something when he gets back to the room.

What a Great Way to Spend Father's Day!!

Baby Blessings

I was very fortunate to be able to attend not one, but two baby blessings on Sunday, June 1st.

The first one was Annie and Clayton's new little boy at 9am in American Fork

Tanner Cade Weaver

He was blessed by his Dad, Clayton.

I didn't get a picture of the whole family, if anyone has a good one from sunday please send it to me so I can add it to the post.

We went over to the Weaver home after Sacrament Meeting and visited for a little bit before we had to head back home to get the rest of the clan for the next one. I heard they had a nice lunch then met us at the next meeting.

The second one was Jason & Carolyn's new little girl at 2:45pm in Murray.

Brinley Joan Forsyth

was blessed by her Dad, Bishop Jason Forsyth.

Since we missed our ward, we decided to attend the whole block with Jason and Carolyn. The primary was thrilled, between both sides of the family I think we doubled their primary!! I had one sister tell me they wish they had more baby blessings so they could have more singers more often!!

(It was funny to tell the Primary kids that when people asked them why they were there visiting, to tell them they are Bishop Forsyth's cousins and are there for the baby blessing!)

We then converged on the Forsyth home and had another nice meal, lots of visiting and fun, fun, fun!!

Jason, Carolyn, Annie & Clayton thank you for letting us be a part of your special day!

Sirey Peaks

I recorded Dad singing the Sirey Peaks song back in 1995, that is when it started. At that time we had a VHSC camcorder, and to save money on tapes, we would transfer them to VHS and reuse the camcorder tapes. A few years later, I wanted to convert it to a digital format so we could keep it for posterity, and found that the VHSC had been reused, so all I had was the VHS copy. At the time, I did not have the equipment to do the conversion myself. I talked to a friend at work who said his son was into that kind of stuff, and could do it for a small price. I gave him the VHS tape I had, and waited. A little while later, my friend said that his VCR would not play the tape properly. I thought it might have something to do with the tracking, so I got the tape back to check it out and found that he had rerecorded over most of the song, right in the middle. He is one of those kids that thinks he can multitask, like watch TV, play a computer game, eat, and record videos from analog to digital, all at the same time without having problems. Well, I was just sick about it when I realized what had happened, and that it was not just a VCR tracking problem. That was our only copy! I was talking to my wife about it, and we thought that we had made copies for some other people at the time we recorded it. We contacted several people in the family, to see if, by chance, someone still had a copy. Jason happened to have a copy and was able to find it, "Thank You, Jason". When I got it, it had some issues with tracking on the VCR I was using, and may have been a copy of a copy. I decided to take the first part, and the last part of the recording from my copy, and the middle portion, that was toast on my tape, from Jason's tape. Well, I recorded them, pasted them together, adjusted the volume to match, and the lighting to almost match. Some of the technology we have at our fingertips today is simply amazing. You can still tell where I pasted it together, but it is what I had. At least we have it so all can enjoy it, and I hope you do. If anyone has a better recording that they are hiding, let us know. Also, if you have fun or interesting memories about dad, and this song, please post comments, so all can enjoy. The only thing I found, was that Dad censored some of the lyrics from the original song, "Thanks Dad", now my kids can listen to it as well. Anyway, sorry, long story, here it is.

PS. After you watch the video, check out our Guatemala trip with the following link:
http://forsythbakersdozen.blogspot.com/2008/05/guatemala-trip.html

Way to Go, Melanie!!

This one is going to be short, sweet and to the point...

Melanie graduated from Seminary tonight!

Congratulations, Sweetie!!

If you want to know more, or see more pictures, visit our family blog, the link is on the right.

Wedding Plans Update

Hey everyone this is Jordan. Wanted to talk with ya'll and let you know what we've been thnking about. We want to get married on June 13th 2008 instead of August 22 2008. If we did this we'd get married in the Spokane Temple at 1pm. We will know for sure on Monday evening. But for now just plan on that. Hope you can all come. Love ya'll lots.

Jordan and Leann