Zoe Brooke

This is my newest granddaughter... Zoe Brooke Pollei!! She is 7 weeks old 1 day. She lives in Philadelphia and I get to see her in 2 and 1/2 weeks.

3 New Little Girls!

The year I turned 53 each of the 3 married kids (Jason and Heather, Taylor and Amber, Abbie and Josh) had little baby girls. This was the year of the 3 little girls - Meagan, Tienna and Zoe!

I came home on my birthday and Abbie and Jessie had everything ready for a BBQ with the Barrett's - salads made, fruit cut, and a cake made. This was the first time in years I had actually gotten to blow out candles on a birthday cake and I must admit it was kind of fun!

Visiting Grandpa and Grandma Moffat one Sunday afternoon.

The first of the little beauties born was Meagan Rebecca. She was born January 26th. Here you can see just how excited Madelin and Halle were to have a new little baby sister.

Madelin is a very helpful and protective older sister.

Next up was Tienna Abigail, born June 23rd at St. Mark's Hospital.

It was fun being able to watch Tienna grow before Josh and Abbie went back to Arizona.

As you can see Tienna has an infatuation with trying to eat her hands, even when at the swimming pool.

Last, but certianly not least, was our third little girl - Zoe Brooke born August 26th.

This is a picture of their first venture out in the neighborhood, as you can see it tuckered her out.

One of our projects this fall was to redo the washroom. This was the warm-up for the main event (remodeling the kitchen). More pictures to follow!!!

Trip Back East 2007

Steve and I, McKay and Jessie took a 2 week trip back east. We flew into Chapel Hill and then drove up the east coast to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia (to see Taylor and Amber), then to New York City over to Palmyra and Niagra Falls.

Jessie and the girls playing outside.


Mckay, Madelin and Halle right around bedtime.

Meagan Rebecca Pollei was 4 months old.

In Washington D.C. we went on a tour of the Capitol Building. Halle was sitting on Grandpa's shoulders and out of nowhere started massaging his head. Of course it got a response so she just kept going and going ....

Steve and I with Madelin and Halle at the Jefferson Memorial. It was absolutely beautiful the entire time were in D.C.

We were all starving and decided to stop by a little sidewalk vendor because we just couldn't wait any longer. Suprisingly they were absolutely declicious hotdogs - we must have been starving! After this Jason and Heather headed home and we went further up the coast to Taylor and Amber's.

With Taylor we visited Valley Forge and the equivilent of the Pentagon of the Civil War.

For lunch Taylor took us to Pat's to try a genuine Philly Steak and Cheese sandwich.

Then we drove up to New York City. Our first night there we had dinner at Serendipity where we had our first frozen hot chocolate.

We decided to go to a New York Yankees game because they were in town. Luckily we were able to get great seats. The game was fun though uneventful as the Yankees lost.

The next night McKay and Jessie went to see Wicked on Broadway while Steve and I saw Mama Mia.

We drove over to Palmyra next. First thing in the morning we went to the Sacred Grove, then went to the Joseph Smith farm and then to Hill Cumorah.

Jessie on the Hill Cumorah. We all climbed to the top despite my bum knee.

We then drove over to the Peter Whitmer farm to see where the church was organized and good portion of the Book of Mormon was transcribed.

Our last stop was Niagra Falls where we went on the Maid 'O Mist boatride. It was Memorial Day weekend so that night there were huge fireworks over the falls.

Spring 2007

We had a few people drop in for lunch on Easter Sunday ..... Tricia was in town so we had her kids over as well as the kids who were here at BYU and didn't go home. It was fun to get together and see everyone.

For Jessie's 20th birthday I decided to surprise her with a leopard print bowling ball. She's quite the bowler after taking a couple of classes in high school and at BYU. Needless to say she was more than surprised and loved it!

Tricia and I went on our first trip as the 2 traveling grandma's to Paris, France. First up was the cathedral at Notre Dame.

This day we started out the day with a great shopping excursion for the majority of the day. Then we decided that since we were in Paris we may as well see some of the sites. We went to the Eiffel Tower and of course Tricia wanted to go all the way to the top, so we did. It took us 3 hours to get up and back but it was worth the time. The first picture was taken at the very top after we made it and the second one was after our little adventure.

Just after this picture as we were walking I stepped funny and tore my messial meniscus. We hobbled back to the hotel stopping for dinner on the way and unfortunately that was the end of my trip. I had to go home and ultimately had to have knee surgery to get everything fixed. The trip was fun while it lasted and I'm hoping it won't be last one for the 2 traveling grandma's!

Fall and Christmas 2006

Here are some more fun pictures from the Fall of 2006 and Christmas.

Grandma and Grandpa Moffat with Aunt Melba and Uncle Lloyd Hatch from Seattle. Aunt Melba is Grandpa's little sister. Uncle Lloyd retired from dentistry 2 months later at the age of 80 after 45+ years. Less than 6 months later Uncle Lloyd passed away unexpectedly (May 2007).

We went to see Abbie and Josh in Glendale Arizona the end of October. Josh is attending school at Midwestern University there and had just started. This was my first trip to Phoenix (or even this far south with the exception of San Diego).

Next up (mid November) we took a trip to Chapel Hill that happened to coordinate with a work trip for Steve. Since we were there the week before Thanksgiving we had an early Thanksgiving dinner with Jason, Heather and the girls. Madelin and I made turkeys out of oranges and feathers for the place settings which I will never forget. This is a picture of the UNC Dental/Ortho school where Jason is going.

Taylor surprised me by stopping by for a couple of days on his way to California for the holiday. Everyone knew he was coming except for me and I was stunned that they could keep such a good secret. He was here for 5 days and we loved seeing him.

While he was here I got to give him a haircut - something I hadn't done since he was 12-13 years old!

The traditional Christmas bowling. We went to dinner at Bonsai and then had an eventful time bowling at Olympus Hills. We can't quite remember who won but we do remember all the laughs.

McKay, Jessie, Josh and Abbie on our way to church on Christmas Eve.

Fall of 2006 / Trip to Philadelphia and New York

Before heading off to Philadelphia and New York Les and Sandra Spragg came to visit. They were here from Wales for 2 weeks around Conference Time. It was fun to meet them.

I took this picture of Grandma and Grandpa with the Spragg's for Richard who is currently serving in England.

Our first trip to Taylor and Amber's. We were so excited to see them and their house in Philadelphia along with Drexel.

This is Drexel University, Taylor's school where he spends 12-15 hours each day studying and going to classes.

One afternoon we drove up to Chestnut Hills which is a nice part of town. They were having an art exhibit of some kind and we weren't quite sure how this monkey was considered fine art.

McKay Coming Home / Summer 2006

McKay came home from his mission to Korea on Saturday, July 1st. Jason, Heather and the girls as well as Taylor and Amber coordinated their visits to Utah for the summer so they could see McKay right as he got home.

We decided to make a "Welcome Home" poster for McKay so he wouldn't miss all of us at the airport. Madelin and Halle we excited to help and as you can see they were more than willing to get their hands and feet painted on to leave their mark.

McKay and Elder Swofford right as they came off the plane and first saw the family.

It didn't take Halle long to warm up to McKay - they had tons of fun together!

Taylor and Grandpa Moffat.

We had our family picture taken 2 days after McKay got home - we thought we'd go for it since everyone was in town.

Jason and the girls on the hammock relaxing. The girls absolutely love playing on it!

On July 24th we all went up to Snowbird for the day and enjoyed the Zip Line, Alpine Slide and other fun. We took turns racing eachother down the Alpine Slide and here Josh is ready to go.

That night we went to the Bees game to watch the fireworks - we've done this the past several years.