15 November 2009 - Denver, Colorado

Sunday 15th – Dear Family,
The snow gently fell through the night and to our delight all is covered in pure white this Sabbath morning.
Another successful journey! After all of the preparation for and anticipation to our flight to Denver, we were rewarded to see Rachel and her daughters greet us at the airport and shuttle us to the “Hreinson Hacienda”. Our hearts are completely enthralled with our beautiful, sweet and newest grandchild, Lydia. What a great blessing it is to have these precious little ones come into our lives. The very active and cute elder sister, Mia, is the one to enthrall most our time. Before Papa got into the apartment, Mia and him went on an adventure down by the river. For reasons unknown, the water needed a good thrashing with a stick and as a result, Mia immediately got herself wet . Luckily, the day was warm and mostly sunny with a soft breeze and the “Moisten Mia” was soon mostly dry and very late for her nap. Oh well, what are Papas for, anyway?
Rachel and Ryan have a beautiful little family and a nice home, both of which are a great joy for us to visit. Rachel is doing very well. Lydia has been sleeping about 5 hours between the need to be loaded and unloaded. Like her sister Lara, Rachel has her “mommy hands” completely full with these two little girls. There is great divine wisdom in having children while you are young. Ryan's schedule is full of classes, studying for tests, working part time in a pharmacy, being Mia's & Lydia's Daddy Rachel's husband and short sleep nights.
We have been busy shopping, preparing meals and helping with other little jobs like hanging pictures, getting the oil changed in the vehicles, and being a Papa and Nona to Mia. Ryan's Mom left the refrigerator full of things to warm up to eat, which we enjoyed and appreciated very much. Yesterday, we made a batch of Peasant Pasta and two Pumpkin pies for dinner. They turned out great!
We are anticipating another week full of fun & frolic at the “Hreinson Hacienda” and hope all is well with you.
We love y'all, Mom & Dad