While I was in Arizona playing Grandma, Curt traveled to Japan. On Sunday after he attended church with his associate, they visited this area near the Tokyo Temple to take pictures of the cherry blossoms. Yes, that is the Temple spire in the background.
This next picture was taken in a different place near the Imperial Palace. 
This is Curt's new screen saver - spring is arriving somewhere - it's being slow to arrive here in Highland - we've had snow 3 times during the past week!
Jayna and Matt presented us with a beautiful granddaughter on Friday, March 21st, 2008 at 7:46 am. She weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and of course is adorable! Big sister Shaylin is a big help, getting diapers and wipes and wanting to see the baby first thing when she gets up. I had fun staying for a few days - playing with Shaylin and holding Emmalyn!
We got the call at 3:30 am and decided to head to the Salt Lake City airport and see if Southwest airlines could work their magic again. (This is the 3rd grandbaby that we have made it to the hospital to see with hours after a middle of the night call!) We had a flight booked for Monday morning, we were able to change it over the phone as we drove to the airport to the 8:45 am flight - they said the 6:40 am flight was full. But we had faith that we might be able to get on the earlier flight. We were at the airport by 5:30 am and they had room for us on the 6:40 am flight!! Since Utah has already changed to Daylight Savings Time, there is an hour time difference and we arrived in Phoenix around 7:10 am. We rented a car and went straight to the hospital - we were just a few minutes away from the hospital when Matt called and told us that she had arrived - so by the time we got there, they were ready for us to see and hold her. 
I grabbed my camer one day and got this picture of Shaylin after Jayna had fixed her hair so cute! We went on several walks and wagon rides - see Matt and Jayna's blog for pictures of the fun wagon.
Of course I also got to spend time with the Baker family while I was there. On Saturday, March 29th, Christian participated in a Fishing Derby held by the city of Maricopa at Pacana Park. They have quite a man-made lake there. It was catch-and-release - but everyone had a lot of fun. The afternoon sun was warm - Christian is sporting Andy's sun hat. He was thrilled to catch a fish after an hour!! But we overheard what some of the people used for bait and he'll be ready with the secret weapon next year. 
Andy had to work Saturday morning and made it home in time to take Christian fishing. All I can say is there may be a new serious fisherman at the Olsen reunion this year!!
Christian and Declan and Jessica on Sunday, March 30th. She is growing up and the boys love to play with her!
