Special Day

Today is the anniversary of this wonderful family. A&T were married 13 years ago today. They formed such a wonderful family that day, that they decided to add three wonderful girls to it. We are so grateful for having all of them in our larger extended family. Thank you for getting married and becoming a part of us. We love you. We have had a lot of company since Christmas. We are enjoying each other, taking lots of pictures and spending wonderful time together. When things quiet down a little, I will post photos and updates on our Christmas. We are still enjoying the glow of our Christmas experience. Love you all!

Merry Christmas!

Just a quick note to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. No time tonight to upload pictures, but they will be coming. Hope you all had a wonderful day. Remember to be kind to others, think of others first, treat each other with respect, be responsible, and love the Lord in all you do. We love you all. Mom and Dad

Christmas Greeting and Nutcracker

I am posting this photo of my family Christmas letter to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Most of you who read this have already seen it. But I hope you have a wonderful day on Friday. Everyone stay healthy and remember the Savior. I posted this photo of the program from the presentation of the Nutcracker that Dad and I went to see last night. It was so wonderful. This was put on by a fairly new Ballet school. A young 15 year old in our ward was dancing in it. It was done at a performing arts high school. They did a fabulous job and it was so professionally done. We so enjoyed it. I have only seen it twice before (as a child and several years ago with Linda). Dad has never seen it on stage before.

We love you all. Stay healthy and we will see most of you within the next week or so. Love, Mom

Back Track to Bakersfield

On December 4-5 we went to Bakersfield to babysit J&B's kids while they went on a quick get away to celebrate their anniversary. Following are photos I took there. They are not in the order I took them in, but they certainly represent what we did for two days. It was a fun, if not quick trip and we had a blast being with the kids and grand kids. Enjoy the show!

This is Grandpa watching Looney Tunes videos on the computer with Owen and Liesl. They needed to be introduced to Bugs Bunny! Cutie pie, Clara at the kids indoor soccer games. She was a good trooper about all the hauling around we did that day.

Owen playing goalie in his game. And even though he gave up a couple of goals, he scored the first one for his team and they won! Woohoo, Owen!

Liesl during her game. She, too scored a goal for her team. Woohoo, Liesl. (Her team does not keep score).

Blurry, but good action shot of Owen. We had fun watching the kids play.

We decided to bake a cake. Liesl spent a great amount of time licking the bowl really clean.

We played outside. Owen rode his bike, Liesl rode her scooter and they climbed trees. Clara ran...ready, set, go!

We did get to see Elijah. He and Shawn came over for a quick visit. We saw them the next night at their place, but Elijah was feeling sick, then, so our second visit was short. Loved seeing all of them.

Thought I'd end with this adorable photo of Clara. We were sitting in the kitchen and I was snapping photos over and over. She heard a noise outside and this was her reaction. I clicked at the perfect moment. Love it!

I caught Dad's cold. Dad recovered pretty well, but I had it pretty bad this last week. I, too am finally doing much better and made my first outings today. Glad to feel more human. Hope all of you that read this are doing well. I hope to send an electronic version of my Christmas letter out to more people this week. Love you all. Mom

Has It Been 10 Years?!

Yep! It's been 10 years since our Jay and Becca were sealed in the Los Angeles Temple. What a wonderful blessing to our family this union has been. Thank you for making that wonderful choice. And thank you for bringing three (almost four) wonderful children into your family and consequently our family. We express our love and congratulations from all of us in the family. We love you. Mom and Dad

Whew!

Netta emailed us this photo of their back yard a few days ago! They got this snow over night!!!

I have been so very busy! This is a quick, quick, post. I have so much to catch you all up on, but it will have to wait a few more days. The most exciting news for this post is that J& B called us last night to tell us the results of their ultrasound yesterday. Since they emailed people last night already with their news, they gave us permission to tell the rest of you that they are having a boy!!! Their due date is May 4th. So our next two grandchildren will be boys and cousins born just a couple of months apart. Owen is really excited and Liesl says that it's only fair for Owen to get a brother. Clara tells you that she wants a baby "bruddah". So everyone is happy!

We went up to Bakersfield last weekend to watch the wee ones while J&B went on an anniversary trip. It was fun and quick. More photos and info to follow. We're excited about Christmas and seeing most of you. We will miss Netta and B. and JC and Nikki A LOT!!! I will finish this quick post by promising a longer message with more pix next time. Love you all. Mom

I Love the Temple

This morning I am grateful for my service in the Temple. I had the most marvelous day there yesterday. The member of the Temple Presidency that was conducting our preperation meeting taught us some wonderful things yesterday. I wish I could share them with you all, but let me say this: I learned some amazing things about the Temple ordinances yesterday and I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for giving me this wonderful chance to be there and grow and learn. I Love the Temple!!!

My love to you all. Mom