FAMILY HOME EVENING

It was 'Ma and Pa's" turn to do the monthly FHE and David chose the activity of bike riding. Since most of us enjoy it! There was only one exemption from the group. Nicole had dance and couldn't make it. We missed her, and I know she missed us. ??
We started at the mouth of the canyon and rode to Canyon Glen for a bar - b - q. It was a little chilly and not enough seats for little Emily, so Jared did the greatest dad job and kept Emily and drove the food. Andrea also helped out with transportation and drove the transport vehicle for the bikes. She didn't ride, she is in the 'family way' and was not feeling so good.


Andrea has not been feeling well the last few days. She doesn't like missing anything so she did come to enjoy the food (NOT) and company. Paul took the kids in the carrier.

Kevin and Leslie worked up an appetite for hot dogs. They are my two who follow in the tastes and enjoy a good dog every now and then.

Here's Jayce (what is she doing) and Kylee. It started getting dark pretty quickly so we had to get on the move. Kylee took her applesauce and Jayce has her Oreo.

Jaxon was getting tired, and just say "smile for the camera" and Kaja can put out the biggest grin. (I think maybe GP should get a carrier for GM.)

And little Em is just happy sitting and having all of us around.

Jared got stuck at the grill fixing the hot dogs. David watches.

Here are the kids waiting on their 'dogs'.

No picture of Tyler and Christine! They did do the ride with us, but turned around and went home to their studies. They are the two responsible members of the fam. Oh, Kevin too, he brought his school book thinking he might read while the food was cooking! Didn't happen, but he wanted to.

We had a real good time. We should have done it more. I

A GOOD WEEKEND

We had a very good weekend. We went fishing at Strawberry, we caught 2 fish, but had a good time. Sunday we had all the kids over, and grandma and grandpa, and Matt and Kerry and Makayla and Greg. Oh, and conference was so good. I love hearing from our Leaders.

Here's dear ol' David enjoying his new little boat. He looks pretty serious about this fishing stuff.

Christine enjoyed it more than she thought she would. We sat up in the front, covered ourselves with blankets and caught up on all the gossip from the TV Guide. I finally finished Harry Potter #3.

Tyler taking a snooze. He caught the one fish we got to keep.

Kevin's enjoying the relaxation of watching and waiting for the fish to take the hook. Kevin did catch the first fish of the day, but the wrong size, color, and all that nonsense, so we had to let it go.

Sunday all the kids came over. What a crazy house we had. Here the girls are taking a trip on GM's scooter. Kaja is saying "WHEEEE". (The big kids are in the house playing "WII". Hahahaha, aren't I funny!)

Jaxon didn't like the very back, but he liked to ride. Jaycelyn likes to drive.

They flew to Grandma Judy's house and they flew from airport to airport. That's what they told us. This is the only way the kids will ride the scooter. The minute the engine comes on they are in the house bawling.

Happy Birthday Andrea

Here's Andrea with Grandma Maureen. She's 10 months.

Now with Grandpa Paul. she's probably 3 or 4.

People think we kid about her lack of hair until she was 3 years old. Here she is about 1 and a half.

Andrea's about 3 here at her Uncle Rob's wedding.

Look how great her hair is here.

Even when her hair came in we were always asked if she were a girl or boy. We had this t shirt made up so they would stop asking. Why didn't we do it in PINK.

Our little dancer!

Andrea liked cowboys and their stuff.

I thought I'd put up some pictures of Andrea on her birthday.

I am just going through pictures again and here is one of Andrea washing her hair at Lake Powell. Scrub A Dub Dub. Look at that belly.

Look at the tan line on Leslie's back. It almost looks like a swimsuit. (What size of panties did I buy that little girl!)

LOVE MY FAMILY

I just want to say how much I love my husband and kids. I was going through some pictures and couldn't help but think of them.

This was on the autobond at Disneyland. David really doesn't enjoy the place, but I love it and he went with me anyway. We did have a blast!

Here are the Keisel's. We went to St. George for Easter this year. Leslie bought the girl's dresses to match and a tie for Jared that 'went' with the girl's outfits. Leslie is such a great mom and wife. She works her tail off keeping up her house and her Young Women calling and chasing 3 little girls around and still stays sane. Leslie has been working hard to train for a triathalon that was this past weekend. She did great. Jared is a good provider for his family. He is the executive secretary in their ward in Payson. He is working hard at getting their basement finished. He loves to hunt and fish.

Here the Hadlock's are decked out in Hawaiian attire for Leslie's birthday party. They looked so dog gone cute. Looks as though Paul and Kaja and Jaxon should have taken from Andrea's example and worn sunglasses. Andrea is such a conscienteous mother. She has had to take care of sick kids this year. And on top of that she does a bang up job in the Primary Presidency and keeps a spotless house. Paul is working hard and now is going to include in his busy schedule an MBA course at the U of U. He is a real fan of REAL SALT LAKE and has season tickets.

Kevin and Nicole are always the Happy couple. Kevin enjoys biking, golfing and wakeboarding. He starts his 3rd and final year of Law School at the U of U and works at his dad's Law Office. Kevin is in the YM's presidency and Nicole is the nursery leader. Nicole is teaching math and dance at a Middle School and keeps up their cute apartment, and loves scrapbooking.

Here's our other Happy couple, Christine and Tyler. Tyler is working very hard at an internship and takes care of our small house they are living in and starts school next week, his final year! in undergraduate school. He will be going on to Law School next fall. Tyler was just called as Elder's Quorum President and Christine is in the Ward's Primary. Christine took over my work schedule at David's office this summer, but now needs to return to the dental hygienest (SP????) program at UVU. She works very hard at helping Tyler keep the yard looking good at the house. They have become very responsible at going to the rec center regularly and seem to enjoy it!


I love you all!

Slumber Party

David and I had the big girls over for a sleep over. We were tending Kylee and Jaycelyn while Leslie and Jared did their responsibility to the YW of their ward, so David called Andrea and asked if Kaja could join us. What a treat! I've got the pictures backwards - so excuse me!

Kaja and Kylee liked sitting in GP's "little" boat. Kylee didn't like it at first. When she saw that Kaja enjoyed it, then she got in.

I don't really know what Jayce is thinking right here. She has a whole slew of faces that confuse me.

There's no doubt Kylee is lovin' to color. We did that for hours (it seems).

Ask Kaja to smile for the camera - and you get Cheeeeeeee sey!

BATH TIME.

We had ice cream and cookies before bath and bed!

It's so much fun to have the girls over. I can't wait for them to be 14 and 16, and see if they still want to sleep over and GM's and GP's.

OUR BYU FAMILY

David and I are blessed to serve down in a BYU Stake. We love it. We serve with the best people ever. The Robbins, a new Bishop and one on my counselors in the Stake RS, had us over to their home for a FHE. They have the greatest backyard.

This is the Robbin's basketball court/dining area.

Here are the Vandemerwes (Brother Vandemewre is our Stake Clerk), the Walkers (Brother Walker is the Exec Secretary) and David.

Here you see the Robbins, (new Bishop Robbins, and Char who is one of my counselors, Char of course gets one of the best seats in the house.) and the Andersons (Brother Anderson is assistant Exec Secretary).

Here are the Ashes (Cathy is the Stake RS secretary and Bishop Ash) and the Hatches (Stake President Hatch and Cindy is the Stake RS 1st counselor).

Here's the set up. Isn't it a great place!!

The guys were in charge of cooking the steaks for themselves and their wives. David did a great job I might add.

We have a great Stake Family at the Y.