Monday, December 14, 2009
Two Thousand Nine
This past year has been one of ups and downs and twists and turns. Joys and sorrows and times of reflection.
James and I were able to take two trips together this year, one to Pennslyvania and one to California, both were great times for us to share and enjoy one anothers company! Maybe it would be best to start with each child and go through the year.
Dennis Has been working for Harkins theatre and has managed to work up to a managers position. He works long hours but seems to enjoy his job! He is also engaged to a beautiful young woman, Lauren Olsen. They are looking at August for their wedding. (Good month) ;)
Lauren has been attending BYU Idaho and they will both continue their educations there.
Kevin has been serving in the Sao Paulo South Mission for the last two years and on the 17th he will be returning home! We are all excited to see him and see the changes that have occured in the last two years with him. His mom is not excited at all!!!!! ;0 Thursday can't come soon enough!!!!!!
Katlyn is 19 now and has met a wonderful young man, Taylor Ferrin,they are getting married April 23, 2010. He proposed in front of the Christus at the Mesa Visitors center. They are so fun to watch together! O the joys of young love!
Kim Yes you read right! For those of you that don't know we have another member of our family. Kim came to live with us just after Labor Day. She is cute and fun and fits right in with the other children. She is also working for Harkins and love sto come home and tell us about all the people and the strange things they do! Kim is almost 19.
Andrew will be 17 in a few weeks and is busy and active with school, choir, Stagecraft, and computers! He loves to tear them apart and then put them back together! He has gotten good at it! He went to his first school dance in October and he looked marvelous!
Braden is 13 going on 30 :) He is in jr high and loves all his classes! He is in Choir and Orchestra and is doing cross country this year! He made it into the school allstate orchestra and will be performing in march with them! he has gotten taller and is hopeing to pass Kevin someday!
Rayalee and Jon are staying busy. For those of you who have read my blog you see that I have written little this year! Rayalee was expecting twin girls but because of things that happened Ashley and Nichole have returned to live with their Father in Heaven! Rayalee and Jon have been really strong and though this has been a heart breaking experience we have also seen many blessings and tender mercies of our Father in Heaven. Many lives have been touched by these two little angels! Rayalee has stared sewing and is getting really good at it! She got a sewing machine for her birthday. It's all she wanted, and she has so far put it to good use! Jon is working for B of A and staying busy with his exe sec job in their ward! Rayalee is the choirister/ ward choir director.
Brooklyn is three and will talk your arm off! she is such a joy to have around Grandma loves when they both come to visit! She can tell you exactly what is on her mind and when she prays she makes her Grandma cry! Brookln has brown hair and pretty brown eyes
Hailee is almost 2 she is a bundle of joy and energy! She keeps me on my toes! I love to listen to her talk to me when she calls me on her moms cell phone, that little voice calling me gama just melts you! Hailee is her daddies little blondie and her eyes are blue! They both have papa wraped around their little fingers! (ok Grandma to!) :)
James is staying busy with work and ACBA and his church callings. He is now our ward clerk. Right now they are in the middle of tithing settlement and the usual Christmas hustle. He is loving being in this calling and is florishing! He turns the big 50 this year and is always telling me how OLD he is and that he is falling apart. It is quite funny to listen to! :)
I am enjoying being a mom and grandma! I have still been making handmade cards and doing all my scrapbooking and it is still something I truely enjoy!! I have been released as the visiting teaching coordinator and have now been called as the ward Humanitarin Specialist. I hope that I can learn what it is that Heavenly Father wants to teach me!
Well that's what has been happening in the last year! I hope that all of you enjoy this time of reflection of the birth and life of our Saviour Jesus Christ! I see his hand in my life each day!
May you have a joyful Christmas!
James and I were able to take two trips together this year, one to Pennslyvania and one to California, both were great times for us to share and enjoy one anothers company! Maybe it would be best to start with each child and go through the year.
Dennis Has been working for Harkins theatre and has managed to work up to a managers position. He works long hours but seems to enjoy his job! He is also engaged to a beautiful young woman, Lauren Olsen. They are looking at August for their wedding. (Good month) ;)
Lauren has been attending BYU Idaho and they will both continue their educations there.
Kevin has been serving in the Sao Paulo South Mission for the last two years and on the 17th he will be returning home! We are all excited to see him and see the changes that have occured in the last two years with him. His mom is not excited at all!!!!! ;0 Thursday can't come soon enough!!!!!!
Katlyn is 19 now and has met a wonderful young man, Taylor Ferrin,they are getting married April 23, 2010. He proposed in front of the Christus at the Mesa Visitors center. They are so fun to watch together! O the joys of young love!
Kim Yes you read right! For those of you that don't know we have another member of our family. Kim came to live with us just after Labor Day. She is cute and fun and fits right in with the other children. She is also working for Harkins and love sto come home and tell us about all the people and the strange things they do! Kim is almost 19.
Andrew will be 17 in a few weeks and is busy and active with school, choir, Stagecraft, and computers! He loves to tear them apart and then put them back together! He has gotten good at it! He went to his first school dance in October and he looked marvelous!
Braden is 13 going on 30 :) He is in jr high and loves all his classes! He is in Choir and Orchestra and is doing cross country this year! He made it into the school allstate orchestra and will be performing in march with them! he has gotten taller and is hopeing to pass Kevin someday!
Rayalee and Jon are staying busy. For those of you who have read my blog you see that I have written little this year! Rayalee was expecting twin girls but because of things that happened Ashley and Nichole have returned to live with their Father in Heaven! Rayalee and Jon have been really strong and though this has been a heart breaking experience we have also seen many blessings and tender mercies of our Father in Heaven. Many lives have been touched by these two little angels! Rayalee has stared sewing and is getting really good at it! She got a sewing machine for her birthday. It's all she wanted, and she has so far put it to good use! Jon is working for B of A and staying busy with his exe sec job in their ward! Rayalee is the choirister/ ward choir director.
Brooklyn is three and will talk your arm off! she is such a joy to have around Grandma loves when they both come to visit! She can tell you exactly what is on her mind and when she prays she makes her Grandma cry! Brookln has brown hair and pretty brown eyes
Hailee is almost 2 she is a bundle of joy and energy! She keeps me on my toes! I love to listen to her talk to me when she calls me on her moms cell phone, that little voice calling me gama just melts you! Hailee is her daddies little blondie and her eyes are blue! They both have papa wraped around their little fingers! (ok Grandma to!) :)
James is staying busy with work and ACBA and his church callings. He is now our ward clerk. Right now they are in the middle of tithing settlement and the usual Christmas hustle. He is loving being in this calling and is florishing! He turns the big 50 this year and is always telling me how OLD he is and that he is falling apart. It is quite funny to listen to! :)
I am enjoying being a mom and grandma! I have still been making handmade cards and doing all my scrapbooking and it is still something I truely enjoy!! I have been released as the visiting teaching coordinator and have now been called as the ward Humanitarin Specialist. I hope that I can learn what it is that Heavenly Father wants to teach me!
Well that's what has been happening in the last year! I hope that all of you enjoy this time of reflection of the birth and life of our Saviour Jesus Christ! I see his hand in my life each day!
May you have a joyful Christmas!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
New pics of Kevin
It's all good!
Look Mom I'm strong!
He and Elder Poffo!
Kevin will be coming home after to years on December 17th! I'm so excited to see him and see the changes in him!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Anniversary!!!!! 25 years and going strong!
Yesterday was our 25th wedding anniversary! I am so blessed to be married to such a wonderful man! So many changes over the years! So many memories both happy and sad! So many chances to grow!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Lancaster and Specialty
Pennsylvania Country Side
Amish Buggy
Intercourse PA
The phonebooth used by Harrison Ford in the
movie 'Wittness'
Strasburg Train ---------------- James
Strasburg -------------------- Bird-in Hand
Strasburg Train ---------------- James
Amish buggy up ahead!
These are a few of the places we saw! I will post more later! It was sooooooooooo much fun!!!!!
These are a few of the places we saw! I will post more later! It was sooooooooooo much fun!!!!!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Babies
Rayalee is having identical twin girls!!!!!
Grandma had better get busy making their afghans!
Four girls that will be alot of fun!
Grandma had better get busy making their afghans!
Four girls that will be alot of fun!
VACATION - TIME WITH JAMES!
I get to go with James to Lancaster PA in April! I am SOOOO excited! Four days with just the two of us! I love when he takes me on his business trips! I get to see a little of the country and enjoy time with him! I'll post pics when I get home!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Where does the time go?
March is almost over and here I am trying to figure out where the month has gone. So many things have happened that I don't know where to start. So I'll Start with James and go from there.
James- James has been busy with work and ACBA and GCSCC and with Stake audits. February and March are audit times for the church and he stays busy with making sure all the wards in our stake get audited. He also is one of the advisors in the teachers quorum. When people ask how many jobs he has I tell them I've lost count! :)
Dennis- Dennis is working for Harkins Theatre and trying to get all the hours he can! He is still in his Elders quorum presidency and sings in the Singles choir. He is working hard and I see little of him!
Katlyn- Katlyn is no longer living at home. Yesterday we helped her move all her things to Rayalee's house, she will be there to help Rayalee and Jon when the twins come. She may be working part time for the Bank of America out by their house. Keep her in your prayers!
Andrew- Andrew has been spending his spring break playing on the computer with his brothers and driving his mom crazy! (I think he likes the crazy part!) :) Tomorrow he starts back to school for the last nine weeks! Like I said 'Where has the time gone!?' He is growing up more all the time!
Braden- has been 'BORED' during spring break, all his friends have been out of town and there are no good books left in the house to read! (I wonder what those things are sitting on all those bookshelves?) He has played on the computer as well and I hope to start seeing his face again soon! He also starts back to school tomorrow and I think he will be glad to get back to school! (?)
Rayalee & Jon- Rayalee and Jon are gearing up for the arrival of the twins! They now have twin beds for both the girls and two cribs for the babies. Still don't know the genders of the babies, they would not cooperate at the last ultrasound. Tomorrow she goes in for a 3d ultrasound maybe they won't be so shy? :)
Brooklyn- Brooklyn is growing cuter all the time. Yesterday when we were done bringing all of Katlyn's things over and we were getting ready to leave, she panicked. She thought that we were going to take Aunt Katlyn with us and she was MAD! This shall be interesting?
Hailee- Hailee will be one next month! She is growing sooo fast! She is walking around all the furniture and climbing up on everything! She is a smiley girl with the cutiest faces! She will even come to Grandma without being coaxed!
Kevin- Kevin is doing well! He is still in the mission office and thinks that this will be his last transfer there. The others that are there now are calling him the 'office dinosaur' because he has been there longer then any one. he loves his mission and loves being in Brazil.
ME- life has had it's moments this past month, with Aunt Doris passing, I've had time to think about family and how greatful I am for the gospel of Jesus Christ! I am thankful for the plan of happiness and the knowledge that if I repent and come unto Christ, I will have an oppertunity to see Him again! I've also thought alot about my dad and the things that I have learned through his example! I know that he also had (and still has) a testimony of Jesus Christ and His atonement. I learned that it's okay to fight for what you think is right. I miss him! It's hard to believe that it has been five years since he died!
Well that sums up part of what has been happening in our lives!
James- James has been busy with work and ACBA and GCSCC and with Stake audits. February and March are audit times for the church and he stays busy with making sure all the wards in our stake get audited. He also is one of the advisors in the teachers quorum. When people ask how many jobs he has I tell them I've lost count! :)
Dennis- Dennis is working for Harkins Theatre and trying to get all the hours he can! He is still in his Elders quorum presidency and sings in the Singles choir. He is working hard and I see little of him!
Katlyn- Katlyn is no longer living at home. Yesterday we helped her move all her things to Rayalee's house, she will be there to help Rayalee and Jon when the twins come. She may be working part time for the Bank of America out by their house. Keep her in your prayers!
Andrew- Andrew has been spending his spring break playing on the computer with his brothers and driving his mom crazy! (I think he likes the crazy part!) :) Tomorrow he starts back to school for the last nine weeks! Like I said 'Where has the time gone!?' He is growing up more all the time!
Braden- has been 'BORED' during spring break, all his friends have been out of town and there are no good books left in the house to read! (I wonder what those things are sitting on all those bookshelves?) He has played on the computer as well and I hope to start seeing his face again soon! He also starts back to school tomorrow and I think he will be glad to get back to school! (?)
Rayalee & Jon- Rayalee and Jon are gearing up for the arrival of the twins! They now have twin beds for both the girls and two cribs for the babies. Still don't know the genders of the babies, they would not cooperate at the last ultrasound. Tomorrow she goes in for a 3d ultrasound maybe they won't be so shy? :)
Brooklyn- Brooklyn is growing cuter all the time. Yesterday when we were done bringing all of Katlyn's things over and we were getting ready to leave, she panicked. She thought that we were going to take Aunt Katlyn with us and she was MAD! This shall be interesting?
Hailee- Hailee will be one next month! She is growing sooo fast! She is walking around all the furniture and climbing up on everything! She is a smiley girl with the cutiest faces! She will even come to Grandma without being coaxed!
Kevin- Kevin is doing well! He is still in the mission office and thinks that this will be his last transfer there. The others that are there now are calling him the 'office dinosaur' because he has been there longer then any one. he loves his mission and loves being in Brazil.
ME- life has had it's moments this past month, with Aunt Doris passing, I've had time to think about family and how greatful I am for the gospel of Jesus Christ! I am thankful for the plan of happiness and the knowledge that if I repent and come unto Christ, I will have an oppertunity to see Him again! I've also thought alot about my dad and the things that I have learned through his example! I know that he also had (and still has) a testimony of Jesus Christ and His atonement. I learned that it's okay to fight for what you think is right. I miss him! It's hard to believe that it has been five years since he died!
Well that sums up part of what has been happening in our lives!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Ouch!
Rayalee is coming to grips with the sad fact that children will get hurt and hurt themselves accidentally, especially at the young age of 9 months. Hailee is just starting to pull herself up on everything and she fell the other day while pulling herself up in her crib, causing her mother much distress. Well today she was in her car seat and decide to rub her eyes with her fingernails. Needless to say OUCH! Once again the crying insued and emotionally Mom recieved the worst of it! (I think she cried more then Hailee!) Hailee gave herself these pretty scratches. :{ Oh the joys of growing up! And oh the joys of motherhood!
How well I remember the days when one of mine would fall or bump themselves or get hurt! I would cry right along with them! Now they're grown and starting families of their own. Time moves way to fast!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Rain Rain Go Away...
Here comes the rain!
Five minutes later!
The kids thought we had bad rainstorms! This looks like fun! :}
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
How to kill a spider!
This is a video from Kevin! This is my son that HATES spiders!
I got a kick out of it! It's funny to hear him speak in Portuguese
Grandmas Bears
Brooklyn loves to play in grandma's bears! She threw them all on the floor and decide to jump in the middle of them! She is such a cutie!
Andrew's Birthday
I was finally able to download Andrew's pictures from his party. They had alot of fun and thought the games were a blast! I think a few of them got a little dirty! (oops)
Monday, January 26, 2009
Pictures of Kevin
This is Areia Blanca where Kevin served for
two transfers (12 weeks) By the way that is NOT
water! It makes me gratefil to live where I do.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Scrapbooking
Friday, January 9, 2009
James Birthday! What a Bonfire!
Are there really 49?
Okay let me help this will take forever!
Almost done!
Is the ceiling safe?
Nice hand warmer!
What a blow!
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