Welcoming Baby Jace!

Jace arrived on October 5th - and of course we all loved him from the first sight of him! He is a sweet little bud and Lance and Kenna are already great parents! Two weeks old today - Check out Kenna's blog for full details - I'll leave it to her to share what details she chooses :)

Jeff and I headed to Disneyland our 5th Anniversary - fun rides, good weather, nice meals and a great massage!

Some Summer Fun

It looks like I am a quarterly blogger! We have had an amazing and busy summer! Kara started 8th grade today~Summers Over!

A few quick updates - Tara, Steve and Taryn are in Oregon and soon to be welcoming their new little one!
Kenna and Lance are due with their baby in September. April Vicente and the twins are settled in their new home and schooling in Arizona. Cade is moving to Student apartments,Marcie and Josh just returned from a great summer vacation, and Jeff and I are doing all we can to keep up with it all!!! We have had wonderful holidays, celebrations, and reunions. Jeff has started a job in Salt Lake (talk about a commute) and has some other projects on line - naturally. We are soon to celebrate our 5th Anneversary!! My how the time flies when you are having fun!

Life is good and we are very grateful to be together and surrounded with the gospel, family and good friends!

Memorial Day 2009

Ok, so the last blog I posted was Christmas!!

I have been on blog vacation. Now the spring is here, the garden is planted and I guess it is time for a quick update.

Jeff and I are busy with houses, family, church and the like

April and Vicente are busy with their adorable twins who will be walking(running) very soon
Marcie and Josh have just moved into their new home and are having lots of new fun with yard work
Kenna and Lance are at Lake Powell making the most of the holiday and getting ready for their new arrival due in September!
Tara and Steve are also expecting (in August) and are moving to Oregon in a few weeks
Cade is installing sprinkler systems and other home projects for Jeff, and spends most of his free time with Darling Morgan!
Kara is finishing up her last week of school and then she will be off to her first Youth Conference.

That is a quick rundown-

We had some family photos taken last week - here are a few:

Merry Christmas!!!

This was a most wonderful Chirstmas!!!!

We began our festivities with the Kurt Bestor concert (which was a first time for many of us)
On Christmas Eve, Kenna, Lance, Cade, Kara, Jeff and I had a middle eastern dinner - on the floor with candles. We had kabobs, hummus, flatbread, olives and couscous. Baklava was our dessert. As is tradition, we all opened out Christmas PJ's and got right comfortable. We had a fierce competiton with the gingerbread house making, but didn't really call a winner - they each had alot of personality. We made popcorn balls (tradition) and watched the DVD that I sent out for our Christmas cards - then off to bed!

Christmas Morning was wonderful with german pancakes made by Cade and Lance. Then we just relaxed, investigated each other's gifts and enjoyed the morning.

Christmas Afternoon was spent with April, Vicente and the twins, Marcie, Josh, Liam and Layla, Tara, Steve and Taryn. We had a great meal and opened gifts. I had to take a leave for a wile to the Brown Christmas party and the storm was so bad when it was time to return home that I just stayed over. I had some nice conversations with Dad and Sharyn, and some of Sharyn's kids and grandkids.

In and through the holiday, we had a great game of Airsoft, made Christmas Cookes, Had Christmas Eve visits from Santa, Sharyn's 70th Birthday party, The Tuckett Christmas party etc..........

Monday through Friday Morning was spent at Dad and Sharyn's cabin in Idaho. The weather was incredible - fresh snow and mostly sunshine. There was sledding, snowmobiles, games, great food, movies,skeet shooting, and always a warm fire! Dad and Sharyn came up for New Years with some of my family. Jeff and I even got a half a day all to ourselves between groups and had a relaxing and well deserved nap! One of the best things was sitting around the fire listening to Grandpa share stories from his life!

Our focus was on our Savior, recognition and gratitude for our blessings and the pure enjoyment of being with the ones we love so very much!!