March Madness!

Happy 94th Birthday Mom and grandma! Mom turned 94 on the 20th. She had a special visit from Jackie and Cole who helped her celebrate with German Chocolate cake! Burke and Denny and a special friend, Lynne Smith also visited her on this special day and brought beautiful flowers. Julie Wilkerson, another special friend, came by earlier in the week. The highlight of the day was getting her hair done and going to McDonald's!

Cole is showing us how old grandma is!

To update you all on the History Fair. Tegan and her friends took 3rd place at District with their Butch Cassidy exhibit. They did a great job with a tremendous amount of competition.

We were soo excited to have Christine home for a few days of her spring break. Of course, Tegan was thrilled to have someone take time to paint rocks with her! We also went to the show "Race to Witch Mountain" and took a trip to Wal-Mart. Christine, thanks for remembering your family - we love to have you home.

We have also been very busy getting Grandma's house ready for Parker and Jenn who will be moving in on the 28th, which we are so excited to have them close for the summer. Here are a few items that were not claimed by the family. If you know of anyone who is interested, please advise them of this post or have them call me.

Beautiful oak dresser with mirror. Excellent condition.

Oak china hutch with metal and glass front panels. Light inside. Excellent condition.
Matching oak dining room table with four side chairs and two captain chairs. Also, includes two extra table leaves. Heavy, excellent quality.

White brand sewing machine with cabinet. Needs minor repair.

Misc pix

A few recent pix:

Hubby, father, and son-in-law gave his "girls" flowers for Valentine's Day. What a sweetie!


Jackie and Tyler trusted us with their little guy for a couple of days, which was awesome! Of course nothing got done but kissing Cole, playing with Cole, feeding Cole, holding Cole, kissing Cole, watching Cole, kissing Cole - we just had so much fun and he was sooo good. We think Tegan got him to say "stair" haha, he is so smart!

What a smiley guy! and such a good eater!

So much fun!

Tegan and her friends Bailey and McKell entered the school history fair last week with Butch Cassidy as their subject. They did an excellent job and got first place, so on to District this Thursday! Yeehah, way to go girls!

Did you know Butch never shot a man? He also gave a couple $500 to pay the banker for their taxes on their farm and then robbed the banker on his way home! What you don't learn when your kids do projects in elementary school!!

It's all about the grandkids!! (seriously)

As you know, I LOVE having family come home, especially the grandkids!! We had fun with Jackie and Cole visiting a couple of days while Tyler was at Klondike. I feel bad we only got a couple of pictures and one was Jackie's peed on shirt!!

Okay, so this is what little Cole did to his Mommy!! Oh Joy!!




. . . and this is what Mommy did to little Cole!!It was such great fun just to relax and have fun with little Cole. Of course, Jackie did all the work and just let grandma and Cole play!!



Next, we had Jackson and Josh for a few days while Jenn visited a friend in Idaho. They were such cute little guys and sooo good.


After I would get them out of the bath they would say "tuck me in Grandma". I'm not sure what that meant, but we would wrap them up tight in the towels! (Sorry if I got that wrong boys).

I am sure the highlight of their stay was the rides Tegan gave them on "grandma's stroller"!

(I hope everyone notices in the background the beautiful pantry door Tyler put in over the holidays. He cut, sanded, stained, installed!! What a guy!)

After our plans to go swimming at the rec center fell through, we went to the Dinosaur Museum instead. Even though they had been once they still had tons of fun. In fact, they were the only kids in there and had the whole place to themselves, which was great!

The boys thought they were so "brave" standing next to these big guys!

Needless to say I love my grandkids. Christine, Shane, and Tegan I hope you are not feeling too neglected! You know I love ya'. And sorry Jackie and Parker, but once you have kids they are welcome anytime - you need an appointment! Haha

Fun in the Sun!

Back in January Bart had a continuing education class in St. George, so we took the opportunity to get out of the cold and accompany him down there. We were not disappointed and had wonderful weather. Of course, we went swimming at the hotel and did some shopping. It was a great little get-a-way. Thanks to Burke and Denny, and Deanne for taking care of grandma while we were gone!

Tegan and I rented some bikes and went all over the trails the first day. I actually got a little sunburn on my cheeks :( Tegan's helmet had a visor:) It was GREAT fun.

Tegan had her first experience at miniature golf! Nine years old and never played miniature golf - Poor sheltered child!

"uh-hum . . . Tegan a little shorter on the back swing"
This is Johnson Farm Dinosaur Discovery site. This was very interesting. This site was recently discovered in 2000 by a farmer. There are tons of dinosaur tracks in the petrified? fossilized? mud.

This is the single largest block of dinosaur tracks in the world on display!

Christmas and Winter Fun!

So, I thought I would get another post done and say I at least got two done in one month!! Christmas was so fun this year, having EVERYONE home. It just doesn't happen often enough. However, we never got a family picture :( I don't think we slowed down long enough to get everyone together. Anyway, here are a few pictures:

Just grateful no injuries!!

I think I may use this one for blackmail some day!

Cutest boys ever!

Cole's first Christmas!

Tegan and friend Bailey tubing!

There is nothing better than family at home!

Our Happy Hawaiian Holiday!

In November our family (Bart, Shane, Tegan, and I) went to Hawaii to watch Christine and the Utah State Aggies play in the WAC championships. Unfortunately, the volleyball team lost their first match to San Jose, who they beat twice in regular season play. However, this left us more time to see the island! This was our first time to Hawaii and I absolutely loved it! The weather was perfect except for one day it rained while we were at Pearl Harbor.

View from the balcony of our hotel room on Waikiki Beach.

At the Laie Hawaii temple

Shane and Tegan having fun at the Polynesian Culture Center - at least Shane is having fun!

Another pix at the PCC. Supposedly Elvis sat on this bent palm tree in a movie.

Tegan learning to hula at the luau.

Shane and Tegan having fun again at the beach.

Our good friends Brian and JoEllen Nurding showed us a great time and treated us to some great Hawaiian food. They have been great supporters of Christine and our family.

Tegan in front of a Banyan tree. These trees amazed me.

Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay was fantastic. Tegan even saw a sea turtle!