More of Jacob's homecoming

My cousin Rick and his oldest son, Jacob. What good men they are. Rick was amazing in his help with my parents while my Dad was so ill.

Lori was also such a wonderful support to my parents while Dad was so ill. She would bring meals, pick us up and take us to the airport and be such a great support to my MOm. Thank you Lori and Rick for your compassion and love.

Here is a picture of their family (plus friend) their other children were unable to make it that day.

My cousin Trey, Cathy and cousin Rick Pettit. Their Grandma wrote the song, I am a Child of God....Mildred Pettit.

Jacob's HomeComing!

Here is the Rick and Lori Pettit family...Actually, part of them! The gal on the left is a friend they knew while they were in Conneticut. Elizabeth and Jacob are in the center and Jacob just got home from his mission in Brazil. We were all so excited to hear him give his remarks of his mission.

Leslie and I are the only girls in the Kleinman family. My Dad has two sister's and Aunt Barbara has four boys who you see here, Aunt Gay has two boys but they live in Arizona. It was great being together to celebrate Jacob's homecoming. We have from the left... Craig, DAvid, Leslie, Rick, Cathy, Bob and Trey. Birth order from the right!

Aunt Barbara had us all come down to the computer room to see Will's wife's music video that she did for a competition that won her a serger. The song is amazing. You can see the song on You Tube and put in Tabitha Pettit, her song is Stitch by Stitch.

Here is Aunt Barbara, Cousin Bob, Molly, John (who just left for his mission on Wed. to Guatamala, Will and Taylor. Will is Trey's son and the wife of the talented Tabitha!

My Mom and Aunt Barbara. Fun times! It is so great being so close to the family!!!

Fishing in American Fork Canyon

Today Craig and his kids drove up to Alpine so we could have a little fishing trip. I packed some food and Rick got the fishing gear together and we all loaded in our car to American Fork Canyon. This is Ella and Connor riding in the car with us.... Yes, Ella is a clown and we get along so well!

Colson and Ella excited about fishing at Tibble Fork.

Craig being the good Dad that he is trying to straighten our the line. It kept giving he and Connor problems. The fish were jumping high!!!

Uncle Rick showing Ella how to fly fish! What a beautiful evening.......

Connor, Aunt Cathy and Colson with no fish on our line but a great memory! We came home and had waffles and hot cider! It got a little chilly up there!! Have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE living here in Utah???

Fall Memories

I found this picture today as Rick and I were cleaning and organizing and, most importantly, getting rid of all the cardboard boxes we have accumulated over the past few years! My new motto, "Own no carboard", not sure if that is possible but my promise is that I will recycle as much cardboard as is humanly possible!

Back to the "Fall memory"....one of my favorite times of the year is the fall and the chance to take my children to the local pumpkin patch. A few of our favorite things to eat were my MOm's sugar cookie recipe with orange frosting and a candycorn or two placed on top, later on it was the pumpkin cookies we would make. I will have to look for more pictures of the kids and pumpkins but this one is truly one of my favorites and it is of "the girl's", as we once called Kelsey and Cara. (Actually, we still do call them "the girls", but Kylie and Reese are getting to be known as "the girl's" now!) It is so "weird" to look back at this picture and to realize how quickly those last 14 to 15 years have gone by! These two little one's were always at my side and so totally opposite! Kelsey, the girly-girl and Cara was pretty much not one! Cara would take off the bows that Kelsey would love to have in her hair. They are two, pretty much amazing young women now and I'm proud to say they are both just as beautiful now as they were then!

Love your kids and enjoy every minute....they grow up quicker than you will ever imagine. Now, I'll have to write something soon about our two fabulous older two! Did I mention that Charlie Brown is one of my favorite memories of my childhood? Love the Charlie Brown holiday shows...

College friend dinner and game night!

We had our cousins Lindsey & Kelsey and some of our favorite "Elders" from Michigan...Mark Lierman and Dane Anderson over for Sunday dinner! Then we played one of our favorite games...Ticket to Ride. Rick and Dane won!

The Michigan gang!!! Mark, Dane, Rick and Cathy! Loved having them over so we could hug them!

Cousins! Although, I love it when they call me Aunt Cathy! Cathy, Kelsey and Lindsey Killian. Love these girls and so glad they are at BYU!!!

Football Season!

Number 6 is a special young man! He is my nephew, Colson Kleinman. He loves to play football and this is his first year playing!

Colson at the far end of the field!

Coming back onto the sidelines! Way to go Colson. He had an amazing play at the end of the game and made a tackle that saved his team from a touchdown from the opponents!

Colson being such great team mate! The Wildcats won their first game for the season today at Cottonwood High.

Colson and Aunt Cathy having some lunch after the game!

The math was the hardest part!!

Here was our powder room! The picture is too small for the wall but that is what I had. You know the economy thing..... So glad to hear last week that we are out of this recession...mmmm...wonder who came out with that info? Ok, before this comes out as a political statement I will continue with this little remodel.

Like the title states the part that was the most time consuming was the math of figuring out the diamonds on the wall. I have never professed to be a math wizard but I did get my graph paper out (leftovers from four children in the public school system) and figured out how to get these diamonds to look decent!

Three diamonds done and I'm loving this quick makeover! Where is Ty Pennington when one needs his help?

And here is the final product! I love it and am so happy that it worked! I told Cara after doing her window seat area in her room in the Zoo that I would never do small diamonds again! This took an hour to do, minus the math portion of the project, and it cost less than twenty dollars and I got to keep my small picture that looks so much better! Maybe I am a mathematician!!!

The Piano Room Performances

Last Sunday we had my brother's family and Kurt and Jen over for dinner. After we ate Craig asked his oldest, Connor to play a number for us on the piano. He played a very impressive number and we all applauded after he was done. Next was Colson and he did a great job on his piece and both boys had their numbers memorized! Ella did not want to be shown up by her brothers and did a fun little piece that Colson showed her how to play....more applause! Not to be out done came along, fourteen month old, Cannon! He pounded on some treble notes and then turned to all of us in the dining room and started clapping! We all applauded extra loud for the youngest pianist! He went back and did it a couple of more times.....it was so adorable!

Here are the entertainers! They did a fabulous job!