Easter weekend with family!

Conrad and Kylie eating carrot cake! Kylie is going to be a big sister in November! Finally!!! Kylie jumping for joy that Bapa is back in Michigan with Nana and Cara!!!

Jamie and Kylie and Conrad happy to be out of the car after a long drive from Rexburg. They are thrilled to be having another little one.

This is our little Kylie. You should hear her tell her stories!

We went to Milham Park and fed the geese and ducks! Kylie was so much fun to watch!

Easter Sunday

Elder Anderson jumping for joy for an Easter dinner! Elder Kleinman agreeing! Cara, Conrad and Rick enjoying our Easter feast of ham, rice casserole, beans and asparagus!

Elder Anderson from Orem and Elder "cousin" Kleinman from Mesa, AZ.

Our tyed dyed Easter eggs! The girls loved doing these!!

The Smith family in Portage during Easter 2009. We were so excited that most of our family was here. Conrad took the pic and Kurt and Jen were in Utah.

Elder Cousin Kleinman

The elder's were over last night for dinner and we had Elder Kleinman's yummy Chipolte Chicken Quesadilla's. Afterwards Elder Kleinman asked if he could set up his slack line between the trees! We said sure and had a blast trying out this new adventure! It really was fun and a challenge! The elder's that were over are Elder Kleinman, Baker, Worthen and Anderson.

Here we come...Walking down the street...

Here we come, (lds elder's in Safford, AZ) walking down the street, get the funniest looks from everyone we meet! (if this sounds familiar and you are old enough to remember The Monkies, it will be familiar~or not!) Hey, hey we're the elder's....

Actually, at least one of them is one we know from Enumclaw! What are the chances that we would meet up with Elder Blain Thomas and his "new" companion from Canada ( his name starts with a R~sorry!) Those of you who know me, know that I can find anyone if I try. Well almost! Elder Thomas was all smiles and so happy being out in the hot Arizona sun! This ice cream store gave them their treats for free! We were going to buy them some but if the store is going to offer... why not?!

What a treat to see and spend a few minutes with the elder's in Safford, AZ! Elder Thomas is one happy boy and loving the work.

Arizona Birthday!

We spent my 49th birthday in Tucson! Really we were there for Cara to check out Eastern Arizona. A small college in Thatcher. Cara is learning to love the cacti that is everywhere in AZ!

Cara and her Dad! We stayed at the Omni Resort.

Tiptoe thru the snapdragons!

Baby Shower for Sonja

Cathy Hampton and Lisa Cowin at the shower.

Cathy and Sonja. We both moved to Michigan about the same time and both from Washington state.

Alisha Siebers, Sonja and Pam Ellsworth.

Shandy Piorkowski & Janeen Bertolina at the shower.

Christy and her girls.

Baby Shower for Sonja

Here is the menu for the baby shower we had for Sonja Staples. She is pregnant with no. 4!

Sara Freestone, Sonja & Sharon Gilbert

Sonja and the beautiful blanket that Pam Ellsworth made for Andrew.

Some of the gals at the shower eating lunch.



Sara, Jacque Bair (who is due this week!) and Sonja waiting to open the gifts!

Oh Deer!

The other evening while Cara and I were in the living room, we noticed there was a car right in front of our home that was just stopped. Cara was a little freaked out thinking they were casing out our house when our neighbor called to ask if we saw what was in our yard. I got up and looked and there were six deer! Cara only got a shot of one and not the herd but it was pretty exciting. My Mom thought I should go out and feed them like she use to when we would go for picnics in the mountains in No. Cali. I have been biking this past week and twice I had an "almost" Matt Lauer experience, just didn't hit the deer!

Look who's turning 21!!!

Kelsey turns 21 today! She lives in Rexburg and lives in apartment 309!

THis is right before she left for St.Lucia last year. She found the island and people to be very dear!

Kelsey is always flying high and such a good example to all and really loves our Ky!

These are the "big" girls in our family and we give a shout out to our one and only~ Kelsey!

We love you dearly and did you know that you share a birthday with ...

Queen Latifah!?! Pretty funny!

Happy 21st to my little queenie!

We are having a boy!

Kurt and Jen are having a baby boy in July! Our first grandson! So exciting and we feel very blessed. If you want to see what he looks like~ just click onto their blog off of mine and you can see the exciting post and the beautiful boy.