Forever

I have a family here on earth. They are so good to me. I want to share my life with them through all eternity.

Families can be together forever, through Heavenly Father’s plan.

I always want to be with my own family, and the Lord has shown me how I can.

The Lord has shown me how I can.

Random Pictures

Here are some more pictures of things that have caught my interest lately.




For instance, have you ever seen a pizza this big? Neither had I.















And, have you ever seen a husband join in on a bread-making session and look so happy about it?

















Or a husband who is NOT making bread look so happy about it?












And, have you ever seen so many bread products made to take on one small camping trip? Inventory of wheat bread, cinnamon-raisin-nut bread, cinnamon rolls and white bread. (Dave made the white bread and some of the cinnamon-raisin-nut bread.)















Do you get this kind of view when you're on the road to a camping trip if you don't live in Arizona? Bet not!














How about this one - do you see any elk? Neither did we.












Have you ever wondered what is so interesting that it keeps two guys floating in a boat for hours? Other than the beautiful scenery, I've come up with nothing!















How many times have you seen Cathi relaxing like this?










Think this little guy is cute? Yeah, well, see how cute he is when he's not getting any more food and jumps up on the cooler where you're resting your legs and THEN you tell me how cute YOU think he is!! Seriously aggressive little dudes - there were many of them. One even scampered up on Dave's knee demanding food. Oh, and, yes. Dave did start it - I think 2 dozen cookies were fed to Chip and his buds.








It really was relaxing. Even Dave could sit in a chair for a long time enjoying nature. That's when you know it's good!








This cute guy always captures my interest.



















Guess who is one of his favorite people? Yeah, Papa.









Ever seen a kid decorate a pumpkin with a pen? Yeah, well, it's creative. It's edgey. It's unique. It's also because I brought the wrong markers. I grabbed the markers with the "W" on them - only it was the "Wonder" markers, not the "Washable" markers. "Wonder" markers do nothing on pumpkins. Yes, I am lame - I actually tried. I was hoping...





He didn't seem to mind. Especially when Papa was giving him a mini chocolate candy bar and he was able to "poke" the pumpkin as well as draw on it!










Well, that's all for now. Oh, except for - if you haven't seen Lexi, stop by the blog of the Idaho bunch. She's got a good one up now!

THIS AND THAT

It's been a bit since I put anything on here. So, I'll put up a few random pictures of stuff.


Knives - Dave still makes them. Just may have to move the operation out of the city. They don't want Dave and Terry to make them in Terry's garage.











Jack - eating his pretend ice cream cone.











Jack - watching Teletubbies (I know, I'm evil!).










Jack - with his trusty drill ready for action. And....he found some. Guess the keyboard needed fixing!










Bremen - one of three favorite activities, watching TV.




Bremen - one of the other favorite activities, playing computer games. See the "Lambson tongue" thing? Concentration is much more effective when the tongue is partially exposed and slightly bitten down on! Runs deep in this family!!



Bremen and Kevin - double score!! Playing computer games with Dad!! Playing with his Dad is probably the top vote getter in his top three!




Cake - a creation by Kevin that was heavenly!! It was a Strawberry Cream Cake that is delicious. Too bad I didn't take a picture of a piece of the cake. It's as pretty cut as it is whole!






Baking - Cathi and I have been getting together and cooking/baking about once a week. We've been going to cooking classes using dehydrated food and it has been fun! Not only are we learning how to use food that can be easily stored for a long time, we are learning about nutritional benefits of the air-dried food. Very informative. But here's the benefit, look at what we made last week! We even ground our own flour! Yes - it's true. We made whole wheat bread, cinnamon-raisin bread (the two smallers loaves) and Honey Carrot Snacking Cake (yup, used our own flour we ground, rehydrated carrots, rehydrated pineapple, cream cheese powder in the icing)! Oh, and LAST week - cinnamon rolls. Seriously good stuff, folks!



That's just a bit of what's going on in our world. Until next time - have some fun yourself!!

AND THEN...

...we come back from our Utah/Idaho trip and head for rim country and a beautiful wedding plus added family time! Wendy and Shane had a lovely wedding in the gorgeous setting of Pinetop, Arizona. Wendy was a beautiful bride and Shane didn't look half bad either (just kidding, Shane, you looked fabulous!)

Bonus - the rest of the family got to spend the weekend at "THE Lodge." It was great fun. Hunter and his parents were able to come down for the weekend. That explains why you see Hunter in so many pictures - everyone wanted to hold him! You'll also notice in the pics that Caitlin and Ryan enjoyed the splendour of the country setting by engaging in one of their favorite activities. Satellite television at the Lodge almost seems wrong! I also like Stuart's expression in one of the pics where Teresa is holding Hunter with Jack at her side. He appears to be alarmed at how cozy she appears with TWO kids!

Enjoy the show in the previous post!! (Seems as though Photobucket, Slide, etc. and I are not getting along - we have to post separately from each other!!)

And You Thought I Was Done...

...with the Idaho pictures!! Seriously, don't you find the pictures as cute as I do? Don't ya??



Well, here's some more video of Logan and Lexi to capture your heart! Just enjoy Lexi playing playdough with Papa, Logan riding his bike (his surprise for us when we got to Idaho), and their singing talents!! These videos don't need words - they are just provided to put a smile on your face!

Papa Sure is Proud!!

If you can't guess why, take a look at this!




Logan caught this fish all by himself!!

While we were in Idaho, Logan was really wanting Papa to take him fishing. They had talked about it a lot during our last trip in March. So, Logan was ready to hit the water when we got to Idaho for summer vacation. Papa took him to a pond where Logan caught several bluegills. Logan came home and announced he caught fish, but "Papa caught zero!" Here is one of Logan's catch at the pond.

When they headed out for the big fishing trip to Lowell Lake, we were hoping and praying Logan would have a great experience. Didn't need to worry. According to Papa, Logan can fish! He can cast and he can reel them in. Looks like Papa is going to have some competition in the fishing department!

Just a Swingin'!!

One beautiful thing about Idaho - its lush, green parks. Logan and Lexi both love going to the park and swinging is one of their favorites! Getting them off the swings is not easy. At one point, Papa said to Logan "guess we'll just go and leave Lexi on the swings." Logan said "No, we can't leave her here - Mom and Dad would be really mad." Need to work on teaching him when Papa is kidding! On the bright side - he still loves his sister enough to not want to leave her just any old place!

Lexi absolutely loved swinging - and the higher the better. Grammie was not taking risks and only pushed her high enough to get some giggles out of her. Papa, on the other hand, gave her some thrills and pushed her pretty high!

One day at the park, Logan was messing around and swinging on the swings for little kids. A lady walked up with her dachshund and proceeded to take her hat off, place it in the seat of a swing and lifted her dog into the swing. Then she pushed the dog in the swing! Pretty high for a dog, I might add. Logan seriously did not know what to think of this! Of course the lady talked to us -she told us she brings her dog every day to the park about the same time. She tried to engage Logan in conversation about the dog, but he would have none of it! One of the strangest things I've ever seen!!

Going to the park with these two is a lot of fun. Maybe I'll save some of our park pictures for later. So, I'll leave you for now with a couple of slide shots. Aren't they adorable?!?

4th of July - WITH FIREWORKS!!

It's been a very long time since I've done fireworks on the 4th. My "dangerous" firework of choice was always sparklers - my father instilled a fear of fireworks in me. And wouldn't you know, the big fireworks warehouse we went to was all OUT of sparklers!! But, never fear - Logan and I got a bunch of snakes!! Those are his favorite - they don't make noise, they don't shoot at you and you can smash 'em when they're done burning!









If you've seen Jamie's post, you know Lexi was not liking the fireworks. She started out with Papa - looking very worried - and ended up with Dad and asking to go to bed!











This is a distorted picture, but for some reason I like it!











We enjoyed some great fireworks! Between all the neighbors and the stuff we bought, we had quite a show! Enjoy it!!