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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

General Conference

I love being in Salt Lake City for General Conference, 
and especially staying at the Marriott hotel. 
Room service is my favorite!

We had tickets for the Sunday afternoon session
with Lana and Tyson. Afterwards, we enjoyed dinner with the Mehlhoffs.

The new City Creek shopping just opened up
and it was packed with people.

During Priesthood session, I went on a photo shoot
at Temple Square.

These are some a my favorite images taken.





Houses

April 15, 2012

Kenny and Megan's house is in the process of being built in Summerlin.
They are so excited to have their own place.
(I am not sure who is going to feed us when they move!)




Trent and Sesily's house in Draper, UT
14081 Stone Canyon

(This is the only picture I got! What was I thinking!)

Trent's familee decided to make the move to Utah to work an additional job.
He will still be working in Corporate Credit Concepts with Chad. Since that company is on-line, they can live anywhere and be able to still work the beusiness.

They made the decision to move up and were gone within 3 weeks!
It has been a WILD three weeks!
Thank goodness Sesily has recovered well from her surgery. There would have been no way she would have been able to do all that packing and lifting with that bladder sling still in.


Chad and I were able to help them move in to their new house.
It rained the two days while they unloaded the moving truck! They found a great company who moved them, such hard working, nice men they were - even in the rain.

The neighborhood is full of children who played underfoot. Neighbors came over and introduced themselves. Dinner was brought in for two nights (which was wonderful to have home cooked food).
The owners of the house stayed and helped move in boxes.
Many good people living the gospel principles.
Out Cohen's bedroom and the master bedroom, is a view of the spire of the Draper temple.
It is a lovely neighborhood, surrounded by green mountains and overlooks the valley.

This is what we saw our their kitchen window in their backyard.


Moving is always a MESS! A very nice kitchen after boxes are emptied.

The basement (with neighborhood children).


Playhouse entrance in the basement.


The second story in the garage!


It will be a lovely house for their family.
But...I will miss them! (I might still be mad at them!)
At least we can get there in a days drive.

Easter with the Kennedy's

April 7, 2012

Who has taco's for Easter....the Kennedy's!
Taco's are the 'go to' meal for my family.
This year we gathered at Heather's house.
The kids are just cute and play well together.


Our annual egg roll.
Winner this year was Abby (I think)


Nicole read the kids a story while the eggs were being hiden.

Egg hunt




 
Love this picture!


Those there...
Dad, Mom, LaRue
Doug, Rae, Heather, Nick, Zak, Abby
Nicole, Patrick, Kennedy, Jacob, Brayden
Chad, Heidi, Kenny, Megan, Bennett, Naomi, Brett, Bree, Llayton and Caiden


Familee Easter


April 9, 2012

Last Easter we had an adult egg hunt at night. My intentions were to have the eggs glow in the dark. I found some glow in the dark paint, painted the eggs with it but, to my dissappointment, they did nog glow in the dark. We still had fun anyways.

So this year, thanks to interest (I loves you!), I found a pin for glow in the dark eggs.
With little glow sticks placed inside the eggs, they glow! Very cute.
However, there were no room in the eggs, after they were filled, for the glow stick.
(Note to self...next year buy bigger eggs.)
I just taped the glow stick to the outside of the egg. Not as cute, but it worked.
This hunt was for the kids this year. No adult hunt. Maybe next year.

We were happy that Brett and Bree's family were here for the Easter weekend.

Since Trent and Sesily left two days later (moved to UT. - I don't like them anymore!), it was fun to be together.

We celebrated a day later on Monday. I remember how Chad's mother use to have all the holidays a day before or even a weekend before so that we would not have to make a choice of which family to celebrate with, or try to do both families in one day.
We had a bon fire and roasted hotdogs at the dry lake.
Trent and Brett rode their bikes out there.
Then we waited until dark for the egg hunt.



Baby number 3

April 2012

Bree always looks great when she is pregnant.
From the back, you would not even know.
Since they were here for Easter, we went on a photo shoot.
We found an alley in old Henderson which was a fun location.

Baby boy, who Llayton wants to call Bentley
(which doesn't blend with the last name of Lee very good)
is due the end of May.







These next pictures are my favorites!














In the month of March

2012

Just a little of this and that during the month of March....


Amara's birthday, Bennett's birthday, Trent's familee packing up for their move to Utah

Mary Elynore Porter Lay

February 2012

My mother is involved in the Daughter of Utah Pioneers Organization.
They had a project to create of video of one of their ancestors.
Mary Elynore Porter Lay, my mother's grandmother, was fiercely afraid of Indians.

Stick horse were crafted, costumes were gathered and with the story outlined,
the grandkids recreated a story about Mary Elynore Porter Lay and the day Indians came to her house.



They were shouting 'Pana, Pana', which means bread.
Mary thought the Indians wanted her pans. And that is what she gave them!



With my mothers voice as narration, Kenny and Megan put together
 pictures into a video slideshow.
 

Monday, April 16, 2012

Jexton - 9 months

April 2012


Jexton has this most serious face that I just love.


And here is his happy face!



He is a good, content little guy.
I love you, little Jexie.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

A day of Blessings












March 24, 2012

Blessing 1 - Seeing your son give a name and blessing to his own children.
Kenny blessed Naomi in the Legacy Ward.



Blessing 2 - Megan's whole family were in town for the occasion.

Blessing 3 - Lana was here too. I love when she is home.

Blessing 4 - So many people acknowledged our presence in the 
ward today, which made us feel so loved.
We miss Legacy Ward but we love the singles ward.

Blessing 5 - So many people commented to me how beautiful
all our grandchildren are. And I agree!
Their parents keep them clean and dressed so cute.

Blessing 5 - Just being together
(We missed Brett & his familee & Tyson.)
 


Naomi's dress was made by Carli (found on Etsy.) 
Pictures taken by Megan.