He's Engaged!!

Aaron and Brianna are getting married.  May 14th is the date.  We are excited to have her in the family.  She has been around us several times and she is still going to marry him, so we are grateful for that!  :0)

Randomness (is that a word?)

This is a picture of a reindeer (not a turkey :0)) as drawn by Kyle, then he put it on the christmas tree for an ornament.  These are the best kind.

  This picture is meant to give Tiffani a fright.  I am cutting Kelsie's hair.  And what gives me the notion that I can do that and that it will look good.  Absolutely NOTHING!  I just did it anyway.  Hopefully it looks better now than it did, but I'm not making any claims.  I guess I should have taken an after picture.  I'll do that later.

Look at Angie's blog for much better pictures, but this room is so awesome.  It is Seth's new bedroom.  Spencer put up the wood and they painted the other walls brown and it is the neatest room I have ever seen, combine the talent of Spencer and Angie and  you have something I would love to have in my house!  I'm so glad I was able to pass my talents on to Spencer.  (ok, I know you are thinking I passed them right past me, but at least they landed somewhere!:0)

Only a few people will appreciate this picture, but I was going down the street and saw this studebaker,  I took the best pictures I could without crashing.  You can't see it but there are maroon highlight stripes on the tailgate that go with the taillights they put on the back.

My sister sent this to me for Christmas and Ashly wanted to put it on.  Looks very warm, doesn't it.  It is great, especially when I keep the house pretty cold.  Thanks Lorraine, we all love it! 

David Loved my Christmas Snow globes, or whatever you call them.  I have three of them and I think he has gotten more enjoyment out of them than anyone has for the past few years I have owned them.  He would go from one the the next and play the music and look at the stuff inside.  They are my favorite Christmas decorations, I am glad David enjoys them too. 

More Christmas Pictures

I added a couple of pictures to my first post but then decided it was going to be a huge post is I kept adding pictures to it, so I am starting another post to put more Christmas pictures up, so look at the one below this if you haven't already seen it! 

Aaron got what he wanted for Christmas too, a steering wheel and Briana!  They are now engaged.  :0)  We are excited to have her in our family

Santa even found VerLynn,  he got his traditional almond roca in this gift.  His big gift was the second volume of the Joseph Smith Papers

I got a tool box from VerLynn, complete with a wire brush set. 

OH My,  Trevor gave Nathanael a pair of batman underwear and he is modeling them for us!  He is also wearing his new boots he got for Christmas 

And this is what Preston got for Christmas, it was so fun watching him "drive" that, it is battery operated.  He must have thought he was such a man driving that around! 

Poor Ashly, she had been sick, so she came wearing a mask.  So glad they thought of that instead of keeping her home. 

This is the ultimate in regifting.  I wrapped this up and gave it to Deryk.  It is a robe I made for him when he was a little boy.  I found it and wrapped it up for him. 

This is David, isn't he the custest thing? 

I realized that Brandon seems to always miss out on pictures.  I think he hides out and no one notices that he isn't getting his picture taken, sorry Brandon, this is the best one I have of you!  Come back over and let me take some more :0)

I think Seth's favorite present was a tool box that santa gave to him. 

Addison, she is such a sweet heart.  Just noticed I missed her in a lot of pictures too, this is the only one I have for Christmas day

Sally and Ashly.  Sally is so beautiful 

I couldn't resist putting this one in.  Doesn't he look just like a model!  haha  Trevor put on his jersey and then struck this pose for a picture

 

Seth is playing with the Aquadoodle that we got for the grandkids. And below that picture he is taking a turn in Preston's car. 

I just realized that Brandon is not quite as good as Angie at escaping the camera.  I have one of Angie sitting on the floor, but I don't think she would like me posting it because it isn't that good of a picture so I am not meaning to leave her out, she was here and we all had a great day.  I did anyway.  I loved having everyone here.  Wish all of the grandkids could have been here.  All the Murdocks were up in Utah freezing and being sick on Christmas day.  My wish for everyone this next year is that we can all have great years filled with spiritual growth and if I can say this, may this year be filled with growth in all of our bank accounts too!  :0)

Christmas Pictures

First thing, Santa Came!  This is Connor, so cute!!

Kelsie and Trevor

Then Mom and Dad came in to open gifts and Kelsie buried herself for the next hour or so.  She is so afraid of older people.  After the day was over she finally started looking at them.

Lori got the purse she wanted

Trevor got the Suns jersey he wanted

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

"This Christmas"

This Christmas.........mend a quarrel.

Seek out a forgotten friend.

Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust.

Write a letter.

Give a soft answer.

Encourage youth.

Manifest your loyalty in word and deed.

Keep a promise.

Forgo a grudge.

Forgive an enemy.

Apologize.

Try to understand.

Examine your demands on others.

Think first of someone else.

Be kind.

Be gentle.

Laugh a little more.

Express your gratitude.

Welcome a stranger.

Gladden the heart of a child.

Take pleasure in the beauty and the wonder of the earth.

Speak your love...and then..........Speak it again.

Howard W. Hunter

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad 61 years

I thought I had a picture of their wedding in my computer, but I don't and this is the most recent picture I have of them together taken this summer at Bekah's baptism in Utah.  Just talked to dad, mom didn't remember it is their anniversary, but she doesn't remember that I am Jill either. 

Phoenix Suns At the Airport

So I was at the airport today waiting to leave and there was a big Phoenix Suns event that started while I was there.  In fact a bunch of the cheerleaders cut the security line while I was there.  I thought they were wanna be cheeleaders and it was annoying that they stopped the whole line while they went through.  I shouldn't be so grouchy I guess.  So there were several players there and they were giving away free tickets and other gifts for those who don't live in Phoenix, like shirts, pens, etc.  I didn't know any of the trivia questions so I didn't win anything.  I didn't even know the name of the mascot.  I could tell who the players were because they were about 2 feet taller than everyone else.  I took some pictures and I wish I would have been brave enough to ask someone to take a picture of me with some of them.  There weren't that many people there, so it was easy to go up to talk to them.  I only got autographs because Nathanael begged me to when I texted him.  So I got one from Grant Hill,  Alvan Adams, and Jared Dudley.  I will post the other pictures I got.  They aren't that good cuz I took them with my phone. 

He walked up to me and handed me an autographed picture of himself.  I asked him to autograph it for me to give to Nathanael and he said it was already autographed, but then he realized I wanted it personalized so he signed it to Nathanael.  I think I like him the best.  He is old and nice.  :0)

I can't remember, but I think this is Grant Hill.  I know I am lame.  He didn't have any pictures left so he autographed a paper I had in my purse. 

This guy has a problem in my view,  he is a giant basket ball player and he wears his hair in a bun?!  That is just wrong.  I guess I should watch the games so I could know who is who.  I used to watch them.  (Back when Alvan Adams played) 

Bad picture, I know.  This guy was the one asking the questions and giving away tickets.  People were taking his picture so I figured he must be someone.  Don't know who, so if you know, let me know.  I think if you click on the pictures to enlarge them, you might see him better.