I am so bad at this blogging stuff. As most of you already know, Aleena is engaged to a nice young man. His name is Jarom Lance. They met on a blind date in October and felt an immediate connection. It was pretty much love at first sight. They have been together almost everyday since then. They are so happy together and bring out the best in each other. They are really excited to get married. The date they have chosen is March 26th. This is mine and Tony's 28th anniversary. It will be fun to share the same anniversary date with them. We are all very excited for them!
Trevor is playing on a city basketball team. He is such a natural when it comes to sports. He definitely doesn't get that from his mother. I love watching his games as he is usually the star and makes the most rebounds and points. Last week we met with his teacher and she told us he is reading on a higher level than his class and is the most intelligent kid in his class. Wow!! We knew he does fine in school but didn't realize he was doing that good. We truly are blessed with great children and grandchildren. I am so proud of each of them and love them all so much!

Life

I can't believe it is almost Thanksgiving! I have always loved this holiday because it makes me think about all of the wonderful things in my life I am thankful for. And we spend it with those we love. When I was a little girl we would go to my Grandparents for Thanksgiving. My grandma always used her nicest dishes and made a wonderful meal. Then my parents carried on this wonderful tradition until our families grew too big. Now it is my turn to carry on the tradition in my own family. We all love getting together and eating lots of turkey and pie and playing games. This year Tony is going to smoke a turkey all night, I can't wait to eat it.
I remember when Trevor was about to be born, I was due a little after Thanksgiving and I begged the Dr to start me early because I didn't want to miss Thanksgiving dinner at my moms. He agreed and I had Trevor the Friday before Thanksgiving. I was so grateful that I didn't have to miss it. Now he is 12 years old. Can you believe it? Where has the time gone? He is such a fine young man. And so handsome too! I am so proud of him for earning his Faith in God and being ordained into the priesthood. We had a wonderful day today celebrating his birthday and accomplishments.

WOW!! I can't believe it is already July! The summer is going by way too fast. Shantel has graduated from Nursing School and Aleena has graduated from High School. I am so proud of them for their accomplishments. Aleena has been taking drivers ed and should get her license soon(as long as she passes the road test). I am sure she will pass, she is a good driver. Trevor and Robert are having a blast this summer playing with their friends, swimming and having sleepovers. Tony helped them build a tree house in our cherry tree. They were so excited to sleep in it with their friends.
We now have DSL and so maybe I will be able to blog more. I quit getting on it because it would take so long for things to come up. I can't believe how much faster it is.
I just love summer and all the barbecues, birthdays and holidays. I look forward to the melons and fruit and veggies that my parents are so kind to share with us.

Jerick and Gunner

Tiffany and her family came last Tuesday to visit. They will be here until March 11th. It was so nice to see them! The boys get bigger every time I see them. Gunner is talking quite a bit now. He is 18 months now and Jerick is almost three. They are so cute and full of energy. We will miss them alot when they go home.

Husband Tag...
1. Where did you meet? I was on a bike ride with my little sister. We stopped to get a drink of water at the water hole. Tony drove by a couple of times in his really hot car(A firebird with t-tops that came out). He turned around and stopped to talk to us.
2. How long did you date before you got married? 8 months.
3. Where did he propose? At Utah lake.
4. Where did you get married? At my church on center street in AF.
5. How long have you been married? Almost 27 years.
6. What is your favorite feature of his? His broad shoulders and large muscles in his calves.
7. What is his best quality? He is a very hard worker.
8. Does he have a nickname for you? Honey
9. What is his favorite food? Pepsi, All you can eat seafood buffet and anything chocolate.
10. What is his favorite sport? He loves to play softball(his team took 1st place last fall), basketball and go bowling(he scored a 299 2 years ago). He loves to watch the Jazz and Nascar.
11. Where did you have your first kiss? I can't remember for sure, but I think it was in his car.
12. Who said I love you first? I think he did.
13. What do you like to do together? Go camping, play games, go for picnics up the canyon and watch movies.
14. Do you have any kids? Yes 5 kids and 5 grandkids.
15. What is his favorite music? Rock & Roll oldies and country classics.
16. What do you admire most about him? His HERO status!! (just kidding) How he supports our kids in the things they do and always volunteers to coach their teams and how much he helps other people.

I tried to upload some pictures of Tony and I, But it didn't work. I will keep trying and post them later.

Sorry!!!

So sorry I haven't blogged in a while. This month has been so busy. I will try to update what is happening in our lives. Tony is still in New Scouts(that is the 11 year olds). He is enjoying it, especially since Trevor is now in there. They went on an overnight campout last night. It is called The Klondike Derby. I hope they all stayed warm enough in their tents and sleeping bags. It makes me cold just thinking about it. And we all know how much I hate to be cold. Since the guys were all gone on their campout, Shantel and Jayden came over and had pizza and watched movies with Aleena and I. It was so much fun!
Aleena is recuperating from a visit to the emergency room on Thursday. She has been having some pain in her abdomen for a few days and on Thursday as she was getting ready for work The pain all of a sudden hit her really hard. She was home alone and called me on my cell phone crying and was in so much pain she couldn't move. I was in Orem with Shantel and Jayden meeting with Jaydens Dr and Tony was in Mapleton. I felt so bad we weren't there with her. Thank goodness Trevor walked in the door from school and got her some medicine and a hot pad. It didn't help much though. Tony and Shantel ended up taking her to the ER when they got home. They did a CT scan and found that she had an ovarian cyst that had ruptured. She also had other cysts on both ovaries. They gave her some really strong pain medication. She was so glad to have the pain under control. She has been very weak and tired and can't wait to be back to normal.
Trevor is playing basketball again this year. He is such a good player! Tony calls him a miniature Charles Barkley. Of course, Tony is his coach. He really enjoys coaching the kids. They have a great team this year. Robert didn't want to play on a city league, but he is playing with the Young Men and is enjoying that.
This has been a very busy month with my new calling. We are visiting the Ward Conferences in our stake. We have 12 wards. One is the hospital branch and one is the singles ward, we don't have to visit them. Some weeks I have gone to my own ward and another wards meetings. Some weeks we even have two ward coferences to attend on the same day. Wow! that is alot of meetings. The first one we went to Bo Holland was the member of the bishopric conducting. His family lived next to ours when we were growing up. It was fun to see him. A couple of weeks ago we had a Baptism Preview for the kids in our stake that get baptized this year and their parents. This was our first event as a new presidency. It was great! We had a huge turnout. By the time I got home it was 9:30pm and my feet were killing me. I am not used to wearing heels all day like that. Trevor was so kind and gave me a foot rub. I just love serving in the Primary! I am grateful to have a husband and a family that is so supportive.
Last Saturday we had our ward breakfast(it was postponed in December because of a funeral). It was so much fun. Tony and I were part of the program. Some of us from the Primary did a snowman mix where we danced around a snowman to songs like thriller, Dei-o, a rap song, a cowboy song, batman, sounds of silence and a mexican hat dance. It started and ended with our friend Mike sitting on the edge of the stage, licking a big lollipop and singing "Once there was a snowman". Tony did lip sync to some of the songs. It was hilarious!
As many of you already know Tony is a HERO!!!haha. He doesn't really like to think so, but we are very proud of him for keeping the lady from going back into her burning house. He definately was in the right place at the right time. Everywhere he goes people tell him they saw him on the news or in the newspaper. He is our HERO!!!

New Years Eve