Christmas with FAMILY

Melina opening her gift. We love you Melina!


Amy
We had a short, but wonderful dinner with Amy at Izzy's in Portland. We love you Amy!



Susie and Tina
We had Christmas dinner at Rus and Susies..it was so delicious! Thanks guys! We love you!



Robb and grandkids, Jo and Adryan


Robb, kids and grandkids


Terra, Robb, Josh and Jake


Rus, Mom and Robb


Robb and Mom


Tina and Mom


Mom opening her present

We went to see my mom a few days before Christmas to share her birthday and give her a Christmas present. We had a great time with her and Phyllis and Bob and Judy! We played games every night and had lots of laughs and good food! Thanks for having us!

We spent Christmas with Robb's family in Oregon. The grandkids are so wonderful! We saw each and every one of them! Time spent with grandbabies is so precious! Our time with them is far too little. We spent some time with Rus and Susie too! They are always fun! We love you all!

Kelly and kids come to town!

Kelly decided to come visit with the kids. Jeff had to work. We sure enjoyed their visit! We went to Ikea one day and also celebrated Christmas a little early. Thanks Kelly for braving the drive by yourself. Please come back soon! I love you!


Mushka and Dot


Robb and Lena


Lena and Simon in matching jammies


Lena and the snowman


Lena, eating the fruits of our labors on the gingerbread house


GrammaTina and Simon

It's always good when the grandbabies come!

Visit from Jenny

Jenny came to visit from England where she is currently stationed in the Air Force. We had so much fun with her! We celebrated Christmas early with her and went to the Metropolitian Museum of Art via train and subway! Here are some highlights of her visit...




We love you Jenny. Come back soon.

Life is precious

Last Sunday our Gospel Doctrine instructor asked us what we would say to our loved ones if we knew we only had a short time on this earth left. I thought about it on my drive home...I have thought about it every day since then. I thought of what I would tell my husband, what I would tell my children and what I would tell my sisters, my dad and mom and my friends. In my heart I have a message for all of them personally. Life on earth is short. We never know when we will lose someone or be the one who goes.

I told Robb I needed to go home and record in my journal my thoughts on this and on how I feel about my life and the impact each person in my life has made. I used to be really good at writing in my journal when I was at Rick's College and BYU. I love reading what I did back then. Many things have happened in my life since then, both good and bad that I have not recorded. I think I will sit and write a bit tonight in my journal. I have so much to be thankful for.

Life is too short to be mean and selfish. Before you speak, think. Don't ever say things you will regret...to a child, to a spouse, or to a friend. Show a little love; A little love can go a long way. (recognize that Brite Music tune?)

Well, that's all for now. I feel better now. :-)

The Sisters' Thanksgiving!

These are the feet of sisters! Robbie, Tina and Judy...we spent Thanksgiving together and a good time was had by all....right down to our jingle socks!


For the first time as adults, Judy, Robbie and Tina were together for Thanksgiving! We were there with our spouses and even had the opportunity to attend the Columbus Ohio Temple together....another first!!!

We have much to be thankful for...

We love our parents

Robb, Tina, Dad, Randy and Robbie


Mom and Robb

Mom Jinx

We had her here for a few days but she had to go back home unexpectedly. Hopefully we will see her again soon.

While this wonderful mom was here we managed to go shopping, go to a show at the local college Tina goes to, eat lots of good food and even start a 2000 piece jigsaw puzzle.

Thank you mom for taking your time and money to come and visit us even if it was too short. We love you and appreciate everything you do. You are a treasure to us.