February Fun

February 2017

February was filled with lots of good things.  We finished our mission on February 17th.  We celebrated February birthdays and Lauren's baby blessing.  We doted on the new babies that were born in recent months.  I was called to serve as a counselor in the Primary.

What a cutie!

Sweet Lauren

A Happy Baby!

Lunch with my Brothers and sister-in-laws.

Lauren is growing fast.

Sweet Lauren.

My first pack meeting for my new calling.
The pinewood derby.  I kept score.

Andrea brought this over and said it was her plant.
Talk about having to bloom where you are planted.

The cake for Lauren's Blessing day.

Grandpa and Emerson

Dinner at Danica's

Fun with Cousins

Happy Blessing Day Lauren.

One of my better photos of Emerson.

Happy Birthday Mike and Missy.

Another New Year

January 2017

We had lots of snowy days this month.

Happy Birthday Andrea!

A proud brother with his new sister.

Lauren is Born

December 22, 2016
Danica entered the hospital early to be induced.  After several hours,  Lauren came into the world.  Danica had the red haired child she had hoped for.  She was a beautiful baby.

Just Born

Her first week at home being treated for Jaundice.

What a relief!

Proud Grandma

What a happy moment!

Christmas Memories of 2016

December 2016

December flew by as always.  We attended the Festival of Trees to watch Kevin's older children sing in their school choir.  We held our family Christmas party early in the month to accommodate schedules.  Christmas day was spent attending church, singing in the choir and having family over for dinner.  We made extra visits taking Christmas treat to almost all the people we had visited this last year on our mission, as well as our neighbors.  Whew!

A quiet moment with Emerson.  What a darling!

The "Frozen" tree was a favorite at the festival of trees.

Babysitting for Danica when Lauren was born.

Festival of trees.

If only we could buy everything.

Debbie surprised me with this beautiful centerpiece.
I love it!

It was a fun evening.

What could be in the biggest package of all?

Happy Thanksgiving 2016

November 25, 2016  We held Thanksgiving on Friday as we often do.  We had a delicious meal and sang our traditional song, Come Ye Thankful People Come.  We were grateful to have Debbie and Jim stop in for a visit with us in the afternoon.

It was great to have so many of our family here for Thanksgiving!

Time for fun on the trampoline.