Reception at BYU December 18th 2009

We had a small reception that BYU catered for friends and family the night before Carly and Joel got married. It was fun to see so many friends that we have not seen in years! Here are all of my darling kids! The wedding cake.

We had Dave and Nichol Hall and Dave and Rebecca Smith both there at the same time. The Halls were in our ward when there was only one Keller Ward. The Smith's traveled all the way from Utah for this wedding. They have been such a big part of my kids lives. It was fun for all of us to reunite here in Utah. Both great families!

My sister RaeAnn and her family were there.

These are our friends Jon and Jerri Walton. We use to babysit their kids for them when Steve was in Grad school at Noter Dame. We lived in South Bend, Indiana. The Walton's have since moved to Alpine. We have exchanged Christmas cards for years...it was such a treat to see them again.

My nephews Dillon, Derrick and my darling boy Blake. This pictures looks very posed!

This was such a fun picture! Steve and I worked and MET at the testing Center at BYU years ago. Our boss was a great lady named Linda Shirley (in the middle) She is still working there and both Tyler and Carly have worked for her. They call my kids the legends because they are the off spring of two old testing center employees. Linda tells us that she has not had such a tight knit and close group as we all were since we left and graduated. I believe her because we sure had a great group of kids to work with. Tyler told me that he is working at the Testing Center again this semester. Do you think she will still be there when Camille makes it to BYU? We love Linda!

This is a picture of One of Steve's childhood friends Darwin Kinghorn and his wife that now live in Lehi, Utah.

We had a fun and enjoyable night. It was the beginning of a great weekend!

December 2009 in the blink of an eye!

December was pretty much all about Carly...Just ask the other kids! ;)

We were able to enjoy the morning of December 18 th in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple with Carly getting her endowments out. What a wonderful and rewarding time as parents to see one of your children enjoy the blessings of the temple. I am not sure that anything can really top this experience. This was the first time we met Matt and Kay Goodman from Tristan, California. They are wonderful warm people and what an addition to our extended family. They were a joy to work with. We are thrilled to have Joel Pierce Goodman join our family.

Carly and Joel leaving the temple. We met up with all of our kids and the Goodman's at Olive Garden. It is one of Carly's favorite places to eat.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010

Don't you just hate starting the new year already falling behind? Well that is exactly where I am. Playing catch up and everyday I am falling farther and farther behind. I have e-mail reminders and phone calls letting me know that the blog has been neglected. Really I am aware of this fact but honestly I am so far behind that I am avoiding it all together. I am not sure I would even continue the blog but I have already printed (in book form) two years worth of blogging and it is such a valuable record for the family. I may not be good at much but hopefully one day my kids will appreciate my effort at recording our memories, after all they are among my most precious blessings... So be patient and over the next few weeks I promise to get up to date. :) We had so much happen at the end of 2009 and much more to come in 2010 so hold on for the ride!