Staci's Graduation April 2010

I promise Staci's in this picture somewhere, I'm pretty sure she's the third person from the left.

Staci graduated this year from Brigham Young University Idaho with a degree in Horticulture.

Christmas 2009 with Kevin's Family

For actual Christmas Day we went up to Idaho to spend it with Kevin and Becky's family. Thanks for having us! It was a lot of fun:)

Staci's purple afghan I crocheted for her. She knew she was getting one but was surprised I had it finished by Christmas! I made the whole thing in one week (plus a couple hours two days later)

Batman...aka Wesley

Rosanne and Madalyn

My brother-in-law Kyle helped make the Christmas turkey...it was very good. I loved the bacon on top:)

Family Weekend

Aaron and Sarah were coming to town for a mission reunion and Meibos family reunion, so we all decided to get together for a couple of days. Friday night Aaron and Sarah dropped Kimball off at our place for a sleepover. He was so excited to be here and I was just as excited to see him. He unpacked his bags first thing on the living room floor. When I put him to bed I read him a verse from the Book of Mormon. He told me that in his Book of Mormon back home, there are pictures of temples, wagons, and properties (Joseph Smith cabin and homestead etc). Of course he gets the term properties from his dad, who is trying to buy some. As I was making sure Kimball had everything he needed for the night, he asked me hesitantly, "are we going to have breakfast in the morning?" He was pretty excited about sleeping over without his parents, but I guess he wasn't quite sure what to expect. He was pretty relieved when I said we could have whatever he wanted.

Saturday morning we made a quick trip to check out BYU. As you can see, Eleanor loved it.

and so did Simon and Kimball

Rosanne, Aaron, and Eleanor enjoying the little pool outside the Museum of Art, I was worried about the boys jumping in for a little swim, since that was the next activity of the day. We only got to swim for an hour before the lighting and thunderstorm came. The lifeguard told all of us to get out of the water. Kimball said, "why did she say to get out of the water, I wish she said everyone get in the water and stay there all day long." He was pretty disappointed. After we went swimming for a little while, we went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house. I think the kids enjoyed it for the most part, especially the cookies afterward. Simon kept saying beautiful temple. Whenever I would point at a picture of the Saviour and ask Simon who it was, he was respond without hesitation, "Jesus."

After the open house we went to Coldstone for some ice cream.

hmmm...chocolate with sprinkles

Brian had to get the pink ice cream...doesn't this look like the perfect promotional picture?

Kimball enjoyed reading Coldstone's literature on cakes in the car.
Simon had been wanting to ride in our car with us all day, he finally got the chance after ice cream when we took him to babysit while Aaron and Sarah went to her mission reunion. To say he was excited would be an understatement.
My attempt to wind down the kids. We had Sam's family and Staci and Kyle over Saturday night. Staci and Kyle made us some delicious pizza. At one point, Kimball went into my room and pulled the sleeping bag over his head saying, "I'm tired of all these big people, they're driving me nuts!"

Kimball was having a lot of fun staying at our place, but I think he was a little insecure not having his parents around with so many people he didn't know very well.

It looks like Kimball is trying to explain something that is difficult for me to understand in this picture.
Fortunately, Kimball got breakfast every morning...pancakes on Saturday and Captain Crunch and a chocolate protein shake on Sunday. Lucky kid.

Sunday after church we went to see Aunt Barbara and then walked around temple square before heading to Aunt Diane's for a great family dinner.

Simon

Simon was my little buddy all weekend. It took months for him to warm up to me in Colorado, it was nice to see it all pay off with this visit. He just had to be next to me where ever we went, I loved it.

Eleanor and Aaron, she has the sweetest smile.

Memorial Day Weekend Part 1: Rexburg

Rosanne and I got to Idaho Falls Friday night and were able to spend some time with Kevin's family and Staci and Kyle. We had lots of fun on the trampoline with the kids and enjoying a fire in there new firepit. Saturday morning I went up to Rexsburg to see Staci and Kyle's place and visit Staci's work.

Staci working hard watering the flowers while I sit and watch and take pictures without her knowing:)I had a lot of fun looking at all the different flowers the BYUI greenhouses have. Staci showed me all of their greenhouses and the apple orchard. My favorite was the jungle greenhouse! This greenhouse was beautiful and peaceful, with tons of green plants and the relaxing sounds of a waterfall.

Visit to Idaho and Utah

I was feeling a bit cooped up in Colorado, and I wanted to get out to see some family and friends, so I decided to take a quick trip to Utah and Idaho. First I went to Provo, saw some friends, then Rosanne and I drove to Idaho to see Kevin's family and Staci. I also got to see an old roommate who had a baby a few months ago, so the trip was well worth it. I am also trying to decide whether or not I want to move back to Provo, so I can be closer to my wonderful sisters:)

Staci, me and Wes
Wes is so cute!

Me and Staci trying to play the Wii, Kyle beat me in tennis every time

cute little wes

It was so fun watching owen try to play the wii

Staci and Wes

It was fun to be all together again for the weekend, I haven't seen Staci since her wedding reception.

This house had a cool Christmas light show in Kevin's neighborhood, it was pretty sweet.