Merry Christmas! Yeah shrimp!

Don't think that because we were by ourselves that we didn't enjoy a fantastic fried shrimp dinner! It was delicious and of course we all over ate and felt terrible afterwards. It was great! We missed you all at Christmas time this year. Maybe next year there will be better weather and we won't have just moved. We love you all and hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! See you all at New Years! Go 2009!

Hi All

Sorry, we kind of dropped off the blog lately. we've been a little preoccupied. We finally made it to Springville and so far so good. Graham likes his new class and Emery got to start preschool at Graham's school, too. What a blessing. The kids are having a great time playing outside in the snow every day. We're still getting aquainted with the city and finding our way around Provo for the big stuff. BYU is only about 6 or 7 minutes from our house, so if anyone is coming to a game, you are welcome to come stay with us or eat with us or just visit.

And still a few more of the farewell lunch gathering

More photos of Evan entering the MTC and farewell lunch

Here's a few more shots from today.

Mark & Kellie

Evan enters MTC Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Hi everyone,

Today was another great day for our family, as Evan entered the MTC. Landon was also able to come over and surprise Evan and we all shed some tears together as we said goodbye to our oldest son. This was a great experience and Evan has really caught the spirit of this great work and is excited about his next great life adventure. We were all very proud today, including Megan who has been cheering for him with all her energy. Two down, two to go...

Mark & Kellie

Hi Everyone!

These are a few pics of Asher!

We are doing wonderful here in Okalahoma! Asher is now 6 mo. old and is growing so big. He has learned to roll, as he did in church, right under the 2 benches. :) Dirk will be graduating in May and will pursue his career in orthopedics. I am still in nursing school and will be done in Dec. We are excited to see you all in November. (We will be in SLC for that entire month, so let me know if we can come visit any of you:) K love all of you! Kim

Bouncing Baby

Does this bring back any memories for anyone? I think of watching those home videos of Jeff and I bouncing in one of these in Mom and Dad's house. Livi loves hers!

This past week was (spirit) homecoming week at school. I also got to go on my first date and dance saturday! It was so much fun. For our day date we played mini golf and did the "amazing race" around town.

Weekend Fun!

Each weekend that the weather is good we try to take the kids and friends out in the boat for some water fun. We have really enjoyed out boat!!

Beautiful West Yellowstone

While the kids were on the Martin's Cove Trek, Ryan and I decided to have a little "alone" time. We went to West Yellowstone, caught a production at the Playmill (Oklahoma, it was fantastic) and drove home by way of Jackson Hole. What a beautiful land we live in!

Great Fun In Moscow!!

Last week we drove up to Moscow at the invitation of Jenny and Jordan so we could hang out and have some fun. It was great food, folks & fun! Thanks Jenny and Jordan for your hospitality. Hopefully the job search will get you a job closer to home! Here's a few pics of our adventures. We went to their aquatic center a couple of times, had a picnic at Robinson Park, ate homemade pizza made on their grill and Linzy & Tay about went nuts (as you can see) on the way home! :)

Props to Jake and Stacie! They took our engagement pictures and did a fantastic job. Thank you Lesa for referring them :)

Marcus and Makall

Hey Family!  I know its old news, but I figured I would announce that I'm getting married September 19th and I'm really hoping you all will be there! Marcus is from Seattle WA and I met him last September in sunday school (where every other couple meets, but goes to show that you receive blessings when you attend church meetings!) He's a convert to the church as of five years ago on August 8th. He's a great guy, reminds me much of my dad and I think that's why it's so easy for me to love him. :) We're excited to start our new journey together and I can't wait for you all to meet him! I love you all! 

Trip to Newport Beach- July 4th & 5th

We couldn't stand the 110 degree temps any longer and had to take our monthly extended weekend to a cooler climate. Mindy, Landon, Colton and one of his friends made the trip to California over the 4th of July.

Newport is great. It was a high of 78, and a low of 68. Hot enough during the day to get in the cool ocean to boogie board and skim board, and cool enough at night to wear a sweart shirt. However, the ocean was a bit chilly. The cool ocean there is always a bit breathe taking even with hotter temps.

Mindy has turned into an Arizonian. She didn't have any desire to jump in, except she did get her feet wet. She looks pretty hot in pink bathing suit don't you think? Send her an email telling her how hot she looks, because she has no idea I've posted this on the blog. I'm a dead man!

We had a great time. I wish we could take advantage of the cool temps in Idaho. OH wait, I think Dad said it was hot, a flaming 88 degrees yesterday. If only it would be 88 again. We see that temp at about 2 am each morning.
Hope you're all doing great.
Grant

Our 4th of July

Happy 4th everyone. I hope you all had a great time. I haven't seen any new posts in awhile. come on people, where are you all?