The new year has begun. . .

So, It was back to school for mom (Christy) this week. Teachers returned on Wednesday and the students will return tomorrow. The good news is that VVHS has a new Principal, Mr. Wilson, this year and he is making life exciting and a lot more fun. I look forward to working with him this year. Gary worked with him last year in Moapa and loved it and Mr. Wilson really liked him. He is working on finding Gary a long term sub job for the year as we found out last week that he won't be able to do his student teaching until next summer. Anyway, it looks like our summer is over too soon but we had lots of fun. We went to Disneyland with Ryan and Amanda in June and had a blast even though it was the hottest day of the year. We stayed overnight with Uncle Greg and Aunt Michele where Aunt Michele taught us how to eat the top off the chocolate covered donuts. (mom says thanks Aunt Michele) For the fourth of July we went to Mesquite and stayed at the Oasis with Grandpa and Grandma Lindberg and the Emery's swimming and watching the fireworks. We worked on getting our house more organized and mom even had time to work on scrapbooks. We spent a lot of time going to the pool with friends and loved swimming a lot. Anya thinks she can walk all the way across the pool without drowning and keeps testing her theory. Before next summer she will have swimming lessons. All in all we feel very blessed to have had such a wonderful time together.

Long Couple of Days

It has been a couple of sad days here in Littlefield. Sunday we got to church and noticed that a lot of our family was missing. Brother Layton started sacrament meeting and announced that our cousin Arica Stats had lost her baby that morning. Tayler Ann was four months old and a beautiful baby. She went to bed healthy and happy and didn't wake up the next morning. It has been a trying time for my Uncle Jeff, Aunt Vicky, Arika and her kids and Nikell and her family. It has also brought back a lot of memeories for my extended family of when my sister Danna passed away. It has been hard to think of things to do to show them all our love. I asked today for some pictures of Tayler so that I could make her mom something to keep close and remember her by. This afternoon Aunt Vickie brought up her camera with a lot of pictures of Tayler and her family and I am going to put together a scrapbook for Arika and her kids. Hopefully they will be able to look at the pictures and remember what a beautiful addition she was and will always be to their family. Hug each other close. Remember to tell each other of your love and remember we here in Littlefield love you all.

false start

Okay, I had every intention of starting the blog clear back in April but somehow life got in the way and I got frustrated with the posting pictures thing. In the meantime we have had a super busy, but fun summer. Mike and Kristin got married in the St. George Temple on May 31. Gary and I took the girls to Disneyland in June. We celebrated Danna's 3rd birthday in July as well as me going to girls camp for a week and Danna and Taggert being in a performing arts preschool for 2 weeks. August came and went way to fast and now we are getting ready to go back to work. I hate the thought of leaving the girls but we have wonderful friends who are babysitting them for us this year and they are not allowed to move ever, or at least until the girls both graduate from high school. I am commiting myself, once again to keeping up with the blog in order to keep friends and family in touch with what we are doing in our lives or at least keeping track of it for myself. And, my goal for the week is to figure out how to add pictures. . . I know . . . I'm lame. More to Come. I promise.