More Family Fun Times!

We have had a fun, busy couple of weeks! We sleep at all three of our homes last week. We had to go check on our lawns in St. George, made a quick trip to Las Vegas to see Brian who has been trying to pass another kidney stone, and Kelli who has had a terrible bought with migraines. Then went up to check on the cabin. Here is a photo review:



Celebrating C.J. and Caroline's birthdays with Ron and Lisa's family - June 7th








Aiden Olsen Saturday, June 6th.

Air Force Air Show at Hill Air Force Base.




Zach Olsen - Air Show

In the belly of a cargo plane.

Thunderbirds - they are awesome!

Thunderbird.

First elk we have seen this year at the cabin. June 5th.

Monroe Mountain is in bloom, it is so very beautiful this year.

Visit from the Birrell's. May 23rd.

Emily, Seth and Cameron.

Emily, Cameron and Seth.

Cameron's Birthday.

It was so much fun spending time with Kathy, Justin, Seth, Emily and Cameron.

We also spent time with Kelli's family.

Rachael getting ready for school. June 3rd.

Swimming with Kelli and Brian's kids in their pool.

Neil having too much fun!

Grandma Wendy with Body and Nora.

Brody.

Nora

My three sons - Jeff, Jed and Justin May 31st

Jes home from his mission, Jake graduation day.

May 29th.

Jake's high school graduation - Wasatch High

May 29th

Jes, Shelly, Jed and Jake May 31st.

Jes' homecoming, May 31st.

Cousins: Skyler, Haley, Spencer, Ashlynne and Josh.

WOW a fun couple of weeks!!!!

Chandler is an awesome volleyball player!
(Karen and Steven's girls)





Last we checked, Chandler's Olympus traveling team was still in first place. Chandler also plays on the Murray High varsity team.

New info: Yes, they won the whole thing!!!!!!!!

Kacey is home from Utah State and is such a great support to Chandler.
New info. on Kacey: She just got a job at Bath & Body Works at Fashion Place Mall - look for her!

Another fun weekend!

Congratulations to Jake!

He took first place steer wrestling at the Lehi High School rodeo and the Herriman one!

Last weekend we were in Coral Canyon with friends. We had a great time in the wonderful weather.

Here are some of the things we did:

The Rugg's are our "Hand and Foot" friends, so we got some good playing time in. The girls won 50% of the time. We find the boys are easier to get along with if we let them win some of the time.

We love to go four-wheeling, and the desert was in bloom, it was beautiful!

Saturday we took a ride up towards Enterprise and visited the Mountail Meadows Massacre sites. It was a little depressing for me, it would be nice to really know why things happened the way they did.

We ate our lunch in a small "Heritage Park" in Enterprise. Neil loved looking at the old farming equipment like the ones he and his brothers helped their father use to keep the family farm going.

Wendy's Weekend!

We had another great weekend with family and friends!

Friday we went to Stacie and Devin's graduation at BYU. Stacie is DeeDee's daughter. Devin will now be off to Dental School.

Stacie and Devin Orvin
We got to see our first great granddaughter, Kennedy, again at the graduation. What a doll!

After the graduation, I was off to Ashlynne's dance competition. She and her partner took first place in their category.

Saturday morning we went to Brittany and Nick's home in Salt Lake to meet for the first time our second great granddaughter, Avery. She is such a beautiful baby!

It was a thrill to hold her for the first time.

Brittany and Nick have done an outstanding job decorating and furnishing two nurseries for her, in Salt Lake and Logan. This is her Salt Lake one.














After a great visit at Britt and Nick's we were off to a wedding reception, and what a wonderful surprize that was! The bride is the daughter of Steve Christiansen. He was the Stake President whom requested senior missionaries in the Appleton Stake in Wisconsin. Little did he know that he would be sent his father's second half cousin and his wife, Neil and Wendy Christiansen. We were so happy that people we love from Neenah, Wisconsin were there at the reception.

I had a great time visiting with members of the Neenah, Wisconsin Ward: Pam Price, Lillian Chai Tolman, and Mae Chai.

Neil had a good visit with his second cousin, Richard (Dick) Christiansen.

Bride, Kaylynn Christiansen Witt with her mother, Suzanne Christiansen.

I had another treat Saturday afternoon to meet with my siblings, Sue, Ellen, Marged, Allyson and her family and Kay (Owen was at Scout camp) to visit with my father's sister, Ellie whom is recovering from a broken pelvis. Aunt Ellie is such an upbeat cheerful lady, now in her 90's.

Sisters: Ellen, Marged, Wendy and Sue.
Back row: Kay Ashton, Ellen Ashton VanOrman Front row: Susan Ashton, Allyson Ashton Chard, Heather Chard, Marged Ashton Kirkpatrick, Danielle Chard, Alyssa Chard, Eleanor
Ashton Badger, Wendy Ashton Christiansen. Photographer, Dan Chard.















Things I missed out on this weekend, darn! Jake taking first at the Logan Rodeo. Skyler winning his laCrosse games (he was on channel 5 news Saturday, at his game honoring Blake Stebel) Josh winning his laCrosse game, Ashlynne winning her soccer game. Chandler's volleyball games and who knows what else! So many things to do, so little time!

Now all this is the good part of my weekend, the bad is just beginning as I start taking my prep for a colonoscopy tomorrow, yuck!!!







The End!!!





P.S.
Sooooo, the colonoscopy was no big deal, the doctor said I have the colon of a 20 year old - WHY can't the rest of my body be like a 20 year old?!!!!!

Spring!

I love spring and all the beauties it brings; an awakening of the earth, a new beginning to life. This spring has brought us the blessing of two new great grandchildren and two more to come next month.

Aubrey and Seth's daughter, Kennedy

Brittany and Nick's daughter, Avery

We have enjoyed some fun family and friend activities this spring:

Watching Steve, Houston and Paul desert race on their dirt bikes.

Houston

Paul

Steve

We have had good times with family and friends at our home in Coral Canyon.

Riding ATV's with the Kirkpatricks and Darlingtons by Fort Pearce and the Dinosaur tracks.

Hiking at Red Cliffs.

Easter Egg Hunt with grandkids.

Ashlynne, Spencer, Aiden, Zach, Josh and Skyler.

A Winter Paradise!

Neil and I just returned from a wonderful trip to Puerto Penasco, Mexico staying at beautiful Las Palomas Resort in a condo owned by our good friends from Wisconsin's daughter. If you want a great place to go just ask me and I will connect you with her. It is in the Sea of Cortez.

Besides the beautiful white sandy beach we had multiple hot tubs with different degrees of heat, swimming pool and lazy river.

Each evening we would eat dinner on the deck and watch the beautiful sunsets.

In the morning the beach would be raked in front of the condos, things were always so clean and neat.

Buying from the beach venders was interesting. Neil actually asked me to buy something from the young mother in the photo, he either felt sorry for her or liked her beauty!

If you look just out from Rocky Point in the first photo, you can see a shrimp boat. We loved buying fresh shrimp, cooking it up and eating it!

In front of the LDS church we attended on Sunday.