Young Women Reunion

We had a much needed sleepover with the beautiful Clearfield Young Women. We had to get together cause all of their lives are changing so much and we wanted to catch up. Here's a little update on us:

Shauna: Too many boys to count. Too confusing. She'll find the right one eventually. She's at WSU studing to be an elementary teacher. What a good example for the rest of the gang. (Except for the kissing part!) She loves taking pictures.

Mauri: At USU. Having lots of fun! Loves take videos with her new camera. Studing stage productions? We are very proud of her for being vl!

Candace: After 1 semester of school, she got engaged and decided to go home to Logan. She is focusing on her wedding right now. She will get married in the Logan temple to Greg. We will all be there for this special day.

Sariah: Missing in action. Decided to stay home and "sit on the couch" instead of coming to see us. We missed her!

Kailee: Senior a DHS and will earn her associates from WSU at the same time. She is anxiously awaiting acceptance letters. Really, really, wants to go to BYU.

Kyrie: Junior at LHS. She cut her hair and looks very cute! She likes boys now. We knew she would change her mind at some point in her life! Wonderful violinist and artist.

Ahnica: As fun as ever. We never know what to expect from her. She has "a friend with benefits" cause she shouldn't have a boyfriend now, he needs to go on a mission first.

Kellie: The baby of the group just turned 16! She can now join the rest of them in dating and driving. We learned some new things about her that shall be left unmentioned. She had to go to sleep early and get up early so that she could practice for a Karate belt test. She's so dedicated. She has a very contagious laugh.

Me: The same but now I have G, who never lived in Clearfield. I just enjoy spending time with all of these girls. I miss them so much. The are like my daughters and I just want the best for them!!!

Spelling Bee

CR participated in class spelling bee a week ago and got 2nd place. He lost on the word "liverwurst". The top 3 from the class got to go to the School competition.

Then on Friday he competed against 4th-6th graders. He got some challenging words and it seemed like I was more nervous than he was. But he WON! We were surprised! Not that we thought he couldn't do it. We just thought the competition would be stiffer (he's a 4th grader after all!) We were so happy for him. Now he gets to go to the semi-finals and compete with half of the district. I hope I can handle it. I know he'll do great!

Kiki and Tayevion

We were lucky to have Cat and Bri with us for about a week. They came to pick up their cute puppy Kiki.

We wish we lived closer to them!

Also, that weekend the Manuel's blessed their little cute baby. We love that we live close to them!

G is 2

Our princess G is two. She is such a joy to have around. She entertains us every day. We can't believe that it's been two years since she came to be with us. We love her sooooo much!

She got to celebrate in Cheyenne with most of the cousins from KC's side of the family.

I made her a puppy cake.

Her cousins decorated the house while G took a nap.

She opened her presents and she loved unwrapping!



She had another party at home with the other side of the family. Two birthday parties for a two year old. What a special girl!

Cheyenne 2008-09

We had planned to leave early so we could get to Cheyenne asap but there was a snow storm the night before. Lucky for us! Part of the interstate in Wyoming was closed so we had to wait.

We went and had breakfast at Gandolfo's. We checked the road conditions. Still closed. We had packed the night before so we were complety ready! Well at about 10am the roads opened so we left. We had to use chains for part of the way so our drive was a little longer than usual but we made it safe and sound at about 6:30pm.

While there we hung out and watched movies, talked, played, and ate.

We went shopping to Denver.

We got to have dinner with Uncle Tron.

We went Ice Skating.

We celebrated G birthday (separate post).

We played games.

We took cousin pictures. Always a must!

The teenagers went to a dance.

We had many wonderful meals by grandma and grandpa. We love being in Cheyenne!

Christmas Day

We got up to see what Santa left. We always make the kids wait a few minutes and talk about things just for fun!

G got a baby doll that coos and asks for "mama" with a car seat.

We all got Rock Band, Wii Fit, and some Nerf Darts.

We had our breakfast of German pancakes and Buttermilk Syrup and then we opened family gifts. Gifts for 7 people really add up.

After playing for a while we went to the Manuel's for a Cajun dinner made by Jonas. We did our white elephant gift exchange that no one stole anything (no fun). The kids had fun playing with their new toys.

Tayeveon felt bad that he did not participate in the Christmas Eve program so he danced for us on the table.

Shayden and CR went to DS world for a long time.

Then we went home to pack so we could go to Cheyenne the next day.

Christmas Eve 2008

We spent Christmas at home with my parents and the Manuels.

We took a family picture (must be done every year)!

Christmas Eve we had our traditional Guatemalan Paches. Ohh, so good.

We had our traditional Christmas Program put on by the kids


We had to take my dad's traditional funny picture.



And we opened presents. G loved her hat and gloves from her grandparents!



Then the kids got dressed in their Christmas pj's from Grandma Judy. G had already gone to bed.

Pictures with Santa