I Hope They Call Me On A Mission

The last week has been filled with so many blessings and a lot of emotions. McKay was set apart on Wednesday evening as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He will be serving a mission in Edinburgh, Scotland for the next two years. After he was set apart, we went to our favorite place...Roxberry. The following morning we all went up to the Salt Lake City airport to see McKay off to Preston, England where he will be at the MTC for the next three weeks before heading to Scotland. The plane was delayed about an hour and so we sat and waited together. Finally it was time to say goodbye. We will miss McKay terribly for the next two years, but we are so proud of him and will be praying for him every day! We hope the people of Scotland enjoy him and his love of life as much as we do and that he will be able to share the good news of the gospel with those who are searching for it.

More St. George pictures.

We have been to St. George twice in the last few weeks. Once with "the girls" and the second time we decided to take the boys along. I must say the girls trip was much more peaceful but definitely less eventful. We stayed with some friend's who built a second home with a great basement for guests. We went to In-N-Out Burger three times and played at the sand dunes on four wheelers and generally had a great time. That is, until Kristopher had a little accident. Then we stayed at the hospital for several hours while he had a very skilled doctor place between 50and 60 stitches in his head and also tried to set his nose which was broken. Kristopher is recovering now and he really didn't ruin all the fun. We still had a great time and enjoyed the sunshine and company. I am currently trying to convince Doug that he should get a job down in Utah's dixie, but so far I don't think he is convinced.

Guest Blogger!

We all know how much mom loves actually posting, so given the choice between posting or holding the baby, she had a hard time deciding which she wanted to do more. And so, here I am! Abigail Kate was born yesterday afternoon and she is happy and healthy and everyone is doing well! It has been so fun to have visitors over to the hospital to meet her and we are constantly amazed at how easy going she is. She hardly ever crys or even fusses, and that has only been when she is hungry or needs a diaper change and as soon as we help her she stops crying! Her hobbies include napping, eating, and long walks on the beach, and she is loving being alive so far. Also noteworthy, girlfriend is not opposed to keeping things including bows and headbands on her head. I knew she would love being a girl =)

Santa was Good to Us

We had a great Christmas filled with gifts and family and friends. McKay was happy with his "mostly mission" Christmas and Spencer was excited to get Wii fit and Megan almost burst with happiness when she opened her "BeDazzler".

Christmas Morning Excitement!

So, Christmas has come and gone and now all we have are the gifts and the memories. BriAnna and Kristopher were up at the crack of dawn (or maybe even a little earlier) to open gifts and have breakfast with his family and so our family decided to wait to open gifts until they arrived at our home. This plan seemed great to the parents (Doug and Melanie)and not so great to the kids (mostly Megan and Spencer). I woke up around 7 am and this is what I found when I looked in to see what Santa had brought for us.

I was going through my pictures today and trying to do some computer housekeeping and I came across these pictures of Megan and Spencer. The first few are of when Spencer was beginning 7th grade and the next few are of when Megan was beginning 7th grade, just three years later...they are growing so fast! I am not sure why Spencer thinks it is so fun to actually get in the locker, but he does. I am sure that soon he will not be able to fit in any locker.