Recipe Dishtowels!

 Banner gave me these 4 dishtowels with Mom's handwritten recipes on them.

 

 All of these were in Mom's black notebook where she started writing down recipes in the 1970's.

 

 I now have the Picnic Cake, Tomato Soup, Delicious Custard and Yummy Bars recipes on these sweet towels.

 

We had a wonderful, white Christmas here. In fact it is snowing again this morning.  I hope the rest of your holiday is full of fun and family time.

You Are Hereby Called

Tennyson  received her mission call to the Germany, Frankfurt Mission.  She will be entering the MTC on March 20th.  We are so excited for her and this new opportunity to serve the people in Germany.

Where in the World is Tennyson Going?

 

The papers are in and we are patiently waiting.  It's time to guess where she will be called.  Just leave a comment with your prediction.   An alphabetical list of missions  can be found on Tennyson's blog. Whitney says a prize will be given for the closest guess.

Spooky Halloween Night!

 Banner has been busy carving pumpkins in preparation for Halloween.

 

 This year she went with a Star Wars theme, Stormtroopers and such.

 

Our treat bowl is full and we are eagerly awaiting the few trick or treaters that will show up at our house.  Happy Halloween!

This Christmas!

Liz and Dennis--------------------------------------Noah and Becky

Anne Adele and Maurie-----------------------Morgan and Andrew

Shelley and Alan--------------------------------------Josh and Stacy

Jennifer and Jim--------------------------------------Liz and Dennis

John and Rebecca---------------------------------------------Whitney

Sara----------------------------------------------------Jennifer and Jim

Josh and Stacy----------------------------------------------------Leslie

Morgan and Andrew-------------------------------Miranda and Aldo

Noah and Becky----------------------------------------------------Sara

Whitney---------------------------------------Anne Adele and Maurie

Miranda and Aldo-----------------------------------Shelley and Alan

Leslie------------------------------------------------John and Rebecca

 

 

Madison-----------------------------------------------------------Rachel

Zack-----------------------------------------------------------------Arden

Rachel-------------------------------------------------------------Gabriel

Tennyson------------------------------------------------------------Jonas

Arden-----------------------------------------------------------Tennyson

Kelsie-----------------------------------------------------------------Leah

Seth---------------------------------------------------------------Madison

Banner-------------------------------------------------------------Hannah

Hannah----------------------------------------------------------------Seth

Jonas---------------------------------------------------------------Russell

Gabriel--------------------------------------------------------------Kelsie

Maren-----------------------------------------------------------------Zack

Leah----------------------------------------------------------------Banner

Esme-------------------------------------------------------------------Lily

Lily-------------------------------------------------------------------Esme

Russell---------------------------------------------------------------Maren

 

 

Here is the gift list for 2012.  Hopefully it meets with everyone's approval.



Recent Happenings!

 A visit to the Dough Rocks

 

 

 The Buckhorn Panel

 

 The Wedge

 

 A hawk on our deck railing

 

Banner and I noticed he had a funny walk.

 

 Region tennis meet in Richfield.

 

 Banner played very well.

 

 Blowing massive bubbles.

 

French Bread

 While the kids were here last week, the little girls decided they would like spaghetti.  They wanted to pick fresh basil from my herb pot and add it to the sauce.  I thought homemade french bread would go well with our delicious sauce. 

I used the recipe from the Lion House Baking recipe book.  It was very easy and turned out nice and crusty on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside.

Sawtell Hike

The intrepid hikers (except Lily), she was carried most of the way by Andrew, Shelley and Alan.  Still worried about snakes I guess.

 We were up so high that there was still a patch of snow.

 A little snack and drink break.

Look hard and you will see the Tetons in the far background.

This is from the top of Sawtell Peak to which we drove.  As Jane Austen would say,  It was a fair prospect.

A Decor Change!

 This chair used to be white with a green plastic seat.  The bookcase was a cream color.  

 The new seat on the chair is from fabric that I got from Mom years ago.  I wonder which of my sisters had a dress made out of this fabric.

 Whitney also painted the bed which used to be white.

The walls have been painted a light gray and the bed is covered with the completed "Swoon" quilt.  Now we just need to put some things on the walls and put in a new wood floor (when Jim gets a chance) and we have an updated cute guest room.

Marriage Is What Brings Us Together Today!

What a beautiful day for a wedding.  Congratulations Aldo and Miranda Gutierrez.

Georgette Heyer Strikes Again

Sadly (or happily depending on whether you talk to me or to Jim), Banner has been bitten by the Georgette Heyer bug.  She came to me last week for a fun book,  I of course recommended a Georgette. Faro's Daughter to be exact.  She devoured it in a day and a half (if attendance at school hadn't been required, it would have taken less time) and has now moved on to Arabella.  Whatever room I go into today, it is there, in the hands of an enthralled teenager.  It reminds me of the good old days of reading Georgette Heyer's books for the first time.  Well, I guess we know what Banner will be doing this summer.

28 Years Later!

We have been very blessed in our 28 years of marriage. Four smart, beautiful daughters, a home, employment and good health. We are grateful for the gospel which gives us strength to handle our trials. Here's hoping we're blessed with 28 more fantastic years.

Mother's Day Flowers!

 Jim gave me these beautiful roses.  I love the salmon color. 

 I had to put them on my kitchen floor to get a good view of the tops of the flowers.

 Banner has been taking a floriculture class at the High School this semester.  This is her Mother's Day arrangement.

Bless her heart, she gave it to me.  This is the 4th arrangement she has done, they have all been beautiful.  Happy Mother's Day to all of you Mother's on sunday.



Dancesport 2012

Banner and I met Whitney, Sara and Hannah in Provo yesterday for the Dancesport Championships

After a quick trip to the mall, and lunch at Ruby River with Noah and Becky, we headed up to the BYU campus.

 The first event on saturday afternoon was the Caberet dancing.  This guy was supposed to be a gladiator but he was modest so he wore pants and a flesh colored T-shirt.

 We soon figured out that he wasn't there for his dancing ability but for his brawn.

 We then watched the Pre-teen ballroom division.

 These children were amazing.  They did so well for being 12 years and under.

This young girl and her partner were one of our favorites.

 It was so fun to watch!

 Next was the under 21 division.  This was our couple from Utah that ended up taking 3rd place.

 This poor brother and sister duo had a trying day.  He must've had the stomach flu and kept leaving between dances to be sick.

 Here she is waiting for him to come back on the floor for the next dance. 

 The other couples waited patiently.  It was kind of amusing when we saw a BYU employee running out with a garbage can.

 This year they had an event that we had never seen before.  Children from 13 elementary schools came(280 to be exact) and performed different dances like the cha-cha, fox trot and swing.  They earned Bronze, Silver or Gold medals.  This would be such a fun program to have in a school.

 It was time for the final of the under 21 division,  Stomach flu boy made it through a couple of dances but then couldn't make it, passed out and pulled his sister to the floor with him.  They stopped the music and called for a "doctor in the house".  A few people ran to the floor and then people started bringing drinks.

Gatorade, powerade, sprite, water and then last of all, a gallon of cranberry juice.  We were laughing so hard because everyone who came to the floor brought a drink.  I don't know how they thought he could drink that much. 

 He finally came to and they got him off the floor.

This man had the job of carting off the drinks.

We then had to endure the team formation dancing.  It wouldn't have been so bad but we had to watch almost all of them twice. 

Finally we got to see the under 21 latin dancing.

The couple in the pink was one of the best.  In fact I think they won 3rd place.

Another very talented couple.

It was such a fun day and we had a very good time together.  I can't wait until next year.