Friday, April 22, 2016

Winter- Our Six Months Off

We had a fun, busy winter. Here are some of the highlights...
In October we went to Zions with Dayna, Robyn and their families.  We camped in a tent, hiked, and enjoyed time with our kids and grandkids.


In October, we also helped Robyn and Taryn while they had surgery- more fun time with the grandkids!

Our sweet 5-year-old Caiya was diagnosed with a retina blastoma in her right eye. This resulted in Robyn, Brian and Caiya making
several trips to Philadelphia for treatments at the Wills Eye Center.  We were able to go to Lehi for a week every month to take care of the other kids while they were gone. 


Caiya's treatments have gone well.  She is not as far along as we would like to see her, but she is still making progress.

Granger's main storage cabinet in the garage fell apart so he spent a lot of time on KSL looking for replacement cabinets.  This was the final result.  He did a great job.



Travis and Kortny invited us to celebrate Halloween with them this year.  It was fun to watch Ryker trick-or-treat as a two-year-old.
We enjoyed Thanksgiving, watching Hallie in her school play and swimming, Kendall playing basket ball, Jackson playing indoor soccer, and many other activities.
I decided to get creative!

Celebrating our birthday!!! Aaron, Grandma and Hunter

Christmas is always exciting with our annual gathering and dinner at Tucano's for the whole crew.
Robyn and Brian

Kortny and Travis

Robyn and Granger

DeAnn and Dayna



Taryn and DeAnn
Dayna and Greg


The lake team met up for a Christmas get together

January brought some home time with me quilting like crazy for customers, and trying to get some of my own stuff done.  Granger hung out doing Granger stuff.

February Fun

Jackson's Birthday Quilt


Valentine Cookie Party




Fun at the Zoo 

We headed to Cancun for a week of fun with our friends, Gary and Robyn Bromley.





In March, we headed to Seattle for my sweet sister-in-law, Sylvia Butterfield's funeral.  It was sad to see her go, but, we were pleased to be able to make the trip before our mission resumed.
Love these brothers of mine!
Hanging with the family in Seattle!


All in all, we had a great six months off.  Now we are excited to return to our mission on the mountain!!!



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