Devin's Spring Break

Devin and Kayla came down from Abilene during Spring Break.
They spent some time on the Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio.

My favorite picture!

The Alamo

Devin and Kayla bought season passes to Sea World, San Antonio.

You can never get tired of watching Shamu perform.

Sea World

UTAH

Amber and Jeremy came from Rexburg, Idaho to attend the wedding reception. Se spent the night at Scott and Sandy's house in Hyrum and then spend a night in a hotel in Logan next to Pauline and Rod. March in Utah is still so cold. It snowed all day on Saturday but it was very beautiful and peaceful, especially in Hyrum.  

Amber, Jeremy, and Scott's dog at Scott's house in Hyrum, Utah. 

Amber looks so beautiful while she is waiting to head out into the snow.

Amber put on her swimming suit and bundled up as we prepared to walk to the the swimming pool at the hotel in Logan.

I spent a night at the Dillon's. I had fun playing with Kamden.

Logan and Kamden Dillon

Logan is a ham!

Michelle on her way to the gym.

Dallas and Adrianna's Wedding

I had the opportunity to fly to Utah to be a part of the sealing of my nephew, Dallas and his new bride, Adrianne in the Logan Temple on March 12, 2010. It was a beautiful ceremony. 

They were so happy that neither one of them could stop smiling. 

Adrianne's Family

Dallas' Family

Both Families

 

Adrianne and Dallas with their nieces. Adrianne made all the dresses.

Barb and Pauline.

Scott was our photographer and he did a great job. It was a little chilly outside. Only about 34 degrees. 

 Cindy and Dan

                                             

Blake, Janae, Becky, Emily, and Caleb

Laura Torgersen

Tom and Deanna Togersen

The gorgeous quilt that Pauline made for Dallas and Adrianne displayed at the reception.

Alan and Linda Call

Laura, Cindy, Dan, and Amberlynn

The cake that couldn't be cut! 

It was made to resemble a cake but was made out of styrofoam.

Dallas and Adranne ate an orange!

The Giving Tree

I decided to post this letter that we gave to the kids for Christmas this past year. We gave everyone including ourselves this pillow that I designed and sewed. So far it has been very fun thinking of ideas to give service and what to do on the pillow. It has also kept communication open as we call one another asking about the pillow all month. - Barb

CHRISTMAS 2009

 This year we wanted to do something a little different and unique so with a little thought and prayer we came up with the theme, “A Giving Tree Christmas” based on the book, The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein. It has always been one of our favorite stories. Thus everyone is getting a copy!

Someone once said, “Christmas means ‘giving.’ The Father gave His Son and the Son gave His life. Without giving there is no true Christmas, and without sacrifice there is no true worship”.

Christmas means ‘giving,’ and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind…

Christmas means ‘compassion and love’ and, most of all ‘forgiveness’…How poor indeed would be our lives without the influence of His teachings and His matchless example…”He whose birth we commemorate this season is more than the symbol of a holiday. He is the Son of God…the Redeemer of mankind, the King of Kings, the Prince of Peace”.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Price of Peace.”

This year in the spirit of giving, we would like to give our family a challenge for 2010 to make it a special year of giving the gift of service all year long. We encourage you to reach outside yourselves by serving one another in your homes, in your work place, in your community, serving at every opportunity with the intent of becoming more compassionate, more charitable, and closer to one another, and most importantly more like our Savior.

To help with this endeavor we have created “The traveling tree pillow!” Using the schedule provided, we will add something to the pillow and then mail it to the next person every month. Some ideas include a thought for each day of the month, favorite candies, a treat, a letter, loose change, scriptures, quotes, photos, love notes, coupons, gift certificates, or anything creative to reach out across the miles to serve each other and say “I love you”. Next year we will all be in different cities and some in different states! We don’t want it to be a burden or big expense but do what you can. Along with the pillow is a notebook that you will use to record all your acts of service during the month. The notebook will be mailed with the pillow. At the end of the year the pillows and notebooks will be returned to their rightful owners to keep. Sounds fun? We hope so!!!

We love you!!!

Mom and Dad

Christmas 09

This is a pillow after being covered in 30 Shamrocks. Mom and Dad gave it to Devin. Each Shamrock had a reason why we love him. 

Luz Marina Visits from New York

We enjoyed having Henry's Aunt Luz Marina come to visit on February 27th for about 4 days. 

It was fun taking her out and visiting with her. We spent most of our time reminiscing and looking at family photos. We had Jose and his family came over for dinner one night and then we went over to

their home for dinner on another. Luz wanted to look at houses with the possibility of moving her eventually. We would love to have her live new us so we hope she does soon. 

Luz loved the River Walk. 

She thought it was beautiful.

Jose, Luz, and Tania. 

San Antonio Rodeo

In February, I entered a drawing for Rodeo tickets at work for $5.00 and won! I received 4 tickets for box seats for the San Antonio 2010 Rodeo with a parking pass at the AT & T Center. We took Grandpa to celebrate his birthday and Jose came along also. It was very cold and had been raining all day so we spent most of our time inside as much as possible. The rodeo was great and the box seats were so comfortable and relaxing. They had free snacks and drinks available for us also. We especially enjoyed the bull riding and the kids riding the muttons during the "Mutton Bustin" always cracks me up.

Happy Birthday!!

Grandpa celebrates his 

77th birthday this year!

Henry, Jose, and Grandpa enjoying their 

snacks in our box seats.