Utah Christmas Trip

We had a wonderful trip to Utah for Christmas. In fact it was such a wonderful time we failed to take any pictures except for our visit to our friends from Florida the Dewberrys and a trip to Clark Planetarium with the Clarks.

We spent 11 days driving, sledding, snowball fighting, playing our new Wii from Grandma, staying in our condo, visiting Grandma, Grandpa, cousins, aunts, uncles, and freinds. We got a lot of great presents for Christmas although as you can see a new camera would have been nice too.

Wayne and Donna take a trip to Long Beach

Wayne and Donna in Beverly Hills, that is not our car, just FYI.

Most beautiful tree discovered at Los Angeles Temple. Where's Wayne (Waldo)?

Donna went to Long Beach with her oldest friend, Julie Stephens, these are her three body boarding boys!

Check out the new video from the Carlson Singers directed by their Aunt Kathy.

Makenna gave a talk in church today.

Today my talk is about strengthening my family. An eternal family is a husband, wife and child that are sealed together in a permanent relationship for time and all eternity.

Joseph F. Smith said "Let, love, peace, and the spirit of the Lord, kindness, charity, sacrifice for others abound in your families. Banish harsh words and let the spirit of God take possession of your hearts. Teach your children these things in spirit and power. Not one child in a hundred would stray, if the home environment, example and training were in harmony with the gospel of Christ."

My dad says that one of my best strengths is that I am almost always happy and cheerful. That helps other family members be happy and cheerful too. One Monday night we forgot all about family home evening, but I remembered and even though we had a last minute lesson and an unprepared activity, we had a great time.

On vacation this summer I brought my scriptures and I would read them in the morning. Several people noticed and remembered to read their scriptures too. You can also strengthen your family by remembering family prayer and scripture study.

Horse Camp

Makenna started off the summer at horse camp. She worked the last 8 months to save up enough money to go and it was well worth. She won the blue ribbon in the relay race and in the horse show.

Elementary Graduation

Our little baby graduated from elementary school. She walked away with 8 awards.

1st Father Son Campout

Wayne and Aaron went on their first father and son campout. They had a great time cooking over the fire, playing games, going exploring in the woods, and skipping rocks on the lake. everything was great until the tornado rolled through at 2:00am.

Flower Patch Kids

Jack and LMNO frm the alphabet stories

Jack and LMNO (from the alphabet) are Aarons imaginary brothes because he dosent have any real ones. Aaron has some really good stories of them."Jack got hit by a car" "Jacks sister needs a new lunchbox" "Jack just called me and he needs a new white cell phone" "Jacks dad was driving me and LMNO in his car and a skunk jumped on top of the roof and broke through the car". These are just some of the most hilarious stories we've ever heard.

Samantha's Easy Money Saving Tips

*shorter showers-doing bad
*turn offlights-doing good
*shut windws and doors-doing bad
*don't buy stuff-doing bad
*don't usecell phone so much-doing OKish kindof
*don't complain about gross foods-I'm doing REALLY good on this one!!!
*don't ask for fun things-doing bad
*KEEP SNEAKING MONEY INTO DAD'S TOP DRESSER DRAWER-believe it or not I'm doing ALMOST PERFECT on this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!