A little visit to utah to see my Parents, Michelle and family, and Julie Feb. 2011

 These are 2 people that make it a bonus when I go visit my parents in
Utah.  Macy and Michelle

 While I was there, Macy went to a cousins birthday party at a bounce house.
Here Michelle is taking her down the slide.

 Macy enjoying some ice cream

 My whole family live in Utah, so when I go there, we usually try to get
together.  Here we are at lunch at Carl's Jr.
L-R back   Jessica, Shannon, Michelle, Alaine, Joneel
front   Julie

 My Mom and sister Denise and Danielle are on the left (the rest I mentioned
in the previous picture) and on the right is Aubrey, Amber and Clark.

 Oh my, they can all make funny faces with their lips.  ha ha

 once again, saying good-bye to Julie.  She met me in Utah while I was there and
brought a friend Addison Chandler with her.  The driver is Chelsea England.

Tyler also came up and brought Grace.  This is their first snowman.  Then
the 2 of them drove home with me.

Sam turns 3

 The Tonka truck from Mel and I

 Sam and Grace checking things out

 Daddy holding Jarom

 After all the presents were opened.

 One of the favorite parts of his birthday.

 YUMMY

Grandpa holding Jarom.

It's nice to live close to Tyler and his family because we get to celebrate
all the holidays and birthdays with them.  Happy Birthday Sam.

A meeting at the Beach with my cousin

I'll never complain taking a drive to the beach.  Especially if I get to
meet up with my cousin Sandra.  This is Newport Beach, and I love it.

Julie's friends bidding her farewell Jan. 2011

Katie, Marissa, Julie and Jenn  had 2 weeks to enjoy julie's
company before she headed back to BYU-I for her second semester.
They were so funny.  They had to say good-bye before she left
and katie and Marissa even came to the airport with me to say
good-bye.

Julie had been picked up at the airport by Bro. Larsen while
he picked Emily up, so we returned the favor and took Emily
back for the return flight to Idaho Falls.

Emily Larsen and Julie

How could I?

Clark and Michelle at the skating rink

Grace had a lot of fun ice skating

Michelle, Anna, Tyler, Mike's wife, and Mike Andes

Tyler's mission buddy

Julie with Grace

Sam was cold and tuckered out after ice skating

later that day at Tyler's house for Cake and ice cream

Happy Birthday Tyler

How could I ignore my blog? Have i really been that busy, that i couldn't

just leave a picture with a little synopsis? Well, whatever. I'll just do it

NOW. Every year, 5 days after Christmas, is Tyler's birthday. We went

ice skating for his birthday, and then went to his house to have cake

and sing to him. I am happy that he lives close by so that we can do

this every year. Here are some pictures from the day.

Christmas with the Lunds

Having fun with Macy

Mel, Sam and Grace

We switched it up this year. Instead of going to Mimi's

for Christmas Eve dinner we went to Lucille's for lunch.

Clark and Macy

Tyler and Anna

Michelle and Julie

Anna, Joneel and Clark

Jarom

Macy, the cute present

Julie, Michelle, Clark with Macy--Christmas morning

JULIE

Macy opened her Lady bug pillow pal

Michelle, Macy and Clark

Our zebra attire

The Tyler Lund family Christmas day

Grace enjoying Sam's new train set

Sam's loving it

Grace's sweet smile

Julie was the first to arrive. She got here on Friday, Dec. 17th.

Then next came Michelle, Clark and Macy on Sunday. Then

it was time to just shop, eat, and get ready for the big day.

Macy is such a sweet natured little girl, and she finds a place

in your heart pretty darn quick. Michelle and Clark got to

visit with Clarks family a couple of days also, and Julie and

I tagged along one of those days.

On Christmas Eve we usually go to Mimi's cafe for dinner.

But this year, we changed it up a bit. We went to Lucille's

for lunch. Ribs, Tri tip.....Y U M M Y !

Christmas was pretty low key. I didn't have time to go crazy

with gifts, so it wasn't overwhelming, just nice. We missed

having Andrea with us for the day. She had to work. Boo Hoo.

Anyway, I am thankful I have a husband who enjoys the holidays

and makes it even more fun. And then with his week off of work

between Christmas and New Years, that is the icing on the cake!

Speaking of cake, Michelle made cinnamon rolls for us on a couple

of occasions! YUMMY We dipped a few chocolates also, thanks

to my V.T. Marlene for donating the chocolate and recipe!

I hope we all remembered what the day celebrates.

Pre-Christmas

a nightly occurrence

Having fun with Stella and Sterling

Their first bath in their new home

Meeting Santa

I had to say Hi too

Stella helping Mommy

Andy helping Sterling

A trip to South Carolina wouldn't be the same without

seeing this woman!

Grace at her Kindergarten program

Christmas is always a fun time of year. this year I felt a little

less prepared, probably because of the 2 months I'd spent

in Arizona with my Mom. I kind of feel like I'm playing

catch-up all the time. But even though I wasn't totally

prepared, and I'd missed my time to go see Melissa during

my usual October trip, I decided to go on out and see

my daughter and family in their new home. Melissa

moved into their first home on Dec. 4 (Saturday) and I

arrived on Monday. What fun to see everyone. I got to

stay for a week and got a little aquainted with their new

city. We also went to visit some friends from Lexington

too. I used to stay with Karen Rozmus and family because

there really wasn't much room for me in Melissa's apartment.

So it was nice to have a place for me this time.

Then after I got home I went to see Grace perform in her

school Christmas program. it was really sweet to see her

sing her special song and all the others too. It's so nice to live

close enough to do that.