Sunday Dinner

So you can tell when the "I have this new camera let's take lots of pictures" has worn off. For example. If we would have had a big Sunday dinner like the one we had last Sunday with mom, dad, Spencer, Lizzy and Kristin on lets say July 20 of 2005 I can assure you we would of had at least 10 if not 20 pictures of who was there what we ate, and how much fun it was. But as such these are the only pictures we have of that last Sunday with Spencer.






Yea, we didn't even get a picture of Spencer. I do want you to know that we had a really fun time though. We had Roast beef, Mashed potatoes, squash, Jello, rolls, and to top it off we had this brownie with ice cream and whipped cream with Chocolate syrup and shaved chocolate and a raspberry on the side. It was to die for. Jon even got out the china. It really was a fun dinner. Afterwards we watched a bunch of slides. That is where those pictures came from, Kristin wanted to take some. So thanks Kristin for at least getting a couple shots of the day. I hope that I will start taking more pictures again. I really do miss having them to look at and remember all the fun we were having. Well, I hope you all have a great day! Love ya!

A Fun Day at This is the Place

So before I start this blog post I just wanted to say that I was looking at Mom and Dad Wallins blog and it made me think.... I think it is their turn to come and stay with us for a few days. We won't even make you sleep with Grandma Noni, although she may want you to. Think about it because I think it would be fun, maybe in the next month we can find a time.



We went to This is the Place State Park and walked around on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. This is Marcella and Daddy walking down the hill to pick out our pumpkins.


Marcella loves picking things up that are heavy. I think that it is so funny to watch her try to do it too, because she will finally pick it up and then try to carry it to you so you can say WOW! you are sooo strong. She loves it. So here she is picking out her pumpkin. Or should I say trying to pick it up.

Wow! you are so strong!

Opps! There it goes.

We had to take some of these because Marcella LOVES Rocks, or yucks and she likes to call them. It is so funny, but maybe we have another Miriam on our hands.

Yummy!

Yea can you believe it! That Oxen is bending down to eat and he is about as tall as Jon! It was so crazy how big they are!


All in all it was a really fun day at This is the Place. We hope you all have a fun day! Love ya!

HaPpY bIrThDaY iSaAc!

We hope that you have a wonderful Birthday! I hope your present from all of your aunts and uncles makes it to you by your birthday. I sent it last week, so be looking for it in the mail. We love you and hope you have a fabulous day!

Marcella's Big Day & The Wedding

On Marcella's Birthday we went to the zoo. She had so much fun. It was great! She wanted to walk everywhere. When we got to the bears, she would groul and it was awesome because the bears were fighting. It is so fun to go to the zoo when it gets colder because the animals are more active. Then we went up to my mom's and had a birthday party. Marcella got a lot of really neat things and had a lot of fun.

She got a farm animal book here. This was the first present she opened, and she was trying to get the hang of it.

I think that she enjoyed the paper more, don't they usually?

Here is a toy that says all the farm animals.

These boots were the best. We all had a really good laugh watching her walk in them, mainly because they were too big. They sure are cute though! Thanks Grandma Wallin!

So I thought that she would just love her cake, because of all the sugar, but I am beginning to notice she doesn't like sugar that much which is perfect! She will eat some every once in a while but she prefers other things. After a while though she started digging in.

Don't be fooled, most of it fell on the floor. But she did eat some of it.

She loves the cow that Dave and Rose gave her. She even slept with it the past couple of days. It is pretty cute! Thanks guys!

Super Cute clothes from Amie and Cameron. Thanks guys you are the best!


Here is the luncheon, Nathan is explaining the different kinds of cheeses for the nachos. I think that he enjoyed being the ring leader to get everything started. It was fun! Sorry Dad I didn't realize that I didn't take as many pictures as I thought. Amie is going to let me post some of hers on the blog, so hopefully by tomorrow I will have more to show you. I do have a bunch of how stinkin cute Marcella was though, so I hope you enjoy.

This is Marcella saying cheese and spitting. She is silly! This is at the reception

On Friday morning we went to Rose's parents house to watch David and Rose open their gifts. It was really fun. They got a bunch of fun things. It made me want to get married again so Jon and I could get all the fun gifts!

one of Rose's friends gave her a brick from her old dorm, because they are tearing it down. It was quite funny.

Since we did it outside, This is what Marcella did most of the time. She sure was a sleepy girl!

When she did wake up though she knew what good stuff she wanted to claim for her own!
Good job Marcella!!

So after they opened all of there gifts they went up to Logan and Mom, me, Marcella, Grandma and Grandpa Dougal and Pollard took all of their gifts down to their apartment. It was a lot of fun. We were able to get the table that Mom and Dad bought them set up thanks to the hard work of Grandpa Dougal and Pollard. I just wish that I would have taken before and after pictures and even some during, because I think we were able to get their apartment pretty darn clean and ready for them to live in it. (Dave and Rose if you can't find anything, just check under your bed or in the closet!) It only took us a couple of hours, so I was really grateful for all the help because it would have taken mom and me about 5 to get everything put away. They sure got a lot of fun things. Thanks guys for all your help! All in all we had a really fun and busy week, with inbetween Marcella's birthday and Dave and Rose's wedding Miriam got set apart to be a missionary YEAH!! and we took her to the MTC on Wednesday. I am just hoping that next week will be a little calmer. I hope that all of you have a great day as well. I will try to put more pictures of the wedding up in the next couple of days. Love ya!

What a week!

This is a picture that Spencer took while he was in Nauvoo. I think that it is really pretty. Anyways, we have had a pretty spiritual last couple of days. Spencer took out his Endowments on Friday night and it was super neat. Jon and I were able to be the witness couple, and so that always makes it a little more special. I can't tell you how I wished that the whole family could have been there. There just isn't anything like having your family in the Temple with you. It was such an awesome experience. Then Saturday Morning Rosalee took out her Endowments, and once again we were able to be the witness couple. It was neat because I remember when I went through, Caroline and Jeff were the couple it made it a little more special. How I love going to the Temple. For those of you who havn't gone in a while, I encourage you to go. There isn't a better place to recieve peace and gain a renewal to face the challenges of the world.





These are just some pictures of Marcella. One of her favorite things to do is look at this farm animal book. Jon has gotten her to do the Turkey noise and it is so funny. She will grab a book and then climb up into her chair in her room and look at it and then grab more books off the shelves and just look at them. She loves animal noises and is learning all of them very fast. My mom taught her how to make a fish noise and it is so funny watching her do it. She is a doll, and I can't believe she will be one. Time flys by so fast!

Conference Weekend

So we had a pretty fun and eventful weekend. Here is a storybook of what we have done

We went to Jason's football game in the morning. They won yea! Go Jas!

Jon got a plane friday night and so after the game we stayed and flew it for a while. It was a lot of fun, can you see where the plane is?

Then it ended up here!

Marcella loves being outside and running around. So she was having a blast chasing after the plane. It was a lot of fun.

After the Game we listened to conference and made 16 pans of Enchalladas for Dave and Rose's Luncheon. Yum! Just don't ask me to make any more any time soon.

Family Pictures Thanks Spencer! This is a bridge that goes over Millstream. It is in the back of Sister Johnson's house, a lady in our ward. She lets us use it as a short cut to get over to the church.

We walked over to a field and flew the plane some more, but one of the engines isn't working so we have to take it back sad :(

We invited the gang over to listen to Conference with us and have dinner on Sunday, I bet you can all tell that we got a lot out of listening. (just joking, we had a wonderful time, and we did listen)

All in all it was fun being with Family all weekend. We sure do love you guys! hope all of you had a great weekend as well!