Friday, February 7, 2014

A visit to the Midway Ice Castle display

Our visit to the Midway Ice Castle was a lot of fun. It was hard to focus the camera in the dark especially since the ice was refracting the beam.
 Kate, Jeffrey, Alex, Brittany
 Marie and Tia
 The girls Britt, Kate, Marie and Tia
Tia and Scott
Scott, Tia, Kate, Britt 
 Kate and mommy
 Grandma and Alex



 Britt, Kate, Tia
 Kissing Dolls Poses
Scott and Tia 



Jeff and Britt
Grandpa and Grandma
 At the bottom of the ice slide
 Marie and Brittany
Just gotta love her 
 Brittany
 The genealogy nightmare image
Uncle Scott, Kate Averett, Aunt Tia Underwood

 Alex, Britt, Grandma and Jeff
This place was full of beautiful tunnels under the ice.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Tia and Scott built a dragon

Tia and Scott decided to have a little fun with our snow.
I didn't get a chance to photograph it the day it was built so it snowed a little on it again before I got to take these pictures.



This morning I decided to take some more after a few days of sun and cold weather.
It seems to have added a more dragon like feel to the scales of the dragon.




Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Fun Pictures

 Brooklyn and Kate

Tia and Alex

 Kade and Kate

Alex and Tia

Most Blessed

Here are seven of the twelve reasons that I know I am so blessed. 
Sam, Kyle, Brooklyn, Kade, Alex, Gabe and Kate 
Just wishing the other five could have been here but want them to know we love them all just as much.
I love all of you and want you to know that I know the gospel of Jesus Christ is true. 
Love Grandpa

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Marie's Halloween

Marie's outfit this year. 
Little did we know Jeff's and Loren's family were dressing to the same theme.
See their blogs.

For some reason this post was never published. I will do it now even though it is out of sequence.

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning is such a magical time as we open the gifts that became a tradition due to the gifts that were given to the baby Jesus when he was almost two years old by the Wise Men.

One of our traditions is to have breakfast before we open gifts.
Breakfast is hidden until everyone is ready.

Alex was having a hard time waiting for everyone else to get ready.

 Kate and Kyle were just chillin and smillin.

 Scott and Jeff got sneak peaks into the family room where the stockings were waiting. 
They both had good excuses for having gone in but we caught them anyway.

 The first family through the curtain was Loren's

Followed by Brittany's 

 And Then Tia and Scott sneaked through before Grandpa was ready to photograph them.

The following a some of the images as they opened presents.








 Scott, Tia and Jeff had gifts that were hidden in the shed due to size. 
It was cold out there.

Annie (Tia) got her gun.


 Loud popping was not really appreciated by Alex or Kade 
when Scott popped some of the packing bubbles.

 Grandpa got a call from Kasia and Kinsey while opening one of his gifts from 
Brooklyn, Kade and Kyle.


 A couple of screen shots taken while visiting with Jeff's family in Colorado.
Hayden's family also sent us short video's from Arizona on our telephones.
(wish I knew how to put them on here too.)
Ben's family were here with us in the afternoon so we were able to spend Christmas with each of our children's family in one way or another.

I am so thankful for such wonderful children. I am thankful for their spouses and grandchildren.
I am also so Thankful for a Heavenly Father who sent his Son to earth (for which we celebrate His birth at Christmastime) and who gave His life so that we might live again with them if we will strive to do our best to keep their commandments and live the gospel that They gave to us. I know it is true and so wonderful. My heart is full of love for them because of the greatest of all gifts ever given to us the Gospel of Jesus Christ, The Atonement, and families.