First day of school!

January 4, 2012BYU started today. After we had prayer and Brad was on his way out, I yelled, "Wait!" Of course I needed a picture of his first day of school. You have to remember this was about 7 am and he was already smiling! Brad is teaching 2 Missionary Preparation classes and 4 Book of Mormon classes. He's a busy boy!

Visit from Livy!

January 3, 2012

We are so blessed to have some of our children living close by with their cute little ones. Olivia Jackson came to visit today and had a little Grandpa time. It doesn't get much better than this!

New Calling!!

January 2, 2012

Brad got a new calling today! He was set apart as a counselor in the Utah Provo Mission Presidency by President Pitts, Utah Provo Mission President. Three of our children and their families were able to attend, along with Brad's dad. All the Priesthood leaders were able to stand in the circle. We are so grateful for our wonderful family. Afterwards we went to IHOP to celebrate and had a fun brunch. We are sorry to leave our assignment at the Provo MTC but we are excited to still be involved in missionary work. His first assignment was to speak in our own stake conference on January 8. We felt like that was a little tender mercy. We look forward to the adventures this new calling will bring.

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year! In an effort to post a little more often, I'm going to try and take a photograph each day and document what goes on in our life during the year. We'll see how it goes!

January 1, 2012

This little guy was actually purchased in 2000 for Y2K and is still shaking and wiggling in his 13th season!! He laughs and giggles and says, "10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, Happy New Year!" Then he plays "Auld Lang Syne" while he wiggles and shakes and then says, "Welcome to the Year 2000" and laughs and giggles again. It is hilarious. Our kids thought it was funny 13 New Year Eves ago and now it's fun to share our little New Year's snowman with our granddaughters! I hope he's around for another 13 years! Welcome to the Year 2012!!!

Christmas Card 2010

I wanted to share our Christmas card with everyone! Of course, we have our wonderful family, but especially want to show off our sweet granddaughters - Kenna Rae, Addelyn May, Olivia Jean, and Lucy Reine. Aren't they just adorable and growing up soooooooo fast! We have to add an additional young man to our Christmas card next year because......

Jennifer is engaged! She said "Yes" to Timothy Edward Cavanaugh on January 20 and they are planning a wedding on April 23. We are so happy for them! They are a perfect couple and we think Tim is the best! We feel so blessed!

Miss Lucy Grow

Announcing Miss Lucy Reine Grow..........Here she is at 19 days old. Born: 21 November 2010, weighing 7 lb. 11 oz. I was able to come to California to spend a few happy days with the Grow girls while their daddy was out of town. We have had such a good time -- from a doctor's appointment(now a whopping 8 lb. even) to shopping at the mall with a stop at Chipotle's. There was pumpkin-chocolate chip bread and a Twilight movie marathon (who would have thought I would enjoy them - Melissa said I'm on Team Jacob.)

We have had a couple of early mornings - 2 am feedings and a couple of late mornings with us in our PJ's until noon. Melissa is a sweet and caring mommy. I love the way she talks to her little "girlfriend!" It's been great!




I hope little Lucy will remember her Grammy moments. I know I will never forget them!

Into All the World - Programs - Home

We just wanted to share a fun interview we were able to do with the Mormon Channel. It recently became available on the internet. Our mission in Spain was priceless. This interview gives you just a glimpse of it. We hope you enjoy it (when you have 30 minutes with nothing to do!) Ha ha...

Into All the World - Programs - Home