Loving every single minute....

We are having a great weekend. So nice since the last one was pretty scarey. Go to Stephanie and Cody's blog on the right side called "me and my best friend" to read all about our scarey weekend with poor little Lexee. So grateful for all of the prayers in her behalf. Who would know to look at this precious little one that we could have lost her so quickly last weekend. Christopher and Rachel and Anna came in this weekend for his last Rugby game in Phoenix. So we were so excited because it has been a few weeks since we have seen them. So we have had a blast. All of the pictures are out of order but oh well.
This was at the end of the evening in their pjs (of course they must match if the mema and papa have anything to do with it!)
We are reading my favorite book "A Fly Went By" I have loved this book since I was little and I gave it to each of them this Christmas and they seem to like it as a well.

Here they are after bathtime getting dried off and hugs from mema/nammie (whichever they choose to call me!

They love the soft towels and of course being nakey!

I love how they just examine each other. Discovering all they can. Fun Cousin Time

Here we are in the tub. I am amazed at how much they remind me of their dads. They even picked their dads favorite toys. They are almost exactly the same age apart at their dads were and bathtime was always a treat!!!

Lexee loves the pokey toy!!!

Anna is trying to decide if she wants that pokey or if she can find her gumby!!!

ARRRRRR says little pirate Lexee, she had had it with the picture thing and we were bending the chair backwards which I think gave them both a little scare.

Love this little face. She is so funnnnnnnnnnnnny with her faces!

Lexee was not sure whether she wanted a kiss or not......but

She quickly gave in for the big fishy kiss. Sweet Anna loves that LUCKY as she calls her.

Isn't that a precious face. Sometimes she just freezes her face in this exact position and just leaves it there for so long. She did that a lot in the hospital she was so cute.

Such happy cousins. I hope they always stay this sweet with each other.

Little miss fishy face!!! I love it!

Look at how tender Anna is with her little arm around Lexee while Lexee just can't get enough of those fun rubber boots!!!
We are going to celebrate Easter with them tomorrow since Herb and I are not going to be here next week. We are the luckiest grandparents in the world from our point of view and I hope that we never ever ever forget just how lucky we are. Thanks kids for sharing these beautiful babies with us. We love you girly girls.

28 years and counting...

Check us out. We were so cute, and young, and skinny, with lots and lots and lots of hair!!! Here we are now, Herb is still cute, we are old, plenty more of us to love

and our hair isn't too bad!!!

Happy 28th Anniversary HONEY!!!

Thanks for all of the memories we have made.
Just in case you were wondering

I got the BEST HUSBAND in the whole wide world & beyond.
(IT'S TRUE)

A Little Fairy Flew By to See Us

Sunday Night we had a visit from our little fairy.... She is so darling and her expressions are never ending. It was a delight. Anna loves to read books, who better to read with then the PAPA...She loves her papa's
She talks and talks and talks, its so fun hear her...

Cheese sticks, and Tigger, Pooh, Eeyore, and Piglet

Could it get better then that? I submit that it cannot!!!

After a good book you MUST have a cup of chocolate milk

"Help me up" said Papa

And off to the kitchen to pick a cup...

Mmmmm.....MMMMMMMM......Good!!!

Thanks for the visit little fairy princess :)

So Many Things....So Little Time...

Finally we got some pictures of Jordan's experience in the MTC. I was going to start him a blog of his own, but I can hardly keep up on my own so you will just have to skip over the missionary stuff if you don't want to read about him........But you will miss out!!! For some reason his camera takes really good pictures and also really blurry ones. This was the best one of the tag. So cool in spanish. I love it.
Here he is with his companion Elder Winters. They were together for the first 3 weeks but when he got to the DR they gave him a new companion Elder Black. He loved the MTC there in Provo and really made some great friends and wonderful memories.

The ever popular picture of the big map. I love it.

They got to attend the Provo Temple a couple of times and he loves being in the Temple so I know that those days were wonderful. Not that other days were'nt but you know what I mean.

I think this is his district or zone but half the kids went to the DR and the other half are going to Argentina. He said leaving his zone was the hardest thing. They are great guys.

I love this picture. Purple is his favorite color and doesn't he look great in it;0)

Jordan has now been in the DR MTC or CCM as they call it for one week. We got an e-mail today saying that it is so different. Of course, but he is working really hard and can't understand one word of Spanish. The food is so gross and he says that the Lord is loosening his tongue not only to learn the language but to tollerate the food!!! I found that humorous. Rice Beans and Chicken, every meal every day!!! Oh what a long 2 years of the same food!!! Oh well at least they have food to eat!!! He seems really happy there, and says keep praying for him.

Now onto my other adventures that I have been having. On the 9th of February I drove my friend Holly and her family back to Utah. We left at 2:45 a.m. and arrived at 1:45 p.m. in Riverton Utah. It was a wonderful ride, really, well accept for the highway patrol guy who thought I was speeding (NOT) well at least not this time....Anyway I got a big fat ticket and he was a pinch on the creepy side. It was just outside of Jacobs Lake and it had been snowing on us since before Flagstaff. I do tend to speed on my way to Utah, just cuz I want to get there, but you cannot speed in Jacobs Lake and especially in the middle of a snow storm. Oh well, live and learn. Whatever, we laughed a ton about it and it kept us awake for the rest of the drive.

We really did have a great time together so thanks for that Holly.

Her children were great, slept most of the first half and really did not complain at all the entire trip and they never get out to go to the bathroom. Man they were good.

I adore her little family, and this trip I fell madly in love with this one.....

Really....who wouldn't...Here is Zack, is he beautiful or what. So serene and happy, and those eyes just melted me. He is a cuddler and I love cuddling and rocking, so for that week Zack became a really spoiled held and rocked baby. I love that about not being the parent, you get to spoil and give them back. He is such a good baby. Thanks for the hugs Zack. He was brand new when they moved from Mesa and so it was nice to make that connection and get to know his little spirit. I also had a ton of fun with the other kids. Holly and Cullen have really great kids. They keep her hopping for sure, but oh so adorable. I got to walk Loie to her cousins house each day and read books with Lacy. Zane read to me and showed me how to play Mario Party. He is so good at it. We watched movies and shopped and ate and baked and made really big messes. It was a blast. Thanks Holly for the fun adventure.

I got to take their family picture as well. I love taking their family picture. Out of a couple hundred we always get at least one good one!!!! I love this shot, it is outside of where her grandparents live in Sandy, UT. So pretty, aren't they so cute.

This one is inside at her Grandmas by the pretty rock firelace. What a great family. We had a blast. I really do miss them.

Then on Friday of that week Holly drove me up to Layton to meet my Jacque for the weekend.

It was valentines weekend and I butted in on theirs big-time. But they were so sweet about it and faked really well that it was okay. We shopped and ate and ate and shopped and ate some more and shopped some more. To bad neither one of us had any money!!!

Aren't they so darling. Curtis always takes such good care of Jacque so in turn she does a pretty darn good job taking care of him. They just ooooozzzzzeeee with HAPPY!!!

Jacque and Curtis pulled a really fun one on me and for valentines day they bought me this wonderful red coat. Don't you just love it. I love that it was cold enough to wear!!! I have always wanted to have a nice coat, but they are crazy expensive and I can't really justify it for Arizona, But they got it on the clearance rack (I love the clearance rack) and instead of the original 130.00 it was only between 35 & 40.00 Nice find and in the perfect color. I love that red coat, and if I do say so myself I look amazing in it!!!

Thanks Jacque and Curtis, one for the coat of course and most of all for letting me bash your big romantic weekend. I will make it up to you (or at least give it a good try)

It was a wonderful weekend. On Monday Jacque and Curt drove me back down and we shopped somemore and ate some more and then met Holly and the family and did family pictures. The next morning Cullen took me to the airport and I made it on the first flight with a buddy pass. So glad, cuz I was the last one called, and I really did not want to wait more for the next plane.

It all worked out perfect and life is great. Thanks for the memories everyone.



This is a video of the last night at the MTC, I am assuming this is tradition, but I love that you can see Jordan at the end. So enjoy. I know I did.

Sew much fun!!!

I found this book at Hobby Lobby last night about how to make childrens clothing really simply. It is sew fun, I can't stand it. So last night I got out my scrap of brown corduroy just to try it out and about an hour later here it is. Love the little yo yo flowers,

sew simple and sew cute!!! Here is the back. I could not resist this adorable pocket.

Sew darling.
And tonight I thought I would try and make up a boondy pattern. Well that's what we call the little panties that go under dresses. Not perfect, but not bad, I will work on that one. Still way too fun and really really easy. Not too many seams. So if you are a begininer this one is for you.
I made this one for Lexee for Valentines Sunday and as soon as I get Anna's measurements I am making her one too. I am just SEW excited about this wonderful new book. Oh no Herb might have to get an extra job to pay for this new feddish!!! Gotta love it!!!

Good Bye Old Girl!!!

Wow, I remember thinking I had finally arrived when we got this wonderful old car. We had wanted a suburban for so many years and just could not afford it and then when the van just couldn't make it anymore we took the plunge. 10 years later and no more kids at home we sold it today. I know it is crazy but when I think of all the memories in that car it really is kindof sad. It would take all day to think of everywhere we went in it. The mountains, the beach, scout outings, girls camp, Missouri, Utah, California, Little Philmont, and who knows where the kids took it on their adventures!!! (I don't think I want to know) Anyway, I just want to document the day we no longer have the big white suburban in front of our home.
Thanks for the memories old car. It was a great decade of fun.

The one thing we do love is that we get to take it off the insurance and save some money. So that's my positive thinking for the day. Besides everytime I leave the house and come back home I keep thinking "Oh Jordan's home already!!!!"

By the way we got our first letter yesterday, he is doing great. It is so fun to run and check the mailbox. Now I am just living for that first e-mail.

He's Off!!!

Well today was the big day. Here is his plane at gate 17. I learned the trick of going to the top level of the parking lot and finding the gate that they are leaving from when Christopher left. So we did it again and everyone waved.

The last little picture of our wonderful boy, he is sending his love via sign language....

Right before he went through security. It was a wonderful experience seeing all those boys leaving to go and serve the Lord. They were all so excited.

Here he is with his friends Connor, David, and Tyler. David will leave March 2nd for Brazil, and Tyler leaves at the end of April for Mexico. I love these boys....

Cody, Stephanie, and Lexee giving great hugs.

These babies will be sooooo big when he gets back.

Just passing the time, great guys for sure.

We stopped by Grandma and Grandpa Welker's on the way to the airport to get good hugs.

We also stopped by the ward building because the Bishop told him his placque was up. Here it is!

The Hunt family will have 3 boys out on a mission together. Doug, their oldest is in Korea, and Jordan in the Dominican, and David in March to Brazil. He loves the Hunts for sure.

All packed and ready to go.

Bishop is always so supportive.

President Gulbrandsen gave Jordan such a beautiful blessing. He has been called to be a Mission President himself, so there were lots of tender missionary feelings. It was an amazing evening, filled with the spirit so strong. I love worthy Priesthood Leaders. He will be a wonderful Mission President. He even could end up being Jordan's!!! Would'nt that be crazy!!!

I am so proud of this boy. He is so great and fun. We will miss his spirit in our lives for sure, but are so grateful for his willingness to serve. He will be such a good missionary.

Go forth and serve with all of your heart sweet boy.

We love you........