Cute Kids!

Collin

Sara

Em, Cameron, Katie

Trek

Collin

On December 1, 2016, the Saunders came to visit us! They are here from England visiting and served in our mission office in New Zealand. Elder Saunders took care of the cars, and Sister Saunders ran the office. They did a great job and were a lot of fun! It was fun to see them; so happy they came. 

A few weeks later, just before Christmas, Elder and Sister Parker came to Utah for a visit on their way to Las Vegas for a grandson's wedding. The grandson is the son of their daughter, Hinemoa. She lives down in Wellington. Pania and her husband Chris Simon, who live in Hamilton, came with Elder and Sister Parker. We got to know Chris and Pania pretty well, since they lived close and Chris was a counselor in the stake presidency of the Rotokari Stake to President Miller. Hinemoa is divorced and her ex-husband and his family live in Bountiful. Chris, Pania, Hinemoa stayed with him and his kids, but Vic and Rangi stayed with us for a few days, which was so much fun! They arrived on December 21, 2016, and stayed until the 23rd, then went up to Bountiful to spend Christmas with their family. The day after Christmas, we met them all at Chuck A Rama on their way down to Vegas for the wedding. We had a great time catching up! We love the Parkers and their sweet daughters, and it was so fun to spend some time with them. 

Fun to have them stay with us for a couple of days!

The Parkers LOVE the Chuck A Rama!!!

Charlie, Pania and Chris Simon, I think those are three of Parker's grandkids, siblings of the kid getting married, Vic and Rangi, Himenoa and her ex-husband.

We love these two and miss them so much!!! What a fun Christmas present for us!!!

Christmas Sacrament Meeting

 An amazing sacrament meeting yesterday on Christmas Day! Guinevere and Sir Lancelot!!!

Nice Scar!!!

Cade hobbled around Disneyland, and then had a Lateral Ankle ligament replacement. I could say that is a pretty nice scar!!! Cade's a trooper! Love you Cade and hope you recover quickly!!! 

Sister Johnson's home!

Sister Johnson arrived home tonight!!! So fun to see her, and to catch up with her family. Her grandma is my first cousin, Coralee Jaynes Dahl, and her mom is Marianne, Coralee's oldest daughter. What a great missionary she was!!! 

Party On!!!

The day after Thanksgiving, Tom Morgan invited the boys to come to the Jazz game and sit in the Zion's Bank Suite! That was nice of him, and they had a great time! 

Fun night for the boys!

Sunday afternoon the Packs went to visit Grandpa in the care center. It's getting harder for him to be up in his wheelchair. Sad to watch. 

The weekend went pretty fast, especially since Tom was heading back to England. 

Carli, Emi, Abbie, Tyler, and Sidney

Katie

Cameron

Sara

Abbie

Collin

Glenda had a Rudd family shower for Eden at her house on Saturday, November 28th. 

It was so fun and so nice of Charlie's sisters to do it for her. 

Baby is coming in about six weeks!

Early dinner at Red Robin, then back to the house for games.

"A long line; try again later."

Awe, cute Grandma gave Tom his up-date!

Unfortunately, it's time for Tom to go back to England.

Hard for me to let him go!

These two have become pretty good buddies!

This is so hard for me! Fly safe Bud!!!

(Did I mention that I HATE Airports?)

Family Pics

It has been five and a half years since we have been together, so we took advantage and the day after Thanksgiving got family pictures. That is everyone's favorite thing to do, I know, but they were all troopers!!!

Front row: Cameron, Emily, Tyler, Katie, Collin, Karlee, Charlie, me, Trek, Crew, Tessa, Carli, Sidney

Back row: Sara, Julie, Jeff, Sam, Eden, Dan, Tom, Tiff, Cade, Debbie, Abbie, Rick