Sunday Pictures

Sunday Bill's family got together to celebrate his mom's birthday. Here's a picture of Jaydene with her cake.

Here she is opening presents.

Here is Sandy gobbling down cereal before dinner started.




Here is Sandy's cousin, Enoch.

Sandy's cousin, Bea, is in the next two photos; first with her dad and second with her Aunt April.


A picture of grandma.


Doug, Julie, and Jake.

Happy Birthday, Jaydene!

It was my mother-in-law's birthday today and we went to lunch to celebrate. Here is the birthday girl cuddling with her granddaughter.

We went to Marie Callendar's. Sandy liked the food. Especially my chocolate satin pie.

Valentine's Day Recap

We had a nice, but very busy, Valentine's Day yesterday. First, Sandy and I went to a Daughters of the Utah Pioneer meeting. Bill's mom and grandma are in the same camp. Here is Jaydene holding Sandy.





I presented a history of my third great-grandmother, Louisa Crabtree Shupe. I've been busy trying to track down information on her because I didn't have much to start with. I got a call on Friday from another descendent of hers who has some old documents she thought might have some information. So, I'm going to go see those and then I'll post the history.


While we were there, it started to snow really hard. It was a rather scary drive home. Bill got some cute pictures of Sandy in her Valentine dress when we got home.





Then I shoveled the driveway while Bill dealt with a work emergency. By the time Bill was done with his work emergency, Sandy had fallen asleep. So he went alone to his nephew Christian's 3rd birthday party.

The missionaries were going to come to dinner, but they called and rescheduled for tonight (Sunday). So the three of us had a yummy dinner at home and then we put Sandy to bed at 6:30. It is nice that she will go down pretty easily now and stay asleep. So Bill and I had the entire evening to ourselves.

A Scottish Evening

We went with Bill's parents, Doug and Jaydene, to a Scottish dinner commemorating the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns. The dinner was a lot of fun. We tried some new foods, including Haggis. Other than the Haggis, which was just bland and dry, the food was quite good.




Bill served his mission in Scotland, and ran into some people he knew at the dinner. He wore his kilt. He wanted to wear his kilt for our wedding pictures and reception, but I was against it. He looks pretty cute in it, maybe I should have relented.




Sandy came with us. She was pretty good, but it did take all four of us to keep her happy and entertained. Here she is sitting on Bill's shoulders and pulling out the rest of his hair.

Sad Day, Pretty Dresses

Today we went to a funeral for Bill's cousin. It was very sad (he was only 18). The funeral was beautiful and the speakers did a great job.

Sandy came, too, giving her a chance to wear her new dresses I bought at The Children's Place outlet in Park City on Monday.

I say dresses because between the funeral and the luncheon she had a blow out, giving her a chance to wear the other dress (also from The Children's Place on Monday). Here is a picture of Grandma Buhler holding Sandy in her second dress of the day.

Sandy Claus is Coming Tonight

Tonight we went to Grandma Krantz's annual Christmas Eve party. Sandy was dressed in her santa suit for the occasion. Sandy also turned 6 months old today!!


Here she is sharing a cup with her Grandma Buhler.






It got too warm for the santa suit, so she spent part of the party in just a diaper.


Everyone chipped in for a digital camera for Grandma. She started using it right away, I hope she likes it!






After the party, we drove to Christmas Street to look at the lights. Each house on the street is decorated. Large signs along the street have scriptures on them so you can read the Christmas story as you drive.


Merry Christmas!!