Thursday, February 26, 2009

Great Family Times in February!

Ooooops! This belongs at the bottom with the baptism pictures, but I have no clue as to how to get it there~~~
When Cynthia visited with me while Dad was in Reno, she and I trained the ants to march in a line on the wall! They loved the reward so much they took it back to their nest and we never saw them again. It was really quite entertaining! (No, I have not "lost it"! ) Dad lost $100. bucks, though, when we bet on a word spoken by one of the Bachelor Jason's remaining four girls. We had tivoed the episode and were going to depend on your hearing it and determining the winner. However my hairdresser suggested we read the close captioned version! Yea!!!!!
Colby, Brianna, and Aiden looking for clues in a scavenger hunt inspired by Jill's blog. They were a great team! We all had fun while they stayed with us when John and Cris celebrated their anniversary at the B & B where they spent their wedding night!
Need I say it was mighty cold outside in Mantua?
Nate, Thain, and kids had quite a nerf war, which Jill, Jen, and I joined in before the evening was over!
Jill was our leader with Jen stepping in her footsteps and me in theirs. We all got wet feet and pant legs!
Jill, Jennifer, and I drove to Snowbasin to see Chateau Renaissance which we have reserved for this summer's family vacation. We walked around the house and peeked in the windows. Thain is excited about sharing with us all the possibilities for activities around there!
A very grown-up Emily with her proud parents in her beautiful dress made by her Mom for her baptism. Jill gave a touching and inspiring talk about the Holy Ghost.
Nate baptized and confirmed her with special and moving words, and Jen - at the last minute - stepped in to play the piano through out because a friend didn't show up!

7 comments:

Alisa said...

Looks like good times were had by all in Utah.

I hope the Chateau doesn't look like that in July =). Everyone knows Alisa doesn't like the cold =). We woke up to snow here in Oregon this morning, nothing but a slight dusting that was gone by lunch time!

The Blaine gang said...

Great pictures Mom! That is funny about the bet! So, what were the words being bet on?

Thanks again for coming out! We sure had a good time with you. Love, Jen

Justin said...

What were your impressions of the Chateau in person???

Susan Dunlap said...

This is not G rated. On the Bachelor, Melissa said, "He makes me feel _____ and beautiful". I heard 'worthy' and Dad heard 'horny'! I told him (Dad), "no way!"

Hmm... I hope Jen and Jill will comment as well.... I hope it's big enough. It seemed nice and tastefully done, not real new, hot tub so so, living area rooms with ornate furniture but cozy sized, no close neighbors!

Jill And Thain said...

Thanks for the fun post mom icky picture of me but oh well that's most of them. I thought about the same with the chauteu it was big and fancy and fun looking but also older and a little more run down and smaller rooms like in the olden style plus the hot tub was so so big yard to play in the summer and nice to have a place were we all can stay close together. We sure loved spending time with you when you were up too! :)

Jeremy said...

Thanks for the Blog post Mom! Emily sure does look grown up! I am sure the Chateau will be great!

The Blaine gang said...

Chateau will be fun, only negative is that it looked older in person than in the pictures. It will be prettier in the summer there.

Funny about the show! Not very similar words.

Jill you look GREAT in that picture, what are you talking about?