Hailey's Baptism

January 9, 2010 was a special day for Hailey! It was baptism day.


I hope she will always remeber this special time with her dad. We are all very proud of her.



The day was made even better because she shared it with two very special friends! Gabby, Lily and Hailey were all so beautiful. Congratualtions to all!

Here and There

Brook and her friend, Olivia planned a youth dance and invited all the wards in the stake as part of the Young Women's program. The decorations were beautiful and they had a good turn out. I think everyone had a great time.

We bought a 5 acre lot outside of town early this fall. It has water, electricity, a barn and a chicken coop but no house. We are excited to start working on that in the spring. It should be an adventure, wish us luck!

Hailey was an elf in the school production of "The Incredible Reindeer".

Cole's Cub Scout den helped the city in raising the flag at the beginning to the community holiday celebrations.

Fall Sports

Hailey played basketball in the Parks and Recreation program. This picture shows her with her coach, Erin. Hailey played several postions and scored a basket during game-play! She learned a lot and we had fun watching her!





Cole played football again this year. His first year in the Junior Tackle program. He had a great time playing corner on defense and wide receiver on offense. We had a lot of fun drinking hot chocolate in the stands and trying to stay warm!

Hello everyone. I'm settling in well and having a blast. I didn't even get lost on the first day. It was cake:) The first night I was here I went to the basketball game against Eastern New Mexico and it was sooo fun. Cosmo (the mascot) even came up to where my row was and I got pictures. Here are a couple and I hope all is well.

Love Robyn

Robyn Leaving

This is Robyn learning how to blog. Mom threatened me with my life that I need to learn how to 1. blog 2. facebook and 3. call a lot. This is just to leave for four months! Anyway, I hope this works.

Here is a picture of my antelope from this fall. The horns are 13.5 inches long on both sides and scores about 71 pts. B&C. It was a super fun weekend and we were not attacked by the wolves one canyon over from our camp. I had a tag for one anyway though.

Love to all, Robyn

More pics from St. Joseph Lake trip

Catching Up!

Before I begin let me get my excuses out of the way. We had some major computer problems but thanks to John and his SUPER computer skills that is behind us and we were able to retrieve all our files. We are so blessed.
So, I have a lot of catching up to do. I think it will take more than one post to fill in all that was missed. Please be patient and I will get it all done.

We decided to try a new adventure as a family. Back Country Backpacking. We live in a beautiful part of the country and feel we should take advantage of the opportunities available. So we all planned together and set off full of excitement and bravado! A long story made short is this, eight hours later and in the full dark we were back at the car! We miscalculated the time it would take to get to St Joseph lake and the water availability along the way. We did see the lake from a distance but rather than risk our family's safety we decided to cut our losses and head back. We are using the experience of this trip as a chance to learn and prepare and to try again next summer. We all had a great time together and memories to keep so I'll call the trip a success!

Brook spent a week at the BYU campus for AFY and a few weeks with extended family. She still talks about what she learned there and keeps in touch with new friends but I am glad to have her home.

Cole discovered the value of a dollar and a car window! Hopefully the lesson was well learned!

I thought you'd get a kick out of the "Snorklers" and be more likely to forgive the time lag between posts. I think those two are hilarious! Leave it to them never to be bored!