Alex and Victoria

December 17, 2010...Great day for a wedding!

Les missionaires de Paris

The German, the Tahitian and the two Utah Boys...on the steps of the Cathedral at St. Martine.

Tony and his companion visiting Jean-Pierre in Rennes. He is a member who is great about feeding the missionaries and apparently sharing his love of sombreros as well.

Les couples heureux

Silent Lesson - YW

Utah State Fair

Kait and her mad push-up skills - even impressing the military with her might!!!
Chandra facing her fear of clowns...with a little help from Kait and Bernice!
Alex and Victoria

Le cinquantième anniversaire de mes parents

50 years...happy anniversary! Great night spent in Salt Lake. Great parents. Half a decade!

Well done.

Joyeux Anniversaire à moi!

Happy birthday to me...and Jared! Guess who is older? Perfect night with perfect people and the perfect cake...followed by 5 out of the 9 of us getting the 24 hour flu bug. Quite a celebration. Family, friends and cake make for the perfect festivity. Il ètait magnifique et j'adore mes amies et ma famille aussi. Kait was being a true capitalist and making money doing some babysitting instead of eating cake (yes, we saved lots and lots for her) and Tony was being a true religious zealot by knocking on doors in France.

Perfect Parenting Promise...

Love, love, love this quote. It is the perfect way to describe how to allow people to "own for themselves" their beliefs and testimony of truth. I found this picture to put behind the quote. It is somewhere that I would like to walk. Maybe I already have? Looks peaceful and promising...heavenly.

Never-ending camp pictures...

How I adore my s'more loving stake young women cohorts. Love them with all my heart!!

Suzanne, Lori and Laurel...they are beyond fabulously divine. How did I get so blessed to work with such incredible ladies?

Well...perhaps we aren't overly talented at setting up tents...
But, we do wear fabulous socks! That has to count for something!

The best sight in the entire world...girls in camp t-shirts at an amphitheater having fun (this was pre-hail storm:)
The face of a woman who has functioned on 4 hours of sleep for 5 nights...this would be the end of day 4...not a pretty sight!
By the end of the camp, this entire wall was filled with thoughts of love, peace and friendship.
Tiffany, Niederhauser and Aimee..the most amazing camp directors on the planet!
Sweet Megan!
Really, not too much head room in the cabins. Best not sit up in the middle of the night when your alarm accidentally goes off...Laurel!!!!!!
Outside the lodge: tye-died value colors.
The most amazing speaker ever...Brother Brad Caldwell. What a spirit he brings everywhere he goes!
YCL's...how I LOVE my YCL's...
Sitting with my peeps on day one.

Mon fils avant sa mission à Paris...Au revoir

Au revoir mon fils...
Last picture before heading into the MTC. Kait decided to stay home with Grandpa and Grandma and say goodbye there. She had to hold on to Daphne who was trying to get into the car with Tony! It was a tearful 13 year old and an equally tearful little 10 year old puppy!
Tony and Niki outside the MTC
Tate, Max and Lola the morning Tony was "MTC bound!" Lola is waving bye-bye.
Goodbye hugs from Ethan, Kate, and Isaac. Adam was too comfy in his stroller!

One last Lola moment!

Stake Girls Camp 2010 "All You Need is Love"

June 8 - 11th was spent at Camp Zarahemla with 350 other people. Enjoyed amazing YCLs, incredible food, wonderful speakers, too much laughter in our cabin, waking up at 4:50 a.m., every morning, running in the hail, beautiful singing, silly camp songs, chirping birds, discovering that many leaders are not "morning people" (even though Lori and I tried to convert them!), receiving yw stones and commitments of "being ready to forgive and forget" thanks to Brother Caldwell, remembering Meg's words "if life gets tough, keep rolling" and grateful to be in the mountains with such amazing people.

La famille de mon mari

Niki, Natalie, Mary, Ruth...
Les cousins sont trés drôles les uns avec les autres - Corey, Kait, Jake, Tony, Niki, Alex, Carlie Mae

Ma famille à éspouser en mai

Mes enfants et mon mari sont amusants

Three men, three ties, three smiles, only one picture taken and it worked?...something is off in the universe! Stars aren't quite aligned and/or hell has frozen over. But whatever it is, I'll take it!
Mes enfants sont mon bijoux. Toujours ma fille sourit avec ses frères. C'est magnifique pour moi.

"All You Need is Love"

Camp 2010...are you kidding? Beyond fun! It will be groovy, hip, outta sight, far out...every 60's jargon you can possibly think of. Spiritual fun at its finest. How can you not have fun with women like this. They are brilliant and I adore them all. Here's our camp kick-off video that we put together for the fireside. T'was très amusante.

Ma fille est belle

Ma fille est très belle et très gentile. Je l'adore. Elle a treize ans maintenant. Trois ans avant elle peut conduire. Berk!

Ma famille est magnifique...quelquefois!

Voila! La photo est fini. Les cheveaux de mon fils ne sont pas noir! Merci beaucoup.

Paris, France Mission...16 June 2010. C'est magnifique

Considering the worst possible event Tony could imagine in his life would be posing for a picture (unless he has a shotput, hammer or discus in his hand)...we actually made it through the missionary picture photo session!!! He smiled (thanks to Niki being behind my shoulder and trying to make him laugh with little faces!). What a great mug.

Happy 2010

Lola learning "kissie"

Little Lola learning how to give a kiss. Not so sure about Aunt Ruth's pucker!