Mission reunion and visiting family

At the beginning of April we went to Bountiful, Utah for Brian's mission reunion. It had been quite a while since they had had one, so Brian was glad we were able to go. I didn't get any pictures, but we had Jamaican food for dinner and a short slide show. It was a good time and I think Brian was glad to be able to see some of the guys from the mission.

While were down there we were able to see my brand new nephew. He was only about a week old. So tiny! My mom was jealous that I got to see him first. This is my brother Erik and Nathan.

Megan loves babies. She was so excited to be able to hold Nathan.

Thanks for letting us come visit, Erik and Becky!

Grandpa Ralph

At the end of March, my Grandpa Ralph passed away. What an incredible man. He lived a great life and I am grateful for to have had him in my life. My Grandma Rene had passed away 19 years before and I know that they are together now. I felt it a privilege to be able to be there with him in his last couple of weeks.

I had the privilege of speaking at his funeral. It was hard, but I am so grateful he asked me to do that. These pictures are from the graveside after the funeral service. He was in the military so they played taps and had the flag over his casket. It was a pretty neat thing to watch.

This is a picture of almost all the grandchildren. I think we were only missing Erik from my family and Lacy from the Pearce family. Good looking group if you ask me.

Zip me up, Mom

I'm not really sure what Megan was thinking the other day, but she decided to play in my duffel bag. She would zip herself inside and then laugh. To make it even funnier, she was wearing a swimsuit and then asked for a blanket to keep her warm. What an imagination!

Another one of Ashlyn's silly faces

If she isn't scrunching up her nose, she is making fish faces. You wonder where they learn these things. She makes me laugh every day.

St. Patrick's Day Hair

Thanks to my friend Alyce, Megan had extremely cute hair on St. Patrick's Day. After preschool that day, I asked Alyce if she would do something with Megan's hair. Megan always lets other people do things to her hair, but not me. It's amazing how pulling her hair back changes how she looks. Too bad she won't let me do this every day. Thanks Alyce!

Crawl Space

A couple of weeks ago, Brian had to get in the crawl space to do something with the phone line. I thought Megan would be scared, but she wanted to get in there with him. Crazy girl!

Of course she had to have her gloves, snow pants and boots to match Brian. He had his work gloves, boots and coveralls on. She is such a copy cat.
Silly little girl - she sure loves her daddy!

Brian's Birthday

So I am a little behind in posting. I need to get on the ball. Brian's birthday was March 12. It is tradition to take a turkey to Smokey Davis and have it smoked for his birthday dinner. The party is usually with his family and I always invite my parents (which they appreciate, they love that turkey). It is always a good time and this year was no exception.

I decided to have fun with the camera and took this picture. Don't they look yummy?
Good food, good company

Ashlyn enjoying the party