Aunt Geniel and Uncle Jim

After many years of waiting and praying...we were able to attend the temple sealing session for Hal's Uncle Jim and Aunt Geniel in the Provo Temple!
Uncle Jim (one of our favorite uncles)has been a Catholic all his life and throughout many years of living among LDS people and being loved by them...he finally chose to be baptized last Sept. It was an amazing day! When he came up out the the water... a cheer went up in the room! It was awesome! Everyone clapped and hollered! It wasn't quite the moment you would have expected but they joy we felt was unbelievable! I am sure heaven was cheering too! Everyone knew it would happen some day but to finally see it was a true miracle! To have him finally embrace the gospel has been so wonderful to witness! Aunt Geniel had faith it would happen and finally they were blessed with two darling sister missionaries that final "GOT HIM"! He promised them that he would have them flown in to witness their sealing... but they were both still in Utah! So on September 28, 2009 in the Provo Temple ~ Jim and Geniel were sealed for Time and all Eternity! Their daughter Jenny also went through the temple and was sealed to them as well as their son Jimmy that died several years ago.It was one of those days that you hope and pray for!

Jim and Geniel with Jenny and her husband.

These are the cute missionaries that finally got him to commit!

Our beautiful couple

Julie and Grandma (Geniel's sister and Hal's mom) with Jim and Geniel and Hal and I.

Some of the family that attended.

Cutting the cake... Jenny did the party up as only Jenny can do!

Their display

A photo of them a few years ago!

Random Pictures from our weekend!

This was a great weekend with Amy and Brett and the kids! It was Hunter's 12th Birthday and it was a really special birthday! On Sunday we got to be there when he was ordained a deacon. It was so awesome to witness such a special event. We are so proud of you Hunter and we love you so much! Heavenly Father has given us such a wonderful family and we are so grateful that you are part of it! You are such a great example to all the little cousins! We love you!

Hal with some of his girls!

"Whose taller Granny?" Here is the proof Tay!

The best hug ever!

Jaxson's Katydid!

She is beautiful even when she is making faces at me!

Hunter's Birthday cake! WoW!

Couldn't find the candles!

Dinner at Lenonne's in Logan! SO YUMMY!

Brett and Amy!

McKay's Homecoming!

How fun for me! We got to be in Logan for Mckay's first "dance date"! We were so excited to see him! He looked so HANDSOME! What a lucky girl! Thanks Mckay for letting us share that moment with you! (I can't believe I am this old!)

Mom.. giving him the once over~!

Amy looks young enough to be his date!

"What do I do with this?"

Mckay with his darling date Aniko!

Lucky Grandma...

Hunter's Birthday at Bear Bottom Flats!

Pizza and Pop!

On top of the pyramid!

Pizza and Pop for us too!

Heading out on the Haunted Hayride!

Haunted scarecrows in the corn patch! A haunted out-house! Biggest spider web ever! Dead cat hanging (disgusting)Fun Fun Fun!

Hal and Benny

Hunter trying to light the candles in the wind... surrounded by hay and cornstalks!

Blow Hunter.... actually the candles wouldn't light...so we faked it!

Such a great Dad and Mom!

Grandpa and Grandma....

Hunter's Game!

Hunter had a BIG birthday this weekend! He turned 12! Hal and I went up for the weekend! We went to Mckay's Homecoming game on Friday night at Logan High...Then Saturday morning was Hunter's big game! They played their hearts out...but came up 4 points short. It was their first loss so the kids were pretty disappointed! Hunter played so hard! He stays in the entire game in different positions. So fun to watch! He is the quarterback most of the time...and a real team leader!

Our warn out quarterback! Good Job Hunter!

#13 leading the team out on the field for congrats to the other team!

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day turned out really fun! Lizzy was cutting Angie and Sadie's hair and they decided to head up to Sundance! It was a beautiful day and we got lunch at the grill and then rode the tram On the way home they decided to play 9 holes at Cascade. It was fun and so relaxing!

A self portrait on the tram...

Angie trying to catch us and we were trying to catch her!

Dal and Lizzy

Sadie our little golfer with her pink clubs! I love the golfer dad's in this family all have litte pink clubs for the girls!

Dal and Lizzy

Matt and Angie

Angie and Sadie

Lizzy

Hal and I

Swiss Days!

One of my favorite events in the whole summer is Swiss Days! I always feel a little sad when it rolls around because I know that summer is all but over...but I still LOVE IT! I heard about Swiss Day's years ago. Hal and I decided to do a booth one year with Dan and Danielle Seegmiller. We paid $20.00 for the booth and made some pretty good money as I remember. We fought rain the whole weekend. I remember the little kids playing under the table and getting drenched every time the rain would run off the plastic tarp that we were using as a roof. It was a crazy weekend. We must have liked it though because we kept doing a booth ever year for the next 10 or so.... maybe longer. The booth fee has increased every year and I heard today that a booth now costs $650-$750 for the two days. I have some really fun memories of those days. It was a time that all our kids worked with us to make "Christmas money". We hauled product from the trucks to the booth...all day long. When Amy and Brett got married she started a "t-shirt" business. She designed darling shirts and had them screen printed and had a great little business going. Swiss Day's has always been good to us. We still love it...and there is a part of me that would still love to do a booth... but most of me just wants to go and spend some money! I went on Friday with Amy... she came down and stayed over night and we headed up in the morning. It was so fun and we had a yummy lunch and lots of shopping! I wish I had thought to take some pics however! Saturday Lizzy and Angie came with me while Dallas and Hal and Matt played golf! We met up with them for lunch... and then shopped some more and enjoyed another scone! It was much cooler today - even a bit of rain! What a fun tradition! I love Swiss Days!

Look at the crowds! This is just one aisle!

How cute is this baby pea pod hat!

Best scones in the world! When we first started coming they were $1.00 ... Now they are up to $3.00! Still worth every penny! Now they have honey, raspberry jam and cinnamon sugar as toppings! Self serve so you can add all you want...YUMMY!

Angie and Lizzy going after a scone!

So delicious!

Raspberry Jam... Honey and Cinnamon Sugar!

Edward....was there and these two were SMITTEN!

Great hats!

Just one booth...so full you can hardly get inside!

This year we tried a new little restaurant in town... Galleria! I ate there with the judges panel when I judged Miss Wasatch Co. It was such a treat I talked everyone into going there...instead of the traditional Swiss Day's food... I am sure they missed that sour kraut and brats..but they were good sports! I ate there with Amy the day before and she loved it too!

Best pizza I have ever had... Chicken pesto with squash - pine nuts and topped with fresh arugula! Holy Cow... it is TASTY!

Sadie is a purest... just spaghetti with butter! So yummy!

On the way home I turned around and this is what I sawy.... Do you think I wore them out? I am the oldie here and I was still going strong! !