Hogle Zoo Time

 

Briggs keeping us on the straight and narrow

We went with some wardies.

First time we had ever seen a baby monkey and it was so cute!

Watch out here comes Christian!!

It was cool to see the new Northwest Exhibit

Glad they kept this old lion water fountain. It's a classic!

Riding the train

JNB turns 4

This has been a highly anticipated birthday. Jess has been waiting FOREVER!!

Amy helped make her cake. A Frozen Elsa Cake!!!

She got a Frozen Treasure box with lots of goodies inside. 

With her money from Gma & Gpa Black she bought her very own Elsa Hair!!!

 

 

We love this girl! She adds such a wonderful element to our family!

 

 

Aladdin Jr

A Whole New World....

Brigham was part of the pre show. 2nd graders made kids

and sang "Let's go Fly a Kite" from Mary Poppins.

Peaceful Briggs did a great job!

 

Ty was a magnificent Townsperson. Many chorus scenes. Some big, fast words and Ty was fantastic.

 

 

 

Amy was a palace dancer. Many chorus scenes as well. this was her first dance performance since she had tap when she was 3 years old. I think she liked it. She also did a fabulous job.

 

There are so many children that participate in the school play that they have 2 casts.

 

This is Amy and Ty's purple cast.

 

"Come Unto Me"

 

 

"Come Unto Me" By: Jerry Anderson

My Aunt Sue saw this picture and bought one for all us girls. I just love it!

I guess the life size artwork is in a funeral home in St. George.

 

 

My Grandpa D passed away about 15 years ago just after I got married. I was looking through pictures to gather for the video my Aunt was going to be showing at the video. There were lots of pictures of us playing with grandpa, but I could only find a couple of pictures with Grandma in it. I was sad about this and then thought about how grandmas are in the background doing a lot of the work, making sure everyone is fed, happy, has a place to sleep, laundry, cleaning up after everyone, etc. My grandma was such a good grandma in this way. The sweet bishop that spoke at my grandma's funeral must have known my thoughts. He spoke to the fact that what a quiet disciple of Christ my grandmother had been. I really appreciated his remarks.

 

It was wonderful to go through my grandparent's house and recall memories. We had some great times! We were able to look through my grandma's special box. So neat! This lady was meticulous! Her church Seagull Book (compares to YW Personal Progress book) was awesome! She had a testimony from a very young age, was a hard worker and health and being active was very important to her. So glad I got to go through a few of her memories.  

 

 

Grandma's Children

My dad, Sue, Steve and Brent

 

 

It was good to catch up with some cousins and family. I hadn't seen some in over 15 years.

 

It is always good to have FUN at a FUNeral!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

happy 14th katelyn!!

Happy Birthday Kates!!

I think she had a good day...we tried our hardest. Ginny embarrassed her at school by taking her candy and a bunch of balloons. We took her a Keva juice at lunch. She took a treat to her volleyball team since she had to spend her birthday night with them. Jess and I made her a drippy volleyball cake. She got an awesome card from Gma. Her friends remembered her and that was awesome. She moved up to MiaMaids and they welcomed her with a dozen roses.

Kates is an awesome young lady! She has always been as straight as an arrow- which relieves a lot for her parents. She is an amazing assistant mom. I couldn't do it without her. She cleans her own bath, and room and does her own laundry. She babysits for others every spare minute she has. She is captain of her volleyball team. She is president of her beehive class. She plays guitar in the Jazz band and clarinet in the Concert band. She has great friends and maintains a 4.0 gpa. She is beautiful and people are mesmerized by her hair;) I am tired and I could still keep going.

Katelyn really is an awesome daughter and we love having her in our family!

Reflections Winners!!

 In October, Amy and Katelyn Black submitted photographs they had taken that went along with the PTA Reflections theme for 2014-2015 which was "The World Would Be A Better Place if...".

Both just won at the Region 3  level !

 

 

Their photography has now been submitted for competition at the state level. Wish them luck!

After being judged at State in March, their photographs will be on display at The Leonardo through the summer.  http://www.theleonardo.org/

Amy: The world would be a better place if…. We stopped and enjoyed the view. The world is full of many wonders and beautiful scenes. Sometimes we get caught up in the fast lane of life. The minutes and hours rush by us. We need to put aside the electronics and distractions and enjoy the beauty around us.

Katelyn: The world would be a better place if.... we laughed at ourselves more often. Life is too short to take everything so serious all the time. We all make mistakes. We should learn from our mistakes, laugh about them, and move on. Laughing eases life which is never harmful.

Grandpa Buckley

"Sing Your Way Home"

Sing your way home; at the close of the day,

Sing your way home; drive the shadows away,

Smile every mile, for wherever you roam,

It will brighten your road,

It will lighten your load,

If you sing your way home.

We just enjoyed Grandpa's funeral. What a wonderful man and disciple of Christ. The services were so nice and uplifting and the music was just what grandpa would have wanted. I have fallen in love with "Sing Your Way Home". I never knew the song existed. The song is so Grandpa Buckley! I find myself humming it now throughout my day. He has touched my life once again and that is just the type of guy he was. Touching everyone's lives he came in contact with. Ever serving, ever loving.

  

 Grandpa was the first extended family member of Mike's family I got to know. We took several trips down to San Juan while we were first married. This is where I was introduced to the mountain from the bed of Gpa's trusty truck. Where I saw rocks and fossils that were cooler and shinier than anything I could ever see in a museum. Where I first ate microwaved bacon and drank repeatedly from a tiny Dixie cup. Where I learned a lot of genealogy about the Christensens. Where I ate from a luscious garden and roasted by a well stoked fire in the summer.

We will miss grandpa dearly and hope to be a little more like him with each passing day!

 

4 generation at Curt& Kristin's wedding 8.02

Gpa feeding baby Kates.

In the dead of winter, she could have nothing on because she was near Gpa's roaring fire

 

4 generation Tyler

 

 

4 generation Amy

 

Playing on Gpa's tractor

Black boys camping in St. George.  Unfortunately, the GoPro ran out of space on the way that site, so we didn't get the campsite and awesome hikes.  We'll have to go again.