Lindsey Belle is HERE! Sally had her beautiful baby girl on Sunday Dec 28th at 2:38 pm. She is adorable! here are the pictures Anita sent out by email if you didn't get to see them enjoy!CONGRATULATIONS Ryan and Sally, Emily & Kate! SO precious!!
Here are some recent pictures of the Girls! Ryan's out numbered 4 to 1! His B-day is Monday the 12th so send a quick e-mail if you get a chance! :)
Kate Just Loves holding Lindsey and she's getting pretty good at it too!
Emily, on the other hand, y0u have to be right there to catch Lindsey if she decides she's done!
Kind of a Smile! Grandma was getting her to smile, this is the best one we got.
This picture is Grandma (as the Star) Kate (as a Lamb) and Lindsey (as baby Jesus). Kate was helping us tell the story.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
A STAR IS BORN
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Whittaker Christmas Update
We had a great Christmas! We decided at 8:45 to wake the girls up! :)
Mainly because I had been having contractions through out the morning hours - but nothing consistent. They started to get a little worse so I thought we should get the Christmas fun over just in case I had to go in or something. But luckily the contractions stopped after the girls got up!
The other thing was that the power went out so when we got up it was freezing! I was awake at 6:30am timing a contraction when the clock went off! So I called the power company, turned out I was the first call they got from West Jordan! :) So thanks to me it came back on by about 10:00am or something. j/k
Also, we got about 6-8 inches of snow!! We aren't sure how much of that was just snow drifts from all the wind, but it's crazy because just across town at Ryan's parents house they didn't get any snow!! After presents we played and napped and then went to Ryan's family dinner at 3:30. All in all the kids had a great Christmas and were spoiled! We tried not to... Anita was part of it, she is to blame for some spoiling! :) Kate's 2 favorite toys are Lucky the Wonder Pup - (responds to 15 commands) and her my little pony remote control moped! :) Emily loved the Doll Anita got her - a baby Snow White with a bottle and also her My Little Pony Amusement Park. She also got a little puppy that barks. I got a great recliner and Ryan got a 12"Miter Saw. Most of what we got was not paid for by our own money - Ryan luckily had John Deer points / money he had to use before the end of the year - about 800$ that had to be used! And we are using a lot of that for some baby gear. A new car seat and swing etc...
Speaking of Lindsey, she got the cutest fleece snow suit from Mom and a few other cute outfits! Already spoiled before she's born! :) The net time you hear from me may be to tell you about the new bundle of joy we'll be having any time now!
Enjoy our pictures of December. (Other photos include Kate's Tap recital and Christmas program)
Robin's Christmas Update -Pause music
Hi every one I am at mike's house for Christmas with all
the kids, except Jenny, she is in north Carolina still. here
are some pic's of the kids and a video of Xavier on
Shanta's lap. and some pics of my new apartment and the
view I have of the pool from my balcony.
I am going to be starting school at Glendale community
collage on Jan 20th majoring in psychology, mike is going to
school there now and I will have the same English teacher
next semester that he has now.
any how we are all having a good Christmas and love and
miss you all.
Love the Tarr babies
Elder Scott Eves
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Nov. 18, 2008 Provo, UT. MTC How are you guys? I'm doing great at the MTC, I love it! Its not as tough as people make it out to be I don't know what everyone is complaing about or why they would chose to go home? Everyday I wake up around 6:10-6:30 get ready and then go to personal study with my compainion at our classroom at 7am. At 7:45 we eat breakfeast then go back to classes. I spend most of the day in our classroom, probably about 10 hours or so? Maybe more? 5 of those hours are taken up by 2 different teachers. I love my teachers! They are way cool! Hermano Pope is the best teacher ever! He makes it sound as if you can do anything if you put your mind to it and try hard enough! Not just in missionary work but in anything! My other teacher is Hermana Decena, she has a lot of great activities that help us not fall asleep and actually learn. All teachers here goto school at BYU so they're all pretty young. My companion is Hermana Daraias (Dar-AY-US) I think I told you this but she's from Pleasant Grove, by her name it sounds as if she is Hispanic but she's completly white haha She's super cool. She was a cheerleader and a dancer in Highschool and loves a lot of the same things I do! We even have the same squishy brush! How random is that? Last Friday they transfered me from beginning spanish to an intermediate spanish class so now I'm not in the same district. Luckily I didn't have to change rooms, but hermana daraias moved into my room since she was a solo sister before I came. For the first couple of days she was having a really hard time being here and didn't know if she should go home or not. She wanted to be here but she has a history of panic attacks in her family and so at first she couldn't sleep at all, then eventually she started sleeping 3-4 hours at night and last night she slept all night! I'm glad! It's hard to focus on things when you know your companion isn't having the best time. But she's doing awesome now and I don't think she'll be going home at all.
Learning spanish is awesome! I love it! I keep learnign more adn more of it (or at least remembering what I had learned from highschool). This last week I learned my purpose as a missionary, its on the first page of Preach MY Gospel "To invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in JEsus Christ adn His Atonement, repentence, baptisim, recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost, and endure to the end." I recite that to myself at night so I can fall asleep, it also helps me remember it! Side note; falling asleep at night is weird! I get so tired an hour before we are able to go back to our residence halls and I can picture myself falling right to sleep but then I get in bed adn it takes me 15-30 mins to fall asleep, and I don't feel exhausted anymore! Kind of weird. I have also started memorizing the first vision in JSH 16 & 17, D and C section 4. This week I need to learn them all in spanish. I have also almost memorized the first lesson and how to teach it! Its hard to make it sound good and not wierd or forget anything. The hardest part is to remember that I'm supposed to teach it to someone who has never heard the gospel before and doesnt' know the church terms. I like the Elders in my new distric! They are super awesome and way funny! My disctric leader was the one who actually sat in front of us for orientation when you were there.
Ok a couple of serious notes for you guys! There is this amazing site called DearElder.com PLEASE USE IT! You can write me a letter and it will get mailed to me the same day! You write it online and then it prints off here! PS, I still haven't gotten anyletters from you! I got my first letter here yesterday from Sally! She wins! THANK YOU SALLY it really made my day! But anybody can use DearElder.com and its free! I would love to get letters from everyone! And as much as you would like! Just write me anything! Or whats going on! Oh ya, my P-days are Tuesdays! So I'll most likely write you letters then, I can only email then too. But write me letters and email because then I can keep in contact with you all week! And my comp gets 50 letters a day! haha Other than that I'm doing awesome and I love it here! Tell everyone this email! Its BAM@myldsmail.com And I only have 30 mins to email so I'll probably only write one mass email and you can send it to everyone or post it on my BLOG.
See you! I LOVE EVERYONE! And miss them tons! I also pray for you guys! Tell me how Ghana is going and all that Jazz!
OXoXoXOoX Hermana Morrill
AKA BROOKE BOOGER
Vincent Quotes
Vincent’s Quote of the Day! Vincent is 3 ½ years old! (birthday March 7, 2005) Nov. 5, 2008 “After Super hero time, it’s inventions time!” Vincent: “Owe, you hurt me?” Brooke: “No, you hurt me!” Vincent: “I like you and you hurt me!” V: “You think I hate you but I love you.” V: “Is Matt here?” Mom: “No, Matt’s not here.” V: “No Mom, I can smell him!” V: The TV’s allergic to flowers.” Mom: “What?” V: “The flowers are allergic to the TV” Nov. 6, 2008 Vincent: “Awe, thanks mom, you’re the best!” Haley: “Who are you voting for Vincent, Obama or McCain? Vincnet: “Candy Cane!” Nov. 7, 2008 Lauren: “Hey Vincent, look at this zucchini, it’s the same vegetable as Larry Boy!” Vincent: “Hey, don’t eat him, you’ll get angry eyebrows!” Vincnet: “Va-va-voom” (picks up a fish stick) “These are yum yum flappers!” Nov. 12, 2008 Lauren: “Vincent, get off the railing, you’re gonna fall.” Vincent: “No, that’s what Men do!” Nathan: “Where’d you get those cool shoes?” Vincent: “My head. My head gave them to me.” Nov. 19, 2008 (shopping at Walmart) Nathan: “Vincent, this is an Avacado.” Vincent: “There’s guacamole in that avocado!” Nov. 20, 2008 Vincent: (looks at watch on his arm) “Mom, it’s time for me to save the day!” “Everyone in this family is a superhero!”
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Pictures of Each Family
Hey, I added pics of each family on the right side bar. I just used what I had and so if you want a different picture I will change it, just send it to me.
-Sally
Halloween Costumes
Here is Jason and Kaeley's halloween picture. Jason went as a flaming marshmallow, and Kaeley went as an ER doctor.
Hope you are all doing well.
------Leisa
Monday, November 10, 2008
Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad
I fixed the mistake - I had them married for only 42! ooops!)
HAPPY 52nd ANNIVERSARY TO MOM AND DAD!!!!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
We sure had a great Halloween! Here are some pictures of the many costumes!
We had our Halloween party and the theme was Villains so we were Ramses from Nacho Libre and Miss Hanagan from Annie.
For our ward Trunk or treat we dressed up as the infamous Teletubbies. Kate was Jasmine and Emily was an Elephant!
If you want more info about all we did check out my blog: http://www.whittakerfamilynews.blogspot.com/
(If you can't get on e-mail me so I can re-invite you)
Knudson In Costume!
Macie as Giselle the bride Enchanted
Daniel the Duck
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Eves Soccer Time
Yes, it is soccer time for the Eves' once again. This year Jason is on the Black Knights team, and Kaeley is on the Seahawks team. The kids are having a blast and doing very good work. They both prefer the defender position. Jason is honing his skills at stealing the ball and protecting the goal. He gets better every year. We are so proud of him and his accomplishments. He does a great job.
Kaeley is notorious for never backing down. If someone charges the goal, she charges them right back. She always kicks the ball away from them, and many times they end up on their little behind. (Not because she is kicking them, but because she stops them so abruptly!) The parents have taken to calling her "The brick wall". Nobody gets through. In saturday's game, one boy, the opposing team's star player charged the goal three times in a row, and Kaeley put him down 3 for 3, One mother told me he would think twice before trying that on Kaeley again, and sure enough, that ended that! She is becoming somewhat of a celebrity. She loves it!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Ryan and Sally's Update
Well we did go on our cruise to the Mexican Riviera and we had a great time! We appreciate Anita and Mom watching our kids!!! They had a great time with you all!!!
And we did have a great time! It was so relaxing!!! And we got to do a lot we snorkeled in Cabo and Played on the beach in Mazatlan and then we shopped in Puerto Villarta - well me and Ryan's Mom and sister did - while everyone else went on a Huge Zip line adventure! They were 400 feet above the jungle ground and zip lined from tree to tree. Ryan said it was one of the coolest things he's ever done!
On the boat we got to be lazy by the pool, do Kareoke, go to 2 movies (Get Smart and Hancock - I hadn't seen either of them) We also watch a fun game called Quest, it was like a scavenger hunt with teams and it got pretty crazy!! We actually adapted it for our Halloween party the other night - details later :) We danced at an 80's party, and went to "singin' with Cory" in a piano bar. It was so fun! It was nice because there is tons to do, but if you don't want to do anything you don't have to! I think we took a nap almost every day - we never get to do that at home so that was great too!
It was a great vacation from our stressful life! We needed it!
Hope you enjoy a few of the pictures.
-Sally
Mom's update
Hi Kids, I had a good week with Chris. He came last Saturday and left Friday morn about 4:30 am and got home at 2 pm. He helped me mow the lawns, rototille the garden and back area which didn't come back this year. He also helped me plant a Honey Crisp Apple tree. I now have 4 fruit trees. We went to a Chinese buffet in Richfield and ate toooo much. but it was good! Last Sunday he sang in our ward Sacrament meeting and was really good. We even went to the Sr Citizen potluck. He came over and ate at the Sr Center one day too. I'm sorry he had to leave, but he's already back to work.
I had taken care of Kate and Emily the last few days that Ryan and Sally were on their cruise. Also Danielle. They were all so good. I enjoyed it a lot. I'm glad they were able to go on the cruise, and that they had a great time and weather was good. Anita and Todd are now on their cruise to the Carabian. I sure hope the weather is good and that they have a wonderful time too.
I'm enjoying my work preparing meals for the Sr Citizens. Right now I have a cold which took me by surprise. It's down in my chest so I am trying to get rid of it.
I love you all. MOM
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Family Wall
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We are all having a great time building a wall in our back yard. Jon and I both are major rock hounds and we love big rocks..JPG)
Well Jon's obsession got the best of him and he has been building a rock wall in our back yard. I am posting some pictures from the summer at our quarry (a Friend has a ranch in the desert and lets us collect.JPG)
from an old dry riverbed). The boys have all developed strong muscles and learned the many engineering .JPG)
feats of an inclined plane, leveraging and teamwork (our favorite tools are the two dollies, the ramp, chisel and the steel pole). Thanks to Peter, Alex, Anna, Robby, Jared & David 
for all their help with it. Jake and Jordan even helped when they were in town (this has been a three year project, so far).
There used to be stairs coming down from the side of the house (Jon and the boys jack hammered
them out, along with the rubble that was there when we bought the house). We are going to put curving rock stairs in their place, right behind the rock wall. 
Jon built a seat for me in the rock wall, it is the most comfortable seat, it has an arm rest too. I am getting very excited. You may be able to see the split in the rocks on the ground just in front.JPG)
of the wall, that is where a fake river is starting and continuing out into the yard (see the picture with the Dolly). And we get to see the beautiful sunsets in the desert too.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Honey Candy, Family Nights
REMEMBER HONEY CANDY?
