A tribute to the Gunnison chalet

Just wanted to thank everyone for the fun Christmas vacation we got to spend in St. George. Beni and I loved playing with our cousins Boy (Devon) and Morgan. We especially loved being able to visit the chalet one last time. I have so many fond memories of the "cabin" - watching Conference, playing hide-and-go seek and cards, reunions, riding on Grandpa's tractor, and just being with family. Thanks Bo and Grandpa for providing us with a fun place! We will miss Gunnison.

What's up in Provo

So, I know Halloween was forever ago, but here are a couple pictures from it: We had a dragon and Cinderella trick-or-treating with us that night :) The other pictures are BYU's Family Christmas Party (that's where Cosmo comes in), and two pics from a Sunday with family.
We had ourselves a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. We spent the day just home together as a little family. I cooked my first turkey (yay, it actually turned out edible!), we had tons of mashed potatoes and gravy, and of course lots and lots of rolls. and we loved just being together. We put up our Christmas tree and decorations that day, and that really got us in the Christmas spirit.

Since then, we've just been plugging away at our lives. Oh yes, I am sad to say that my dream calling came and went: I was the Primary Pianist for two short months. They've called me now to be in the Primary Presidency. It's crazy and fun and I love it, although I really miss being at the piano.

We are so looking forward to spending Christmas with Bo and Grandpa and Travis and Lana down in St. George. We miss you all! Please, please write! We want to know what you all are up to! --Amy v.

Happy Birthday to Bo

Happy Birthday to our favorite grandma this Saturday - we hope you get lots of presents and have a happy day!

Boise Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving here in Boise at Angie's house. Berg and Robyn came from eastern Idaho for the week. We made quite a feast - no turkey, just ham, requested by the pregnant Angie and we ate and ate. Friday, the girls were up by 3:30 a.m. to shop Black Friday sales. (Maija would be proud of our loot.) Later, we went bowling as a family - the kids loved it. Saturday, we saw the Boise parade and watched the BYU game. GO COUGARS!

We missed everyone and are anxious to hear about your holidays!

From Mark & Alison in Sunny North Carolina!!!

We are a growing family, for sure!!!  Tori loves kindergarten, but abby misses her at home.  Mom and Drew are boring.  Drew is now almost 3 months old!!!  I can't believe it.  Abby is learning to talk so well, and her new favorite thing to do is jump.  She "bounces" as she says almost everywhere she goes.  She sure is a funny girl.  Mark still loves his job, Alison is staying busy with embroidering and we sure love it here in NC, but hate to be so far from all of you!!!

Feel free to look at our website to see lots more pictures and updates.

Hi Everyone!

This is great! I'm at Amy's right now, so I will post photos later. Have a great day!!! Becky

Gerrit and Amy's Fam

Hey, this is so great! Thank you, thank you for making this! Here's our latest:

Gerrit is still working at the library cataloguing rare books, and really enjoys it. He gets to see a lot of books come through that really interest him, so that's fun. He's finishing up his 1st year in his Master's of Library Science degree (he's on a 100% online program, so he can do all his coursework at work or home), so he'll graduate with his degree next December (2008).

I am a full-time mom and I love it. We go to playgroups hosted by the Relief Society, and have several friends just our kids' ages in our ward that we play with as well. We love to go to story time at the library, and it's really nice to have a playground right across the street from our house, so even if Gerrit has the car, we can go swing and slide. I also got my dream calling in our ward! I am the Primary Pianist, and it's awesome. We just our program, and it went really well.

The kids are both doing well. As of two weeks ago, we have two mobile children.

Eve has figured out how to crawl, and is much happier for it, being able to reach the things she wants. And for Samuel, he often goes days with no "accidents" which makes life simply a lot nicer. His newest development is being able to actually recall what happened days ago and give us a pretty good recount.

This is so much fun! I hope we keep it up!

Erik and Amy

Erik seems to be the only one doing his assignment. I guess that's what comes easy when all I do is SCHOOL!!! Anyways, Amy has started her 1st year of the physical therapy assistant program and I am in my 3rd year of pharmacy school. We both see the light at the end of the tunnel in May of 2009. Until then, we will continue to slave away at school and at our part-time jobs. I work at Walgreen's - The pharmacy America trusts - in Rexburg everyother weekend (or more frequently if Nintendo Wii games are required for sanity.) Amy works at Downeast Outfitters, not so much for money, but for the great deals. Nice to blog with you all? Is that proper terminology?

Angie, Carl, and Beni update

Hi family! We just wanted to let everyone know how much we've missed them.

We're still enjoying life in western Idaho in Meridian. Carl is a transportation planner for the region and was recently promoted at work to Principal Planner, which we are thrilled about. He keeps busy at church working with the Young Mens program, and staying with Beni in nursery. (She still isn't into to it yet.)

I am developing an online Media Law/Ethics course for BYU-I. I teach my first semester beginning in January. Three weeks before the October primary program, I was called to be the new primary chorister. I've been frantically memorizing new songs and trying to learn names. Not easy living with me while I am humming and singing all the time, I am sure.

Beni turned two a couple months ago. She loves anything to do with princesses and babies. We love her so much, despite the fact that she is slightly crazy.

Our little family will be expanding this March. Its been a pretty mild pregnancy thus far. We had our ultrasound appointment this morning and planned to announce if this was a boy or girl, but alas, the little stinker had its legs crossed. We'll see in a month, I suppose.

Hope everyone enjoys the blog! Please post your updates!

The good old days

I was flipping through some old pictures and found some our trips together to St. George and Florida. Oh the good times we've had together, playing cards and games . Hope everyone is getting ready for a fun holiday season!

Congratulations to Preston!

Hey, we just wanted to give a shout out to one of our favorite cousins heading on his mission this summer to Toronto East Mission in Canada!

Anyone who would like to email him, can at

prestonhill@myldsmail.net