April Fun

We went to a Comedy club while we were there. Here's our group that enjoyed the show.

We got a picture with the comedy players.

This tent is where we did most of our shopping...BYU Bookstore tent. The girl in blue was a violinist who played at the concert.
It rained on the last day of conference. Tamara, Sherri and I enjoy a moment together before leaving to go eat dinner.

Me and my cute sisters after the concert.

We posed with Freddie Ashby and company after the concert. Freddie is in my ward.

We were in the very top of the conference center for the last session of conference. We had such a fun time. Julie and her friend Crystal and Rachel joined us for the picture.

Sherri, Loni and Jennie pose before going to help with the humanitarian kits.

I have never seen a "Tiger Tail" . But it sure was good. I only ate 1/2, but I should have only eaten a 1/4. But hey, I don't eat them every day. It was my breakfast the first morning of conference. That's what happens when you don't get moving early enough to go eat breakfast. Hey, Tamara and I stayed up and talked until 2:00am.

This is our dorm buddies, except for Loni who left us. We had so much fun. You would have thought we were college roomates.

April Fun

The big event of April this year was Easter. We also enjoyed our Phelps cousin's party at Stephen's house the day after Easter. We had fun as a family while coloring Easter eggs and because it rained that day, we had to color our eggs and have our Easter egg hunt inside the house. It was a little different, but it worked. We also had Mia's 2nd birthday and sent Tate a birthday package to enjoy on his mission. I hosted the Missionary Mom's Dinner for Arizona at our house, along with the Foundation for Educational Excellence Auction, Brinton FHE at Belinda's, Robert's work party at Toby Keith's new restaurant, the neighborhood ice cream social in our front yard and of course a Cub's game. I ended the month by attending my first ever Women's Conference in Provo, Utah with two of my sisters and several nieces. It was so fun!

March Madness

Elder Brinton enjoying some time with President Chevarri and his companion Elder Muellek

Elder Brinton practicing his cooking skills in Honduras

Elder Roberts holding some kind of fruit

Enjoying Julie's birthday on a beautiful day in March.

Emily enjoying the limo ride she got for her 16th birthday

It's been since February since I have updated my blog. Where has the time gone? March always brings the most birthdays in our family with Amy's, Julie's, Emily's, Kylie's and Grandma Nancy's. We also went camping for Spring Break at our usual camping spot near Miami, Az. We had a lot of fun. The photos show some of the fun things that happened in our family during March. Missionary fun, birthdays and more.

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Man of the Year

Robert was honored by being named
Mesa's Man of the Year for 2008
We were able to celebrate with him at the banquet on Feb. 17th

The kids did a great job on his part of the program!
They all stood up front & told about their dad & his accomplishments, then we watched a video that we put together for him as a SURPRISE!
He was definitely surprised!
We had fun interviewing several people for the video that he has worked with over the years & they were all honored to tell why they love Robert so much & why he deserved this honor!

Robert gave a perfect speech after the kids were done!
I'm so proud of him & all he does for the city!

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Dinner was delicious & Hilton went above & beyond their usual banquet for Robert!

We had so many family members & friends there to support Robert!
THANK YOU all for coming!

Congratulations Robert!

The kids said it best when they said,
"You are our Man of the Year...EVERY YEAR!"

The big 55

My kids & grandkids planned a FUN NIGHT at the park for my birthday!

We had pizza & my favorite German Chocolate Cake!

Parker & Grandma

Jeff & Abby

Parker & Hallie

Thanks for celebrating with me!

Veteran's Day Parade

Heidi, Tannis and Powell watch the parade.

Mia has a front row seat.

This was the most touching event of the parade. Everyone one of these flag bearers has huge photo with the name of someon who had died in the war. I think there were more than 200, all from Arizona.

It was a perfect day for a parade. And people wonder why we live in Arizona.

Winter Formal 2008

Heidi asked Tanner Jones to Winter Formal. The funny part is, the Jones were set up by my sister Donna and her husband Ron. Now they have kids our kids ages. Our son Tate took their daughter to prom last year and we now our kids are good friends. Small world. Heidi's sister Kylie took their pictures at Val Vista Lakes before the dance. They wanted different pictures and they turned out great. That was before Kylie's camera blew over on the tripod and fell apart.

I can't believe this is our baby. When did she grow up???

Thanksgiving Fun in the Desert

Emily trying to get Abby to enjoy a horse ride. All Abby is thinking is, "Get me off this thing!"

Heidi getting ready to ride.
The little boys and their personal fire.

Hallie and Gemma

Holly, Brecklyn, Staci and Parker enjoying the warm fire (even though you can't see it)

Gemma and Hallie stood here for the longest time eating all the M&M's out of the trailmix.

Holly and Mia give us a smile

Jeff, Holly and Brittany ride off into the sunset...or maybe just the afternoon sun.

Some of our family enjoying a fire before it even got dark. It was a little cooler than normal.

Some of our fun family members enjoying each other.

Heidi is driving the golf cart, but she picked up a few strays on the way. Powell, Emily, Hallie, Tanner, Mason, Gemma and Loni go for a ride.

Hallie is ready to go for a real horsey ride. The weather started out raining in the morning, but we had a beautiful day, even though we had clouds. There was no dust due to the morning rain and there were no bees because of the moisture. We have had those in the past few years due to the drought. What a fun day we had.

Crue, Loni, Wyatt and Heidi enjoy a ride on Uncle Kelly's golf cart.

Some of our kids enjoying our Thanksgiving meal in the desert. Not your normal Thanksgiving setting, but it's been our family's for almost 30 years.

Jeff just got back from riding and was actually getting off the horse. I made him stay on until I got a picture. He really can ride by himself, LOL

Matt, Abby, Hallie and Emily pose for a picture.

Dec. 2nd...Granny's 85th, Heidi's Concert and Baby Ryler's Birth

Jeff and Heidi after Heidi's choir concert.

This is a picture we took the night Ryler was born. He was already making funny faces.

Such a perfect cutie! He weighed 7lbs. 15 oz and was 20 inches long.

This is one of my favorite pictures! I love that Parker was pushing his little brother in his hospital cart. What cute brothers.
Parker is getting aquainted with his new brother, Ryler Shane Allen.