Brion and Amie Family

Brion adds a lot to our family. He teases has a great sense of humor and just loves life!! He met Amie in the fall of 1999 and were married in the spring of 2000 in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple. Amie is the daughter of our life-long friends Keith and Jeana Christofferson. I grew up with Keith and his siblings and Jeana was in our ward as well. Brion graduated from BYU in Construction Management and works for Okland Construction. He was the project engineer for the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni House on BYU campus. He is currently the project manager for the MTC addition that will be ongoing for a few years. Amie graduated from UVSC in business management and owns and runs a business that cleans buildings. She has several employees. Following are some photos. This one amazes me. I don't know how all of our boys married such beautiful women (must be their sparkling personalities is all I can think of, LOL). Here is a picture of Brion in his silk shorts--once in a lifetime picture. I think I will blow this up and put it above the fireplace for all to see--what do you think?
Brion and Scott recieved their Eagle Scout award on the same evening. This is President Rockwell awarding their scarves.
Brion's first deer. He had the antlers in his bedroom forever. I think he was about 17 in this picture.
This picture I just love. Logan has that side smile, like, "help me I can't keep hold of Landon!" Landon is just enjoying the whole experience. I love their caps.

I love Logan's cowboy boots. He plays soccer and baseball. Brion plays a lot of ball with both boys. Logan was the only boy on his team who knew right off how to 'slide' into base. Logan rode a sheep last year in the Alpine Days Rodeo that my brother oversees. He is in preschool. He is 5 years old. He loves to play video games, especially Star Wars.
I love this picture of Landon. This was at the Alpine Days rodeo. Landon was too small to ride a lamb. He loves Papa's hat. He has always been a Papa's boy. Wherever Papa is, thats where Landon wants to be. They are best buds! Landon loves books and loves to have someone read to him.
I don't have any recent pictures of Lexie. She has certainly grown. Here she is in (my mom) Grandma Great's arms. She is a contented baby and looks just like Landon. She had her days and night mixed up for a while after they brought her home from the hospital, but she is better now.
We love the Brion and Amie family so much. All of them are dear to our hearts and we are thankful we are a forever family.

The Jarom and Adrien family

I thought I would focus on one of our family and do a blog about them. Since Jarom is the oldest I think I will start with his family. Here is one of my most favorite pictures of all time. It was taken when Brion was blessed. Jarom looks like he doesn't know whether to kiss or hit him. The little outfit that Jarom has on I made with his name on it (it is backwards in the photo). I have this picture on my counter top because I love it so much.This is the boy's first sunday suits with little white shirts. Grandma Webb (Nick's mom) went with me to take this picture in 1980. Jarom and Brion are about 10 1/2 months apart and I was big and pregnant with Scott when this picture was taken. Three kids in three years whew!! Actually, Jarom, Brion and Scott have been best friends their whole lives because they are so close in age.
I hope this embarasses Jarom a little. Here he is at the age of 3 with his silk shorts, silk tie and mouse ears. He was riding on a float that I worked on for the Lehi Round-up parade. I don't think he has ever worn silk since, thank goodness! Anyway, I think he is kinda cute, don't you?
I love this family picture of Jarom and Adrien with Emmie. They are a happy family. They were married in the SLC Temple and have three beautiful daughters. Jarom has his CPA and is in the last few months of his MBA. Adrien is also a CPA, but is a stay-at-home mom. They live just Southeast of the Timpanogos Temple in Pleasant Grove.
Doesn't Adrien look like a model? She runs marathons and did a couple of triathalons this year as well. She has run the hood to coast up in Washington State a few times with her sisters. She is very active and loves to be busy. We love her to pieces!

Here is our oldest grandchild Emmie Dru. She is 6 years old and is in 1st grade at Manilla Elementary. She loves to sing, dance and do gymnastics.
Little Allie Miriam is named after me and is our only redhead so far. She is a delight and has personality coming out of her ears. She is in preschool and loves to dance and do gymnastics.
Kate Suzy is the youngest and is named after her grandma Suzy (Adrien's mom). She has big, big eyes and wants to do everything her older sisters do. She is a very sweet baby.
I love this picture. This was taken this last spring/summer. We are lucky to have the Jarom and Adrien family apart of our eternal family. We love you guys!!!!

Lexie Jo's Arrival

September 18, 2008 was a magnificent day!! Brion and Amie called first thing in the morning and asked if I could come and take care of the boys at their house while they went to the hospital. Of course I was already packed and ready to "be on deck" as Brion puts it. By 5:20 pm Nick and I had our 9th grandchild (well, not actually us, Amie did the work LOL). I got Logan and Landon ready and we took off for the hospital where they met their little sister, Lexie Jo. Now this name is very neat. She is named after Amie's grandma (Lexie) Whimpey and after my mom and Nick's mom (both Josephine). She is a living doll! She weighed in at 8 lb and 8 oz. She has a perfect little head and a beautiful complexion. She looks like both Logan and Landon, but mostly Landon. It was so tender when I took the boys home last night and got them dressed in their PJ's, we knelt down for prayer. Little Landon (2 1/2) in his prayer said, "Thank you Heavenly Father for my baby sister Lexie". That touched my heart so much. Here are some pictures you might enjoy-- The first thing Logan and Landon did when they saw their mom and Lexie was climb up on the bed right next to both the girls in the family. I tell you, Lexie is going to be the most protected little girl in the world with these two brothers.
First family picture. Doesn't Amie look good?
Logan holding Lexie for the first time.
Landon holding Lexie for the first time. Notice the little stuffed bear. I took the boys to Target so they could pick out something for their sister before we went to see her. Landon picked out the teddy bear and Logan picked out a little soft dollie. I asked Logan what girls like and he said, "anything pink, pink, pink."
This is a tender picture of Papa holding Lexie with Logan giving her a hug.

Allie's Birthday Sleepover

It was Allie Miriam's turn to have her birthday sleepover with Papa and Grammy. We had a great time!! She is such a little angel. I picked her up, drove up to Papa's work, took the train over to the Gateway, had pizza and cheetos, bought a Dora Explorer book at Barnes and Noble, took the train back to Papa's office, drove home, got in our PJ's, put in a movie (Madagascar) and when that was over we read her book, looked at the stars on Kimmy's bedroom ceiling, closed our eyes and went to sleep (then I snuck back into our bedroom for the night). The next morning we got up, had breakfast (cereal and toast with LOTS of butter on it) and baked cupcakes. While we were putting the icing and candy sprinkles on the cupcakes, Allie said, "I think Dax would like a cupcake, can we take one over to him and maybe one to Easton?" I thought that was a great idea and so off we went to Grantsville, but Dax and Easton weren't home so we left them on the kitchen table for them. Allie did take some home to her family because she thought that her "daddy and mommy will really like the candy sprinkles!" Here are some pictures---Papa and Allie in Papa's office Papa and Allie on the train. Allie recognized the SL Temple on the way
Grammy and Allie eating pizza and cheetos.
Allie with the cupcake dough and the candy sprinkles~~she liked eating the candies right out of the package Well, the next grandchild to have a birthday sleepover will be Landon and his birthday is in March, which is a good thing, as Papa and Grammy are exhausted!!! LOL

Logan's Birthday

It was Logan's birthday so we had him overnight with us. I picked him up and took him to Papa's office. Then we took Trax over to Gateway and had some pizza and ice cream. When we got home we had a pajama movie night and watched Star Wars. The next day Nick took Logan fishing and then we went to the Living Planet and got to pet rays, crabs and starfish. We had a great time. Here are some pictures: This is all of us at the Living Planet
Papa and Logan up Settlement Res. fishing. They didn't even get a bite, but they had a lot of fun
Here they are riding Trax. Logan really liked it. I wish we would have thought about Trax sooner so that we could have taken Emmie and Dax when it was their birthday turn.