a week early...

but healthy and strong!

"Briggs Mack Hunter"

was born

to Chet and Tiffany

Monday, March 21, 2011

at 5:35 p.m.

weighed 6 lbs 15 oz

20 inches long

excited brother and sister

Ryker is now

the "big brother"

KJ is going to be a BIG helper!

KJ, Gramma, Briggs, Grandpa, and Ryker

Cute Family!

(can you believe that Tiff just delivered a baby?)

tie breaker !

exciting news!................it is official! g and m are having a GIRL!
they make such beautiful babies, can't wait to see how cute this one is.
congrats kids! you make us proud grandparents! love ya!

kamryn's 8 !

for kamryn's birthday dinner this year, she wanted to go to tempanyaki's (since she was a good sport last year when k.j. had her melt down). so a few days before her b-day, i went and got her and we went shopping. she is such a girly girl, and as soon as she saw what she wanted, there was NO changing her mind. after shopping, we went and picked up grandpa and headed to dinner at tempanyaki's.

she thought that it was cool that the chef came right to the table to cook our food.

this volcano he made was awesome

gramma and kamryn

she was embarrased when they brought her this ice cream with a candle in it and sang to her (mostly because the family that was sitting with us had 2 boys about her same age).

then on friday (which was her birthday) she had a family b-day party.

haley went all out on decorating for her, as you can see.

hunter, saige smart, kamryn, isley and siona

saige, hunter (and yes! he is picking his nose. he is kind of into that stage right now) and siona

grandpa don and kamryn

kamryn blowing out all "8" of her candles (isley in the background)

happy birthday kamryn. what a special day to be celebrating!

we love you,

grandpa don and gramma jacki

p.s. later she was telling hunter, that he really needed to go to tempanyaki's for his birthday. she told him "the foods not that good, but it's really cool how they cook at your table."

another b-day

hunter came and played with me on my birthday. i asked him if he wanted to help me make some cupcakes. this was his reply:

"gwamma if you make cupcakes, that means yo makin' yo own bewthday cake, wight!?"

he decided that wouldn't be too cool, so he offered to help me.

he even did the dishes.

the best part about having a birthday, nowadays, is that all the kids come to see me!

kamryn, me, jack, and hunter

siona, me, and isley

kendyl, me, and ryker

thanks kids for all of the birthday gifts, but most of all thank you for these sweet little angels you've brought into our family! i have to say that i am actually grateful to be another year older!

happy birthday to me!

california...

lucky, lucky me! last month, jillyne (mugleston) and i flew to calilfornia, to see ladawn and craig, (after planning this trip since they left on their mission, last july... o.k. actually don told me i had to at least wait until they got there, before we could start planning, so get the picture? we've been planning a long time!). we flew down on a friday ~ worst flight i've ever been on. because of the high winds, we had to circle around for over an hour before we could land in long beach. the turbulence was horrendous! (for a minute or two, i thought jillyne was going to hurl all over me). luckily, we were in the very front seats of the plane, so we had a quick get-a-way as soon as the plane doors opened. but to our surprise, when the doors were opened, we were out in the open and had to walk (actually i ran, trying to keep up with jillyne) across the tarmac in the wind and rain, to the terminal. neither on of us had ever been to this airport before and had no idea how small it was. several flights had been postponed because of the winds, so there were a million people crowded into this little flight terminal. then on to the baggage pick-up. that was another joke! but we finally were there, and ladawn was there waiting for us, while craig drove around until we got our bags. it was so good to see them!

saturday morning, we got up, had breakfast, and then got ready for a day of shopping. for some reason, craig (president godwin) didn't have any desire to spend the day with us. ladawn doesn't get to go to many stores (except sam's club and costco), so we thought we would explore some of the stores she wanted to go to, and... ontario hills outlet mall - warning... never, never go there on a saturday, especially on a holiday weekend. there were tons of 'presidents day' sales going on, and it was seriously 'wall to wall' bodies! but we still had fun, talking and laughing until we hurt. we also went to a few other little stores, but mostly we just browsed.

this is a picture of the 'eatery at the mall'

(doesn't show it justice, at all!)

we went home and picked up the president, then off to the 'cheese cake factory' for dinner.

sister and president godwin

sunday, we went to the home ward sacrament meeting and then home to relax and enjoy a quiet day for ladawn's birthday. jillyne and i fixed dinner - ladawn does not know how to just set. she is always waiting on everyone, so it was hard for her to let us do 'anything'. they didn't have any firesides or any other meetings, that day, other than the a.p. s came by to meet with president for a few minutes. then they sang "happy birthday" to ladawn. they were awesome ~ wish i could sing like they did!

ladawn, probably said at least one hundred times, in the first 2 days, "this is so fun, i can hardly believe you are really here!" it was soo fun to be able to spend her birthday with her!

monday, once again, president had NO desire what so ever to go with us. but we went over to the redlands california temple and walked around the grounds. it was their "p" day, so we just enjoyed being together.

jacki and ladawn

jillyne and ladawn

redlands california temple

we stopped by "trader joe's" on the way home and we got a real kick out of this w.t. truck.

tuesday and wednesday mornings, president and ladawn had zone conferences. jillyne and i went over to the church at noon and had lunch with them and their missionaries. then we stole ladawn and just went shopping and browsing all over the place.

our attempts to use the timer on the camera

jill and i going out on the tarmac to board the plane

and this... was the plane we flew home on.

the tarmac

note to self: next time ~ fly in to ontario airport!

AND... there for sure WILL be a "next time"!

love one another...

we got an e-mail from one of our bishopric members last tuesday, asking us to speak in church on sunday. he said they were in a bit of a "pickle" and that he was "desperate"! (obviously, if they were asking us to speak).

i called and talked to kendyl on friday and ask her what it meant to" love one another". she was at a meeting at the legacy center with tiff at the time, and told me she would have to think about it. now... this is a 5 year old! anyway, she was going to call me back after school that day, but didn't, then she went ice fishing with chet on saturday. sunday morning (our church is at 9:00) they snuck (is that even a word?) into the back of the chapel, and just at the end of the opening song, she ran up to the front and handed me this paper.

it's kind of hard to see, but to her this is what "love one another" means.

service

teach others

pray for others

be friends

share with others

say "i love you"

of course i had to use it in my talk. if only the whole world knew these things! wouldn't it be lovely? so to make a longer story short, our turn for speaking in sacrament meeting is over for at least a few more years. yeah!!! because it is NOT something i am comfortable doing!

and how appropriate for today, which happens to be 'valentine's day'

happy valentine's day to all of you!

trying to recycle...

i've wanted to make some pillows for my bed, and have been on the lookout every where i go for the right fabric. well, i was at the DI the other day and ran across this beauty! and the thought came in my head, that it was just the right match for my room. so i bought it for $6.00, and brought it home. cut it up...

bought a couple of wooden buttons from roberts,

and walla! turned that into this.

actually... these!

oh... how i love, love, love to be at home