2009 Memorial Day in Malad

Kelly behind his Mother and Dads headstone

Kelly and Patty

Kellys Grandma's and Grandpa's Headstone

Autumn

Nettie

Our First Grandchild....We are Grandparents!!!

Bill and Summer had a daughter born February 16, 2009 on Drew's 20th birthday in West Jordan, UT. Her name is Lilly Bridge born at 12:17 pm weighing in at 7 lbs. and 19.5 inches long. She is such a sweetheart. We are so excited to be grandparents finally. Lilly has lots of curly black hair and is already very spoiled. She is a bundle of joy and is well loved!!!!

Carnival Triumph Cruise in February 2009...

We had a wonderful time in the carribbean. We went on a carnival cruise to St. Thomas, St. Maarten, and Puerto Rico. We went with Dixie and Don. It was a blast...but we wish the weather was better. The waves were so big that our boat would just rock back and forth. Everyone got sick except for Kelly. The first 4 decks were always closed because of the weather. We did have fun on the islands though. Here are some pictures in no particular order of some of the things we did and saw. It is kind of a long post so just sit back and enjoy the show!!!!

Just getting off the ship at St. Maarten to go to the beach!!

Looking out towards the bay at our ship in St. Maarten

Patty and Dixie on the Omni French beach in St. Maarten. We were shocked, but we found out about "French Beaches."

Pirate souvenir store in St. Maarten

Iguana at St. Thomas

This is a shopping street in ST. Thomas

Lobster dinner on the ship. Don ate 4 lobster tails that night.

Posing after dinner on formal night on the ship.

A view of Puerto Rico fortress guarding the port.

Night time in the fortress in Puerto Rico

A group picture of us standing in front of Christopher Columbus statue in Puerto Rico.

Here we are getting off the plane at Fort Lauderdale, Florida

We went for dinner on the riverfront in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

A Shark almost got us in front of our restaurant in Fort Lauderdale.

Here we all are on the ship leaving Miami off to our Eastern Carribbean Cruise.

Cruising time again....

Two years ago November our family went on a cruise. Next week we are off to the caribbean again with Dixie and Don. We are reminiscing about the good times we had with our family. We are sailing off on February 1st to San Juan, Puerto Rico, ST. Thomas, and St. Maarten. One week to go and we are getting excited. Stay tuned for pictures....


Here are the kids on the stairs on our way to dinner one night on the ship. Don't they clean up nice?

Weekend in Salt Lake

We went to Salt Lake for the weekend in January and met Autumn's friend Rich and got to see our adopted daughter Mary. We all went to the movie Bride Wars and had a good time.

Hubbards came to visit....

We always have a great time with the Hubbard Family.


Here they all are playing the WII...I think they were playing Mario Kart. Go Dixie!!! Boy they are all focused on the game.


Aly likes cupcakes. She sure is a cutie!!


We went to the famous Beus Hill and all went sledding. Nettie and Autumn got new snow attire...don't they look hot!!

Christmas Time....

We are a little behind with our postings. We sure had a good Christmas. We didn't take many pictures this year during the holidays. Hopefully we will be taking more now...since Kelly got a new camera for christmas.


SMILE!!! Autumn and me posing for a picture



We went and spent some time on Christmas at the Assisted Living Center with Uncle Tom. Tom loved his long sleeve shirt we gave him. He says it keeps him warm for the winter months. Everyone at the living center loves Kelly. We had a crowd there that day visiting with us.


Christmas dinner was very casual this year...most of us were not ready for the day. The food was mighty tasty though.