March Madness!!

Grandpa & Grandma:

Ron & Maud Mary:

Eric & Shannon Family:

Eric got promoted to a supervisor at work. We are really excited about that. He has also been sick and finally went to the doctor and was told he had sinusitis. I'm looking forward to him recovering finally! Everyone else is doing well! We had family come visit from Nebraska (to mourn my 30th birthday with me) and had lots of fun with them.


Dan & Verna:

Hello,
Our family is doing great! Tanya just turned 17 and is getting ready to go to the Jr. Prom. Courtney has tried out for the Emery High School Softball team, Faith and Kara are doing well in Karate. KaRanda has started playing the saxaphone and little Kaden is still a cutie. He gets to go home on the weekends now and we miss him but he is doing well. Cammie is due to come home on Friday, Mar 6. We are all excited for her to come home. Dan is struggling in school. Calculas is not his cup of tea, but he is surviving. Meantime, I am doing fine.

Brandon & Suzanne Family:

Hello Family,
Suzanne continues to trudge along in our final trimester and we are very anxious to see what our baby will be like. Keaton is excited to play peek-a-boo. We are hoping for sleep. Keaton enjoyed receiving and giving valentine's to his friends. We had a healthy December and Keaton and I were sick for January. Keaton had an ear infection and pneumonia, his fever was a high of 106. In February, we attended the Draper Temple open house with our non-member neighbors. Keaton did very well waiting, watching, riding and walking through the Temple. His friends wanted him to play with them but he did not want anything to do with them during the 2 hours. It was a nice time to answer questions from our friends and set their minds more at ease about Mormons. We still serve in the Nursery with an average of about 20 attending each Sunday. Keaton loves Sunbeams and his teachers speak highly of him. Today Keaton was asked, "What calling would you like to have when you are older?". Keaton answered, "I want to make copies in the library?" Each Sunday, Brandon makes copies for the Nursery kids to color on and Keaton helps.
Hope everyone is doing well.

Gary & Bev:

Riley & Tricia Family:

We have been crazy around our house the past few weeks. There has been a lot of sickness going through the family. Keegan was so sick with a stomach virus for almost a week that we had to take him to Primary Childrens Hospital to have IV Therapy because he was so dehydrated. He was tired of throwing up and he had started to refuse to drink anything. I held out hope of a recovery for as long as I could, but it wasn't coming and he was just getting worse. He is much better now, you would never even know he had been so sick. And everyone else in the family has seemed to have a little of this and a little of that, but we are hoping we are on the up and up!
Chelsey is turning 8 years old on Sunday. I can't believe she is that old, or I guess I am that old that I have an 8 year old! She is so excited to be baptised. She has been counting down the days. She will be baptised Easter Weekend, kind of a neat time of year to become a member of the Church! Anyone who wants to come is welcome! Let me know!
School is almost over, and while I am excited about that, I am also wondering what I am going to do to keep everyone busy this summer!


Jeremy & Britany Family:

Where did February go?! Actually, where did January go as well?! We are super busy with holidays during these first months. We have Christmas, New Years, Jer's birthday, our anniversary and Maya's birthday. Fun times, but rough on the bank account! This year we celebrated our anniversary apart because Jeremy has been working down in Yuma for the month. He comes home on the weekends so we cherish that time with him. At times it has been rough on the kids (and me!), but overall, we are surviving and just stay busy while he is gone.

For Maya's birthday we had a little get together with some family and friends. I can't believe I have a 4 year old! She is getting way too mature and blows us away with her humor everyday. Her preschool teacher loves her to pieces and is constantly telling me funny things she says.
Kenyon is still the little terror. That kid loves to tackle and wrestle. I think he needs a brother to fight with, but Jeremy insists we are "done." So we have settled on doing foster care instead. I hope an adoption comes from it, while he hopes we end up with only 2 kids for eternity.
The update on foster care is that we have all of our preliminary paperwork filled out and are just waiting to start the 10 weeks of classes. We were supposed to start several weeks ago, but with all of the budget cuts, they can't start a class unless it is completely full and they don't have enough people yet. It is all very frustrating at this point. Jer says it is a sign that we should not do it so then I told him we should just adopt a newborn instead. He decided we would wait on foster care :).

That is all (and probably more than you wanted to hear!). Hope everyone is doing well. Looking forward to seeing you all this summer!


Dwayne & Patty:

Dwayne and I went to San Francisco for Jacob's 3rd birthday. We had a great time visiting and being able to celebrate his big day with him. Jacob discovered that Grandpa Dwayne gives great horsey rides. Just wish the weather would have been a little nicer. Dwayne is staying busy with work and his church calling. I can't believe that the school year is almost over. I love my job and wish that it was year round. Anyways, I am looking forward to summer and finishing projects around the house. All the kids are doing well in their lives. I am excited though with the news that IN and OUT will finally be coming to Northern Utah. Myself and many others will be counting down till the opening of the Draper IN and OUT!!!! Also don't forget the Family reunion July 18. Looking forward to seeing everyone there.


Hal & Diana:

Well, it's the last day and almost the last hour to send something to this newsletter. For those who are wondering about Hal, he went to the Doctor today and his eye is looking great.For those who don't know what I am talking about, he had an attached retina, but because of surgery seems to be on the mend. He stills see's double sometimes but that is suppose to clear up soon. He will continue to see a Doctor every week for a while just in case.We feel very blessed that his sight is returning. We had a great time on Sunday getting together to see Parker blessed. Thank you to all of our son's and daughter-in-laws for supporting us. It was crazy but really a lot of fun.Thanks to Mom and Dad for letting us use your house.We are excited for spring and finally some warmer weather.Mom, hope you had a great birthday on Monday, we love you and appreciate all you do.

Jeremy & Laura Family:

We blessed the baby on Feb. 1st. We nearly had all the Jensen family there. We were all glad to get together one month later this past weekend for Jared and Brit blessing their baby. Family news: Paul is going to preschool once a week for an hour. He loves it. He is talking up a storm these days. Katie is sleeping through the night. Like 10 pm to 6 am. Not bad for a two month old, huh? :) We figure it's just good parenting...or just good luck! Jeremy got a scholarship to pay for his grad program. We bought a GMC Jimmy to replace the old hand me down that has been in the family for years. We are all well.


Josh & Jessica Family:

We have had a pretty quite month. Josh is getting excited to start riding his motorcycle to work. I is not that excited to see him ride it because I doesn't want to see him in the ER! This past weekend I went to Moab and played in a volleyball tournament with my friends and sisters. Josh took the kids to Richfield and he and his dad went fishing. Josh did pretty good and Hal didn't have much luck. Sunday we went to SLC for Parkers baby blessing. It was great to have everyone all together. It reminded me of how much work baby's are but also what a blessing. I am going to run in a 50 mile relay this weekend! I'm not in the greatest shape for it but am really excited. McKendry is doing great and still loving school. Today she brought home some seeds they planted in a cup and had to put it in the freezer for some reason and then told me that if her plant didn't grow that it would be my fault?? Connor is talking up a storm and pouting one up as well if he doesn't get his way. We are doing great and are getting excited for the warmer weather so we can get started working on our yard.