Dustin's penalty kick

Dustin's team played Riverside today. They won 5-1. Dustin made 3 out of the 5 goals. Logan made his first goal today. This is a picture of Dustin shooting a penalty shot and he made it.

Trip to Germany

Jim and I are planning a trip to Germany next month. Trissa is planning on coming with us. We will also be going to Prague, Czech. Jim's relatives come from that city and we have heard that it has escaped the bombs of the last centry's wars. We hope to get some pictures and maybe find out more about his relatives. We will be traveling with our friends Klaus and Gabi Bechtold.

William's 16th Birthday

March 9th was William's 16th birthday. William's family, including cousins, aunts, uncles, niece and nephew, came to celebrate his birthday. Many other family members called and wished him happy birthday. He received a camera, legos, a waterproof box and money.

Dustin's first soccer game of the season

Dustin played the entire game 0f yesterday's soccer game. They won Deer Park 2 to 1. Dustin made one of the goals and the other came as a result of a penalty kick. The weather was windy and cold. You can see the snow on the side lines. The other field is still covered in snow. They cleared this field with shovels and a snowblower so they could start practicing 2 week ago.

The field was very wet and there were puddles on the edge of the field. As you can see the ball was waterlogged. When Dustin headed the ball, water came gushing out. Look at the expression on the Deer Park player's face.

"Annie"

Retta and I went to the Woodland Theater's production of "Annie" last night. I really enjoyed the show. I thought Annie did an outstanding job. I am still recovering from my illness but it is good to get back to my daily routine. Spring is on its way. The sunny days are nice. We still have snow but it is melting more and more each day.

Finally feeling better

I have been sick for over a week and I am finally feeling better. All I have done in sleep, eat and read. I have been able to read a few good books. It has kept me sane this past week. Jordan got transfered last week and is now in Atibaia, Brazil. He has another native companion and was able to go to a wedding of a couple that was baptized the next Sunday. He is learning the language and enjoying his ability to communicate with the people. He has learned a lot from each of his companions. They speak very little English. He has been out now for just over 6 months now.

Makayla and Family visits for the weekend

This is Makayla's favorite toy. Her great aunt Laurie gave her this toy and many of her cute clothes.

New Project

Unfortunately the car has more problems than we thought. It still does not work. This afternoon Jim built Makayla a crawling ramp. This ramp will help her learn to crawl.

Fixing Dustin's Subaru

Jim worked for hours dismantling the Subaru in order to get at the problem. If all goes well the car will be back on the road tomorrow.

Loft before reconstruction begins

Work on the loft begins

Dustin and Jim are working up in the loft. Dustin and William cleaned out the loft Friday night and Dustin started to putting up the drywall on the ceiling. Dustin is redoing what Jim started and creating a new room. They need to move a wall and redo some wiring before they can continue to drywall.

Dustin at Districts

Dustin pins his first opponent. He losses to the two Riverside wrestlers and is out of the tournament the first day.

Jordan at Zone Conference

Elder Divis and Elder Cohkling, the blonde, and Elder McEwen. They were in the same district in the MTC. This picture was taken at the multi zone conference in January 2008.

This is my husband doing what he loves to do in his free time.

Jim enjoys his computer time.

Looking out my kitchen window this morning

Jordan in Brazil

Elder Divis in Brazil

Antonio's Baptism

Jessica's Baptism

Dustin wrestling West Valley

A little Emergency Trip to Spokane

Audra called and needed some advice about her cut finger. Jim was off work so we drove to Spokane to see her finger. She needed a couple of stitches. We enjoyed seeing the grandchildren and stayed a little while and played. We needed to get back for Dustin's last wrestling match before Districts. The weather is very cold but the roads are good.

William's Duck Tape Creations

Outside of wallet

Inside of Wallet

Belt

Christmas 2007

We had a big gathering this year for Christmas. One of Jim's brothers and his family could not be there and a few children were missing in some of the families but the majority of Jim's family came for Christmas. We had a great time celebrating Christmas together.