High Priest

This past Sunday, February 13, 2011, Daryl was ordained a High Priest by his dad. It was a great blessing and a wonderful day. We are so thankful that his dad was able to come down and do the ordination.

Drake's Blessing

This past fast Sunday, Drake got a name and blessing. Joe did an excellent job, and Drake did his part looking so cute in his blessing outfit. His name is Drake Joseph Bailey. Drake is named after his Grandpa Drake who only had daughters, so the last name was ending. Candis and Joe thought to continue it at least one more generation. What a great idea.

The following are pictures of the rest of our grandchildren on Sunday, they had a lot of fun playing together. We had a lot of fun watching them. Grandchildren are the best!!!!! (The caption for each picture, appears before the picture not after, my mistake)

I love this pictures. Most of the grandchildren were waiting at the front door for Aunt Candis and Uncle Joe to open the door, but before we could get a picture the rest of them ran away. This is Logan and Alexis




Here is Gavin, waiting patiently for some food.




This Ayden, He is getting so grown up. He is four years old and our oldest grandchild.




Here is a picture of Audrey, she looked so angelic sitting on her mom's lap. I don't think the picture captures the look as well as seeing it in person.




Here is another one of Alexis, most of the time she likes to get her picture taken.




Here is a cute one of Logan.




Penn is always on the move and it is a bit harder to get pictures of him.

deep thought

Sorry, no pictures this time. Our home computer is not working, so I can't access any pictures. We had a great Christmas, with all the family together. It amazing how much the family grows with marriages and grandchildren.
Well anyway I had a thought that I would like to refer to as a deep thought. Daryl was saying how he had to go shovel more snow, and without thinking about it, I stated you can put that off, it will always be there tomorrow. Then I got thinking, sometimes after a snow storm, the snow will melt by the next day, its not like dishes that will always be there until you do them. What a thought.

Back Yard Pool Area

BAck in May I blogged about a backyard project that we were working on. I never had a clue about the scope of the project and how it would turn out. I am sooooooo pleased with it - it is not done yet, but that isn't due to the lack of hard work, there is just so much that we want to do. I thought I would post some pictures since we are done working on it for the year. I look at the pictures and I am amazed about how much work Daryl was able to do this summer. It was all done by hand and the sweat of his brow but it is amazing. I sure do love that man.







Before and after pictures from the back of the yard towards the house. Look at all that work - it's amazing!!!!!!







Here are some before and after pictures of what the yard looked like looking up from the pool and how it looks now. What a lot of hard. I am so pleased with the way it is turning out and sooooooooo proud of Daryl for all of his hard work.










This is a a picture looking down at the bench.




This is a picture from the top of the stairs showing the bench. It looks really nice.





Daryl decided to build a pathway from the side gate along the side of the pool. I didn't know he was planning on this and it was a pleasant surprise. It looks really nice.




I saved the best picture for last. This is my favorite spot in the back yard. We really enjoy setting on this bench and just talking after a hard days work.

Birthdays and more birthdays

Our family has tons of birthdays during September through the end of the year. It starts off with three birthdays in September, Joe, Ayden and Becky, then in October we have two birthdays with Alexis and Monica, one birthday in November with Sean, and then three birthdays in December, Dad, Candis and baby Drake's (which we can hardly wait to get here). Anyway we have been attending a lot of parties lately and I thought I would share some pictures of some of them. The first one is of Ayden on his birthday. He had a Super Hero party with friends. That was a first for him and he was so excited. It was great to be there and enjoy the fun. This picture is of him in his Captain America costume that he got for his birthday. WE sure love this little man.



Not only were we able to go to Idaho Falls for Ayden's birthday party, but we were able to be there the next day, Sunday, to hear and watch him participate in the Primary Program. His part in the program was the First Article of Faith, which he had memorized completely and could say without any help. That was impressive and he did a great job. Here is a picture of him and his little brother, Gavin, getting ready to go to church.



The entire family was able to get together to celebrate Becky's birthday. We had dinner, opened presents and just enjoyed being together. Mary Elizabeth had bought a pinata to hit around. I think everyone enjoyed watching that and I know the grandchildren loved the candy. We all love Becky and hoped she had a great time as well. All the nieces and nephews think Becky is the best, and the the adults agree as well.



The last birthday party we were able to attend was for Alexis. She turned two years old and her mom threw her a Little Mermaid party. This is a picture of Alexis during her party in front on the Little Mermaid decoration. She was so exicted to have a birthday, running from one thing to the next. It was a blast to watch her. Her mom cooked really delicious chicken tacos for lunch. It was a fun party. Alexis has such a cute smile and we love her so much.



Monica also had a birthday this past week. We didn't get to see her, but we sure do love you and hope that she had a great one.

Cecret Lake

Over Labor Day weekend, Daryl and I wanted to do something fun. We are not used to just sitting around the house when we have time off, so we decided to hike up to Cecret Lake. The hike is only one mile each way and we figured it would be nice to get away to the mountains before the snow hit and it was just to cold to hike. I guess we were not the only ones with that idea. I have never seen the mountains so crowded. There was never a time on the trail or at the lake that we were alone in the wilderness. There was always a bunch of people around, as you can see in the backgroud of the following picture.


Daryl said I never put a picture of me on the blog. So I have included this one. This is right after we reached the lake. It was a short hike, mostly uphill with a bunch of switchbacks, but it was well worth it.



Here is a picture of the lake. It was very pretty.

More Pictures dealing with last blog

Here is one of our bundles of joy, Gavin. He was having a lot of fun just playing in the dirt and rocks. Little children are so much fun to watch, they can entertain you for hours. We sure did enjoy our camping trip with Monica and Sean and wished we could have stayed longer. Oh well - there is always next year.




Here is a picture of the guys visiting Old Ephriams grave. that bear was over 9 feet tall. I would have hate to come upon him in the middle of the night when I was out camping. His skull used to be at the Smithonian in Washington D.C.




Here is a picture of the whole crew (missus the picture taker) as we are out exploring. We sure had a great time and was sorry to see the trip end.




My mom makes the best ever pickle beets and chili sauce. I have for a long time now wanted to learn how to bottle these two items. So I took a Friday off of work and went up to mom's and had her teach me how to do it. It sure is a good feeling to know how to bottle fruits and vegetables if you ever need to. Thanks mom!!




To end our summer off. Chris took us to Traflaga to play games. He won free passes when he was living with us and doing so well at school. He wanted to take us with him and his mom to say thanks. We went minature golfing to begin with.




We all got a hole in one except for Chris. I did first. Daryl got his hole in one on the second to last hole. It sure was a lot of fun




Chris prize also included tokens to play some arcade games. I don't think I have ever done this before. It was fun.







To end the day with Chris and his mom, we went for a ride on a roller coaster. This picture is of Chris, the rest of us had to wait until the next one to ride.