Emma's Blessing

We went to Christopher and Rachel's ward today to bless our new grandbaby Emma. They wanted to do the blessing while Rachel's mom was still in town. Emma wore the same outfit her mother wore when she was a baby. We had an enjoyable day with our family. Danielle was not able to make it and we missed her and Jason.

Michael's a Grandpa

On the way home we were discussing what we would like our grandbabies to call us, Michael jokingly said they can call me GrandFather........we will see about that Grandpa!

Sweet Emma

Sweet Emma

We received a text, yes a text, Sunday morning that our first grandbaby was born. It's a girl, she was born at 3:41 a.m., weighed 6 lbs 1 oz and is 18 1/4 inches long. Christopher and Rachel have named her Emma Ruth. She was born on September 7th, National Grandparent Day, what a great day to start being grandparents! We left Sunday morning to see our 1st Granddaughter. She is very cute, and we are excited for our next granddaughter who is coming in November.

April's Wedding

We were able to go to Michael's niece's wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and I am really happy for April that she found the love of her life. They are a great couple and we were excited to be there and support them. Plus we had yummy cheesecake and great company!

John with his beautiful bride April!

Ginger, John & April, Janet & Parley

Almost all the Williams, just missing Tyler, Danielle & Jason

Dance Festival

Our town had a Dance Festival and we volunteered to house people for the Festival. I think there were eight countries here for the Festival. We were told that we were getting a couple from Greece. So on July 26th our guests arrived. Our guests were Mica & Christos from Greece, they stayed in our home with us for a week. It was an amazing week. We had a lot of fun eating food from Greece, Mica is an amazing cook! We went to Yellowstone with them and just spent a lot of time talking and having fun. We were sad to see them leave, they had become family to us. The whole time they were here they called me mamma and Michael pappa.

Opening Night

Street Parade, India and Greece in this picture

Yellowstone with Mica & Christos

An American Cowboy.....at Old Faithful

A picture of our children......Christos, Marissa, Miranda & Trevor & Mica

Snow, Snow & more Snow

The first snow storm at our new home was on October 1st. The rest followed in November. Here are a few pictures of this past winter. Most of the time we had about 5 feet of snow in the yard. Trevor and Miranda came to visit us and made a snow cave that could sleep at least 10 people. It was a lot of fun and we hope we get that much again this year!


Trevor, Miranda & Carrie (Miranda's cousin) enjoying the cave!

Three Weddings in 8 months

Our lives from May 2007 to January 2008 was pretty busy. Three of my children were married. Trevor and Miranda in May 2007, Christopher & Rachel in September, and Danielle and Jason the following January. Needless to say, I am grateful that Tyler and Marissa are too young to be married!

In the middle of all this we sold a house, bought a house, closed a business, switched jobs and moved to another state.


Trevor & Miranda's Wedding



Christopher & Rachel's Wedding



Danielle & Jason