29 August 2009
Family gathers
Alvan's parents and his brother Rob have been visiting Australia for the last couple of weeks. They are staying on the Gold Coast, but they come and stay with us on the weekends. We had the opportunity to use our patio as it was intended last weekend when all the girls (and rick & rob) joined us for a family bbq, there was lots of love and food to go around. Here are some of the pics:
9 August 2009
catch up .... again!!
Whitney had her Priests & Laurels Ball last month... July 10th to be exact!! She looked gorgeous as you can see in the pics above. Her date was a friend she's known since they were both 9 years old.. Ammon Gordon.
Whitney and Ammon were both interviewed and filmed for a new DVD the church is making for a presentation on the strength of the youth around the world. They were interviewed seperately in their own homes... we even had our home staged ie: pictures and candles in background (so professional). Then they filmed Ammon coming to pick up Whitney (with chocolates!), and followed them all night at the dance too, they even interviewed some of their friends!
We don't know when the DVD will be finished (or how much will actually make it in the final cut, if any)...but we are just really pleased that she was chosen for such an honour.
28 June 2009
Bathtime!!!
Freyr has been sick: But we have been keeping him happy singing songs (videos on youtube soon!) and having baths. He loves it.
7 June 2009
Beating myself up...
Mum fell down 8 stairs at work on Thursday... she has bruised her knee, her hand and hip, also strained her shoulder. :(
5 April 2009
How can it be April already?
So much has happened that I haven't blogged about... Highlights from the last two months:
February:
Alvan turned 60!! We had the family come over for a surprise birthday breakfast. I love this man, he is a wonderful, loving husband, father, brother, son, friend and companion. I wish we had been in a better financial situation to do something more special to commemorate this big day. Alvan said he didn't want a big fuss, but I can't help feel he deserved it! Love you hun. xx
Whitney's tests all turned out to be good news. Her sudden loss of eyesight has been officially diagnosed as a spasm. She will have another follow up visit with the Opthamologist this week, but she hasn't had any other "episodes" so all is well.
March:
Tara was sealed to Yustan and Freyr. It was an beautiful day....Freyr was amazing, he was so reverent and "knew" what was happening was very special. He also got a great new hair cut for the big day...which we all absolutely love!
My sister Kerrie came up from Melbourne for Tara's sealing. We had a wonderful time catching up and just spending some "down time" together. Only being 4 months apart in age we grew up best friends, our bond is very special. Thanks for coming Kerrie, I loved it. Hope it's inspired you to come up again soon.
Whitney got her partriarchal blessing!! It was a really special, personal blessing...with lots of wonderful promises for her future. Whitney had wanted her patriarchal blessing for a while now, we waited to see if her grandad would be able to give it to her (all her siblings had that wonderful opportunity), but ultimately Whitney understood who the blessing really comes from and decided she needed to not put it off any longer. Our stake patricarch is a wonderful, kind, righteous man. We are anxiously waiting for it to arrive in the mail!
March was an interesting weather month...with unprecedented rain. It seemed to rain almost every day, and when I say rain, I mean pour!! Enjoy some pictures Whitney took one afternoon of an approaching storm below.
Easter is approaching very quickly!! Looking forward to spending some more quality time with family, and our traditional "Easter Feast".
Workwise, Alvan is still looking...working 3 days a week as a storeman in a warehouse to keep us "treading water", and March was very demanding for my company...with very few days that were not "FULL DIARY" days. As busy and tiring as it's been, I'm ever mindful of how blessed we are for me to have this job!! It's a great company to work for, and I really do love it...if only I could do something about my commute time.
This year is almost a quarter of the way over already. How can it be April already? Before I know it, I'll be asking how can it be October already? Fasten your seat belts friends, I think this year is gonna be the fastest one yet!
February:
Alvan turned 60!! We had the family come over for a surprise birthday breakfast. I love this man, he is a wonderful, loving husband, father, brother, son, friend and companion. I wish we had been in a better financial situation to do something more special to commemorate this big day. Alvan said he didn't want a big fuss, but I can't help feel he deserved it! Love you hun. xx
Whitney's tests all turned out to be good news. Her sudden loss of eyesight has been officially diagnosed as a spasm. She will have another follow up visit with the Opthamologist this week, but she hasn't had any other "episodes" so all is well.
March:
Tara was sealed to Yustan and Freyr. It was an beautiful day....Freyr was amazing, he was so reverent and "knew" what was happening was very special. He also got a great new hair cut for the big day...which we all absolutely love!
My sister Kerrie came up from Melbourne for Tara's sealing. We had a wonderful time catching up and just spending some "down time" together. Only being 4 months apart in age we grew up best friends, our bond is very special. Thanks for coming Kerrie, I loved it. Hope it's inspired you to come up again soon.
Whitney got her partriarchal blessing!! It was a really special, personal blessing...with lots of wonderful promises for her future. Whitney had wanted her patriarchal blessing for a while now, we waited to see if her grandad would be able to give it to her (all her siblings had that wonderful opportunity), but ultimately Whitney understood who the blessing really comes from and decided she needed to not put it off any longer. Our stake patricarch is a wonderful, kind, righteous man. We are anxiously waiting for it to arrive in the mail!
March was an interesting weather month...with unprecedented rain. It seemed to rain almost every day, and when I say rain, I mean pour!! Enjoy some pictures Whitney took one afternoon of an approaching storm below.
Easter is approaching very quickly!! Looking forward to spending some more quality time with family, and our traditional "Easter Feast".
Workwise, Alvan is still looking...working 3 days a week as a storeman in a warehouse to keep us "treading water", and March was very demanding for my company...with very few days that were not "FULL DIARY" days. As busy and tiring as it's been, I'm ever mindful of how blessed we are for me to have this job!! It's a great company to work for, and I really do love it...if only I could do something about my commute time.
This year is almost a quarter of the way over already. How can it be April already? Before I know it, I'll be asking how can it be October already? Fasten your seat belts friends, I think this year is gonna be the fastest one yet!
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