Address & things...

Ok for those of you dying to get Katie's contact info for her mission-- here it is!  

Sister Myers

MTC Mailbox 149
OH-Col 0305
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, Utah  84604

As you can see she will be serving in the Ohio, Columbus mission!  I received an email from her the other day and she is already loving it in the MTC.  She loves to be thinking, eating, talking, breathing, and living the gospel and loves the Spirit that accompanies her 24/7.  She is loving the studying and has already been called as the coordinating sister, to report to the Branch President every week and coordinate the sisters with the elders.  Her companion is a girl from California.  After Katie told me her name and where she was from, I put it together that her companion's cousin and I were roommates at BYU-Idaho.  And that old roommate's great uncle served with my Dad!!!  How amazing is that!  What a small world it is.  It's just really exciting because my dad has been wanting to get in touch with his old companions; we were just talking about that 2 weeks ago while I was at home, and now he will be able to contact him.  What a blessing Katie's mission has already become to our family.  It truly is amazing the miracles and tender mercies the Lord gives to those who serve Him and their families.  

Not too much else going on in our lives, just eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, blah, blah, blah.  But I am excited the the days are staying lighter longer and the weather is getting warmer.  It's almost perfect weather everyday.  

Well, 'til next time...

Visit Home in Idaho

(( Warning: Long entry. I posted 3 entries ))

Well I'm back from snowy, cold Idaho.  It was a lot of fun though.  It was so good to see my whole family together.  Although it was just for a weekend that we were all together, we had so much fun.  Everytime we get together we just sit around talking and laughing.  Our family is SO loud when we get together. haha.  All of the girls' laughs are so loud and when we all get together we just sit and laugh and it just blasts the roof off.  We can't help that everything and everyone is just so funny.  Anyway, we got together for Katie's farewell, and then earlier this week we took her to the MTC and dropped her off for 1 1/2 years!  She was really excited and nervous.  We all said our goodbyes after the video in the MTC and cried and exited out of our designated "Family Exit" door while she went thru the "Missionary Exit" door.  Ohh I already miss her so much.  She's going to be such a wonderful missionary.  

On our drive to Provo,UT I had to take pictures of the mountains, seeing how there is no scenery that even compares to that in TX.

At the MTC, dropping Katie off.  If you look closely at her name tag, she has a neon orange sticker AKA the "dork dot" because it's for all the newbies in the MTC.  hehe.

 Here's a family pic of all my brothers and sisters.  I had a couple, and there was always one or two people that were blinking, talking or looking away, but oh well.  

What a hott missionary she is.  hehe!  She's so cute.

Bye Katie, I love you and miss you so much!  

Nieces n Nephews

While in Idaho I got to see my WHOLE family including all of the nephews and nieces (( except one family of kids- which i missed so much )).  It was SO good to see all the kids and see how BIG they've gotten.  They grow so fast and are all just so cute!  It was fun to talk to them and see the next stage they've moved onto.  My oldest nephew is 15 yrs old and will be 16 in May!  He'll be driving!  Eeek!  How scary.  They're just growing up so fast- I hate to miss any of it.  :(  I have 21 nephews and nieces and I learned on my trip there that I will be an addition to that count this summer!  It will be a sibling of this little guy below! :)  Unfortunately I didn't get pictures of all my neph/nieces, but that doesn't mean I love them any less.  

This is McKay.  He has 2 older brothers Logan and Duncan.

This is Marshall and Andrew- cousins.  There are about 3-4 boys around the same age that LOVE to play with eachother.  They're all gonna be good buddies all their lives.

Above is little Calvin.  Last time I saw him he was a little baby.  He's a little boy now and cute as ever!

Below is Logan, the older brother of McKay from above.  I just LOVE is long curly hair.  Ohh he is just adorable!  He and all his brothers have such a distinct personality- they're all so silly.

A few of the older nieces here.. Taylor is actually my 2nd cousin (left), then Mikayla covering her face and then Megan on the chair.  They are all good girlfriends too, and are growing into beautiful young women.  I love to see them get older and mature-ya know- get out of that awkward stage.  Man these girls look so cute, compared to me at that age.  I still hadn't grown into my body and face- I just looked so weird and ugly. hahaha.

McKay again- saying "cheeeeeeese"

Ashley and Jordan here are TWINS.  I think they're 5-6 years old ? ?  They were in a bad mood.  I think they were leaving to go home and didn't want to leave all their cousins, so they're sitting by the door pouting. haha.  Jordan was a good sport when we asked him to smile for the camera.

Eliza and Megan again.  Eliza is my cousin though, not a niece.  

Here is Cody, Ashley and Jordan's(the twins) little brother, with his daddy Nathan.  He was being so funny.  I would say 'Cody smile- say cheese' and he would just wave at the camera.  Then when I took the picture and it flashed, he'd give the biggest cheesy smile ever. I eventually got the big cheese smile on camera. You can see both pics below. haha-- he is so cute.

Marshall and Luke are buddies- they were checkin out the seagulls flying over the river outside.

Here are just a few, i just had SO much fun seeing all of them and playing with them.  We already have so many and only half of our family has started their families.  Oh what a joy our family reunions will be in 10 years! 

Playin in the SNOW

There was so much snow in Idaho it was unbelievable!  Amazingly when I was there, a lot of it had melted.  I saw pictures from a few weeks before and it was piled up so high!  When all my fam was in town I didn't play in it because we were busy visiting.  Once they all left I got on the snow clothes I could scrounge up and went snowmobiling and wrestled in the snow w/ our dog Daphne.  It was so fun and pretty cold.  Luckily the sun was shining!

These boots and snow pants are my dads!  Haha.  There were no other boots or pants in the house.  I was determined to go snowmobiling and playing in the snow, so I slipped it on!  You can see how HUGE they were-- not that my dad is huge- but you know...!

I didn't want to wear my coat I brought or else it'd smell like gasoline, so I, again, borrowed my dad's coat. . . . and gloves. haha!

This is my parents backyard-- the Snake River.  So beautiful.  ANYWAY, the snow in the backyard came up to my knees.  It was so fun, running around with Daphne.  I would trip because I'd try to run ontop of the snow, then fall through down to my knees! haha- it was funny to see Daphne trippin over the snow.  SO FUN!  

Goodbye - Hello

Hey guys.

Well I just want to tell everyone the excitement in my life right now. I am going back home to Idaho in less than 5 hours!! Katie is going on her mission- and I've got to see her off!!! So I'll be staying for about 5 days. I just can't wait to see all the family, nephews & nieces. I've missed you all so much! We'll be taking family pictures- not professional, but since everyone will be there, we decided we'd take some group pics. Too bad Pax can't be there. :( But we will miss him SO SO SO SO much. And I don't how I'm going to take it with Katie leaving. It makes me want to cry just thinking about it. I'm going to miss her so much.

Anyway, change the subject before I cry.

There is nothing TOO exciting going on in our lives right now, except for me leaving for a few days. We stay busy with work all day everyday, come home, cook dinner, do laundry, run errands, mutual with the youth, watch Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien - which is my favorite late night show, play on the computer, and play basketball here and there. Just day to day stuff. But we're so happy. We love our apartment. We love our ward. We love our family. We love our friends. We love the Lord. We love eachother. That's all you need right?

Well sorry for the lack of pictures, but soon enough there will be some pictures posted from my Idaho trip. I'll be sure to get pics of the SNOW for all you Texans who haven't seen one flake this season!
And for those who haven't had the most hilarious and joyous experience of watching Conan O'Brien, well you must do it. Especially before the writer's strike ends(which is soon), because Conan comes up with his own monologues, skits, and the whole thing- and it's just hilarious. He's so goofy. His goofy red hairdo, his tall skinnyness, his facial expressions-- so funny.

They're Watching You...

Dang, that guy can dance!