Miniature Golfing

For FHE on Monday night the singles ward went Minature Golfing. We've done it the last two years. Since we didn't get as good a turnout as we thought we would the leaders decided to try it also. I can't remember the last time I've done this. But it was fun. We were with Sherry and Sherm. The only bad thing was we were there till after dark and I came home with 15 mosquito bites. They're small ones so haven't really bothered me. I'm just such a sweet person I guess.

Happy First Birthday Elsie

On Saturday we celebrated Elsie's first birthday at the neigbhorhood park. We had Court's family and ours there minus Megan, Tyler and Judson. We had lunch that Krin made and then watched Elsie with Krin's help open her presents and then we sang Happy Birthday and watched her dig into her cake.

Go Cougars!!!!

I can't believe its college football season already! I love football and especially BYU. Tomorrow is their first game of the season. When I attended BYU I never missed a game I would wait in line for hours for them to pass out the tickets. After I graduated and worked on campus I bought tickets. I have a big mouth so I'm sure the people around were annoyed, but I loved it.
My family is torn between BYU and Utah because Tara graduated from the U of U and so did Tyler. I will watch the Utah games when its not the same time as BYU. The past two years have been exciting when BYU and UTAH have played against each other. And then when BYU wins I get to rub it in - to Cory.

RISE AND SHOUT, THE COUGARS ARE OUT, ALONG THE TRAIL TO FAME AND GLORY....

Bear Lake

Last weekend we went to Bear Lake with our Singles Ward. Oh, they absolutely had a wonderful time and we had a great turnout about 70 kids showed up between the two days. The weather was really nice. We stayed in a really neat lodge. They took an old store and turned it into a lodge. The basement was the game room and theater room, then the main floor had a master suite, kitchen & eating area and living area, and upstairs was all the bedrooms and lots of bathrooms. Our activity girls made the guys sleep outside except they caved in and let some sleep downstairs, cause it was cold at night. What they didn't realize was AJ and I were in the master suite and some decided to stay up til 3:30 in the morning so that's basically when we fell asleep. Even with my earplugs I could hear them.

Home Sweet Home

Well, Megan, Tyler and Judson are now home. It was so much fun to have them here. We were able to do a lot of things together especially the first week. Little did we realize last Sunday when we had everyone over that that was our goodbye. That night AJ, me and my sister who was visiting all got sick either food poisioning or the stomach flu. So we didn't want them to be near us. So on Tuesday before they left they just came to the front of our house and we said goodbye to them. I'm so glad they didn't get sick - we have been sick all week - today is our first real day of being totally back to normal. They have already booked their flight here for Christmas - so I'm looking forward to then.

Surprise!!!!

Tyler gave Megan a surprise birthday party while they were here. He went to his home and made brownies and bought ice cream, and so I made hot fudge sauce. He invited her old friends and they came over and hid out in our basement and waited for him to bring her here. She was totally surprised when she walked through the door. I know she really enjoyed the evening and
I did too cause I got see all of her old friends. Then on her birthday July 23, we all went out for dinner and came home for dessert.

Gettin' Started

Okay, I have succumbed to having a blog. I have loved reading everyone's blogs, so I thought I would join in. I thought this will be a good way to remember the things we do as a family and our ward family.

Ava's First Birthday

Ava Kate Jackson turned 1 years old on June 13, 2008. Tara and Cory had a family birthday party for her at the park. It was a beautiful day and she got lots of nice presents. It is so fun to see them grow and develop.

Father's Day

On Father's day we all went over to Krin and Court's house for dessert. We gave out cards and gifts to AJ. We were all sitting around waiting to here from Meg and Tyler cause we knew she was in labor. So finally Tyler text us with the news - of Judson. I made my Pretzels for all the guys in the ward and we passed those out after Sacrament meeting. It was a good Father's Day for AJ becoming a new grandpa again. The grandkids love him so much. He is such a good father and husband. We all love him so much. He is such a good example to us all.

New Grandson

Megan and Tyler had our fourth grandchild in Richmond, VA. Judson Scott Williams was born on Father's Day, June 16, 2008. He weighed 8 lbs. 11 oz. and was 21 inches long. We flew out to Virginia the following day. Tyler picked us up from the airport and took us right to the hospital. It is a little weird to see your youngest becoming a mother herself. She did wonderful and loves being a mother. He is so cute and he actually has a lot of hair, which doesn't happen much in our family.

Carter's Third Birthday

On JULY 1st, our oldest grandchild turned three. He had a lot of his friends over for a birthday party. It was a wild event. Now I know why we have our kids when were young. Tara loved it and can't wait until next year.