PICTURES OF SANDY AS A MISSIONARY

Hey Kids,

While working on journals I came across these pictures of your Mother on her mission to France. Doesn't she look cute (In the picture of her in the white blouse and red dress don't you think she's thinking of me?)?

Dad

Some Home Family Improvements

Hello Andrea (and anyone else reading this blog)....


Here are the home improvement pictures we told you about

Some new blogs

Hey folks,
Check out Grandpa Dick's blog @Richardmonson.blogspot.com and our family history blog @Monsonfamilyhistory.blogspot.com

Hi Everyone,
Here are some Jaimee Joy comments:
*I was tending her on Saturday and as she came into the house I said, "Jaimee can I help you take off you shoes"? She said, "No, Grandpa, you can help me take off my boots" (She had her boots on).
*Mindi said that after she had disciplined Jaimee one day, Jaimee said, "Don't worry Mom, it's not you, it's me that has the problem".
*Mindi said that the other day they were sitting on the couch and Jaimee asked her Mother to move over. Mindi did and Jaimee said, "Thank you so much for obeying me and Brandon, Mom".

Final Holiday Events and Pictures

This is our last Holiday posting on the blog. We had a wonderful birthday for Grandpa Dick. There's a picture of Spencer and Preston helping him blow-out his candles.

We had a dinner for the siblings at our house and then everyone went to Sean and Jana's house for dessert and games. Sean and Jana have some great games and a huge house so it was a relaxed, pleasant atmosphere. Sean and Jana have some cool electronic games--baseball, tennis, boxing, etc. It was a lot of fun playing those games.

We had a cookie baking contest followed by tributes to Dad and a thanks from Dad. All left feeling grateful for Grandpa Dick.

We also had Brian and Mindi over on Christmas to help finish the leftovers and we've got a cute shot of Jaimee.

Christmas events

Hello All,

Chris finished his Phd and arrived in Utah several days before Christmas. He had a "wonderful" 20 hour trip on the train. It is great to have him here with his family.

We had a fun party at Brian and Mindi's house. We had a great dinner followed by a white elephant gift exchange and games.

We also had a Christmas eve dinner with Prime Rib followed by a game, "Guess who said this"--extracts from my journal with funny things the kids said and music by Kaelynn.

Here are some pictures of the events.

Hope everyone has a great Christmas

Holiday pictures