Arizona in February

Jayci & Mom Janette flew to Arizona to tend Kylie, Jayden, Maddox, and Ryder 

while Jamie & Jason went on a Cruise. Here are pictures of all the fun!

Jason & Jamie on ship leaving Florida headed to Jamaica and Cayman Islands

Jayci & Mom Janette at the St George Shuttle, ready to head to the Las Vegas airport

(Thanks to Jessica and Faisal for driving us down here)

Cute Jamie reading to her boys before she leaves

 Girl Party! We did our nails so beautiful

 Maddox helped make Octopus for lunch

 (a chunk of hot dog with spaghetti noodles stuck through it, then cooked 'till the noodles are soft)

 Jayden did great at his basketball game, he scored 2 points, his team won, and he got a metal!

Jayci & Kylie jumping in the sprinklers under the trampoline

(now you can't do that in Utah in February!)

 Maddox is a big helper to do the vacuuming every morning on his own.
Then Maddox decided to pour up his own cereal & milk

 The kids were cute and did a surprise Thank You party for me :)

Our Saudi boys

Today we picked up our foreign exchange students. 

Faisal Alajmi and Mohammad Alfehaid are from Saudi Arabia, 

and are here to go to school at SUU

 The kids all had fun playing Aggravation together

 My 5 teenagers 

(Jessica & Heather are 19, Faisal & Mohammad are 18, Todd is 17)

Of course Jayci is my 9 year old 'teenager'

who loves to read

Football Recognition Night

Todd has been a great football player, 

 second leading tackler, the coach honored him

Can't believe Todd is a Senior!

He has had a great High School football career!

Accepting

Julene mailed her letter to The First Presidency

accepting her mission call to Russia!

 She is actually visiting at Janessa's house in Texas right now

The Russian people are going to love her!

 We are so proud of you, Julene!!

Distinguished Scholar

Todd was invited to spend the day at SUU for their Distinguished Scholars Day

There were classes and activities, a tour of campus,

then he was able to spend time in the Engineering Department 

meeting the professors and learning about their program.

Dad and I joined him in the evening for a wonderful banquet

where he received his award.

We are so proud of you, Todd!  

Activity Days Recognition

Jayci's display at the Activity Days Recognition meeting

Julene's Mission Call

Julene is actually in Indiana visiting Jennifer one last time before she leaves on her mission, then next week she will fly to Texas and visit Janessa's family.

So when her Mission Call arrived here in Utah today she asked us to Skype her.

 Showing her the envelope through Skype

 The envelope is open and we all read....

 Russia Moscow West Mission!!!!

As you can see we are shocked and thrilled for her!!! 

(Thanks for your photography skills Heather :)

Here is her Mission Call, hand signed by Pres Monson

And her letter from the Quorum of the Twelve

This is her Mission Boundaries-

As you can see (the gray shaded area) it is the western side of Russia, 

and the countries of Belarus and Kazakhstan

(does this look geographically larger than the United States?)

And this is her Mission President and his wife

We love you, Julene, and are so proud of you!

You are off to great adventures!!