The Results Are In...

Thank-you everyone who voted. Thanks to those votes, I WON!!!! 4-3 thanks to Cortney's vote. Sean and Brittany you guys are weird! Chocolate and Peanut Butter are way better! :) Katie came to the conclusion that it is a family thing, with a few weird people who are different. No matter what it is, I win!

Peanut Butter vs. Caramel

Katie and I have to settle a disagreement so I need everyone's vote!
Chocolate and Peanut Butter or Chocolate and Caramel?
I am going to tally up the votes on Friday the 20 at 11:58 in the P.M.
Just leave a comment with your vote!
Feel free to ask everyone in your family and include their choice in your comment!
Oh and only vote if you are on my side!
Thanks!

These are a few of the pictures taken at our family reunion this summer. Most of these are in front of Grandma Ruth and Grandpa Jame's cabin in Chesterfield. It was fun. Thanks Brianne for doing the pictures. Love to all.

My Mom Did What?!

Anyone who knows my mom knows that she is very "Cocky" in the kitchen. She won't deny that she is, her response is always, "I know I'm a good cook!" She will even talk about her ego. For Kenadee's birthday she wanted to make her this really cool cake, well my mom isn't exactly a cake decorator. Lucky for her, our good friend and neighbor Katie, is. Katie is very talented so my mom asked her if she would be willing to come over and help with the cake. Katie agreed.
I didn't know that I would ever see the day that my mom would have someone teaching her how to do something in her own kitchen! So of course I had to take pictures. You can thank me later!

It started off good, light and casual. Both of them working together like any good team.

My mom then started frosting the bottom piece of the cake so Katie just sat back and let her go.


Then came the time for the next layer of cake to be frosted and this is when the tension began!


Here we have my mom continuing to work and Katie trying very hard not to hover too much as she watched my mom work! Remember Katie is a professional!

I think this is where Katie had had enough and decided to take over!

I'm pretty sure this was when I reminded them to share and the teamwork came back into focus!
See look, they are taking turns! My doing of course!

Still sharing! I am such a good influence on them!

The time came when my mom had to step back and let the professional work!

C'est fini! Don't you love the work I do?!

Update

I guess I am in the 'dark' 'cause I don't use facebook, so I don't know what is going on in everyone's lives. Darren looks at facebook once in a while so he keeps me updated that way.

We are all doing well. It is good to have Deverie home again. We missed her but from the pictures she took, it looks like she had a wonderful time. She set her camera up to the tv the other night when Logan was here and we watched her 'slide show.' She really did take a lot of pictures.

We had our 2nd reunion with our family at Lava Hot Springs last weekend. It was so fun to have all of our little family together. We number 16 now with number 17 due the end of November. Wow! We are really growing. I will send pictures as soon as Brianne sends them to me.

We went to Grandma Ruth and Grandpa James' cabin in Chesterfield for lunch on Saturday. It was cool to see what work has been done on the cabin. We told the kids a little of the history behind the cabin and why it was moved to the townsite. We sure hope they appreciate their heritage. We ate lunch in the cabin and then took pictures outside of it. That was a fun afternoon. Then we went to the cemetery and showed the kids where family members are buried.

We didn't get a chance to float the river 'cause it was really crowded. The weather was great, except it rained Sunday morning. Then just as we were leaving, it really started to rain. It rained on us all the way home. What a fun weekend.

Next year Brianne and Charlie will be in charge, so we will see where we end up.

That is our little family update. Love to everyone. Darren and Tina

Deverie Update

Deverie made it to London on Sunday afternoon. She has had a good time so far on her vacation. Kate is taking good care of her. She was able to spend Monday in London and rode the London Eye. It is a HUGE Ferris Wheel. A friend of mine told me that on a good, clear day, you can see clear to France from the top.

She was able to go to Oxford Monday night after FHE.

She has emailed me each day at least once to keep my mind at ease while she is gone.

She is not a fan of turbulance. She had a bumpy ride from Salt Lake to Denver. I imagine she slept most of the way across the Atlantic.

Anyway, just an update that she is doing well and having a good time.

I am sure she will update all of us when she gets home Saturday. Linette, thanks for volunteering to pick her up at the airport.

We love you and appreciate all you do. Love Tina

Educating Baby K

That's right! I'll make a ball player out of her! Its really good she lives so close, we can spend everyday playing!!!