Abby's Sweet Tooth

Diary Queen had their 25th Anniversary celebration. We made the mistake of letting Abby eat her "brownie batter" blizzard in the car.

A Fun Weekend!

We had a fun weekend! My friend from college, Josh is going to dental school in Buffalo and came out to Boston. It was a lot of fun! We went candle pin bowling (it's not the easiest thing to do) and the Red Sox game. It rained all day Saturday and we were worried they'd cancel the game. They had to post-pone the Friday night games' last inning due to rain. So, when we got to Fenway we watched the end up Friday nights game (which ended up being about 4 more innings) and then watched the next game and we didn't get home until after 2am. It was FREEZING, so I didn't get out the camera much, but here's a few I ended up with.

March Trip to Colorful Colorado

I LOVE that Dan has to work in Colorado every once in awhile. The company pays for him to go out there meaning we have one less plane ticket to buy to go see my family! We went in March and is was great! The weather half the time was beautiful and the girls couldn't get enough of being outside. It was great to spend time with my family. Dan took off a couple of days of work so we could stay longer and because of a typical Colorado snow storm, our flight got canceled and we HAD to stay an extra day!

They LOVE how Grandpa makes their bubble baths

All my family who live in Colorado came over for dinner one night. Lane decided to jump off the deck on his snowboard.

My mom, me, Bree, Abby and Mckenzie getting haircuts, color, etc. I've have gone to the same hairdresser for 16 years!

Mckenzie and Abby think they're in spaceships.
NOTE: I swear I combed Abby's hair before we left the house.

Mckenzie was really cute. At times she'd close her eyes and just relax

Abby loves to be pampered. Can you tell???

We did our hair on Bree's 12th birthday! She's now in young womens and relieved to be out of primary!

Yup! That's Jessica with short hair and reddish highlights! It takes 10 minutes
to do and I love it!

Lane's (Jessica's brother) dream is to be in the Olympics. When he can't go snowboarding in the mountains, he builds jumps and rides down the hill at home

Dan attempted one of Lane's jumps, but I accidently deleted the pictures.

The girls LOVE LOVE LOVE Bailey!

Chile Earthquake

*NOTE* Pictures were taken from a while ago.

Many have asked how my brother, Max is doing since the earthquake in Chile. Thank you for your prayers and concern. Here's an email he sent on Monday:

Sorry I dont have to much time to write you guys today but everything is going well. Im not dead and everything here in La Serena in fine. There wasnt any damage up here. La Serena is far enough north that the earthquake didnt do anying thing. It did wake us up at about 3 in the morning and it was moving the house a bit. But there is more damage in Viña del Mar y Valparaíso but not to much there. But I guess in the south it has caused a lot of damage. I have seen some pictures but all the misioneries in Chile are Ok. Lots of things happen can happen on the mission. We had a really good week and we found a lot of new people. We have 5 investigators that are getting ready to get baptized in March. Three of them are a Family named Juan, Macarena y Kevin. Also they have a 4 yearold son named bastian. There progressing really well and they really liked going to church. Juan didnt like Elders to much but he will get used to it . Veronica and Cristian didnt come to churh this week but there still doing well and they should be getting baptized the 13th of March. But a lot more people came to church sunday. Thats what happens when there are problems. People remember God. Well I hope everything is going well for all of you. Love Elder Bastian

We are so grateful for the watchful care the Lord has over his missionaries. How wonderful it is that no matter what happens, the Lords work continues to go forth!

Flour and Sleeping In...

What happens when a parent tries to sleep in: