Cody's Birthday Party

We had a family birthday party for Cody, we went to Shoots Restaurant and then came home and opened presents. Cody got some great presents, a new snowboard, boots, snowpants, goggles and some Basketball gear. It was fun to be together as a family! Cody just advanced to a Teacher and nearly has his Life and soon will be working on his Eagle Scout. The kids cancelled events with their friends to celebrate Cody's birthday. Cody chose to go to a Jazz game with a friend instead of a party. Cody loves sports and is getting straight A's in school. We are so proud of him!

Tracee

Kylee's 4th Birthday Party

Kylee turned 4 on September 30. She continues to be such a joy to our family. She had Fifi the Clown come to our home. Fifi did magic tricks, face painting and made balloon animals. The kids had a total blast! Mom and Dad did too. We also had hot dogs and had the kids decorate their own cupcakes. Kylee enjoyed having all of her friends come over!

Australia Mission Reunion-20+ years

We were blessed to have an Australia Adelaide Mission Reunion at our home. President and Sister Gray flew from Minnesota and five couples flew in from Australia. We also had missionaries from all over the US come and join us with their families. It was so wonderful to get together after all of these years. I don't think anyone of us wanted to leave! We had a Barbeque, Horse Rides, four-wheelers and lots of fun. Most importantly we were able to meet up with old friends and feel the spirit, share stories and talk about the great times we had in Australia together! I felt like Alma in Alma 17:1-2 when he met up with the sons of mosiah and he was over joyed that they were still his brothers in the gospel! We had about 80 people join us for the event. I appreciate so much the great help Roger & the kids were as well as my parents. A special thanks goes out to everyone that helped! It was a labor of love working on this event for 2 years to find and locate over 100 missionaries. We will cherish this for years to come!

McCall's Birthday Party

We had a great time on Sept. 27 celebrating McCall's 14th birthday party. Rog and I gave her a special gift-a new red four-wheeler. That night, McCall and Taylor invited 50 friends over for a dance with a great DJ. They had a bon-fire, played games, ate pizza and cake & ice cream. It was lots of fun! We were glad we were able to celebrate this fun event at our home!