welcome home -Irma Call

getting ready to great Hayley

Here the "girlies" are posing around her

she made it--the longtrip from Portugal --to Germany to Washington DC to Colorado--and extra 1/2 hour plane delay on the last stretch (flight from Colorado to Ut)

; then when she arrived at 11:20PM at night--it was such a great reunion

gifts all around--Portugal style

a new portugal soccer shirt for Bryan Sr

Sat the party continued on...with the release and hanging around

Its is always fun to welcome a missionary-

Welcome home Irma Call

Horray for HELLO /OLA (better than good -GOOD-BYE)

Part of the family bids Hayley good-bye at MTC Jan 7-2009

All set to enter MTC

the Sunday before she entered MTC --family says good-bye

Portugal says Hello

July 28-2010

Dear family-

My life is an open book--so its no secret... and we all know that I (Lynda) like "hello" more than 'good-bye'...

.actually to tell the truth when I have to say good-bye-- I still get a pit in my stomach--just like I did when I was five. I remember when I was five --and I would have to say goodbye to my sisters/borthers - going back to college just doing that gave me a funny feeling inside . Now saying good-bye to my own kids/grandkids still gives me a pit in my stomach. Whether you kids be moving to another area--or even leaving me after a visit --saying good-bye leaves me lonely and gives me a "pit". bottom line let's face it--- I really don't like to say good-bye--but I love it when I show up and the grandkids are shouting Hello Grandma--you're here. so with that in mind imagine all the happiness that comes to me when I can hear or say:

"Hello "--"hi"=-"look who's here"--"you made it" ----'welcome home' ----"OLA' --

so -drum roll-- Happy day-coming up-fri (30th) is a hello day--horray for Hello to Irma Call

-welcome back --

well done good and faithful servant.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we are very proud of how you Represented our Father in Heaven--yourself and your ward family and your family

(PS --PICS to follow later of the actually --triumphant return of Irma call's arrival at SLC international)-but these pics remind us --of Jan 7, 2009--and be sure and

*Look how little the kids are. *see -- in the picture--of us on the couch--

Irma call is in for a treat--and a surprise--of how big all the kids are and how much they talk

we love you a bushel and a Peck :hhhh -happy birthday

How we love to celebrate each and every life--each family member brings such joy and love to dad and I--and of course this beautiful little girl brings both joy and love
Happy Birhday to You --
May Father in Heaven bless you--throughout the coming year!!!!!!!!!!
*we love that you are sweet and kind * we love that you are happy to play with us in the back yard and let us pull you in the wagon * we love you for showing us how to watch diago on the I-pod--you are so smart (: * we love you for helping your mom and dad by doing all they ask you to do, * we love you because you laugh when things are funny * we love that you say 'bahhhhh" to us and surprise us and have that joke with us, *we love that you like to help make popcorn and watch movies with us, * we love that you love babies *we love that you like squirrells and dogs and the outdoors, & all Heavenly father gives us --you seem to appreciate it. * we love you for loving us. HAPPY--HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Pioneer day Celebration

It was fun to help in a small way with this fun float for the Pioneer day celebration
*we also
made pototoes in the dutch oven, had family (keith and randy's and kristian's family) over to eat the pioneer food and they brought great food too
*we hiked ensign peak where brigham young and other pioneers waved a flag (a standard to the nations)
* we enjoyed watching the rodeo and pioneer parade on TV
* we are so thankful for all the pioneers especially those of our anscestors

happy birthday time

I love birthdays and remembering back to the day that each of my family joined mortality (or my extended family--going both directions--before me and after me I mean) below are some remembering back moments--you are loved --loved --loved
some of the characterics I love in this little man
* excited about life and anticipates things coming up/ or things past
for example--going swimming or trucks, or seeing Christmas lights
* also such a good 'sharer" if someone asks him to share its usually 'yeah --SURE"











* he is good about --picking himself up and going on--even after a hard—fall—he’s a tough cookie-takes his lumps and moves forward.
He’s an all around joy and fun person to be around--and fun to listen to him talk and express himself and watch him play enjoy life--because he makes if fun for himself--if everyone else is busy and can't make it fun for himself
WE LOVE YOU HUNTER--GLAD WE GOT YOU!!

'tis the season.....for raspberries

we're jumping for JOY--because...

Dear family we have so many reasons to be thankful and jump for joy--but most recently the announcement of the arrival of two new little grandsons. Yeah for Kyle and Hunter to have some company ! Both babies will be born this year (2010)--Kerri is due in Sept and Brianne is due in Nov so happy day-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-below are pics of a combination of various family jumping for Joy..because of these great announcements--(okay maybe they're just jumping for fun--but it seemed fitting)