Santa Clara Swiss Days

I'll share the history of the area with all you bloggers as I learn it. Brigham Young sent a whole bunch of Swiss immigrants down to Santa Clara (NW of St. George), a rich farming valley, to settle when they arrived in Salt Lake. They were the first ones in the area. Every year their descendants put on a festival called Swiss Days. It was a typical carnival with lots of booths with food and all types of other products. Inside the community building the descendants of the original Swiss immigrants had genealogy and quilts and pictures displayed. That was interesting. Audrey and I also heard some little girls yodeling. That was fun. We ate some Swiss bread and went home. It was not what I expected. I expected Swiss chocolate everywhere in 97 degree weather or at least a few Swiss cows. I guess they were dirt farmers and not dairy farmers.

Return With Honor

When Elder Karl Kohler returned from his mission in Monterrey, Mexico it was a happy day but noone was happier than Scott Kohler who had waited over a week to open his mission call until Karl could be there. What I remember most about that day in June was Karl didn't have a lot to say. I think he was still thinking in Spanish and trying to translate into English.

Love Ya' miss Ya' already

This is what Audrey misses most about Dallas...trying to drive Uncle John and Aunt Julie crazy! This technique usually worked.

Pioneer Days 2008

Our Stake really goes all out for the July 24th Celebration. Here are a few of the pictures I took of the grandkids that day. They were riding a horse made out of horseshoes and then making rings out of horseshoe nails. It was lots of fun!

Lucky 7

I need to catch up with my blog news and so here is a picture I took the day Kate and Connie were ready to come home from the hospital. I was there for the birth of Kate and it was pretty exciting when the midwife announced the baby was born at 08:08 am on 08-08-08. I am still telling people about it and people I told remember me as the Grandma of the 0808080808 baby.

Outstanding Freshman

This is Audrey's school picture from this year. This image could be out of date quickly. She has decided she likes her hair down and is waiting for the OD to call and say her new contacts are in. With her (merrell genetic deficient) astygmatism she is going into gas permeable hard contacts. She is pretty excited about it. She is also auditioning for the Zion Youth Symphony this Monday. They need french horn players and put out the word so she's practicing like crazy to see if she can make it. She is also playing trumpet in the jazz band and has a marching french horn that they play on days when they practice marching. Her school is called Desert Hills Middle School and has just 8th and 9th graders. She is having a ball so far with seminary ten steps away in its own building. She has it later in the afternoon. Right now she is reading the Brandon Mull "Fablehaven" series and LOVES IT!

From Brunettes to Blondes

Here is us working on making a tree with Spring leaves and blossoms today. They turned out really cute and I was pleasantly stunned at how well 5 year olds did with tissue paper and glue. I have moved from the land of brunettes to the land of blondes. Are my students so cute you could cry? Fourth graders were cute too but these faces just make you glad to get up every day :)

School pictures time! Here's what I look like teaching Kindergarten, September 2008, here in (still hot) St. George, Utah. I like it! Same ole eyebrow raised when the flash goes off, same ole thin hair, same ole big smile. I can't do much about my age or looks but I decided I can do something about my weight and our school sponsors their own "Biggest Loser" competition so I decided to join.

Hopefully you'll be seeing lots less of me.