John Canaan

Kohler's went to church with Brad's brother and they announced a concert that night in the St. George Tabernacle was going to feature John Canaan. He was very popular when Robin and I were in college. His most memorable song of the evening was, "You're Not Alone." He walked around the crowd and sang and I bawled and bawled. I sure am glad someone was paying attention at church.

Julia Child Fan

So after everyone left St. George and the Christmas events, Connie brought Annie down to go to the doctor and we sat around for two days and recouped. All of a sudden I realized I didn't know where Kate was and hadn't seen her for quite some time and jumped off the couch in a panic and ran through the whole house and didn't find her! When I came back to the living room I saw her sitting on the kitchen table giving herself a bath in butter. I sure was relieved to find her but not happy about the greasy mess we would have to clean up. Connie says Kate LOVES butter and has done this same thing several times at home. It's hard to get riled up when she is having so much fun.

Sidewalk Art

Our goal was to walk from the Venetian in Las Vegas to the M&M store (1.4 miles one way)but we kept getting distracted. Here we are watching a sidewalk artist. He used spray paint and a can lid and paint scraper to make AMAZING pictures! If you want to see pictures of us attending "Blue Man Group" for my sister Robin's 50th birthday you have to go to her blog.

Hanging Out @ Christmastime!

For Rent: Viper

This beautiful car was sitting outside a convenience store on Miracle Mile in Vegas. It would have been fun to rent but David and Audrey settled for a glamor shot.

Christmas Babies

We see Brian, Caroline & Johnny Merrell.
We see Audrey & Johnny.
We see Aunt Vera and Troy Hakes.
We see Josh and Hailey Hakes.
We see Brad and his baby boy David.

Christmas Gifts

With all the presents stacking up under the tree, our cats, Toast and Crouton, wanted to leave us an offering to show they loved us too. This is the first time they shared their meal since we have lived in Utah. In Clint, Texas we usually got rabbit ears.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Not only did Calvin carve our Thanksgiving turkey he artistically displayed it back on the platter. Pretty fancy, eh?

Now showing all over St. George

Audrey performed with two groups this past week. She played trumpet with her high school jazz band and french horn with her band and the Dixie State University Band. French horns always get all the good parts and she had some good ones plus a couple of solos. She sure loves her music!

Babies and Water

What is it that babies find so fascinating about water? At home, Kate loves to sit on the edge of the sink and fill little cups with water or just splash as the faucet is running. Grandma figured out a way to keep baby happy without having to hold on to her the whole time. We both had a GREAT hour.