Marlene Will Be Here Soon!

Hello friends!

Everything with us is going great. Marlene will be here on May 17th. We are so excited to see her. She is staying for the entire summer, so we have lots of fun things planned. Since she is turning 12 in June, we signed her up for girls camp. So she will be headed up to Camp Shalom the first week of June. We are so excited for her, as we know she will have a wonderful time.

Dennis is doing well. He is helping my uncle install the new water heaters today at my mom's house. We will be happy to have full hot water usage, as it has been sparce the last week.

I am working today. It has been a long week for me. But I will get to take next Friday off, to make up for the additional hours. I am very excited. My mom is kind enough to go to the paper shop today. Our sealing is less than a month away and we need to get the invitations out. We are very excited for our sealing. I cannot believe how close it is!

Well that is our update! I will try and post pictures this week.

The Kids Were Playing Baseball.



Ellie wore her princess dress.



I couldn't have been happier for Dennis and I know he was on Cloud 9.



Bryan cooked all of the chicken. What a guy!

This Weekend Was All About Dennis

We had the most beautiful weekend! Saturday was full of yardwork and cleaning. Dennis helped my dad around the yard. Dad is so grateful to have him around. One of the sprinkler pipes had broken and needed to be repaired. A project that would have taken Dad 4 hours to complete was fixed in a mere 45 minutes. Mom and I cleaned and washed all of the cars. They were all filthy and needed a bath.

Sunday was a terrific milestone in our family. On Sunday morning Dennis got a call from the stake presidents office. He was going to be ordained an Elder. We were so excited and knew the family would all want to be there. So Dennis made about a hundred phone calls and arranged for everyone to come. They had to move the ordination to the Relief Society room because there were so many people in attendance. It was a very special day for Dennis and a huge step for him. My Dad performed the ordination and brought all of us to tears. After church we had a luncheon. It was terrific to be able to talk to everyone. The kids had fun playing baseball in the yard. Ashley was so proud...she hit the ball 10 times! I took pictures, but forgot the cord to download it to the computer. So those will be forthcoming.

Thank you to all who came yesterday to support Dennis. It is very much appreciated.

Update!

Dennis and I are doing well. Dennis is working at Canyon Park Technology Center as a HVAC apprentice. He will be starting school in August to get his HVAC certification. He is very excited to start school and I think he will do really well. Amanda is still working at the Radisson Salt Lake City Downtown as an Executive Meeting Manager. She loves her job, but cannot wait to start a family. Marlene will be here one month from tomorrow. We cannot wait to see her and spend the entire summer with her. We are currently living in Orem and would love to see everyone. Drop us a line so we can get together.