A Special Day...

Today, Emmaline was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints!  

She was baptized by her father Jaron Brent Simonson.

Here was Emmy with her brothers, Carter and Ashton, 

and her sister, Lilly.

The Simonson Family - February 28th, 2009

Brent and I were able to travel down to Fruit Heights, Utah for the baptism.  Emmy was pretty excited and it was a really nice day.  Emmy's other Grandparents, Rae and Eldon Quinn were there, and her Uncle Cody.  Emmy's Uncle Clinton and Aunt Katie with her cousin Corgin were there also.  She was confirmed by her dad shortly after her baptism, and we had a great meal of barbeque pork sandwiches at the house afterwards.  Congratulations Emmy, we are so proud of you and we love you very much!

Snow me the way...

We had another weekend of ...you guessed it, snowmobiling!!  Brent secretly thinks I have taken it up again!!  Tee-Hee-Hee!!  As I mentioned before, the Vector is pretty awesome to ride, so I was a good sport when he asked if I wanted to go again this weekend.  At first I said I had too much to do, cause I had to teach YW on Sunday, and give a talk in church...And clean the house so we could have Bishop's Youth Discussion here...but he said he would help to clean the house, so there you go!  Actually, Clinton has been wanting to take Katie on a ride and wanted me to go so she wouldn't be the only girl there, and we wanted to go to Big Basin, where we haven't been forever, but  I can remember some pretty fun times up there, so we all took off. 

Craig met us in Soda and went with us, he's always fun to have along, and Daren and Kim also went.  Katie and I had a nice groomed trail that we could stick to and go as fast as we wanted and the guys could all take off through the hills and have their fun, so we all got a fun ride! 

After Brent and I got home and he took a good nap, I was cold and suggested we go to Lava, so we called Eric and Eva Jean and they met us at the hot pots for a warm soak, that was awesome!  So we had another fun weekend, and now it's time to start up the old grind once again...MONDAY!  Yay!

Yes, that is my shrill little voice at the end!  Just a little something for your amusement...haha, I knew Brent could make it up (he's got a turbo!)  But Clint was his shadow all day, and I was really nervous when he started following his dad up that steep hill!  But he didn't seem to have much fear...as this next video proves!

Sweet Weekend...

Brent and I had a wonderful weekend in Island Park.  We were invited to go with some old friends from 6th Ward, Holly and Derek Leslie, and spend time in their beautiful cabin with Troy and Jennifer Dye, Daren and Tiffany Crockett, and of course Craig and Dorie Boyle!  We had SO much fun!  Thanks you guys for including us 'older' set...

We traveled up with Craig and Dorie and stopped in Rexburg for dinner at Craigo's Pizza.  It was super good and fun to visit and catch up.  Then after we got to the cabin (should I say, the Leslie Lodge!) the others arrived shortly.  Holly was such a GREAT host and had sparkling Ginger Ale with pink champagne glasses with hearts on them, and a chocolate fountain with huge strawberries, bananas, apples, gummi lips, and sponge cake...even homemade caramels!! YUM!  

We all went on a fun ride together on Friday, down to Big Springs, and up around the burn area loop over to Two Top.  Holly had packed a lunch with Sub sandwiches and chips and water, the guys found some firewood and built a fire up in some trees in the snow...we had a fun day riding and hearing stories.  (Mostly about how Troy can roll a sled only about 1/4 of a mile from the cabin on a plowed road!)  We all teased him, but I hear he has a humongous bruise to show for it, and limps around a bit...so sorry Troy, you were a trooper to ride all day injured!

That night the men all took us out to dinner at a beautiful restaurant on the river for steak.  It was a fun but cold night out, they had a big fireplace which we all took turns warming our backsides...me the most!  

On Saturday we went over in the meadow by our cabin and rode sleds, everyone just playing in the meadow and climbing the little hills there around.  Jennifer got pretty skilled at the hills, and then we put her on Brent's sled and she took off across the meadow...that girl has a 'need for speed'.  She found the joys of windwhipping FAST!   We all laughed a little when she returned in a flash with a huge grin and arms in the air!  We all took turns speeding across the meadow, trading sleds and having fun.  Troy was the photographer, thanks to him for the pictures.  After the Boot Jack loop, we returned to the cabin to pack up and clean and then we went over to our own cabin, just Brent and I.  It was pretty warm, but we took a quick trip into West to have some Gusher Pizza for Valentines!  That was fun...then on Sunday Clinton and Katie and Corgin came over and stayed with us for a couple of days.  We went on a little ride and took Corgin...he was quite a trooper to be all bundled up and plopped on a sled with Grandma.  We showed him the ducks and the fish at Big Springs and then he rode back with Grandpa.  We enjoyed playing games with them, watching Corgin eat the snow off the floor and having Sunday dinner at the cabin.  

Clint, Katie and Brent went on a ride up to Two Top on Monday while I stayed with Corgin and he napped and I cleaned!  And then it was off to Idaho Falls where we all had a great dinner at Johnny Carinos!  Yes, let's just say the diet did not survive this food filled weekend...but it was yummy!  I had a wonderful time...thanks to all our friends, thanks to Brent, and Clint and Katie for the awesome weekend...and now I guess it's back to the gym for me!!

Sweet Emmaline!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Emmy!  Today she turns 8 years old!  My, where has the time gone?  Emmy is so excited to be baptized, she is in the second grade and is a super good student...very smart and loves to learn, though likes to be a little "too" social also!  She has a lot of talents, is a great singer, loves to read, likes to sew and create new things, and is very imaginative.  She was Grandma's little girl when she was little, and went with me everywhere, but now they have moved away, I don't get to see her near enough!  I love you to death, Emmy-poo and hope you have a wonderful day!!  Love,  Gramma Kristi

And Happy Baptism Day on the 28th! 

Happy Valentines Day!

Just wanted to wish all my family a very happy V-day!  You all are very special to me and I love you all very much.  May your day be spent with someone special and may you feel loved!

Today is Ashton's Day!

Enough said!  Any of you who have spent much time with Ashton knows that he does not beat around the bush on any of his conversations.  You pretty much know exactly where you stand in his book the minute it leaves his mouth!!  Many times I've been told, "I don't like you!"  or "I don't know who you are!"  He really doesn't sugar coat it ... just says what he feels!  He has an adorable smile...a cute little voice, that's outfitted for some good singing of "Twinkle, Twinkle" and he loves to run around in his underwear!!  Those are for sure some of his traits.  So, here's to Ashton!  It's his birthday (even though he didn't want to believe me when I told him that).  He is 4 years old, and I hope he has a happy day...Love you buddy!

Chocolate!

We went to Salt Lake today to see Jaron and Heather and the kids. It is Ashton's Birthday on Sunday, and Emmy's next week, so we wanted to take their presents down to them and give them some hugs. When we returned, there was a package hanging on our mailbox...we were a little baffled, but then I saw Jacob's handwriting and said, "It's from Jake!" Low and behold, we got a letter from his Mission President saying that he had been called to serve as a Senior Companion, and also a package from him with lots of Belgium Chocolate in it! He also sent his other camera card, and so we were able to download all his pictures. Here were just a few of them, this being Daniel's Baptism, and I am assuming those are Daniel's parents with Jake and Daniel.
Enjoying his delicious milk!!

Christmas morning opening his presents!