Another One!

My family will soon have TWO missionaries out at the same time! A few weeks ago my parents, Caleb, and I surprised my little brother by driving down to Provo and taking him is mission call that had come in the mail. He was expecting us to just read it to him over the phone, but we decided it was a once in a life time chance and it was HIS call. So, we made a quick, but fun trip for it!

Here is his nervous face as he's opening the envelope

This is his excited face!

Everyone standing around with three phones on speaker to the rest of the siblings

And this is his pleased look.

Quinton is super excited to have been called to the Russia, Novosibirsk mission. He enters the Provo, UT MTC May 18, 2011.

Caleb was such a good traveler! We drove down (5 hours) on snowy roads and attempted to come back that night but only made it half way. We slept, got up in the morning, and made the rest of the journey home.
I'm glad Caleb and I could tag along with my parents to be there when he opened his call. We're excited for him and know he'll be a great missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Food

Not only does Caleb like cookies, but he loves Graham Crackers, too!

(See my teeth? I only had one in this picture, but now I have two!)

This little sneaky boy won't eat baby food. It must be the table food that mom is eating!

He just wanted to save us money by not buying that nasty canned baby food. Thanks, Caleb!

Cookies

We love cookies!

Please excuse the pink bib...it was the one in arms reach :)

All of us love cookies!

(except for my diet)

Snow Fun

A few weeks ago, Celeste wanted to go play in the snow. We bundled her up and sent her out. Too bad most of the snow has already melted. I'm anxious for more snow she can play in and go sledding on.

We need new fresh snow for snowballs!

Painted Fingernails

A Black Sharpie works great as fingernail polish, doesn't it? She actually didn't do too bad of a job!

FYI: Fingernail Polish Remover works great at removing marker, too!

Harrison Family Pictures

One of my new hobbies is photography. I was SO excited when I opened my Christmas presents and got backdrops and a stand. I love it and need more practice. While my family was all together, we did some family pictures. It was so much fun to play around and take the pictures.
Note: I haven't edited all these pictures

Here April is just posing for me so I could make sure the lighting was okay

Here we all are!

My parents with all their Grandchildren

My sister Kara, her husband, Drew, and Elsie

Celeste

Celeste and Elsie play together so well (most of the time). It's fun to watch them.

Celeste, Tayson, and Elsie

Tayson...such a handsome little guy!

I think Quinton was feeling left out and wanted his picture taken more so he sat down with Caleb

Thanks for letting me share!

Family Vacation

This was the last Christmas that my whole family will be together for quite some time since my younger siblings will be serving their missions. We decided to do something fun as a whole family. We all took a vacation to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and rented a condo. It was such a fun time. Here are some pictures of things we did.

We took pictures under the famous Jackson Hole Elk Horn Arch

(it was really snowing)

This is my oldest brother and their cute family

My nephew, Tayson


We took a sleigh ride pulled by horses through the Elk Refuge

It was freezing cold...we all bundled up

We saw a coyote

And of course the elk

We had snow ball fights!

Some also went snowmobiling, which unfortunatley I didn't get any pictures of.

But most of all, we spent lots of time as a family and with those we love. It was a great vacation. Thanks mom and dad!