We want everyone to know they are invited to Brielle's baptism!

Trip To Southern Utah

I had to go to St. George for a work visit, so we made a trip out of it to get out of the cold. We spent three days riding 4-wheelers and took a drive to the grand canyon and through Zions on Sunday after going to the Apple Valley Ward in Hurricane. By the way - Stir the Pot is none other than the Justin Judy family - we like to mix things up every once in a while.

You should have seen the heel clicker Grandpa did on our "Moablike" ride.

Overlooking St. George.

This is how our trip to the north rim ended. Just so you all know, they don't open the north rim until May 15th. Jacob's Lake is really pretty though.

We crossed the Virgin River 23 times one direction and then 23 more time coming back! This is South of Zions close to Mt Carmel.

This was the toughest climb out of the river. This is as far as grandpa made it. It was fine until a group of at least 60 4-wheelers came through and dug some pretty good trenches.

Beautiful scenery!

Brinly found a cactus that didn't have needles so she decided to roll around in it. It turns out it had needles and Carleen pulled needles out of hands and belly for about an hour.

This is a cinematic masterpiece. This is at the sand dunes outside of Hurricane.

Grandma's unofficial Update

Hi! It's fun to see everyone and hear how you are doing. This has been a busy year so far. We got grandma hearing aids, new glasses and a perm so she could go to Texas and Washington with Dell and Doyle. She is enjoying hearing. She was asked to speak in Relief Society the other night for the R. S. B-day party. You all would have enjoyed her antics and the story of her life - complete with hats. She is in good health and enjoys the people of the ward. They are all very sweet to her. She was just called along with Sister peterson to teach the 7 year olds. It has been an interesting two weeks for her. She forgot kids could wiggle that much and need that much attention -- all of them --- at once. She always seems to be gone -- either to the temple, to "Super Sisters" (a group of women that get together to visit and have lunch) or to Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
We'll have to get some pictures. We'll be sure to get her over here to enjoy your messages and pictures. Lots of fun guys.

Hammer Family Update

Hailey and an art project she made at Halloween

Chloe taking cookies to preschool on her b-day

Caden snowboarding

Coelton at sweethearts dance

We are all well and happy. Today Joel and the boys are snowboarding at Bogus Basin. They got 16 inches of new snow! They couldn't pass it up and I think all needed a break.
Tonight we are headed to Cenntenial High for a speed jump competition. Hailey tried out for the "jump rope" team at her school and made it! she is 10 years old and is very active! She has to jump 100 times in 1 min.
Hailey is also clogging with Idaho Rhythm this year and is on the intermediate team. She competed in Nampa and her team took 1st and she also took 1st in her solo. We are headed to pocatello for another competition in a couple weeks.
Coelton is gearing up for Track season and is finishing up his Junior year. He is most excited about Cross Country this summer. He will race on Varsity next year.
Caden is ready for his PACE project to be presented on Tuesday. It is a big deal in the 8th grade. His project is on Dentistry. He wants to be a Dentist someday. He can now solve the rubiks cube in 30 seconds. Caden truns 14 on Monday.
Chloe is now 5 and keeps us all laughing and having a good time. She is so smart and loves to go to preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
I was released as the primary president and called to be the ward dance director for our youth 14-18. We are doing a 9 stake dance festival in April. Joel and I are teaching them the New York Hustle. It is a lot of fun and I have realized that teenagers are alot different from primary kids...it's kind of like herding cats. But we have fun and they really seem to enjoy it.

Glenn family update

Greetings from Washington! In case you hadn't heard about our baby or haven't seen photos of Adelle yet, I thought I'd post a couple. We blessed her on the 1st of February. It was good to have Mom and Dad and Grandma and KayDee come up for a quick visit. The kids all loved seeing them ,and the truck, again! Adelle loved the attention! Kaleb is in 2nd grade and loves it! He informed me the other day that he wants to be a teacher when he grows up.....of course, he also informed me that he wants to stay in 2nd grade forever! HMMMMM, we'll see how that turns out! Florence just turned four and is my big helper. Steve's working for an aerospace company and is always busy. He is also teaching in Primary, so all my kids are in Primary and Adelle and I are in the hall! We miss being closer to family and hope that you are all well.

The point of a blog...

is to actually post. Haha. We still have 11 open invitations, so talk to your families about it, if they need me to send them another e-mail to accept, I can do that. Just let me know! All of my family has accepted (and even posted, GO DAD!), so... score one for the Judy's. Just sayin'. Here are the e-mails that have yet to accept:

elmerfudd@myldsmail.net (I'm assuming this is Clay... so he's the only one that has an excuse. Or is he home yet? See... this is why you need to post!)
robertsonjd_wiley@yahoo.com
emailjengi@comcast.net
robkate_865@hotmail.com
topazcanary@yahoo.com
d_lurch@hotmail.com
ldbeyeler@yahoo.com
desrich22@yahoo.com
dwrobby1@hotmail.com
darbyvball@hotmail.com
dellsyd@yahoo.com

It's probably a good idea to bookmark this blog so you can remember how you got here, and check every couple of days so this thing doesn't die.

DaNae

Wow! This is Going to be Fun

Hi!
I am excited about this new spot. DaNae you made it look really cute! We just got through with Stake Conference. We had a visiting authority -- Brother Calister. The message was inspiring.

The Loertschers came to have waffles with us and Grandma Robertson. We looked for Lyle at conference and we couldn't find him or he could have had whole what waffles too.

I'm excited about being on here and keeping in touch with everyone. The Robertson reunion is coming up in July. Do we need help!! How would everyone like to have our reunion starting on Thursday P.M. and Friday. The rest of the group we'll invite up for one day -- on Saturday. Should be fun. We can get in lots of trouble before they get there to add to the confusion.

We have to go home teaching -- so enjoy this story that came from my friend Marie Groberg.

I thought you would get a kick out of a very cute story!
This is a true story. Dr KC Tubbs is the Dr and he later joined the church. When he told us this story over a staff lunch, I thought that>we would die laughing. Dr Armstrong is from Manti and comes up about once a week to work in the clinic.

By: Robert Armstrong, M.D.
I work part-time as a teacher of family doctors. The program provides training on psychiatric disorders and emphasizes the importance of emotional support. The new doctors are given plenty of time in clinic to visit with their> patients and learn about their challenges. One of our interns who has never lived in Utah and knew nothing about Mormons is still struggling to understand the cultural climate here.
Last week he was interviewing a new patient and stumbled on what he thought was a raging psychosis.
Doctor: "Well, Mrs. Olsen, we've talked about your high blood pressure and your medications. Are you experiencing any particular stress in your life?"
Patient: "Oh, yes! It's the Sunbeams. They're driving me crazy."
Doctor: (very surprised) "The Sunbeams?"
Patient: "Yes, I've never had trouble with them before, but this group won't sit still. They bounce all over the room, and run out the door and up and down the hallway.
Doctor: (reaching for a pen) "Have you told anyone about this?
Patient: "Of course, I told the president."
Doctor: "Really! And, what did the president tell you?"
Patient: "She said Sunbeams are like that. I'm just going to have to learn to deal with them." Doctor: (concerned that he may be missing something) "I know people who are sensitive to sunbeams. Do they cause you a rash or anything?"
Patient: (confused) "A rash? No."
Doctor: "What's the biggest problem they're creating?"
Patient: "It's the noise. They just won't quit talking."
Doctor: (astonished) "The sunbeams are talking to you?"
Patient: "Well, yes. But mostly they talk to each other."
Doctor: (scribbling furiously in the chart) "I see. Can anyone else hear them talking?"
Patient: (after a moment of stunned silence) "You're not LDS, are you?"