Eli's Ordination

 Eli's birthday is May 24th - he turned 12 - On Sunday, May 29th - he was sustained and ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood by his father.  Here are all the men in the circle:  Uncle Chris Williams, Bishop Austin, Grandpa Kroeber, Eli, Chris, Grandpa Smith, Uncle Dan Fairbanks and Uncle Brian.

 Dan with Millie - she was such a happy baby - smiled all day!

 Heather, Chris and Eli - and I don't know how to make it the right way - they are still pretty good looking!

 With us at the Church - it is so awesome to be involved with family special events - Happy Day!

 The whole wonderful Kroeber Family - love Isaac's shirt out!

 Eli with all his Grandparents - lucky boy ...he was pretty happy to be 'almost' as tall as Grandma Smith - who is so short it isn't much of an accomplishment!!

 Enjoying dinner at the Kreober's house - cutest grand kids around!

The big boys were in the living room with the adults - change is a coming!!!

Uncle Rex's Funeral

 I wanted to share this darling plaque that Kurt's family made for my Mother's Day - I love it and them! and you all!!

 Janice and Wayne were at Uncle Rex;s funeral - plus another cousin - Melody - Uncle Dan's daughter - I think Dad is the best looking of all!  It was nice to learn more about Rex and Evelyn's life.

 Uncle Rex served in the Navy - on a ship in the South Pacific - Military Services are awesome!

 The Vets - all pretty aged!!  Did a great job - notice the gun and helmet.

 Saluting while Taps was being played - pretty impressive.

 Shooting the honor salute - loud - made the babies cry!

Playing Taps - the rain held off until all was completed.

 There were lovely flowers - Rex and Evelyn loved flowers and had a beautiful yard - this has a mink made out of mums - they had award winning mink and sold the pelts world wide.

 Our favorite flower arrangement - see the fishing pole in it?  and the back of the mink showing the flowers better.

Top of the fishing pole arrangement - lovely service and yummy luncheon afterward.

More Fun with Fairbanks!

 We have this 'bouncy house' shop at the Mall - it was fun to have the girls enjoy all the different bouncy houses - this one was their favorite.  I don't know why the pictures are sideways - they aren't on the other site.

 Millie and Mommy joined for a little bit.

 Sadie jumping into one of the fun toys ... all the balls bound up when she lands!

 They also had their riding stuffed animals - here is Olivia driving - she loved it!

 Sadie had a turn driving and was a little scary!  only ran the giraffe into the wall once!!

 Millie even had a turn ... with Grandma very close by!

 Dinner at the Outer Limits Fun Center - they had a climbing play space that they girls liked.

Slurpees for dessert at our house!  Such a fun visit!

Fun with Fairbanks!

 Lindsey and girls came for a quick visit - here are the three oldest on the slide at the park ... it is nice to live so close to a park.

 Millie loved eating spaghetti!  and we loved cleaning up after her.

Lindsey said that Sadie told her:  I want to sew with Grandma.  So here we are sewing!  I have ordered online beginning kits but couldn't find any locally - so we traced cookie cutters for our patterns.  Sadie choose the flower, heart, circle and butterfly.. . Olivia choose the Christmas cookies - tree, snowman, stocking and gingerbread.  They turned out really cute.

 Georgia wanted to make snowmen - we had some old, hard marshmallows so we made treats with Cheerios - she called the snowmen!

 Millie just hanging out in our living room.

 Olivia and her doll quilt - she sewed all the squares all by herself.

 Sadie also sewed all her squares - I love that they want to learn needlework at such a young age.

 Closer looks at both of their handiwork - great job girls!

Fromms in Tremonton

 Heidi, Shelby and her friend McKayla drive their pick up truck to Las Vegas with all of Sydney's 'stuff' - bed, boxes of books, etc.  We met them in Tremonton Tuesday morning on their way back to Wenatchee.

 Aren't they pretty?  The girls has fun Las Vegas tee shirts - so cute.

 Heidi said Stefan packed like a jig saw puzzle and got everything in the back - they actually bought this truck online from Sandy City - it is an old fire truck and they have really enjoyed having it...and they got home safely - yay!!

Mother's Day, Kate's Birthday

 What a lot of loot!  Thanks everyone - I feel very blessed to be your mother, grandmother!

 Tuesday, May 10th - we drove to Logan and attended the temple - then Kate met us for a Birthday Lunch!

 Pretty tulips at the temple grounds....pretty daughter celebrating her birthday!

Dad and I and the Logan Temple - wonderful day!

Kate's Graduation - May 7, 2016

 Master's Degree candidate Clara Kate Mortensen - Proud Mother getting ready to 'hood' her!

 Great Uncle Ken and Great Aunt Becky playing with Millie - she was a doll - only made noise when the speaker asked the graduates to send their money back to ISU!!

 Hooding Kate - YAY - the end of a very long road!

 All the wonderful family and friends who were there to celebrate with us - Anna's best friend Grace - spent the night and wanted to come to the graduation.

 Some pretty happy smiles there!!!  I wore Dad's Phi Kappa Phi pin - he never does!!!

 The Mortensen family - allvery happy - even if they don't quite look like it!!

 Pretty sisters - even with Lindsey's eyes closed!

 Kisses for the new graduate!!!

Happy Graduation, Happy Anniversary, Happy Mother's Day and Happy Birthday!