Robert & D'Lynne Esplin

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Hannah's baptism pictures and a trip to the Fire Station

I decided it was time to get Hannah's pictures taken so we could mail out some announcements for her baptism. Here are a few of the ones we took:

I can't decide which one I like best, obviously not the ones that are crooked. Then I did a photo shoot with the kids around the temple grounds:


I really like this one

Each kid had to have a chance holding Jonathan

Evan loves Jesus

We have a picture like this when Molli was getting her baptism pictures taken

And here is the one taken in 2010 for Molli's baptism pictures

The kids are collecting shoes for a project at school to have them donated to Africa. Hannah collected 12 pairs and I collected 65 more pairs. I guess I was saving them for a project like this. Here is a small portion of what we gathered:

Michael needed to go to the fire station to finish off his Wolf badge in Scouts, so we made it a family outing (minus Robert who was in Minnesota at the time).

We had a good time, but if you ask them what their favorite part about the fire station was, they might just tell you it was the vibrating clothes dryer. I couldn't pull them away from that. :)

We also went to the Museum of Idaho on Monday for an exhibit about carousels. I didn't think it would be cool at first, but I was definitely wrong. However, I forgot to bring the camera and my phone died when we got there. So, no pictures this time, but I hope to go again soon and the kids can't wait to go back to the little kid room and dress up/ play as pioneers and mountain men.

As a side note, a few days ago, Michael scratched his eyeball with a branch or something and he is now on antibiotics, but when we went to the doctors they had me take a cool picture of what they did to check out his eye. Maybe I can post it from my phone, if not, it will be on facebook and hopefully here later.

Life is good :)

Friday, March 29, 2013

A little update and pictures

So it has been about three months since I blogged anything. I would like to say that I blame it on Robert getting Windows 8 for our computers and I can't seem to find anything anymore, but it really didn't take that long to find this page, so I guess that is not a real excuse.

We had a great Christmas just hanging out here at our own house. Jonathan made the cutest baby Jesus for our nativity, and he did such a great job. He is still a good baby.

I am sure we had a wonderful January, but I don't know of anything specific that happened. February Molli and Hannah had a dance performance that happened to be on Robert's birthday. I was so sick with a kidney infection that day that I couldn't even do the girls' hair and make-up for the performance let alone go to it. Robert took them and even got them roses. I promised I would make the next performance, but I was in an orchestra for the Idaho Falls Opera Theater so I missed their next performance as well. May is their recital and I will be there for sure. It is a day before Hannah's birthday/ baptism.

Here are a few pictures taken at their performance in February:

Molli at home before the performance

Hannah at home before the performance (notice the hair/ make-up?)

Waiting to perform. My friend did their hair (a wig) and make-up before the performance.

Thanks to Robert for taking all of the pictures.

This month, March, was Spring Break so I decided to go to Kansas to visit Celeste. I took Jonathan with me and the other kids, along with Robert, went to Hyde Park to be with Grandma and Grandpa. Celeste and I got to visit Independence, MO, and Liberty Jail. I am glad we got to be there. Jonathan did great.I have some pictures from that, but once again, I haven't downloaded them yet, so I will get to that another day, maybe.

Here are some random pictures of the past few months, enjoy.....