Saturday, April 18, 2009

Pull up a Chair...


We have been busy! We've had Trapper's birthday, then his baptism, Easter, and Hunter's birthday within a week's time. But the best part of it all was having family come to visit. Grandma and Grandpa Allen, and my mom came for all the fun! First we took Debbie and Greg to Kirtland. It was wonderful. It was raining, which isn't unusual, but they are always prepared there with umbrellas. We toured the Kirtland Temple and then went down the road to tour the Kirtland Visitor's Center that has the old town of the LDS community. We had a wonderful time and were all cold and hungry afterwards!


Then Grandpa got all motivated and rented a track hoe and dug out all the sludge out of our pond and dug up all the cattails. We appreciate it more than you know! You did see the pics of our water, right? We are so grateful for their help! It was fun for all of us to feel like we were back in Utah doing some big project with the rest of the Allen crew!

We had a great Easter. It was relaxed and enjoyable. My mom brought some special stuff for everyone and left some sweet notes around the house.

Trapper's baptism was wonderful. Both grandmas spoke, Lance baptized him and Grandpa confirmed him. It was special for everyone. Trapper listened intently and soaked (literally:) everything in. My other SD card won't download the pics so I am missing some pics of all the fun, so, I will have to save it for later! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

6 comments:

laceeJ said...

YAY! I finally got to see Greg....he looks great! Just like Grandpa, his daddy! Makes me want to run over there and sit on his lap and dig in his front pocket for some doublemint gum. Please tell him to buy some for when I come over to visit and stick it in his pocket!

melaniea said...

Hey
How are you guys?? Looks like you had lots of fun with greg and debbie there. They both look great huh!!! Debbie said Trapper was soo cute on his baptism day! HOpe all went well, adn thanks for the comment!! Your so sweet, Love ya guys and miss ya tonZ!! Cant wait to see everyone at the reunion!! I hear you guys are coming out early to stay for quite some time,,, IS this true ??? :)

melaniea said...

Hey
How are you guys?? Looks like you had lots of fun with greg and debbie there. They both look great huh!!! Debbie said Trapper was soo cute on his baptism day! HOpe all went well, adn thanks for the comment!! Your so sweet, Love ya guys and miss ya tonZ!! Cant wait to see everyone at the reunion!! I hear you guys are coming out early to stay for quite some time,,, IS this true ??? :)

alaskamom said...

Great slide show Lori!!

Lacy said...

i SEEN YOUR BLOG ON CLLY'S BLOG AND SO I DECIDED TO CHECK YOUR BLOG OUT. I LOVE TO SEE GREG AND DEBBIE BECAUSE I DON'T GET TO SEE THEM ALOT ANYMORE. I AM CALLY'S AGE AND WENT TO SCHHOL WITH HER AND GREG WAS MY COACH AND TEACHER. GREG IS SO TINY IT IS NOT THE GREG I AM USE TO SEEING. i WAS LOOKING AT YOUR PIC AND I SAY ELDER TAYLOR IN THEIR AND I DON'T KNOW IF GREG NEW WHO HE WAS BUT HE IS FROM WAYNE COUNTY.HE PROBLEM NEW HIM BUT I JUST HAD TO ADD THAT.

melaniea said...

Hi lori
All I can say is you should never claim your maiden name because you are a true ALLEN !!!! :) But its ok cause you made me laugh! SO i will just give it to you here cause I;m not too scared about getting my info taken off here!!
ok my address is
po box 267
Elsinore, Ut 84724

and of course you should know Escalantes cell prefix
435-xxx-4481
Hope you understood my code !!!!1
Miss you all. Love Mel