The Chalk family comes to play!

We loved hosting Daron's siblings/families and parents recently... swimming, eating, playing, talking, gaming, not sleeping, more eating, fishing, hammocking, rip-sticking -- what FUN!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cooking and laundry never stopped!!

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quite the "shockingly" fun new game from Mark & Shelley!!

 

 

 

New adventures each day...

I got a glimpse recently of what heaven will be like... I met Mom, Jenny, Kassie, and Stephanie at the temple to do a session together. I was the last one to arrive, and when I walked into the dressing room, all 4 of them were standing there in white, waiting for me. It actually took my breath away to see them there, with their cute happy smiles. What a blessing to have great family.

The boys love doing scouting activities! 

 

 

 

 

When did Kenny get so tall? Here's his 3rd grade school pic. He got to put a warm fuzzy in the primary jar, and said "I made my mom breakfast"

 

 

 Love this girl! Here she's enjoying some surprise flowers someone dropped off to her with a note saying "Kassie, you're GORGEOUS!"  She's a cutie. We were talking about food recently, and she said, 'So what is a brisket? Is it like a biscuit but meaty?'

 

 

And it's already a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

In retro, the highlight of 2015 will have been watching Savannah, Skye and Shepard light up the stage in Les Miserables! After seeing the show, that night during our scripture study, we were reading Nephi's account of seeing Lehi's dream where he says “I dreamed a dream”, when Daron cut in singing “in times gone by...”  Too funny.

 

 

Fun surprise "heart-attacking" from someone!

 

What a treat to have Jen, Mom and Dad come over and teach a Tower of Babel FHE and swim!



 

 

 

I literally walked into my closet one day and found this. Daron and Geneve looking out the closet window, talking to each other. Then later I found this pic on my phone one of the kids took of Geneve's face. Oh how we love this dog!

 

Cousin playtime!! I love how the kids get lost in their little world...

 

 

 Kidnapping Kenny for pedicures!

 

 

This week's TENDER MERCY: So thankful that my toes weren't chopped off when Mom's ancient, 80,000 pound wheat grinder fell from the countertop, an inch away from my foot! Goodbye to the old family heirloom... the engine totally cracked... no more home-ground wheat flour. But grateful that my intact toes can drive me to the store to buy wheat flour! 

 

Collecting fast offerings with Stephen... love this boy! 

 

A rare treat... road trip to A&M with Sterling for a Priest-Laurel conference!

   

 

Such a memorable outing: being part of a Spanish missionary discussion with tri-lingual Sterl at Denny's with Guillermo and 3 sisters. That brother of mine is like no other, AMAZING!