Thursday, December 30, 2010

Christmas 2010

This year we spent Christmas in Colorado with Brandi's family.  It was great.  Christmas actully came early to us.  Jordyn was able to come down with some friends that had met them in Greenriver and got to spend the week before Christmas with us.  She was so fun.  We love having her in our home.  Nothing like a 4 year old to get you excited for Christmas.  Our trip got delayed a day because of bad weather, but we got there in time to have a great Christmas Eve dinner and get everything ready for Santa's arrival.  We were very lazy on Christmas day and just enjoyed each other's company.  Santa brought the Survis family a wii and we all bowled until we could hardly move.  It was a blast.  We got to talk to Sister Hone in Washington on Christmas day for about an hour.  She is doing awesome.  We missed her for Christmas, but are very proud of what she is doing. Sunday Aspyn was blessed by her grandpa Craig in their ward.  She looked beautiful in sister Jordyn's dress and Craig did an awesome job.  Monday, Cody, Brandi and Jordyn hit the slopes in Powderhorn.  Cody and Brandi went snowboarding and Jordyn started her skiing career.  She did awesome, her instructors were amazed at how fast she learned.  I hope she keeps going.  Tuesday we left to come home and face the real world once again.  The Christmas season was awesome.  Next year Christmas for us will be spent in Toquerville.....ready or not Tanner, her we come.

                                                        Aspyn's Blessing Day  12-26-2010

Blessing by Grandpa Craig

Cody's WII MII

Craig as a MII WII

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Sister Brieanna Hone/Washington Everett Mission 11-10-2010

I decided when Brieanna left on her mission, I would start a blog to let others know about how she is doing.  I have been a little slow getting it ready but here it goes.  Hope you enjoy.  Brieanna is now in Lynnwood Washington serving in the Everett Washington Mission.  She has been in Lynnwood for about 5 weeks.  She loved the MTC, and wished she could stay there forever.  She had a great companion that she loved and she had some great experiences.  Since getting to Washington, things have been different.  She has a companion that is completely different than she, but she has come to love her.  She was homesick  the first week, but has been doing much better.  She had a great Christmas with some ward members and all the missionaries from her zone.  We got to talk to her for about an hour which was great.  We were in Colorado at Brandi's for Christmas so Brandi, Cody, and Jordyn got to talk to her as well.  Before calling us, she called and talked to Ashley.  She had forgotten Brandi's cell number and had to call Ashley to get it......trust Brieanna to find an excuse to talk to us all.   She said the work is a little slow, but both she and her companion were new to the area and just trying to figure out a plan of attack.   They are working very closely with the young women of their ward and she loves that.  She says it's like having a whole bunch of little sisters.  She loves the people of Washington but doesn't love the area.  She loves sunshine and she hasn't seen much since she got there.  She said it is a perfect place for a vampire to live.  I told her wait until Summer, she will love it.  I hear from her on Monday's and I will try to post an update each week.  She can only email her MOTHER, so the rest of you will have to keep track of her by this blog.   until next time....