Jones' Happenings.........

These are a few of the "happenings" around our house the past few weeks!


McKenzie was accepted to nursing school at Weber State University/Utah State extension program. So she'll be moving to Logan in the fall where she'll be for 2 years. We're/she's so excited and relieved. She has worked hard for this and is looking forward to the "college" life.

We celebrated Preston's BIG #44 birthday! Elaine, Mark, Garrett, Chris and I had a fun time at Mikado's.

We went to a baby shower for Melanie given by Rachel. We are so excited for Ryan and Melanie. I'm sure Jordan will be so excited about all the cool stuff he got!

Elaine, Lexi, Megan, Holly, Lisa & Melanie's niece McCartney.

McKenzie, Kallie, & Lauren.

McKenzie & I played on a rec women's basketball team. We took 1st place in the league but lost in the championship of the tournament. We had so much fun! McKenzie was my whole motivation to play one more year but now that she is moving to Logan, I am retiring - BELIEVE it or not!

Brock, Merri & Maddi were in our Stake Musical. They put in a ton of hours practicing and it turned out awesome!! Brock was in "Oliver". Merri & Maddi were in "Joseph and the Amazing Techincolor Coat". They had a lot of fun and were happy with their perfomances. It was a great opportunity to do something that doesn't come along very often. In all, there were songs and scenes performed from nine different muscials. Amazing the talent from our stake in little old Centerville.

Brock in "Oliver

Maddi in "Joseph"

Maddi & Merri.

Merri in "Joseph"

Merri, Maddi & Brock.

Sleeping Like An Angel

 

This is what is was like taking care of Justin while Mommy Leigh was in the hospital having baby Lindsey. Priceless. More photos and news to follow...

SHOPPING AT IKEA

McKenzie, Elaine and I went "bumming" around at Ikea. We had tons of fun looking at all the bazillion and one items that they seem to have there. We had lunch-then cinammon rolls and frozen yogurt and even spent $$ - which is hard for McKenzie to do. We were there about 4 hours and Raymond wondered how in the world we could spend that many hours shopping. Apparently, he has never been to Ikea!!

Elaine being silly.

"E" thinking she is Martha Stewart.

Celine Concert

Fran, McKenzie, Raymond (he got to go because Elaine was unable to go) and I went to the Celine Dion concert the other night. Origianlly she was supposed to be here last Nov. but had to postpone because of sickness. We had a great time and she put on an awesome show. Raymond and I saw her when she was in Las Vegas and this was every bit as good. Her show had all the "bells and whistles". If you ever have the chance to see her, be sure to go!

Elaine and Anne Skiing at Snowbasin

Elaine and I went skiing last week a couple of days after Snowbasin (our very favortie resort) had received about 34 inches of new snow. We picked the perfect warm, sunny day. In fact, there was almost too much snow for us. By afternoon, the nicely groomed runs were pretty mogully (is that a word?) and the snow had been pushed here and there. But really, we couldn't complain - it was awesome and we were wishing our whole family had been with us.

Anne skiing down "Bear Hollow".

E on "Bear Hollow".

Elaine skiing down "School Hill".

E & A in the Middle Bowl Express gondola.

By the end of the day, Elaine was using her "best" form. Quite the snow plow - in fact, I was cracking up so bad I could hardly take these pictures!!

Nice Snow Plow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Skiing with the Pugs

I've meaning to post these pictures for a couple of weeks now. I went skiing with Mark and Preston at Deer Valley while Kate, Lindsay and Nick were in their ski lessons. It was a great ski day and it was so fun to try and keep up with my bros. Gotta be fast with these pugs!!! Then we hooked up with the "little bombers" after their lessons and tried to keep up with them. HA!!!!

Why We Love Minnesota in the Winter

Here in Minnesota it is of supreme importance to find reasons to love where we live. Here are a few winter scenes that show this.