Thursday, May 12, 2011

Omaha,St. Louie, Plymouth, Jacksonville and Easter in Idaho Falls....

April 2011, Robert and I had dentist appointments with our new Dentist, while we were there we got the opportunity to see three grandsons, our daughter, daughter in-law and son...
You can't go to Omaha without visiting the Omaha gardens, it was so much fun and the weather was really nice then we heard.....bang, bang, bang, sounded like firecrackers.. we soon found out that the police had tried to serve a warrant to a resident who lived near by and he pulled a gun and was shot and killed....Wow Lot's of drama, cut our visit to the garden's a little bit short.

Beautiful Nikki with our big boy Beckham....


Kelan and Grandpa with alike shirts....

Grandpa with 3 out of 5 of his grandsons....

Grandma and Grandpa with Kelan in the gardens

Kelan with the tropical fish

Robyn with her new Dentist....


The Cathedral at the Creighton University


Kelan loves T-ballRobyn was excited when Ansley moved to St. Louis, she has relatives in Plymouth, WI, Ansley traveled with Robyn to visit them after the Omaha visit...

This picture is part of the school where Robyn's grandma went in Mitchell, WI.



Brunch in Cascade, WI. at a darling place on the main drag...


Ansley with Aunt Betty, my dad's last living sibling

My cousin Jon with his wife SueAnn at their garage with amazing car collection

Jon with his most recent car that he is renovating

Jon and Sue have a beautiful home on the Lake Ellen they graciously invited Ansley and I to dinner along with Jayne and Thom and Michael, Lori and their children and Aunt Betty. The Brats were the best.....


Their back yard...

Jon with Jayne's husband Thom


Jayne and Thom Lorenz with Michael and Lori's baby daughter...Jayne is the nanny for this lucky little girl...


Michael, Lori and family


Jon Michael with his son Michael out on the deck..


This is the Plymouth train station where my Grandpa Hodge worked....


The school that my Dad and his family attended. It has been added onto but the main part is still there....


The only picture I took in St. Louis of Ansley cutting Cohen's hair the night before we flew to Wisconsin, I am so grateful for her that she was able to go with me and be my traveling companion, I am also grateful for TJ for watching over Cohen while we were away.


Sue and Jon with one of there favorites...


Grandma and Grandpa Hodge's house in Plymouth, WI.


Ansley and I with Jon

Aunt Betty with Michael


This is the only picture I took in Jacksonville, Illinois, this is picture of Cohen playing in TJ's aunt and uncle's basement. After Wisconsin we traveled about a hour and a half to Jacksonville to babysit while the aunt and uncle were traveling. I went along on the adventure and wish I had taken more pictures. The children were wonderful and we had a fun time.


Ansley, TJ, and Cohen came to visit and while they were here we went to the Idaho Falls Zoo. There was this cute nest and this is probably an appropriate time to say Ansley is on the nest due 11/01/11. We are so excited grandbaby #10


Love this picture of Ansley and Cohen in the cracked egg....kind of a cute easter picture....


The Monkey's are really good at the Idaho Falls Zoo....

Cute Family Picture with the Tiger


Annual Easter Egg Hunt with Merilee and her Roomates and Morgan's boyfriend, Byron...


Merilee and Byron being Silly...

The Winner's of the Hunt, they helped hide the Eggs but they gave the candy that they won to the roomates after they left Idaho. They also bought a ton of candy to go with the ton of candy we had already bought. The Anderson Easter Egg Hunt is an annual event...We always have extra people and lots of fun....


Cohen finds an egg and lifts his basket like a purse....We saved the master bedroom and bath for him....

Love this boy....


Byron, Merilee, Morgan, Sydney and TJ.....wait where is Jordan...

TJ, Ansley, Jordan and Robert


The Bunnel family..

It's a party....




Coloring easter eggs....









Although I'm sure it looks like we overdo the buying part of Easter, we want you to know that we believe......in Christ...we are so grateful for his sacrifice and the real reason we celebrate Easter, we know because of Him we will live again....we are so grateful for that knowledge....






































































































Sunday, March 6, 2011

BYU-Idaho Center BYU Basketball

Mountain West Conference Co-Champions
Congratulations Cougars...

Final Score

The Blue Guys kept screaming for Brandon Davies but when the finally got ahead far enough they brought out this sign, WE ARE BACK.....

too far ahead, Ferdette taken out...

Jimmer Ferdette


The Student Body was amazing....it was incredible, they all did a song and dance....very entertaining



Technical Foul

Pow-Wow with the Coaches



Jimmer on the Jumbo Tron


Robert's birthday present from the kids was two tickets to the last home game for the 2011 season for BYU....they played Wyoming. The first half was really close but after a few minutes in the second half BYU got a ten point lead and stayed there the rest of the game. Yes this is Jimmer shooting a foul shot, he had 38 points.


It was Jimmer's last game in the regular season as a BYU cougar


Cheerleaders and Cougarettes, senior day, lots of exciting, entertaining things happening...

Happy Robert in his BYU jacket

shooting practice before the game...

Beautiful view of Rexburg?....that's what they told us.....someday I'm sure it will be...It has changed a lot since we were there in 1977, but not quite beautiful yet.....The Idaho Center was very impressive...

Meriee and her Daddy...

Rob and Rob


View from the second level Impressive lighting....the lights are on the wall, and they reflect to the lights on the ceiling....


Rexburg, Temple from the BYU-Idaho Center....

Track above the Intermural Courts

Beautiful Artwork...

10 Intermural Courts, lots of sweaty bodies...


Beautiful Activities Director, seating at her desk in the Manwaring Center

Our beautiful BYU-Idaho Center in Rexburg, Idaho...

Seats 15 thousand...


New Manwaring Center, Office for Activity Planning


Modern planning office