Monday, April 11, 2011

Birthdays Galore!

We have had many birthday's since the beginning of the year in our immediate family...
Tanner, Will, Hudson, Hannah Mary and Chad's big 50th! Here are a few of the highlights...

Happy Birthday Tanner... Finally a teenager!! Big 13!!



Rollin' in the dough! Our last big gift to Will...money for his MCAT course. Good luck hon!


Will's Favorite thing in the whole world...being the center of attention. Yee Hah!


Hudson Celebrates his 19th Birthday. What a wonderful young man!


Hannah got a few celebrations this year... Dinner with Chad and the boys after Colton's freezing Lacrosse game...

Dinner at Tucano's...

And ice cream cake and presents at home... We love you Hannah!


And my 46th Birthday was in there, but low key this year because I celebrated mine with the Birthday boy below...




To celebrate the Big 5-0, I did exactly what my Sweetheart wanted....no big parties, no surprises. He just wanted to go to the Mountain West Conference Championships and watch BYU and Jimmer Fredette play. The Bar association made it possible by coupling some CLE to the event. Not only was there Legal Education credit to be had, but it was at UNLV where the basketball championships were being held. I tried to keep it a surprise, but how do you keep flying out of town a surprise? He loved it! We stayed in the smoke free Signature towers of the MGM Grand. The BYU team also ended up in those towers so that was a treat. It was also fun to run into Hannah's dad, brother Tanner and her uncles and cousins. We texted with them during the games. It was such a delight to see them again. Too bad her mom couldn't come. It would have been fun to have girl time during the conference. As it was I ended up sleeping for several hours. I needed this weekend as much as Chad. The other great thing is that Chad has now been with me longer than he was without me. What a great life we have had together. I love him very much. Happy Birthday honey! Love Jam

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Dear Elder McKay, You are hereby called to serve...



Yep...Hudson's Mission call came! He must have been a bit nervous during reading as it sounds like he said Tahora instead of Torreon...but it is to the Torreon Mexico Mission and he leaves August 24th for the MTC.

We are so excited for him! Hannah hid his call because she wanted to delay his leaving until after Jacob gets home. Funny little sister. It is always pretty hard on the little girls. They hate to see the brothers go. It is such a great experience for the boys! Hudson will be so missed. He is a go-to, peaceful member of our family. He has such a bright future! Like the other boys, he will be out with another one of his brothers. Jake comes home in January 2012 so they will overlap for 4-5 months. Depending on Gabe's call, we should have our first window with everyone home in between Hudson and Gabe. I have put everyone on alert to look their best in the Fall of 2013 for our first Family picture with everyone in 6.5 years!
Congratulatons Huddy! We love you!


Hudson with his darling girlfriend Ellen Christianson