Here is our sweet little girl

We are so happy to have our sweet girl with us! She has brought such a special feeling to our home. Keegan loves his little sister, he likes to give her kisses and makes sure she is ok if he hears her sneeze or cry. It is definitely an adjustment for him and he has thrown a couple of good fits for us but he is so darn nice and will be a super big brother.

We love you all and hope you have a very merry Christmas, I bet it is especially exciting with the return of the Stevens!

Mauri and the Girls
Andy already has tummy problems

Down on the River Walk

Yummy Dim Sum Dinner

Millers in Singapore

SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Lisel and Happy Late Birthday Britta!!

Brit, I hope you had a fun day. I was with Ali and we kept saying we need to call Britta and then we would realize it was the middle of the night there and then the day got away from us. But we were thinking about you all day and hope you had a special day. Love you.
Lis, To us your Birthday is Tomorrow, I hope it is great. But to you I think it is over and you are asleep. So I hope it was fun and great and that you know how much we love you.
Can't wait to see you all.

Typical Girl

I came downstairs and this is what I found. Maybe she is trying to unwind and relax a little, or find the latest and greatest info.

Happy Halloween!!!

Scary

cute little monkey!!

Fun and scary Halloween!!!!!

Todd was the only scary one and had all the kids crying.  Thanks to Ali and Steve for the use of their home and for throwing a great party!!!

Our Punkins


Happy Halloween!

Bucket Head.

Happy 1st Birthday Alton

Hi Every One!!

Hi every body are you wondering what those elephants are? In the Resort we stayed in they had kids classes and me and Lisel went to a class where they taught you how to make animals out of towles! We will show you how to make them when we get back!!! Nan and Pop I want you to come in December so you can come on our flight we are going to stop in Hong Kong for 2 or 3 days! I hope you guys are having a good time!! I am planing my birthday party and I decided to go see High School Musical 3 is it out there yet? If it is tell me how it was. I am starting to make alot of friends and I am getting used to school! I love my class because we have so many class pets! My class has 5 fish 1 hamster and a bird!! My class is a zoo!!!! Well keep e-mailing me and blogging! Love you all,
Britt

YOU KNOW WHERE I WANT TO GO WHEN I GET TO UTAH............................CAFE RIO!!!!!!

Lis

HI EVERYBODY

So I guess its true.

We are moving back in December or January!!! I am sad to leave but so excited to see you.
Mar and And I am so excited to see you in November. I am sad Cason and Tado aren't coming though.
Pop you better get out here you are running out of chances!!!!!
LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU,
Lis

This was the other day at mu house Kline and Peyt got in trouble, so I made them put their noses to the wall it was so funny.
We went to the State Fair, and as always there is a sketchy crowd. On the way out they gave us these noses so we thought we would take a pic.
Abbie's first soccer game she loved it.
Here is the famous Kayla and Cameron. They are so little.

Congratulations Jor and Mandy!

Wow another one on the way!!! I am so excited. I just found out from reading your comment to Lisel Mandy. I am really happy for you guys. I hope you are feeling well. How far along are you? Lots of love,
Jerry

Hi Guys!! These are some things I have been doing:

I miss you all so much! I just got back from a 3 day 2 night stay at a camp. It was really weird. I ate discusting food for breakfast I had watery eggs, 2 pieces of yellow sasages, and 3 pieces of bread with jam. All I ate was the bread and jam. Well I had alot of fun though. I slept in a non airconditioned cabin with 20 other 6th grade girls that go to my school. I repelled, rock climbed, I did a high ropes course, but my favorite was a small tunnel it was clastraphobic and dark but it waas SOOO much fun!!! When I got back the next night I went to a ballroom and etiquette class. I ballroom dances with about 6 boys and I had so much fun. Then I had the best dinner ever at the American Club for the etiqutte lesson. I had a blast.
Ali and whoever sent the movie and everything else we sure enjoyed it!! I invited all my neighborhood friend over for a party and we watched it. Thanks!!
Well, I miss you and love you, Lis

Oh yay!! I forgot she can do "EVERYTHING" herself!!!

BIg Girl Totsie

Wears big girl undies, has her ears pierced and now a dance class, what else could you ask for!!!!

Professional Wakeboarder in the House!!!

We have been having a lot of fun on the boat and Cason and Mckay are getting very good on the wakeboard. The boys are back in school and gone all day, so Tori is my little shadow and never more than 3 steps away from me. She is potty trained as of 2 weeks ago and doing great. She now thinks she is even bigger and older, and needs to go to school and thinks she can walk to her friends house all by herself, and really wants to ride the bus. She informd me there is a seat for her on the bus. She is so FULL of it, but cute as ever and so much fun. Love to all.

Happy 4th Birthday Batman!!

Peyt, Thanks for reminding us all how to grab life by the horns and show it whos boss. We love you and are so glad you're a part or our family!!

Cannot wait to see all in St. George!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CAFE RIO

HOPE YOU ARE ALL PLANING TO PICK US UP @ THE AIRPORT AND GOING TO CAFE RIO!!! LIS

THE BLOG HAS BEEN DEAD FOR A LONG TIME!!! CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL IN 2 DAYS!!!!!!!!!
MISSING YOU AND LOVING YOU,
LuLu

Happy Birthday Party for Beckham, Aniston & Ella

We had a great b-day party for the three one year olds. We enjoyed some fire roasted hot dogs, watching the kids eat cupcakes in kid style, & chatting of course. To finish it off we had a heated, uneven game of team #1 booty kickin' kickball. Great Family, Great Memories!! Love to ALL!!

Does anyone have a carseat I could use for Ava for 8 weeks? I hate to haul hers clear around the world again! Also, is the booster I left at Mom's still there so I can use it for Stelly? Let me know gals. Thanks, I've been impatiently waiting for some more blog posts@! Joce

The Darby's Little Ray of Sunshine!

This was Alton on Mother's Day. It was finally warm enough to wear the cute outfit Muno gave him at one of my showers.
He Loves Mickey Mouse(Thanks to the TV show Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) and this was taken right after we gave him a stuffed Mickey Mouse that we got for our future kids back in October of 2004!

HI Guys!!!!!!!!!! MIss you all and love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIS

American Idol!!!!!

There are some sad girls at our house. They were so let down when Cook won. I sort of figured that would be the outcome, but they sure had their hopes up. Love to all! Joce

Vesak Day in Singapore!

Last Saturday our neighborhood and a huge yard sale, all the families with 2 kids getting rid of their barely used stuff that are moving back to the states. As you can see we made a haul! Mostly books for the kids, but a few other treasures as well. The other to photos are today. We were off work and school for Budha's birthday. We'll take a holiday whenever we can get it! We had a fun day together as a family. We took the girls on this hike to Faber Mountain. We walked across this great bridge that looks like a giant golden snake when it's lit up at night. Then we went swimming at the fun condo pool of Spen's work buddy. When we got home we ordered pizza for dinner. It is so nice to have a day off all together. It was fun talking to some of you this morning. Love you all so much!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!

Just want all the moms to know how great you all are and how grateful I am to have your examples in my life. Have a wonderful day and remember we are doing the most important work -- raising our sweet children who call us MOM!! Love you all

Fun with the Monkeys!

This was a great place to spend a Sunday afternoon! So crazy to be surrounded by monkeys, and such a beautiful setting. And of course I had to add Stelly thinking she's all that with her new $1 cell phone purchased at the "Junk shop" in Indonesia along with little pretend hamsters for all the girls.

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR CUTE MUFF!!!!

Some more pics from our trip

Spen and the girls in the junk shop! THey found more treasures in this little store, and all left with a BIG smile on their face and a fake hamster in hand!
Heather and I at the school, Love her, she is so great!
The kids with the kids at the school
This little girl was so cute, I had to get her photo

Our trip to Indonesia

All the kids together, 10 in all!
Some more gorgeous sunsets!
This is the pool We had our driver take us to a school. We were able to buy a bunch of school supplies and balls and candy and we took it to them. We sang songs with them and taught them Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, If your Happy and You Know It, and some others. The kids whined the whole way to the school that they wanted to go back and swim, but after they said, " We are so glad we went there, that was the best part of the trip. We can swim anytime!" The little Indonesian kids were so cute!

We had such a great time with the Escher family on our 3 day trip. We took a ferry from Singapore. It was a much nicer place than in Malaysia, more like a resort. The kids had so much fun swimming and playing, but the school was definately the highlight. We got back Saturday night just in time to go to church to be sustained as Primary President and Spen as 1st counselor in the Young Mens! Goodybye free time, Hello blessings! Right?!

Spen and Joce's Bee theory

We got talking Sat afternoon and came up with the following:

Being as Dad is terribly allergic to bee's and money is supposedly tight and Mom is on a strict budget AND Dad has a rediculous amount of life insurance the obvious answer is -

that Mom is trying to kill dad for his life insurance money!

What are we going to do with that woman. Even though Dad's net worth has dropped like the water at Utah Lake, we all still love him. But you know Mom, always out for the $$$$!!!!
Don't you all miss my sass? I sure miss all of you. It's almost May!! Yeah!

Mechams fun in St. George, Thanks Dad!

Ella's 1st time swimming, she loved it!
chilling at the pool
working on their tans
Hiking at Pioneer Park
Double Trouble, good thing their so cute