Fun times with my sisters and the kiddos!

Paula, Lauren, David, Shaylee, Brenda, and Wyatt

Last week (March 16) on a nice spring day my sisters came up for a visit.  I love spending time with my sisters and I wish I lived closer so we could get together more often.  I have been feeling pretty down lately, and let's face it, I hate winter!  So the sunshine and the company was much needed!  

                                       

                       Shaylee, Lauren, Brem, and Wyatt feeding the ducks

Shaylee loves her cousin David!

My mom sent this to me today and I liked it!  It kind of reminds me of how I grew up... my parents were always fixing things and making do, and now I get to do the same things with my own family.  Some days I get discouraged when there doesn't seem to be enough money, and then I am reminded of what is most important in my life.  Reminders like this get me through the hard times, and during those times I am most especially thankful to my beautiful family!  I am all too aware of how important it is to love your family while they are here, and thankful for beautiful memories with my dad now that he is not.  

My parents in Alaska, 2005

Moving Day

On Friday Afternoon (March 19, 2010) the Chappell's and Aune's gathered at Scott and Fedra's house in Suncrest which is at the top of the mountain in Draper.  It was moving day for the Chappell's and we were there to help them move their belongings out to the street and into these things called "pods".  Pods are storage units that are delivered right to your door, then picked up and stored when they are loaded...SWEET! Why were Pods not invented when I was moving, seriously?  Of course it had to snow, and it was pretty cold, but there were a lot of us there to help out, so that made it go pretty fast (I'm sure Scott and Fedra would say differently since they have been packing for weeks, and they still had a whole day of moving on Saturday too).  Okay so helping my brother move seriously reminded me why I should never do it again myself!  It is a huge job!

Scott and Fedra's house in Suncrest

Scub and Muth...Love these two!

I'm happy that Scub and Fedra were able to sell their house, and will now be moving down into the valley a little closer to the family. However, it was a bittersweet day. It's always sad to say good-bye to a home where you have built beautiful memories. Scott expressed how hard it was for him to leave his home, because of the memories that he and his family have of  the home that they built as their forever home. The hardest part for him in leaving are the memories that he has of our dad helping him clear the scrub oak from off of their property and of the good old Gusty helping Scott build the shelves in his garage.

                                                                                                                              

Eric, Lor, and Jeff using their muscles!

Too much fun for Lysster on a Friday night!

  Dan, Jeff, Muth, Danz, and Scub taking a break!

                             Scott and Muth loading the pod

                                   Miss Ann hard at work