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2012-01-02T12:27:00.000-08:00

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2012-01-02T12:16:00.001-08:00

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2011-09-13T20:23:00.000-07:00

Kendall & Kate are off to the hospital, Kate woke up at 7:40 because her water broke. She was not having many contractions when she arrived at the hospital, We all started a pool to see who could guess all of the important things like time of birth, weight, length, hair color and if he wold look more like Mom or Dad. The best prediction was Makall's she guessed he wold be 9 lbs. and 12 inches long (you could tell she had no idea how long a full term baby should be). Jordan had the nicest prediction of what the delivery time would be, he guessed 4 pm. The Doctor came in around 10:30 he checked her and she was dilated to 1 cm & 50% effaced. At that time Kendall and I changed our guess of birth time and put it back by 6 or so hours. Kate then went for a walk, got back tot he room and rested for 2 hrs, at the end of that 2 hours she was tot he point she could not stand the pain any more. We were hoping she had changed a little the nurse said she could give her some fentanyl because she was sure it was to soon to get an epidural. We were all so surprised when she checked her and she was dilated to 8 cm. No wonder she was in pain, that was when Kate went from the top of the family whipm list to the top of the toughest girl list. They called for the Dr to come from the OR to do the epidural. He did not get there in time, shortly after that she had to push, and it was all over from there, the Dr barely made it there in time. She was an amazing girl, you would have thought she had gone to weeks of natural childbirth classes. She never screamed yelled or swore at her husband and told him she hated him.

Blake Kendall Christensen was born at 3:40 p.m. after only a few pushes, once his head was born without even another push our he came. The Dr almost dropped him he came so fast.

Because he had such a fast labor his head was round and perfect, no cone head for Blake. (I'm sure Kendall was a little sad because he wanted some black mail pictures for when he was older!)

He weighted 7 lbs- 15 ounces, was 21 inches long and had dark hair. We know he doesn't look much like Kate when she was born so I guess he looks like Kendall. We are trying to find some of his baby pictures.

I don't think I have seen a happier, prouder new Dad, Kendall never stopped smiling.

Blake is just like his Dad, every time you try to take his picture he sticks out his tongue!

What a happy grandma I am, nothing better than another grand baby to spoil!

Avery Helen Squire

2011-05-17T11:55:00.000-07:00

Avery Helen Squire was born May 14th at 10:56 a.m. She weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces. Exactly what her mom weighed. Morgan went to the hospital at 8 a.m. Had her epidural around 10:30 and had a baby a few minutes later. Some people make hard things look so easy. We are so excited to have a new member of our family and such a cute one as well.

Makall feels pretty special because she is the first Aunt to get to hold Avery!

The new Squire Family photo

Brynlee is doing what all big sisters should do. She is teaching Avery the important things in life like playing games and watching movies on Gaga's phone.

Brynlee with her new baby Donut???

Papa Kim brought donuts to the hospital, Brynlee loved the donut with sprinkles so much she named her new doll "Baby Donut" we tried to help her pick a new name but she is a little stubborn and knows what she wants. I'm afraid it will be Baby Donut forever.

Happy new Grandma!

Brynlee with her new little sister.

Another grand baby to love, we are so excited

2011-03-07T13:47:00.000-08:00

Kate and Kendall's little "Peanut" Kate is due Sept 13th, Kendall is sure they are having a boy?? time will tell. We are so excited for them. Kate has been very sick but is finally feeling a little bit better.

Spain 2011

2011-02-27T12:24:00.000-08:00

Our 1st impression of Spain was interesting; a young man with a Mercedes, nice car, picked us up at the airport. We then checked into a very nice hotel on the beach with a beautiful view, took our bags to the room and came down to check out the hotel. We soon realized that we were in what seemed to be a retirement home on the beach. The nightly activities the hotel offered were a hit with the Sr. citizens. They all got their seats in the lounge 2 hours before each nightly performance. We had flamingo dancers that I think forgot to take lessons, a Hollywood night that they lip synced to Broadway tunes and it went down hill from there.

We then went outside to the snack bar, not quite what we had in mind, but oh well!

2011-02-22T23:53:00.000-08:00

Paris 2011

2011-02-22T13:19:00.000-08:00

Day 5 in Paris

2011-02-21T23:18:00.000-08:00

Day 4 in Paris. More fun things to see!

2011-02-20T23:07:00.000-08:00

The Arch de Triomph during the day was not quite as spectacular as in the night time. The view from the top was pretty cool.

Day 3 in Paris

2011-02-19T15:36:00.001-08:00

we had a fun time in the rain, it poured all day. We were a little wet to say the least. We went to Notre-Dame, the Catacombs, The Eiffel Tower, The Arc De Triumph, Mulon Rouge and the Fountain of St Michaels. It was amazing. This one is the water coming out of the gargoyle, the only good thing about the rainy day. It rained all day long. But we made the best of it.

Sad end to the day, yes I dropped my good camera!!! Bad news is the lens is toast, good thing is the camera still works with the big lens!!!!

What a crazy place, thousands of dead people all lined up with no where to go. You have to see it to beleive it.

An awesome farmers market, they sell all kinds of things from flowers to fruit, clothes, and jewelry.

In side of Notre-Dame!

Notre-Dame in the pouring rain.

What would a trip to Paris be with out seeing the Mulon Rouge.

The Eiffel Tower is as amazing as you may think. Awesome to see at night, can't wait to see it in the day time.

The Arc De Triomphe at night was amazing, cant wait to see it during the day time and go to the top.

We walked 10.5 miles the 2nd day. had dinner at a local french restaurant. What a fun day

We walked 24093 steps, which is 11.4 miles.

Day 2 in Paris The fun begins at the Louvre

2011-02-18T22:36:00.000-08:00

There were to many to count marble statues, here are some of the highlights. Minus the nude ones which there was the most of.

Family portraits!

John the Baptist!

One wing of the museum was the living quarters of Napoleon. a little over the top for my taste, no wonder the people revolted when the leaders were living like this and they were all starving!

Napoleon's throne.

His wives diamond broach

One of the many rooms decorated in gold trim that covered all of the walls.

One of the queen's many jeweled crowns!

The girls should recognize this from our picture picture game at home! We couldn't find the Lipshitz any where.

We walked 22269 steps, which is 10.5 miles we were ready for a nice quiet dinner after that long walk! Trace had mushroom pasta. I had chicken with pasta. It was amazing!

1st day in Paris

2011-02-17T22:23:00.000-08:00

We arrived in Paris after a long flight, we were very tired so we went for a walk to see a little of the part of town we were staying in. We had dinner at a local restaurant, the food was awesome. Salmon is good anywhere! They even have Diet coke, it did taste a little different than usual. We were able to order out food speaking french, the waiter even knew what I was trying to say. Thank goodness for a crash course in french.

This is the restaurant we ate at.

Katie's wedding

2010-06-10T21:39:00.000-07:00

Kate's Bridal shoot

2010-05-24T22:03:00.000-07:00

Kate & Kendall are engaged!!!

2010-05-10T22:19:00.000-07:00

Jenns's 18th Birthday! Happy Birthday Jenna. We love you

2009-12-24T15:17:00.000-08:00

Brinlee's 1st Christmas

2009-12-20T17:54:00.000-08:00

Brynlee looked so cute in her Christmas outfit.

Awesome Kids at Christmas

2009-12-20T17:47:00.000-08:00

Makall and her friends did an awesome service this Christmas, one of their friends has a cousin with cancer, the family did not have enough money for Christmas so Makall and her friends raised over $1200.00 to do Christmas for the family. They went door to door all over Layton selling pizza's. When they were delivering the pizza's they even found time to shovel the neighbor's drive way.

Chatwin Family Christmas Party

2009-12-12T18:57:00.000-08:00

Te Chatwin Party was Brynlee's 1st visit with Santa, Morgan, Jordan and Brynlee were the only ones who could come. Kate & Jenna were at work & Makall was selling pizza with her friends.

Give Thanks!

2009-11-26T20:25:00.000-08:00

We had a quiet Thanksgiving dinner with just our family, Brynlee is only 1 month old and wedon't want her to be around to many people. We didn't like sick babies. Jenna was the hero, she made all of the pies, set the table and helped Mom with dinner. Morgan made the best sweet potatoes ever. After dinner we played games. It was a great day, we have much to be thankful for.

More baby pictures

2009-10-31T15:04:00.000-07:00

Brynlee on Halloween, Jordan went to the U football game so we stayed home and played dress up!

Brynlee, 3 days old. She is such a good baby, she is awake a lot for a 3 day old but never makes a peep. She loves to be snuggled.

Brynlees 1st photo shoot with Grandma. We have so many cute pictures of a baby it is crazy, and all of them are so cute its hard to decide which one to scrapbook.

Welcome Brynlee Virginia Squire !!!!!

2009-10-29T16:31:00.000-07:00

Morgan and Jordan have great news that they are sharing with all of us, their baby has finally arrived. Brynlee Virginia Squire was born October29th at 12:26 P.M. Morgan went into labor around 10:00P.M. on the 28th, she was smart enough to stop her blood thinners she has been taking for her blood clot. She went to the hospital around 3 A.M. Dr. Hurst came around 8:00 and broke her water. After a few contractions she was ready for her epidural. By 9:00 she had dilted to 5 cm. When the nurse checked her an hour later to everyoned surprise she was completely dilated. The Dr. arrived at noon and Brynlee was born at 12:26. She came out crying which is always a relief. Jordan was able to cut the cord, she had apgar scores of 8& 9. What a wonderful surprise for all of us! Brynlee weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces and is 19 1/2 inches long. She was wide awake for quite a while. Morgan looked great, no one would have ever guessed she had just had a baby, good job Morgan your awesome.

The Halloween Party

2009-10-27T18:49:00.000-07:00

We had a scaled down party this year, we had to do it early because Kate & Linda both had to work on Halloween night. Morgan and Jordan have been getting ready for the baby so there costumes were well hard to find. I guess they were dressed up like parents. We had pizza for dinner and then carved pumpkins.

Roller skating

2009-08-29T21:27:00.000-07:00

Reagan got a free roller skating coupon from school so we all decided to go skating. The girls had alot of fun. Jim decided it would be easier to teach his girls to skate if he knew how to skate himself. Lucky for the girls Favorite Aunt Linda and Katie knew how to skate. Megan decided that being pregnant was not the best time to skate so she was our photographer.

Afternoon swim

2009-08-28T21:14:00.000-07:00

We had a fun afternoon swimming at the community pool, we floated down the lazy river & sat in the hot tub. Bekah went down the water slide and Reagan was brave and walked on the floating log.

Fun times in Denver

2009-08-27T20:58:00.001-07:00

We went for a short visit Denver Our first stop was to Maggiano's for dinner. They have the best Italian food ever. Jim meet us for dinner on his way home from work.

The girls like the table with the chandelier over it, it reminds them of The Phantom of the Opera. For desert we shared a peanut butter stack. It was almost as good as the dinner but not quite.

Our new puppy

2009-08-25T20:12:00.000-07:00

Our new puppy Cocoa!

Morgan's nursery

2009-08-24T01:42:00.000-07:00

Morgan's nursery is coming along nicely, she and Jordan are getting it painted, Jenna and I helped her with the polka-dot wall.

Best Dog ever

2009-08-18T18:56:00.000-07:00

Parke family at Tony's Grove

2009-07-10T17:59:00.000-07:00

Let Freedom Ring

2009-07-04T15:58:00.000-07:00

Family fun

2009-06-29T22:59:00.000-07:00

More fun in Moroni

2009-06-28T00:50:00.000-07:00

The morning after the pagent we had a great breakfast with pancakes, bacon, eggs and fresh fruit. After breakfast the kids of all ages had fun riding DJ & Austin's go cart and four wheelers. The kids all waited patiently to have a turn.

Once the kids were done playing we went for a hike up Box Canyon, it was beautiful. Unfortunately the Chatwin's had to leave early because Mom was on call that afternoon.

ON the way home we noticed the Tahoe was making a funny noise. We pulled of off the freeway in Payson . Hoping for good news like a nail in the tire or something like that we were extremely disappointed when the mechanic told us we had blown the engine. We had to have it towed to Layton. We got home very late, definitely not in time to cover the on call shift i was supposed to cover. Thank goodness Tammy was able to cover for me until I got home. $3500.00 and 3 weeks later the Tahoe was ready to roll, what a great deal!

Lunch with favorite Aunt Linda

2009-06-08T22:09:00.000-07:00

Bryson & Ashlyn had a fun afternoon with Makall & Favorite Aunt Linda. 1st we went to lunch, it was Brysons turn to pick where we went, he picked Applebee's. The kids had corndogs and icecream sundae's. After lunch we went Galactic Golfing. The kids had more fun climbing on all of the crazy props than golfing but it was fun.

The Garden

2009-06-07T23:08:00.000-07:00

We have spent many hours in the yard this spring, our garden isn't huge but big enough for us. We have planted beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, cucumbers, squash, basil and raspberries. Makall has been lucky enough to help, with only a little whining she planted the beans, you might have thought she was being tortured but she survived. We also have planted a new peach tree and an apple tree. We also re did the pond and made it a little bigger, now if we can get the water clear we will be set!

Parke Family Visit

2009-06-07T22:33:00.000-07:00

Robert and his family came from New York for a surprise visit, Alexis was a little shy at first, it only took a little time for her to warm up. She played with Ashlyn and favorite Aunt Linda, we played doll house, when the van tipped over Aunt Linda helped her bandage all of the people's boo boo's as Alexis called them. The next day we planted some flowers for Grandma Parke.

Alexis is just like all of the nieces and nephews, if you bribe them with a treat of course they will call you favorite Aunt Linda. We had to go to Home Depot to get some potting soil for grandma. After that we went for ice cream, we had lots of fun.

A day at the Zoo

2009-05-31T17:49:00.000-07:00

We had our annual trip to the zoo with Grandpa Parke, it was the perfect weather, it was a little crowded but it was a holiday. Grandpa has his new motorized wheel chair. Only Makall and Linda was abler to go from the Chatwin family, Katie & Jenna were both at work, Trace was cleaning out the garage. We are finally moved in after 14 years, he found a few boxes that had never been unpacked. Morgan and Jordan were in Park City with the Squires.

Landon is incognito heiding behind the leaves, all the kids had a ride on the merry-go-round.

Trace's Birthday 2009

2009-05-23T21:31:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Trace's 48th Birthday, we had a fun afternoon. We had a bar-b-q with hamburgers and shrimp salad, then we went inside and played curses and opened presents.

Morgan's Birthday

2009-05-13T18:37:00.000-07:00

Morgan's 23rd Birthday She is a very accomplished young lady. She is a college graduate, works at Mckay Dee hospital in their NICU, is married to a great man and best of all is expecting her 1st child. We are proud of all she has done with her life and wish her a Happy Birthday! We love you Morgan.

For her Birthday she asked for Disney movies, she also got some cookie cutters so she doesn't have to borrow from mom any more. She also got a wii game from her sisters and some new eye shadow.

Happy Birthday Morgan

2009-05-13T15:33:00.000-07:00

Morgan's Birthday! Morgan has had a productive 23 years, she was a perfect baby, she almost never cried, it was hard to tell when she was sick because she didn't get grumpy. She was an awesome little girl, she loved wearing dresses and looking pretty. She then turned into a little hard working, goal setting, high achiever. She started ice skating at age 4 and was hooked. She skated until she was 10 and has a room of trophies and medals to show for it. She was a great student, always on the high honor roll and was in the National Honors society. She received a scholarship to Dixie College after a year down south she transferred to Weber State where she graduated with her bachelors degree. She was married to a wonderful guy in the Salt Lake Temple, they have bought a house in Layton and are now awaiting the birth of their 1st child. She is a hard working wonderful girl who is an example to everyone. We are so proud of all that she has done with her life.

Morgan's 23rd Birthday. Jordan took her to San Diego for her Birthday. They came home on her Birthday and we all went to dinner. Morgan picked her favorite place for dinner, The Olive Garden. After dinner we opened presents. Her sisters gave her a new game for the Wii, She wanted Disney movies so she got a few of them, she also got some new makeup.

Grandbaby #1 on the way

2009-05-10T20:50:00.000-07:00

Best News Ever!!! Morgan has been sick for the last 13 weeks because she is pregnant!!! What exciting news, we are so excited for her and Jordan. She is a very smart girl, if you ask her what she wants a boy or a girl she has the best answer ever and that is all she wants is a 4 chamber heart, intact spinal cord or in other words a healthy baby. She has been very, very, very sick. She throws up every day multiple times, has lost over 10 pounds but thanks to zofran is feeling a little better. She is due November 10th. I am still trying to get used to the idea of being a grandma, it sounds so old. However I couldn't be more excited. Seeing her so sick brings back many memories of when I was expecting her. If I could be sick for her I surely would. Almost 14 weeks, how time flies when your having fun! The 1st photo of my first grandchild, how exciting. I'm sure it is the first of many photo's.

Mothers Day

2009-05-10T20:03:00.000-07:00

Spring is here

2009-04-28T22:09:00.000-07:00

The first signs of spring at the Chatwin's!

Makall Track 2009

2009-04-20T17:05:00.000-07:00

Makall was on the Central Davis Jr. High School track team this year. She ran in the 4 by 4 relay.

Her sisters were a great support and made it to all of her track meets.

Say Cheese!

She also ran the hurdles, she had never done it before and had to practice a lot, the first few times she tried she fell, her knees were all scrapped up for weeks.

We were afraid she would fall during her first track meet, her and her dad went down to the high school many nights so she could get extra practice. Her hard work and extra practicing with her dad paid of, she didn't fall. She didn't get first place but she didn't get last either. She learned a great lesson of how to work hard to reach a goal. We are all proud of her! Way to go Makall.

Easter 2009

2009-04-16T21:47:00.000-07:00

The annual Chatwin Easter Egg Hunt, the gang is ready to go. A few years ago we changed our Easter tradition of everyone getting a new Easter dress. Instead we take the money and get all kinds of gift certificates, gifts and cash. The only rule is you can not open any eggs until all eggs are found and you can only get 12 eggs.

Morgan & Jordan pooling resourses

Which one of these do I want?

Kate hunting in her dress?

Morgan counting her eggs

Makall reaching for the prize

Makall with her favorite prize a travel alarm clock?

Enough gift certificates to pay for many date nights in the future.

Jordan with his collection of Reeces carrots and his favorite, the mini memory album!

Of course Kate has the biggest smile because she found the 2 best gift certificates. I guess this makes up for missing the hunt a few years ago.

Jenna did find the most eggs that only had candy in them but she also got some cash and a few gift cards.

For dinner we had chicken salad on cresants, Makalls favorite kind with grapes in it. for desert we had chocolate covered strawberries, Kate made jello jiggler eggs and cocolate covered davinity eggs. A bit to much sugar but lots of fun.

Easter 2009

2009-04-16T15:39:00.000-07:00

Morgan and Jordan found most of the eggs with the food gift certificates in them.

Annie was the first to find prizes, once the eggs were hidden she found all the ones with candy inside and ate the candy, who knows maybe she ate some money also.

We have an Easter tradition at the Chatwin house,we have a big Easter Egg Hunt, we take the money we used to spend on Easter clothes and buy gift certificates and prizes. Everyone can find 12 eggs, inside is either cash or a number that goes with a prize. Its a lot of fun, no one wants to miss it.

Kate made out the best this year, she found both of the big gift certificates to the mall. What a lucky girl. Jenna found most of the cash.

Denver

2009-04-15T17:51:00.000-07:00

The little girls wanted to do "something fun" so we went to the neighborhood park, it is 3 blocks away from Jim's house so we all went for a walk. Bryson was not to happy when the "BIG KIDS" left without him and he had to walk with the little girls.

Thirsty girls after a lot of playing!

Even the big girls got to swing, Morgan is trying not to throw up.

Bryson is having fun with the "BIG KIDS" Rachael, Makall, Bryson, Jenna, Landon & Devin

Bryson thinks he is Spiderman!

Reagan's big smile showing off her dimples.

Garden of the Gods

2009-04-15T14:38:00.000-07:00

Garden Of The Gods in Colorado City, We spent the night in a hotel then went for a hike? ok it was just a nice walk through the park. The weather was perfect. After the park we went to Wendy's for lunch.

The Chatwin's

The Parke's

All the girls.

The Silverwood's

Can't live without the cell phone.

Peek-a-boo

Bryson, Ashlyn, Reagan, Makall, Rachael, Jenna & Landon

Look how strong these girls are.

Makall, say cheese

What a great view of Pikes Peak!

Regan & Beckah with favorite Aunt Linda, we are scared?

Denver

2009-04-15T11:11:00.000-07:00

We started our trip to Denver with lunch at Maggiano's, it was delicious as always.

Jenna ordered Lasagna; it was big enough to feed the whole family. The food here is awesome; if you ever go to Denver you'll have to try it.

We spent the morning at the Denver temple; the kids did baptisms while the adults went through a session. After we went for ice cream at cold stone.

We went to Colorado Springs for a few days, we went to Garden of the Gods. Makall and Rachael kept busy texting their friends.

The gang at Garden of the Gods.

What strong girls to hold up a rock by them selves!

Reagan and Bekka with favorite Aunt Linda.

We went shopping to the outlet mall, we bought the first thing for Morgans new baby!

We had a fun afternoon doing girl things.

The next day we went to the park.

We also went to the mall so the girls could see the Easter Bunny, Bekka didn't think to much of him.

The little girls got tired of shopping so we went to their favorite place the Disney Store! A fun lunch with everyone at our favorite place in Denver Magiano's

Fun times in Denver for Spring Break

2009-04-14T20:24:00.000-07:00

Fun times in Denver for Spring Break The girls were all out of school, Trace could not get off work, and Jordan had school so we decided to take a road trip "Girls only" to Denver. We listened to Harry Potter n the way down. Nora the navigator lead the way. We had tons of fun even though Morgan was sick with the Egyptian flu.

Fun times in Denver

2009-04-14T19:19:00.000-07:00

The Chatwin's arrived in Denver a few days before the Silverwood's did, we spent the days doing lots of girl things. Morgan and Kate spent a few hours coloring with the little girls. We watched "Phantom" Becka's favorite movie (she is a very sophisticated 3 year old, she has the entire movie memorized and even went the the theater to see the Broadway play with her Dad.) and lots of other princess movies.

Favorite Aunt Linda had fun doing pedicures with the girls.

What do you think?

Cute cousins!! Where is Becka and Jenna?

Becka is finding nail polish,

Jenna is sleeping, how unusual for Jenna, not!

This is the fashion show after 2 days of shopping, everyone got new clothes. What would a shopping trip be if you don't bring something home to show for it?

Becka was a little afraid of the Easter Bunny, she is not afraid of Favorite Aunt Linda so she would get her picture taken for Easter. She wasn't sure why she should see the Easter Bunny because her Dad told her he was the Easter Bunny and left her treats. What a way to spoil a fun holiday. What do you tell her about Christmas Jim?

Reagan's not afraid to give the Easter Bunny a hug as long as someone goes with her, thanks Jenna.

All the little girls with the Easter Bunny, Makall will always be my little girl!

Reagan and Becka got new Easter outfits from the mall.

Favorite Aunt Linda bought them new shoes to go with their dresses. There were cute sandals to match Reagan's dress but she did not want them because her Dad told her that toes are ugly and gross. Jim what are you thinking?

Becka, Kate, Morgan, Makall, Reagan & Jenna. All the girls are ready for a rest, shopping is hard work!

We all got treats from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Jenna wanted ice cream.

Katelyn got a giant peanutbutter cup,

Makall is also a fan of the peanutbutter cup!

Morgan got a giant chocolate covered strawberry.

Reagan was with Morgan on thinking the strawberries looked the best. What do you think of her awesome crown braide Favorite Aunt Linda did?

Morgan liked the strawberry for a little while, then after she was sick she decided maybe it wasn't all so good after all.

Morgan and Reagan both show their dimples.

WOW, time for a break

After a long 2 days of shopping we made it to the girls favorit, the Disney store, Reagan liked Miney Mouse best.

Becka liked Bolt!

All the girls like the Disney store, even if it brings back bad memories for Morgan but that's another story.

3 COOL GIRLS

Random signs in Denver, How can the speed limit be 12-1/2 MPH

Denver Vacation

2009-04-10T14:16:00.000-07:00

We had a girls trip to Denver for spring break. We started with long road trip. Morgan was sick but she didn't do to bad. We only had to stop one time for her to be sick. Once we got to Denver we started with a trip to our favorite Italian restaurant "Magiono's" there food is the best, it makes the olive garden look like fast food. Jenna ordered lasagna it was such a huge piece it could have fed the whole family.

Happy Birthday Kate

2009-03-28T21:07:00.000-07:00

Kate just turned 21, We wanted to do something really fun, Morgan came up with the great idea to get a hotel room and have a girls night out. We planned on dinner, a movie, get up in the morning and go to breakfast then go to the mall. We decided we should invite the men (all 2 of them) to come to dinner with us. We went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Kate was excited because it was her Birthday she got her own meal and a drink, a rear thing if you go to dinner with the Chatwin's. Kate had steak and shrimp and then had Godiva chocolate cheese cake for desert. Unfortunately Kate was sick with the flu, after ordering her birthday dinner she had a few bites then boxed the rest up to take home. She had one small bite of the desert, that was more than enough, Makall and Jenna finished it off.

Show Boat

2009-03-23T05:19:00.000-07:00

Jenna in the High School musical "Show Boat" The show was a big success. after months of practicing the show was finally ready for people to see. Jenna had a small solo number and did a great job. Linda was in charge of all the costumes for the show. It was a full time job for months. I not only made all of Jenna's costumes but made most or all of 19 other costumes. I had way to many all nights sewing sessions. Staying up all night at work is a killer but at least you get paid. See the slide show to see all Jenna's pictures.

Happy Birthday Makall

2009-03-22T23:35:00.000-07:00

Well I tried something different this week, I decided instead of just putting makall's birthday pictures on the blog I should get the scrapbook pages done and post them. It may be killing two birds with one stone but it does take alot longer.

Makall's 14th Birthday

2009-03-22T23:27:00.000-07:00

More Birthday

2009-03-22T23:20:00.000-07:00

Makall's day

2009-03-22T23:13:00.000-07:00

Makall's Birthday Dinner

2009-03-22T22:59:00.000-07:00

Makall's 14th Birthday

2009-03-22T22:29:00.000-07:00

Jenna- Sweethearts

2009-03-02T21:40:00.000-08:00

Jenna's Dance

2009-03-02T21:31:00.000-08:00

Jenna at the High School Valentines Dance. She went with her friend Tim Erickson. They went with a big group of friends. They had a great day activity planned, however the 12 inches of snow put it on hold. Instead they played games at the Chatwin house, had dinner at the Farmer house, went to the dance and came back to the Chatwin's to watch a movie after the dance!

Makall's Solo

2009-03-02T08:21:00.000-08:00

Makall sang " Oh What a Mornin" for her vocal solo, she is one of 3 girls chosen to represent her school at the district competition. Usually only 9th graders get to go so we are all very excited she did so well. Her competition is March 4th, we hope she does as good at the competition as she did at the try outs!

2009-03-01T13:15:00.000-08:00

Makall's try outs for the Jr High choir competition! Makall played "Sonata Op.49 No. 2 by Beethoven"worked on this song for 5 months to be ready for try outs . She played well today, she only made a few mistakes. The next day her teacher had all the finalists play for her again and Makall Unfortunately made a few more mistakes and was not chosen for piano this year. Makall was extremely upset because she had worked so hard on the song. The good news is she gets to represent her school with a vocal solo, the teacher usually only picks 9th graders to go to competition so for Makall to go last year in piano was amazing that hardly ever happens.

Valentine's Day

2009-02-14T21:53:00.000-08:00

Valentines at the Chatwin house, we had a fun Valentines party with lost of good treats.

More Valentines

2009-02-14T21:50:00.000-08:00

We had fondue for dinner with steak, shrimp and all kinds of vegetables, for desert we had chocolate fondue and lots of treats. Valentine cookies, raspberry cheesecake bars and lots of things dipped in chocolate.

Valentine's Day

2009-02-14T21:47:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day

2009-02-14T21:43:00.000-08:00

Jenna's Play

2009-02-01T16:04:00.000-08:00

Jenna was in the school play "Around the world in 80 shows, she was a French model and sang "Nicer in Nice" for her solo number, she was also thing one in the preview of the spring show "Suzical the Musical" Shae had a lot of fun with her friends. Productions (the drama class that she is in) is a very coveted class. Only 12 girls in the entire school get into the class. They have to audition to get in. Last year there were 70 girls who tried out and Jenna was lucky enough to get in. She has had a lot of fun but put in a lot of hours practicing. They are currently working on the big musical play for the year they are preforming "Show Boat" They have practice 4 days a week, it's a lot of fun along with a lot of hard work. See the slide show on the side for more of her pictures from the play!

I-Fly fun

2009-02-01T15:56:00.000-08:00

Trace & Linda went with the Silverwood's to I fly, Bret got us a great discount-you can't get much better than free Trace & Linda went with the Silverwood's to "I Fly" Bret gave us a great discount, you can't get much better than free! It was a lot of fun!

Jordan's Birthday

2009-02-01T13:27:00.000-08:00

Jordan's 23rd Birthday, he wanted a chocolate satin pie instead of a cake!

Happy Birthday Jenna

2009-01-11T15:45:00.000-08:00

Makall planned a surprise party for Jenna for her 17th birthday, she made cupcakes, decorated the basement and got all the games ready. Jenna was very surprised, she had a lot of fun and got some crazy gifts.

New Years

2009-01-09T17:55:00.000-08:00

A fun night of food and fun with the Silverwood"s We went to the Silverwood's for dinner and a night of fun and games. We all played "Rock Band" on the Wei, played games, had a tea party with Ashlyn and had a lot of fun.

New Years Eve

2009-01-09T17:51:00.000-08:00

2009-01-09T17:49:00.000-08:00

The kids spent the night playing "Rock Band" Bryson had a hard time reaching the pedal for the drums!

New Years Eve

2009-01-09T17:48:00.000-08:00

New Years Eve

2009-01-09T17:46:00.000-08:00

2009-01-09T17:42:00.000-08:00

We went to the Silverwood's for a night of fun and games, Favorite Aunt Linda had a tea party with Ashlyn & Susie. Ashlyn even made us some chocolate chip cookies!

2009-01-09T17:37:00.000-08:00

These crazy girls had to go see the Twilight movie the 1st night it came out, they missed getting tickets to the midnight show so we went to the one that started at 2:30 P.M. The girls all bought Twilight t-shirts, they decided Mom needed to have one also, (I'm not sure where or when I'll ever wear it again). We had a fun time, the girls thought the movie was great, I wasn't all that impressed myself.

2009-01-09T17:31:00.000-08:00

Makall and Maddi made us a great snowman in the front yard, I did have to bribe them with lunch from McDonald's but I figured it was a small price to pay to finally get a snowman in the Chatwin's front yard. I even offered Makall $20.00 last year to make one but she wouldn't. Go figure!

Cancun Christmas

2008-12-17T19:46:00.000-08:00

The fam in Mexico. For Christmas this year we took a family vacation to Cancun Mexico. We had such an awesome time. We saw a lot of ancient ruins, spent time at the beach, had fun at a mexican water park, it was nothing like the ones they have in Utah. We had 10 days of fun enjoying the warm weather. When we left Cancun it was 85 degrees, when we got back to Utah at 11:30 P.M. it was 7 degrees, welcome home! Unfortunately Jordan had finals that week so he and Morgan were not able to come with us. We missed they so much. Next time we will have to do better planning!