Jeff and DeeAnna

Europe For Real

2011-09-06T14:48:00.000-07:00

After three years of planning and saving we took our semi- dream trip to Europe. Semi because we had three kids along. But it was alot of fun with them with just a few melt downs in 18 busy fun filled days.
The best part was visiting our exchange students families in Finland and Germany. We started off in Belgium and flew into Brussels. We didn't stay long and that evening after visiting Brussels we flew to Stockholm Sweden where we spent 3 days. We all loved Sweden and Finland , what beautiful countries and the people were very nice. The food was really good too. We loved the fresh fruit and Chocolate! After Stockholm we took a ship to Finland and were greeted by Anni and her parents. It was really good to see her again, It's hard to believe its been 4 years. Her family were wonderful hosts and we were able to see lots of Finland and just a few of thier 60,000 lakes!
Off to Paris on a plane, the airlines in Europe are great if you just want to fly within Europe. Paris was very crowded and busy but it was nice to see some of the things we have read about. It is true about the language there, use French they respond a lot quicker. Our favorite building was Nortra Dame, loved the gargoyles. Everyone had their fill of museums by time we left by train to Germany.
Mario met us at the train station (trains and planes are the way to go to move around in Europe) We met his family later in the day so whlie we waited we took a tour of Frankfurt and we up a tall building and had a great view of the area. Frankfurt kept only a few old buildings after WWII, mostly they rebuilt the city with new ones. Germany has many old palaces and castles to visit and it was fun to see many different kinds of each. We finished our trip by going up the Rhine River Valley to Koln, Germany then onto Brugge, Belgium. Brugge was very old with lots of canals and cobblestone streets.
Tired but happy to go back to our own beds we flew back home from Brussels for mom to plan a wedding!

Apartment Hunting

2010-07-05T09:40:00.000-07:00

They also went shopping!!! Don't they look good with those headbands.

The girls went apartment hunting in Boise. They decided since there were no parents around they could jump on the bed and off the couches. They had a fun weekend together. They even found an apartment so they accomplished their goal.

Megan and Amanda lovin' school

2010-07-05T09:30:00.000-07:00

Well since Megan is at school without Chance right now, she hangs out with Amanda a lot. They went boating one weekend. They had a lot of fun tubing and wakeboarding.

Water is wonderful

2010-06-07T16:10:00.000-07:00

Two days without running water because our main water pipe broke! With record heat for around here, 101 degrees. That was a fun test to see how well we could do. The neighbors were kind enough to let us us their hose so we had water for our toilet and drinking. All that storage water came in handy too, even though I hadn't changed it since 2004. The plants got that water even though it smelled OK. I think I need to look at it more often.
After digging a trench for 6 hours Brent and Jeff were very sweaty and dirty so with no shower that worked the next best thing was to put on swimsuits and shower with the hose! Brrrrrrr! It made for a quick one. So water really is wonderful.

You Go Girl

2010-06-07T15:42:00.000-07:00

Snowboarding 2010

2010-06-07T15:34:00.001-07:00

2010-01-03T20:49:00.000-08:00

Fun in the not so warm sun.

Christmas 2008!!!!!!!

2010-01-03T20:42:00.000-08:00

Brent and Chance found this DEAD squid on the beach when they went running in California... And Yes I know this pick is a little late... OOPS

Amanda's new haircut!

2009-02-24T10:19:00.000-08:00

Amanda decided to cut off all her a few weeks ago. It's definitely very different but she likes it.

Megan's Wedding

2009-01-22T10:43:00.000-08:00

Amanda, Janna, and Jeff took Chance and Megan's wedding pictures. They came out pretty nice and the lady at Costco where they tried to print them didn't believe them and told them all that they were breaking copyright laws and made Janna sign for the pictures.

Here is the family posing for the camara. I don't think that we did a very good job looking at these pictures, but we all had a lot of fun and a really full house. We had people sleeping everywhere, but we always love being with family. The girls were all bridesmaids with Chance's three sisters and Brent and Mario were groomsmen with Chance's friends. It was fun but we are all really gratefull that all the stress is over... at least for now. We are still hoping that Janna decides to get married in July so we can all have a little break, but we will see.

Christmas Time in Cherryland

2009-01-22T10:14:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was a lot of fun because we finally had the whole family here together. Janna was home from her mission. Marcos and Chance were able to join us, and of course Mario is with us from Germany until the summer. So we had a full house, a really full house.

Santa came to visit us before Christmas, and all of us got to sit on his lap. When he first came inside Jeff was surprised because he did not know who it was, only some guy saying HO HO HO running into the house. Rachel went hiding, and Jeff told Santa that the only thing Brent wanted was to sit on Santa's helper's lap. Poor Brent, Santa's helper was a Senior girl in his seminary class, and his whole face went really red.

Ginger gread houses are a real art. Mario's kept caving in, and Rachel used about every peice of candy that she could find. Of course her house didn't last very long because an hour after she made it she started to eat it because she thought that I was not watching her.

OLD TOWN! This was a fun little trip. We took Marcos, Chance, and Mario down to Old Town where the luminarias light everything up and line all of the streets no Christmas Eve. It was a little cold, but a good night.

CHRISTMAS MORNING! Rachel of course snuck out early and woke up half of the house with her, but it was a lot of fun.

Family Reunion

2008-08-22T09:03:00.000-07:00

We had a fun time at the family reunion and just wanted to post a couple of the pictures.

A serious missioary 2007

2007-11-11T18:50:00.001-08:00

Janna mission

2007-11-11T18:35:00.000-08:00

Rocky Point, Mexico, Mar 2007

2007-11-11T18:24:00.000-08:00

This was our spring break. Our hotel was right on the beach. Everyone enjoyed the water -- even Anni, our exchange student from Finland. She recently had surgery to fix her broken ankle, and could only hobble around. This is the first trip to the ocean that Rachel can remember. She had a great time.