Back to Utah!

While we went to Utah for Christmas last year we headed back there just last weekend.  Both of Kris and Julie's older girls  have their birthdays the month of April.  This is the year that McKenzie turned 8.  Most of you know what that means, so we were off to Utah for her baptism.

The program was wonderful.  Emilie, Kenzie's 11 year old sister, gave the baptism talk and her Grandma Stewart the Holy Ghost talk.  Both were really well done.  All in all we had a wonderful day.

Emilie was also going to celebrate birthday number 11 the day after we left so we celebrated that while we were there also.  All three of the girls are getting so big, I can't believe it.  Little Alexis will be 6 months at the end of April.  

We love and miss all of our family.  We wish we could live closer to each of them.

Merry Christmas

This year we traveled to Roosevelt Utah, to see the newest addition to our family.  
Kris and Julie added another little girl to their family.  Her name is Alexis Ann and she looks more Dickson than any of the others.  I think she was born with the "Dickson" scowl.  Either that or Kris has taught it to her very quickly.  She sleeps a lot still but she is very cute and really is a miracle.  We love her and are grateful for her in our lives.

The other girls are really glad to have a little sister too.  On Sunday Kris blessed Alexis.  Here are some pictures from after church.

It is colder here than we are used to but we are keeping warm from all of the love and happiness that the season brings.  We hope that you are also.  May God's riches blessings bless your lives this coming year.

Kris, Julie, Emilie and Mckenzie in Seattle

Kris and Julie brought their girls, Emilie and McKenzie to see us for week.  They arrived on Friday late at night so they spent Saturday just resting from the long drive.  We went to church on Sunday and went out to see the
Great-Grandparents, Tim's mom and dad.



Tim and I get to see his parents every month but Kris, Julie, Emilie and McKenzie haven't seen them for a few years so it was nice to see them all together.

On Monday we went out to Forks, Washington.  It seems to be the place that all of my recent guests want to see.  Of course most of them have really enjoyed a set of books that are set in this very small town.  I had a great time showing the girls around and taking pictures of them.  The girls loved seeing all of the places that were in the books.  We also had a great time putting our toes in the Pacific Ocean.

On Tuesday we headed down to Point Defiance State Park.  Off to the zoo and aquarium.  We saw everything there was to see and more.

          

There were seals and polar bears and of course the birds that we fed off of a little stick.  The zoo also has some new additions of tiger cubs.  We had a great day!

On Wednesday we went to the movie together and then rested up for our big day in Seattle on Thursday.  We started out with the Duck tours and then spent the day at the Seattle Center.

The Experience Music Project and SciFi Museum were really fun.

On Friday it was time for our guests to leave but we couldn't let them go until we took some more pictures.

Thanks for coming and come back soon!