CATCH UP TIME

FIRST COMES LOVE,

THEN COMES MARRIGE

THEN COMES BRITTAN WITH A BABY CARRIAGE

So that and the fact that I could have said "Then comes Bryce and Nikki with another baby carriage, would bring this blog up to date.

However...I would be leaving out the fact that if you read the blogs from the rest of the family then you would be up to date already.

Yep we are slow to get our stuff posted.

The post office could post my picture faster than I can post a blog comment.
Thank goodness for posterity.....they keep you current on all of our going ons, or you would all be forced to use that old thing called a telephone to find out. Geez, does anybody remember when those were high tech? I don't even use it to make calls anymore. It's used for things like sending pictures, checking e-mail, and accessing the web.

Valerie uses it to buy more instruments (just in case the 4028 we already have isn't enough for a supplement to our food storage program)!

Times are a change'n. Look at the strollers these days. We use to use ours to get things off of the top shelf in a closet. Now they come with cup holders , radios, GPS systems and monthly payments. You couldn't lift it with a jack, let alone one hand.

Oh well, this blog has bloggled my mind, so......I got to go and find my phone to text my Dr. for an electronic prescription sent to a web pharmacy that can deliver via courier service, an extra strength aspirin, to my front door.

Hum........I use to have a car, but I don't really need that anymore! I'm trading it in for an adult stroller.

Easter 2009

Easter 2009 was a beautiful day! All the flowers were blooming and the kids were hunting eggs all over the front yard. Even little Anabel hunted!

Avery was a professional egg hunter and she is not yet 2!

Caitlin found eggs in places that she would not expect.

Who knew that rabbits could jump so high!

Ethan was a high velocity egg gatherer. He swooped down on the grass area

and cleared all traces of rabbit related eggs.

Here are all the grandkids in their Easter dresses and suits. Aren't they cute?

Invitation assembly line

Last weekend Grandma Joyce visited and we put her to work with the rest of the team! Mike set us all up with a paper cutter assembly line (thanks for letting us borrow yours, Nikki) and we cut and punched and braded and stuffed. Even Anabel got in on the act!

Families who watch "Chuck" together...stay together

Nothing says families are forever like watching Chuck.

Oh come on....you know it's true!! Especially when Chuck is in 3D!! Hey, just for fun, enlarge the picture and see if you can find Waldo. (that would be Valerie) OK, she took the picture...but with her 3D glasses on. How cool is that?

Admission was free, and Mike n Bethany even supplied the TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL, super intensity, x-ray, laser emitting, specs.

Chuck... is only the best show on TV...and 3D? Well that was like extra hot fudge on your sundae. Um... hot fudge! Here's another fun game. Enlarge the picture again and guess who eats the most hot fudge. 'Hint' .....he's the one who looks like he needs to deliver a baby.

Well it was a fun evening anyway and next week we are wearing snorkels and watching Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. So bring your mask and join us. \

later...Durk

Anabel's Baby Blessing

Today Michael blessed baby Anabel in Sacrament meeting. His mom and dad came down from Colorado, and all the men in the family helped with the blessing. Anabel wore her mommy's blessing dress with a sweet little white headband & bow that Bethany made. Mike's prayer was wonderful, with many beautiful promises and blessings. We are so blessed to have another beloved little daughter of God in our family.

Field Trip to see Snakes

Ethan and Caitlin went with Grandma Dopp over to Amy and Kevin Leavitt's house (members in our ward) to see their snakes. They have three very nice snakes. Ethan was pretty brave but Caitlin was not too excited about touching them! It was lots of fun.

Holy Wedding Bells Batman

Yep, you send them out on one UNchaperoned date and they come back all engaged. Which one? Oh that would be Brittan. Remember him? The quiet one...I should have let him play more PlayStation because he had a few bucks saved up and instead of buying some new games he bought "that" (see pic.)instead.

I know a few of you are still saying "does Durk and Val have a fourth kid?" Well that would be yes, and that means one more wedding coming up.

I included a picture of the lucky couple just for some proof for all you doubters out there. (OK its mainly for Devin and Bryce)but just in case there are others...here's a picture.

Um...that is traditional Japanese apparel even though it is obvious she is Norwegian and he is American Indian. (Apache to be exact.)

The Wedding date is May 16Th at the Mesa AZ.temple and that's all the info they will give this old blogger. Probably best that way, cause I would just make it a senior moment and mess it up anyway. I'm sure they will fill the rest of you in with details. I have a tux to fit into so.....Ill be on the treadmill.

OK...I'm excited for them, but I don't want to get all mushy on a blog. That's for the women folk.