Happy Birthday Taylor!

All I could find was this blurry picture of him and his daughter McKenzie. Sorry! Taylor is my younger brother. He is the baby of the family. Now mind you I am the youngest girl and he is the youngest boy (of 8 children) so I will say we were both given plenty of attention.

He is the sibling I most remember being around growing up. I remember having terrible fights with him. I teased him alot too. He is the sibling I felt closest to. He was always there!

Even after I got married, I wanted Taylor in my life. He would bring his girlfriends to my house and watch movies or music videos half the night with David and I. When he married Charmaine, we were thrilled to death. And by the way, Charmaine has the same birthday as Taylor! He has not lived by us for alot of years now, but no matter how much time has gone by, as soon as we get together it feels like he never left. We just pick right up where we left off!

Happy Birthday Little Brother!

Halloween and a New Name for Baby Boy Krok

We took our grandson Ethan to Lucy's ward Halloween Party last night. They had dinner, a spook alley, a cupcake walk and trunk or treat! Lucy's family won an award for their costumes! David and I are having to make new traditions since we are empty nesters. I usually make my Ghoulash in a Pumpkin for Halloween, but since there was no one to eat is (and it makes enough for an army) I made it and took it to Lucy so her family could experience it. We didn't carve a pumpkin, one of David's favorite traditions, and David didn't dress up in his fantastic costume on stilts! But we had a great time with the grandkids :)

To Infinity and Beyond!!

Violet Incredible Meets Buzz Lightyear!
The Incredible Family: Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Violet, Dash and Jack Jack
No, this isn't a Halloween Costume, but Kim's baby boy has a new name! Atticus David Krok. She brought him home from the hospital and had to give him a name that fit him! I will call him my little Atty!

Two Blessings in One Week

Ava Elmer was born October 23rd at 9:20 am. She is 6# 9 oz, 19 inches long. She looks just like Lindsay did as a baby! Beautiful! Lindsay had a C-section and will be in the hospital for 3 days. She says she wasn't completely numb when they did the surgery! But she is feeling good and getting around. She will have 3 children ages 3 and under!!

Presley David Krok

Born October 21, 2009 at 8pm in Sydney Australia. 7 pounds 9 ounces, 20 inches long, brown hair and eyes. Beautiful and healthy!

Grandma to #7

Kim gave birth to a baby boy 10/21 8pm Australia time. No name yet. The baby was 2 hours old when she called and they still hadn't weighed or measured him!! But all are doing well.

Its amazing to think that less than 1 year ago she was in ICU clinging to life with a terrible head injury! 14 months ago she was in ICU after hemorrhaging with Thurston's delivery! Its been a wild year and we are hoping for a wonderful, uneventful year ahead :)

Congrats to Ethan and Thurston on the newest member of the Krok family!

Empty Nester for Real!

Donny and Lindsay have been living with us for the last 5 months. Today they moved out into their own place. David loaded the moving van all by himself while Donnie was at work. I am going to miss coming home to Ethan and Tristan's hugs and kisses. They love to play with Grandma :) I'll miss Lindsay keeping my kitchen spotless! I'm glad they are only moving a couple miles away so that we can visit often. They are the only grandchildren I can visit on the spur of the moment and they can just drop by because its on the way. One of my great joys in life :)

General Conference Weekend

Its been an amazing general conference as each talk has had an application in my life. I realize I have so much to improve in my life and have been given the confidence to move forward in faith.

A conference weekend tradition is to go through my 72 hour kits and replenish the food. This was a sad act for me as I did it alone and cleaned out Kiersten's pack. But my grandkids enjoyed all the extra snacks!

Food is always important on conference weekend. David made his famous tacos! Yum! And for our treat I made a strawberry pie out of freeze dried strawberries. I wanted to make something out of my food storage and it turned out Yum-o as well!