Our new Granddaughter

I just returned from spending a week in Albuquerque with

Jeff, Julie, the boys AND our new granddaughter Avrey J

We had a fun week . . .

At the park. . .

And at the Zoo. . .

But the best part of the whole week was holding this

sweet little girl!!

Isn't she the cutest??!!

Conference Doughnuts

It is a LeCheminant family tradition to make doughnuts

every Conference Sunday. Today we were trying to

remember how long we have been doing it, probably

for over 20 years since it began when we still lived at

Willowbrook. Over the years we've made alot of

deliveries to friends, neighbors, home teaching

families, scout leaders, coaches, etc.

We have had people bribe and beg us so they

can be included on our special delivery list!

Dad gets up early to get the dough started and then

the rest of us show up to do the glazing and the tasting!!

The grandkids love Papa Chem's doughnuts

and the chocolate milk that goes with them

Nic and Derek enjoying their doughnuts after

making the deliveries for yet another year

Diesel turns 13!!

We had a Surprise Party for Derek's 13th Birthday.

It was so much fun and I'm impressed that his friends

actually kept it a secret because he really was surprised!!

Best gift----a bat from the Louisville Slugger Museum engraved

with his name and his favorite baseball team---The Red Sox

(Thanks to Nic for taking care of that for us)

The boys had fun eating pizza, playing ping-pong, pool and Wii

but the best part was a surprise visit from BYU football player

Andrew George!! Here he is telling them how it felt to make

the winning touchdown in the BYU-vs-Utah game this year.

Mo helping Derek blow out his "Happy Birthday to You"

candles. Happy Birthday Dies---we love you!!

Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas and it was nice to

have Jeff & Julie and the boys with us this year.

Nic & Derek modeling their new clothes

The "Gram Band" giving a concert with the keyboards,

drums and guitars they got. I'm sure their parents are

going to thank me for those gifts later!!

The best part of our Christmas was getting to

talk to Elder LeChem in the Philippines via

Skype. It was so fun to actually see his skinny

face and hear his voice!!

Another WICKED Week-end

The first week-end in December my sisters, Sharon and Sandra

and my niece Britney and I went to San Francisco to see WICKED !!

Third time seeing it but NEVER get tired of going to the Land of Oz !!!

Cable cars. . .

Cheesecake Factory. . .

and Fisherman's Wharf. . .Oh My!!

We had such a great time and decided we are so lucky

to be sisters AND friends !!

Happy 30th Anniversary

On October 11th Gary and I celebrated our 30th Anniversary. There was really no question about where to go to celebrate since Maui is our favorite place on earth. Our friends, Liz and Ross Schofield also came along and we really had THE best time!!
On Sunday we attended church in the Kihea ward and then took a drive around the island to check out the beautiful sights.



While the guys went golfing Liz and I would head to the beach or the pool, of course Gary was in golf heaven at Kapalua!

The day we went snorkeling at Molokini was perfect, the water was crsytal clear and we saw lots of cool fish and turtles. It was probably a good thing that we didn't hear about the guy getting attacked by a shark in nearby Kihea though UNTIL after we got home!
Well as the "sun sets" on 30 years together, here's to many more good years and many more trips to Maui!!!

Southwest Adventure

Last week we enjoyed a fun trip to the American Southwest when we visited Jeff & Julie in Albuquerque. One morning we walked around "Old Town" and the boys had fun trying on all sorts of cowboy hats.
On Saturday we drove to the other side of the Sandia Mountains and took the chair lift up to the top. It was a beautiful view of Albuquerque but the best part was the fact that it was 20 degrees cooler up there!!


Sunday evening we headed to Sante Fe just because we had never been there before!! It is famous for a lot of really old churches, a lot of art galleries, Native Americans who come to the downtown Plaza to sell their beautiful jewelry and HUGE Breakfast burritoes!!




We decided we "WOOD" love to visit here again some day!! Thanks Jeff, Julie & boys for a really fun time.