Thanksgiving in Utah

This last weekend I visited Salt Lake City to visit my family for an early Thanksgiving. It was very a lot of fun I was able to spent time visiting with my parents which I haven't done in a long time.

This was a very monumental Thanksgiving for me. My mom made vegetarian mashed potatoes with soymilk and margarine for everyone, not just for me. It meant so much and I was so happy I took a picture!

I was also very proud of both of my parents who tried the tofu I made, the first time that either of them have had tofu.

It took a couple of tries, but I was very pleased with my success of using the timer on the new camera I got for Joey (and I use all the time...)

Back row: Clarissa, Rachelle, Mom (Yvonne), Aprille, Trafton, Adrianna, and RJ (Adrianna's Husband) Front row: Dad (Rawlen), and Me (Darby)

My very first blog!

Hello Everyone!
A friend recently asked why I don't have updated photos on Facebook. After thinking about it I realized the reason is because I feel I have outgrown Facebook. However, it would be nice to have a way to share pictures and news easily with my family, so an alternate solution is a blog. Joey's family recently developed one, and many of my friends do the blogging thing so I decided to try it out. I thought I would post a few pictures I have with me to start.

This is a picture taken of my siblings Rachelle, Trafton, Me, and Aprielle when I was in Utah for Adrianna's wedding. It was so busy I never took any other pictures.

All of the kids play soccer:

Layke

Raine

Ocean

Layke's beautiful butterfly wings, she loves dressing up and getting her picture taken

Raine's birthday, we used trick candles that relight It was so much fun to watch him try desperately to put them out. I have more pictures I will post later.

Ocean's Halloween Costume - Pipi Longstocking. She was the only one we got pictures of.

In the way of news Joey completed his apprentice training and is now a journeyman. I am very proud of him, he received a record breaking high score on his final. He is currently working on a school in Silverton. Life for me is about the same as it has been. It always gets busy and hectic this time of year as the Activity Director planning all the holiday events, and decorating, and so forth. I planned a Halloween Party for the residents at work that everyone is still talking about, so I feel like I may be getting closer to finally have the planning-a-party-for-seniors thing down.

Well I will post more pictures soon, and more news as it comes!