Another Day in Paradise

Just a few pictures from when we went skiing a few weeks ago.  It is paradise to me.  :-)

Adam is just resting.  

These pictures are taken with a GoPro so they have this rounded effect from the fish eye lense.

These 2 pictures are me (Gaylene) and the one below probably needs an explanation.  It was that wonderful day we went just after a big snow storm so there was a lot of deep powder.  We kind of got stuck and had to go through some trees to get back to the regular runs but it was so deep that Rebecca couldn't get out (snowboards are harder in the powder than skis).  I finally skied out, took off my skis and got Rachel to do the same.  We hiked back into the trees to help Rebecca.  While we were doing that, we stopped to have a snowball fight and roll around a bit.  It was fun....well, Rachel and I thought it was fun but Rebecca was pretty frustrated.

"Our Cup Runneth Over"

This past week has been amazing.  We just kept getting good news all week long!

First, we found out that Jared got a job he had been interviewing for and will be headed back to our home town of San Jose, CA, to work for PWC.  Woohoo!!  Congratulations Jared and Tori!

Then Tanner received his acceptance letter to BYU.  We were celebrating at the Powell house!  Congratulations Tanner!!

Tanner has had tryouts this past week for soccer at his high school.  Another congratulations are in order since he made the Varsity Soccer team at Corner Canyon High School.  Good job Tanner!!

Last but not least, David got a very good job offer on Friday evening !  Congratulations David!!

To finish off the week, David took me to see Brian Regan in concert.  He gave me the tickets for Valentine's Day!   It was the best!!  I would highly recommend his show to anyone and everyone.  I haven't ever laughed so much for so long.

We have been so blessed.  All we can do is be VERY THANKFUL to Heavenly Father.

10" of New Powder, What Could Be Better?

What could be better?  11" of new powder, a beautiful sunny morning, and a day off school.  Gaylene, Rachel, Rebecca and Adam loaded up the car and headed to the slopes once again.  The new powder was deep and fluffy and awesome!!  We had a great time.

So Many Place to Travel To, So Little Time!!

I posted some maps like this on my blog several years ago and decided I should update it.  I've been to a few more states and a few more countries.  I feel like I have seen so much and yet... there is still so much to see.  I guess I better start planning the next trip.  :-)



visited 44 states (88%)
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visited 33 states (14.6%)
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Guess Who's Having A Baby?

JARED AND TORI!!!!  They are expecting their first child (our first grandchild) at the end of August.  I am so happy for them.... and for us.  What a wonderful blessing!

CONGRATULATIONS TORI AND JARED!!

They gave us the good news a few days ago in a very clever way.  They presented David and me with a Valentine's gift.  I felt so bad because I didn't get one for them.  But we opened it and found this cute pillow:

It took me a second to figure it out but when I looked at them, they both said, "we're pregnant!"

Aren't those just the cutest little shoes?!?

The Sweetheart Dance at CCHS

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!!

A week ago on February 8th, Tanner went to the Sweetheart Dance at his school.  He was asked by a girl named Brinley and he says they had a great time.

A New Ref in the Family

Rebecca took the reffing course and is now a Certified US Ref for Soccer and she is very excited to get started making some money.  Rachel also passed her Recertification so she is also ready to ref another season.    Tanner decided not to recertify so he could get a job with more regular hours.  CONGRATULATIONS Rebecca and Rachel.