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I have some great pictures to post! This one is of Becca and Grandma's 2 new kittens.


We got a new dog, Patches. The girls love this dog!



Our wonderful friend, Linda Herrington, came to visit from Salt Lake City.

Goodbye President Hinckley

Our beloved prophet passed away today about 7PM MST.
I love the prophet. I love his enthusiasm. I love his positive outlook on life. I love his love for us. I hope that my life reflects his teachings.

Did I ever tell y'all about the time that Sammi wrote to Pres. Hinckley? He wrote back! I couldn't believe that a 97 year old, busy, busy man would take the time to write a thank you note to a 9 year old child. That is a cherished piece of paper!

When I was 11 or just 12, President Kimball died. When my Mom found out, she cried. Now I understand how she felt.

Good-bye beloved Pres. Hinckley! We love you!

I am an Aunt again

Victoria Rose Leavitt was born on January 25, 2008 at about 3:40 PM.

6lbs 13 oz and 20 inches long

Congratulations Donna and Brad!!!

Hick Wanna-bes

We have spent the last week up at Mama's farm. (They were in Amarillo visiting Asia.)
We "moved" in last Friday and "moved" out today. Other than our furniture, I swear we took everything we own up with us.
We rescued a kitten who we named Tiger Ann.
The kids are sad we moved back to our "old" house. :)

I'm an Aunt again!

Asia and Ben had their sweet baby today!
Miss Aurora Fay Lowe entered the world around 10:30 this morning.
She weighed 5 lb 15.25 oz and was 18.25 inches long.
Congratulations Asia and Ben!

Pictures:

Ben and Aurora--

Aurora--

Christmas Dinner

We spent the afternoon/evening with the Turpin family. We enjoyed shrimp, oysters, and a cheese ball as appetizers. Sandi and Angie prepared a wonderful dinner of turkey and ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, corn, cranberry sauce and relish, and rolls. We enjoyed pumpkin pie for dessert!

The kids loved swimming with their cousins. (Lizzy about froze! :) )
We will miss our traditional Turpin gathering when Grandma and Grandpa move to Iowa next month. We love you guys!

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Christmas Morning

Our morning began at 6AM. This was a great Christmas. We are so grateful!

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Nativty Greetings!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

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Our Christmas Eve Celebrations

THere is so much to share with you all. We had a wonderful evening with my family.
We ate wonderful food, we shared our musical talents, and opened presents!
It was a wonderful time to be together at the "most wonderful time of the year!"

(I just used the word wonderful 4 times! :) )

The first one is the entire family and the second focuses more on my family.
Enjoy!

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Christmas Finery

Here is the Turpin Girls in all their Christmas Finery!!!

And of course our little Joy.

Fifteen Years

Fifteen years ago today, Jason and I were married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake City Temple! Fifteen years have past - incredible.
We were thinking in another 15 years, Shelly will be 49 and Jason will be 52. Wow!

Becca and the Temple

Becca was able to go to the temple for the first time tonight. Jason and I were there as well as Jason's parents. As we were leaving we ran into my sister, Kathie.

What a blessing to have a daughter who is worthy to go to the temple.
It was a joyful night!

The Turpin Spa (a.k.a. Becca's 12th Birthday Party)

For Becca's birthday party, we had a lot of fun with Becca's friends. We soaked in Grandma's hot tub, curled our hair, did facials, as well as treatments for our hands and feet.
The girls spent the night and had a blast!

Christmas Greetings!

Merry Christmas Y'all!

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Sea Turtle Facility

We are studying sea turtles in science. We went down to the Sea Turtle Facility run by NOAA in Galveston. It was so cool!

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Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving Day we enjoyed being with Shelly's family at the farm.
We ate well and enjoyed the day tremendously.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Decorating for Christmas

It is our family's tradition to put up our Christmas decorations on Thanksgiving morning. Becca made this scrapbook to show off all the pictures.
Enjoy!

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Sammi's Piano Recital

Sammi had her second piano recital and decided to play Ode to Joy. :)

Sammi News

The girls pretending they are Sea Turtles.

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Jessi's Birthday Party

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Ward Halloween Party

Our Ward held a Halloween Party! We all went and had a wonderful time!

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Texas Renaissance Festival

Jason took the day off of work and we went to the Texas Renaissance Festival with Grandpa Turpin. We had a lot of fun - check it out!

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The Perfect Poem

Becca found this poem in The New Era. It's perfect for our house, so I thought I would include it today.

IMAGINE
by Adrianne Thomas Erickson

...where fingers and sticks are people.
...where five-year-olds are radiant queens,
or lovely homemakers with bright red lips
and dozens of babies.
...where tea parties are held daily.
...where important-looking books
can be read upside down.
...where all endings are happy.
...where all may rest from cares and woes.
Imagine...a little child's world.

Grandma's Cake

Sandi Turpin's birthday is Saturday. Lizzy was helping me to get ready for a dinner we are having for Sandi by making the birthday cake. Here is a video that Lizzy wanted me to make. She has entitled it, "Elizabeth Making a Cake." Enjoy!

Amateur Radio Operator

Our church has requested that those interested in becoming HAM radio operators to take a free class that they were offering.  It is something I have always been interested in so I went ahead and took the classes.

HAM radio operators have three levels of classification; Technician, General, and Extra. 

The class covered the Technician level and prepared us for the exam. 

The Exam was this morning and I passed the Technician and General levels.  In about two weeks my new call sign will be granted and posted and I can start using my license as an Amateur Radio Operator at the General class level.

This also allows me to get involved with some of the Emergency services, (both civil and independent).

I am excited to be able to use it and play with the capabilities this license gives to me.  And thanks to my family for letting me have a night each week for the past month so I could go to the class.

Liquid Nitrogen

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Shelly's Birthday

I had a wonderful birthday. Family and friends called and dropped by. I truly felt loved!!!
My Mom had asked me what I wanted for my birthday and all I could say was for a planner with daily pages - my week at a glance just doesn't cut it anymore! :)
So Kathie and my Mom got together and got me a planner. Sandi got me some money. So I will be off to the Franklin Covey store today to fill up that binder. (There is a funny story about that binder, but I'll save it for another day.)
The girls gave me the pumpkin pins I was wearing, as well as their obedience. That is what I asked for - loosely based on John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments." Not to worry, we talked about only doing what people ask you to do when it's a good thing.
Anyway, we had a nice dinner of stroganoff and salad followed by Chocolate Cake made by my husband, Becca, and Jessi! :)

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Beginning of September in Pictures

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School has started. We are so busy trying to educate these cute girls!
We had fun at the Back to School Pool party with Deseret Home Schoolers.
We enjoyed Labor Day at Grandma's Farm with sausage and corn cooked on the grill - yum!
Lizzy is active as ever, just having fun as a four year old!
Enjoy the pictures!