My Grandpa

My grandpa always had a kind word to say, always polite, always positive, always genuinely interested in what you were doing and what you had to say. He is the nicest, most gentle man I know. I am so glad that he is my grandpa.

Whiskery kisses and hugs every time you walked in or out of the door. Where's Grandpa? Downstairs with his "computer crap". Old computers with punched ticker tape in the basement. Letting us type on all those old typewriter computers where Paul fabricated his "Dear Old Lady" letters. All kinds of machinery and tools in the basement we were not supposed to touch. Finding Grandpa in the basement at Hayes Brothers Buick. Christmas parties with them at Hayes Brothers. Baked potatoes in the microwave. His love for butter on everything. Extra marshmallows on his cereal. Postum. Birthdays and holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. Looking forward to birthday dollars and birthday bread. Grandpa's genealogy program on the computer. Going to Provo Cemetary on Memorial Day. Being at my baptism, high school graduation, BYU graduation, wedding. Taking me to see Grandpa Schoenfeld. Going grocery shopping at Harmon's for Grandpa Schoenfeld and buying orange rolls. Staying with Grandma and Grandpa and sleeping in the extra bedroom. Watching the Sunday afternoon session of General Conference at Grandma and Grandpa's. Playing tennis and going swimming at the condominium. Moving from the duplex to the condominium. Ready laugh. Serving their mission. Grandma and Grandpa's 50th wedding anniversary. Stories of Grandpa wooing Grandma at the dentist's office. Grandpa's love and care for Grandma. Inseparable. Unconditional. Unwavering.

John Kay Russell
May 9, 1919 - January 30, 2008

Obituary

Germs, Germs, Go Away

It all started out as an innocent cough for Kendyl on Sunday morning, but has continued throughout the week. If you know anything about Kendyl when she's sick, coughing ALWAYS leads to throwing up, so with every cough we held our breath just waiting for the gagging. So far, no throwing up--Yay! I kept the girls home from church and Monday was a holiday, but Tuesday she was still coughing and looking worse so I kept her home from school. Wednesday, she was coughing less so I packed her off to school for the 2 1/2 hours of kindergarten and she seemed a little tired, but okay. Thursday she was off to school again and Friday there was no school for Staff Development Day. So other than 2 days of school drop-off and pick-up, we have been no where. So how on earth does Brityn end up sick on Thursday night? and not with a cough? She threw-up in her bed and was up all night. Friday did not go much better, however she has not thrown up any more. So today I sterilized my house for the 2nd time this week and have been praying that no one else gets sick! But the question has still been bothering me--how do you go nowhere and your kid still gets sick?

Brityn's Camera

Brityn loves to take pictures so she got a little camera for Christmas...no focus, no lcd screen, very small. It is so small that her fingers often get in the way of the lens, and because there is no viewing screen, it is hard for her to tell what she is taking a picture of. Not to mention the fact, that she often has it turned around and is taking pictures of herself instead of her toys, people or desired subject. But she LOVES it! We finally downloaded the pictures off her camera to see what her pictures look like and couldn't stop laughing. We deleted about 25 pictures that were completely black (only to assume her little fingers were in the way)!

4D Ultrasound

We got a sneak peak at our little boy (yes, he is definitely a boy!) today. Kendyl and Brityn were excited to see "baby brother" and kept telling him to wake up and move so we could get a view of his face. Just thought we'd share some pictures. Enjoy!

Our New Obsession

Grandpa Jerry sent the movie High School Musical 2 for Christmas and our girls have now become obsessed. Yes, they watched it 4 times in one day (and I mean Kendyl and Brityn did)! They sing and dance to all the music but their ultimate favorite is the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a song. Nothing is cuter than your 2 year-old saying, "I want the waka waka pu pu pu song again!"

Pretty Dresses

We went shopping this weekend for baby boy clothes but wouldn't you know it, we also found two cute dresses that the girls thought would make them look like the Cheetah Girls! Kendyl couldn't wait to wear her cheetah headband that Santa brought her with her new dress.

Brityn loves wearing pretty dresses! She posed for several photos. She insisted on taking her nap in her pretty dress, eating dinner in her pretty dress and only when it was bath time did she finally take it off.

Happy New Year!

Yes, this is about 40 minutes up the canyon and Yes! this is real snow! For New Years we decided to go play in the cold. The girls loved getting dressed up in boots, mittens, and hats and the novelty of playing in the snow. They lasted only about 30 minutes and then were ready to head home to our warmer climate!

Our snow angel Kendyl!

No, we can't claim to have actually built this snowman, the snow was too hard and powdery to pack, but we did take advantage of someone else's handiwork for the photo op!

Hannah Montana

The one gift Kendyl really wanted from Santa was the Hannah Montana Dance Mat complete with wig and headset microphone. You should have seen all the dance moves!

Hannah Montana's little sister

Brityn could not be left out of all the fun and put the wig on to dance as well!

Hannah Montana's big daddy

Not to be outdone by his girls, Dad had to get in on the action!