Look who's going to retire!!!!!

It is almost official! Mike heard from the Utah Retirement System today, and it looks like he is going to be able to retire at the end of this school year!!! We are so excited we can hardly stop smiling. One of my good friends at school, told me about 2 weeks ago, that she had been in and spoken to the district about retirement. They had an incentive package, that made it possible for her to retire a couple of years early. I knew she started teaching the same year that Mike did, so as soon as I got home, I told him all about it, and he made an appointment with his district retirement guy. He found out similar information, and contacted the Utah Retirement System and we got the letter today, that makes it look like it is going to happen. What a blessing this is going to be!!!!!
 

Happy 75th birthday mom!

It's hard to believe she is 3/4 of a century!!! We had a fun family dinner tonight at our house to celebrate. Jordan was still stranded in Washington DC, so he and Jamie didn't make it, and Krista and her family had another birthday party to go to. Jeffrey was invited to a Super Bowl party, (Who plans the super bowl on the same night as mom's birthday party???) Stacy wasn't feeling well, so they weren't able to come. We were lucky to have Jerry here to celebrate with us, as well as all the rest of our family.
Doesn't Mom make 75 look good!!!!

Dad, relaxing, waiting for dinner

Tasty Chinese Sundays are great for a birthday dinner

Quite a few people at one big table

Libbie and Molly at their own table

Ric and Kathy

Jamie, Emily and Abbie

Two very cute girls! (Cierra and Abbie)

Katie in the hat her aunt Andrea made for her for her 1st birthday, and the Valentine sweater Robynn gave Libbie a couple of years ago

Chip and Josh, hanging out in the play room

Lani and Morgan
 

On the road to recovery!

I just got home from visiting Colleen at the hospital. Her surgery went well and she was looking great! She said she wasn't feeling too bad either. They had her up and walking the halls earlier, and are going to let her go home tomorrow. Paula is going to take her home and they are going to watch movies and eat homemade chicken soup. It doesn't get better than that! We are so thankful that everything went well!
 

Jamie and Jordan's new apartment

After church today, we took a trip to Orem to see Jordan and Jamie's new apartment. They are getting all settled in, and it is looking so cute!!!! Here they are on their front porch.

They are turning into quite the painters! Jordan painted the headboard on their bed and they sanded and painted Molly's old dresser, and with the new handles, it turned out GREAT!

Here's the new clock they just bought, and the cute kitchen table and chairs that used to be Krista's. (Grandpa Birks rescued it from someone's give away pile, and Krista painted it and recovered the chairs. With a fresh coat of paint on the table, it looks pretty nice!)

They hung the picture Mike painted them above their new couch,
What a cute apartment!

Grandpa Cline's Pony Express Rider

Grandpa Cline has been keeping himself busy with a few projects since Wanda died. Saratoga Springs, where he lives, is wanting a sculpture of a pony express rider to go somewhere in their city since it used to be a stop for the pony express. Grandpa decided to make one to see if they want to use his. He made this small one, then they use it to make a life size one, somehow with a computer to get all the calculations. We stopped by tonight and got to see how he is coming along. He started by making a sketch

Here's the finished, or almost finished product!

A close up of the sculpture

Didn't he do a great job! I hope it all works out for him to make the big sculpture.
 

Katie's 1st birthday

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Happy Birthday Aida

Make a Smilebox photobook