From one of the Frozen Chosen!!

Hello to everyone from the Minnesotans! Just yesterday I was telling Reed that Minnesota has been my permanent home longer than Idaho Falls was. Idaho, however, will always feel like HOME to me.
I'm sorry I missed all the exchanges from earlier this month at the one-year anniversary of Grandma's death. (Frankly, I was surprised that no one e-mailed anything. . . then realized that you were all communicating with each other on the cousin blog and I was out of the loop!) Anyway, to commemorate Grandma's passing I went to the temple on April 10 and took names with me that Grandma submitted three years ago. All the women in the session ended up doing names from Hettie A Hunter of Ririe. I thought Grandma would be pleased. . . her legacy is continuing in so many ways!
So what plans do people have for summer travel? It looks like the Wilkersons will all be in Idaho at the end of July/early August. I believe some families have other plans so we may not be able to see many of our cousins this year. Could we start talking about a family get-together next summer? Should we meet up in the Idaho Falls/Ririe area or go somewhere else? What dates do and don't work for people?
I'll stop writing now - but let's do think about a bigger family reunion next year. Please write in with any ideas anyone has!

Love to you all,
Andrea

A Fun Game

Here is a fun game I found. I thought some of you might like to try it. It is a bit addicting, but good to do if you are bored and trying to kill time.

Hope you all are doing well!
Kasey

http://www.k2xl.com/games/boomshine/

Hello!
It is great to hear from so many of you! Last week our family remembered grandma by going to Sizzler. I shared lots of fond memories with Steve and Evan about grandma. I can't believe it has been a year, time flies. Nice weather has finally arrived in Idaho, which means we are getting busier. I hope all is well with everybody! Love you all.
Jess

Hi from San Diego!

Hi Cousins! It's great to hear how wonderful all of you are doing! I am finishing up school and will be graduating in about 3 weeks. Needless to say...I am very excited to be done! However, the immense task of studying for the bar is looming ever closer and will delay my complete celebration until the end of July. Then in August, I'm hoping that I get to see as many of my cousins as possible at my wedding! I haven't seen many of you in a long time and am looking forward to celebrating this special time with all of you!! If you would like to hear about how I met my fiance, feel free to check out our site:

http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/view/co_main.aspx?coupleid=4456088224720664&MsdVisit=1


Love you guys!

Stephen

Training Table Memories

So Denver, Anja and I had lunch at the Training Table restaurant yesterday and it made me think of how much Andrea loves eating there when she gets the chance to come to Utah. I think we need to get on the ball to get Andrea on this blog! Things are going well with us. We are heading to Idaho this weekend for Denver to get a dental check-up. We are in the middle of our basement getting finished, and if things go well, Anja and I will be staying next week with my mom and dad. So if anyone is in the area, it might be fun to have another girls' night out! The last one was a lot of fun. Hope to see some of you soon.
Kasey

Special Time of Year

Hi. Here are a few things I'm doing (or trying to do!) this week: drink a cup of Pero, piece on black licorice, eat gingersnaps, be more generous, enjoy a yellow rose.

Love to all of you,
Cindy

This was our Easter afternoon. It was a great day, but a reflective one. We found out that night that our last Grandma passed away. My Mother-in-law's Mom, Grandma Jackman. Easter is a significant time for our family as we remember three loved ones that have now passed on at this time. It is neat to celebrate the resurrection on such an occasion!

On Sunday, I leave for Haiti. Unfortunately, I don't get to bring our new daughter home with me, but I do get to spend the entire week with her. I am very excited. I will have plenty of pictures to share when I get back. Its just me going this time, Morgan has to work. Please look in on him, Kasey and Nikki, and whoever else will be in the area.

I agree with Nikki, we do have a great family. Morgan has also made the comment about how lucky we are to be so close to cousins. Way to go Grandma and Grandpa! Love you all!

Easter in Idaho

Greetings from Houston Everyone!! I am here for work . .and will be here for the week.
For Easter Weekend Brendan and I went to Idaho. We got to meet little Sara and she is so adorable!! She is such a happy baby! We also got to see Chelsea, Allison and Isabella . . .it was so great to see them. And I have to tell you Isabella is so darling and has a killer personality. We also took an Easter Lily to Grandpa & Grandma's Grave. Today marks 1 year of Grandma being reunited with Grandpa. It was a bitter sweet experience for me at the cemetary. I miss them both dearly and think about them all the time.

Brendan commented a couple of times this weekend on how close our family is and how lucky we are to be so close to our cousins and to know them so well. I feel very blessed to be apart of this family and to have all of you in my life!!

I hope everyone is doing well!! I miss you all!!