Emma Michele Crockett is Blessed

Hauni's best friend has always been her mother and what greater gift could a good friend give than naming her precious daughter after her best friend. Many of the same priesthood bearer's standing confirming Benjamin David on Saturday, now stood in the front of the chapel surrounding Emma to give her a name & a blessing.

Once again family gathered to worship & bear testimony.

Karen, Shauna, and Becky renew their frienship while celebrating this wonderful event.

And the same Hauni's siblings. Love flows freely in the Casper family.

Aaron too was grateful for Alan & Karen's sacrifice to be here to join in.

And Grandma Crockett is in total "HEAVEN" when her children fill up the back yard.

Julie Kaye & Travis announced another little girl will come into their family the first of February. #20 Grand child for Tim & I.

Little girls are coming down from Heaven in bunches. I think Great Grandpa Price is meeting his mortal demands from the other side of the veil.

Sydnee Sage & Elle show off their "Pretty Pink" matching shoes.

The Crockett boys like climbing high into the Shabin.

And what's a party without little ones searching for their name on the kid's table.

Life is so rich & priceless when family gathers at the right times because they have chosen to do good good things. I really love my family!

David's Son, Ben is Baptized

After raising 7 children who all served missions, 6 of which have wonderful companions whom they've been sealed to in the temple....baptisms and blessings become sweet & wonderful rewards.

Saturday, September 4th became one of those pay-days for parents. This time for two sets of parents. Tim & I as grandparents and David & Becky as the proud parents of Benjamin David.

Tender-Sensitive been, all dressed in white asked his Dad to baptism him a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. Grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles came to witness this wonderful event & to celebrate together.

Sister, big & little embraced each moment.

After the special program, baptism, confirmation and testimonies, it was time to bring on the food. Shredded pork sandwiches and Grandpa's famous crab salad! Yummy!

A special surprise awaited in the wings of the chapel. Alan & Karen with their 4 kids drove all the way from Denver Colorado to be apart of this celebration. That meant driving all day Friday then turning around and driving back after Emma's blessing on Sunday. What a true token of love.

Cousin's ran about, laughing, eating and sharing stories. Ben was in heaven for sure!

Love has no boundaries while sharing it with family & friends around.

Everyone filled themselves to full capasity1

Oh, the magical power of family!

Tribute to a Wise Daughter

Julie Kaye is our oldest daughter . She & another one of her friends through a baby shower for Angie Terburg and invited me to come. As the guests started to arrive, I started to reflect on how each of these girls came to be apart of our home. Suddenly I had an over whelming feeling of gratitude fill my being.

When Julie Kaye was a young teenage she made a MAJOR decision: "Do I stay with the friends I am now lingering with or do I step into the darkness and find other friends who cherish values and standards that I cherish?"

This was a BIG decision for a young teenager and I knew it. With total faith in a Divine Being, Julie Kaye stepped into the dark. New friends moved in & these girls were drawn to each other as friends.

Friends and mother's rejoiced together. Soon this bunch of beautiful princesses had created a group others wanted to be apart of. Tunnel singing, scripture study, service project, activities that invited the spirit readily. They laughed, encouraged each other in school activities, sang in performing groups, and had parties together.

Little sister were soon invited in and big sisters and little sisters became the best of friends.

As I saw each of them embrace, hugging the little children that now followed these new mothers, I asked, "Hey, do you think if I ran our prayer bell, all of you would surround the king size bed to join in family prayer together?" Each of them laughed as they remembered being in our home surrounding Tim & my bed for prayer.........because we were going to bed and they were going to keep on partying.

Now it's been over 15 years and these girls are still wonderful embracing friends supporting each other in Motherhood. Teachers, missionaries, authors, beautitions, secretaries.....all sorts of roads they have traveled and yet the most important road they all still travel is the one that they chose 15 years ago. They are daughters of a Heavenly Father who love them & they love him.

Thank You Julie Kaye, for stepping into the darkness and finding such brilliant lights to support your own. You are & have been the perfect example for your younger sisters and I cherish you for it. Your trust is a living testimony that faith precedes the miracle.

Meeting the Queen of England & other Celebraties

Ladies & Gentlemen.......meet Queen Elizabeth & Prince Edward
And others in the royal family!
But this is Queen Victoria. Our favorite & most respected Queen. She was true to her self, her judgments, honoring her learning from mistakes because she was just 18 when she became queen, but she loved her husband dearly, had 9 children & ruled with integrity & a true commitment to the people, the arts, and teaching truth. She is the longest reigning sovern of England.
This is Madame Tusuae.....she developed the ability to make these fantastic wax models long before modern technology was developed. Infact, it was because of her amazing abilities that we have alot of our modern identification technology.

This picture was for my grandchildren.

007 is smoking HOT!

I like my drink better than Sean's. It doesn't take away my agency!

Me & Steven Spielberg are friends.

Janene & Julie fell for Hitch!

"How are you tonight, Mel?"

Oh this head is better than Zen Littlefield's!

Can you believe these are really made out of Wax layers?

Mr. Cruiz........We like 'em HOT & Handsome!

This dudette, must be really proud of her kids! She's popped her buttons.

"Janene, Kevin is going to be sooooooo jealous!"

"Well! Your hips may be skinny, but my hips are soft!"

'Julie Kaye, whose your new friends?"

One of Mom's favorite actors.

My art students will go NUT when they see who I saw!

Honey, you just too good to be true! Can't take my eyes off of you!

You're like heaven to touch........!

Julie's knight in shining armour......Travis Gardner!

This Queen got Framed!

They just don't do justice to Princess Di.........but I did great work on Princess Julie Kaye!

Even ask Albert Einstein......he'll tell you!

Which one of these is not like the others? She's waxing pretty old, however!

"Hey, what yah got rolled up in this paper here?"

"Four score & ten years ago, there was this boring book.......but I'll read it to you anyway!"

We had to go a few rounds with Mahamad.....but we scored pretty big.

(Can you tell I love having fun with Julie Kaye?)

Alfred Hitchcock......your movies scared the heebee jeebees out of me as a kid!

Julie Kaye got her diamond on the 9th hole of the Cascade Golf Course!

Best game she's ever played.

Julie Kaye is helping Marilyn Monroe hold her skirt down.
Bet she wishes she had known Julie Kaye much earlier in life!

And BIG John Wayne........he's a mans man!

Nice to know Whoopie Goldberg & Robyn Williams.....they know how to make life funny!

Syd & Jim Carey are hard at it as well.

I gave an EAR-FULL to Vincent Van Gogh! Then I put it back on!

Bet you didn't know Julie & I were the Beatles managers, did you?

Rock on King of Pop.......You have two Queen Mama's

"George, my mother really looks up to you!"

Julie Kaye didn't know that Ronald Reagan was a former actor.

All those in favor, raise your hand! In favor of what you ask? The Pope becoming a Mormon.

We out to scare off evil invaders.

You have to admit, this lady was a true artist of her own kind.

Smashing a penny for Shauna Lynn.

Now were back on the street of London at the base of Big Ben.

Riding the bus with Janene Haynie.

Agatha Christie's production of "The Mousetrap" has played in the same theatre for over 40 years. Its the only place you can see it.

Eating at a French restraunt......Julie consumed 2 1/2 bowls of the onion soup.

It settled her stomach......so who cares!

Janene & Kevin were such great hosts and soooooooo good to join us for a day & an evening in London.

Mom was not happy when Julie Kaye made us walk to the British Museum to find a bathroom.

One of the rarest artifacts off of the coast of Chile

Looking across the river at the majestic Abby.

The entrance side of the Abby

Even though it's not the right Abby, we couldn't stop singing, "How do you solve a problem like Maria!"

Big Ben

A kind & kidding police officer

The worlds biggest ferris wheel.......its called the Eye of London & a good way to look over the entire city

Get the point?

Turning around to look down the river the other way.

While in Oxford, Julie Kaye & I visited & toured the Blenheim Palace. It is the birth place of Sir Winston Churchill. He was raised here, and during his political career, he always loved retuning to this palace and enjoying the serenity of the grounds.