Holly's Crazy 14th Birthday

Photos from Holly's Crazy Photo party. Miss Terina came and took pictures of her and her crazy friends. Had a great time. Happy Birthday Miss Holly!!
PS - she had her first dance too. Had a ball - danced all night. teehee!!

Austrian Fes's

We have 2 fes's. Foreign exchange students. They are both from Austria. We love them. They are Veronika and Christina. We are so glad for the opportunity to share our home with them and learn a little about them and their home. We have been very busy shopping and doing things. They love the MALL!! They have been in San Francisco all weekend. My girls were missing them quite a bit. Welcome to America GIrls!!

A Semester of Photography

A semester of photography does not a photographer make, but I am loving the camera. With the Help of my terina friend and the use of her Nikon, I was able to take a semester of photography and take some decent shots. I went north to Provo a while back to hang with some wonderful gals and one of their sons, Ryan, who is a fabulous photographer, has inspired me to keep on trucking. He has some wonderful photography under Ryancphotography.blogspot.com. It is fabulous work and I enjoy staring at his beautiful art!! Above are a few of my fun photos I took for class.
ENjoY!

6 months later.

So here it is 6 months later and my Son is serving in Mantova, Italy. and Loving, Been run over by a car, lost 33 pounds, has had 2 comps, given himself a haircut, had a few baptisms and having a great time.
So thankful he is my son!!
Love ya man!!

Seven days in the MTC

So we got a letter yesterday. All is well. But we didn't get too much info. sigh. Things are good. Can't wait for more news. I am surviving day by day without my david. But I am not such a boob - am I? Just living thru my son? he has a mission site.
This photo is of d-day morning. See how happy we were - NOT!! well, not not happy - just knowing what was about to take place. The weight of the knowing you won't see your son in 2 years and the wondering of what is about to happen in the next 2 years.

The Hutch

So this is my dad's hutch. It just had the fiberboard showing behind the shelves. I love the hutch - maybe some day I will get the courage to paint it a little. But for now I just finished it off with some bead board. Really adds the finishing touch.
Little at a time.

He's Gone

Yep - My baby boy is in the MTC'
Yep - He is headed to Italy.
Yep - Its been 4 days and I have not heard from him. grrrrr!!!
Going from texting every hour of every day to none to not even any knowledge about what the heck he is doing!! FRUSTRATING!
So Now I am desperately awaiting the first email, first letter or something just to hear from him. I am missing my boy!!
I will keep the mission site updated if you want to check in there
http://www.missionsite.net/eldervanauker/main
TO check in with us about the family - I will try to update monthly.

Julie