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Our family began on September 1, 1978. John is a CPA and ownes his own business. John enjoys reading his books and going to the movies. He is on the High Council in our Stake. Jolene loves being able to watch some of her grandchildren, while their parents go to school and work. We have 4 children: Amber, Ande, Bethany, and Johnny. We also have 9 beautiful grandkids: Noah, Brock, Logan, Kylee, Gracie, Holden, Jace, Peyton and Taylor, with another one due in July. Please read on to see how each of our kids and their families are doing. We love you all.

John & Jolene Happenings

John is the 1st counsellor in the bishopric and loves his calling. He is very busy with taxes as always this time of year. he enjoys working with the Young Men and Women. The family just travelled to Parker, AZ to celebrate the 80th birthday of John's dad Stanley Griffin.

Jolene is the Achievement Day Leader for the 11 year old girls. She gets to play with her granddaugther Kylee everday while Bethany is at school and Kevin is a work. The weekend before spring break the family travelled to Utah to take family pictures with the Reese's. Two weeks later her father, LouDell Reese, passed away and we travelled to Utah for his funeral.

Amber Happenings

What's going on with Amber?

Badger Family Happenings

Matt and Ande are busy, busy, busy and loving life! Matt is currently in the middle of tax season with John, John, and Bethany (lots of fun!). He has also started his own pest control company called East Valley Pest Control and has a few clients! We know that come April, we will be getting calls like crazy for service!
Ande is lucky enough to stay at home with her three wonderful boys! She does daycare as well which generally adds 5 more boys to the equation! Talk about being out numbered! She is also helping Matt with the pest conrol company. She has started running (very infrequently) and enjoys the time to herself!
Noah is in Kindergarten at Benjamin Franklin Charter School and he just had a brithday! He is 6 years old and a big helper! He loves sports, especially football. Right now he is signed up for coach pitch and had his first real practice last night! He is learning to read and loves to learn new words!
Brock is 3 years old and in preschool. He has learned to write his name all by himself and we are so proud of him. He is totally into Star Wars right now and pretends to be Captin Rex (the strom trooper) and Anakin (before he turns bad). He trys so hard to be a big helper with Logan!
Logan is already 10 months old and so much fun! He loaughs all the time! His little smile is so sweet and pure! He is trying to walk and can already take 4 steps on his own. He has 7 teeth and we think more are on their way! We can't believe how big he has gotten!

Hickman Family Happenings

Kevin is still working at Home Depot. He is still in school and working very hard to get his degree so that his brother Bryan will train him to be a real estate appraiser. He has been the muscles behind our house remodeling. He was recently called to be the Cub Scott Chairman. It is a very new calling for him, but he is doing very well in it so far. I(Bethany) wouldn't be able to do a lot without him. He is working full time while taking classes online. He is at home with Kylee most mornings and I am with her most evenings. Mom watches her when we both are at work or at school.

Bethany was accepted to the Dental Hygiene program at Phoenix College last September, 3 days before the program started. She is working part time at her dad's accounting office. She loves being there. It is a busy time right now. She was called as a sunday school teacher for the Valiant 8 class. This class includes the boys and girls who recently turned 8 years old. It is a fun class to be with and they teach her a lot. She is the planner of the remodeling that is going on in the house. It is slowly, but surely being finished. Some crown moulding and chair railing went up this weekend. It is so exciting to see progress on the house again.

Kylee went from crawling to walking so quickly. She also went from walking to running even faster. She loves to go, go, go. Her best friend is Logan Badger, her cousing. She has been in nursery for the last few months and is loving it. Her favorite movies are Finding Nemo & Monsters, Inc. and hardly a day goes by where she doesn't watch one of them. She is a caring, sweet little girl with a huge heart.

For more on the Hickman Family, visit their blog,
http://hickman1105.blogspot.com/

Johnny & Allison Happenings

Johnny and Allison were married on Dec. 19 in the Mesa, Arizona temple. They are so sweet together and we love to watch them enteract with each other. It reminds us how fun it was to be newly weds! They are both going to school at MCC. Allison is going to be an Orchestra teacher and Johnny is going to be a Physical Therapist.
Johnny had surgery last November to help with his back problems, but sadly, it didn't help really at all, the pain is back and he is wondering if it will ever be better, but he trys to make the best of the situation.
Allison fits into our family so well! She is just like another sister! We love her and are glad to have her!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Fountain Hills

On President's day the whole family had a picnic at Fountain Hills. It was so much fun. The weather was a little breezy and chilly, but it was a great way to spend time together. I don't have any pictures now, but I will get some up. You can look at Ande's blog or Bethany's blog for pictures.

Friday, August 1, 2008

From our Family to Yours

We hope that you enjoy our blog and reading about what our family is up to. We would love to hear about your family and new things that have happened. If you have a blog, please let us know what the site is so that we can visit and see pictures. If you don't, let us know how you are doing with a comment. We love you and hope to hear from you soon.