Uncle Lloyd's 75th Birthday Party

Steven's Uncle Lloyd (his mother's brother) has been very ill and we were lucky enough to help the family celebrate his 75th Birthday.
Nesta had 5 of her 8 children there: Lynn, Peggy, Bruce, Janet and Steven.
Uncle Lloyd had his three sisters with him: Nesta, Verna, Phylis.

Kyle Sargent Mission

Kyle Sargent went into the MTC August 26, 2009. He will spend some time there before going to Cape Verde as an LDS missionary. He spoke in church August 23rd. After, we went to his house for lunch and pictures.

Fishing - August 3rd, 2009

Michael, Kyle Sargent, and Steven went fishing. Steven didn't get injured this time! Kyle didn't leave looking so pretty, but they caught a lot of fish. Steven caught a 5 pound and 22 1/2 inch fish; however, Kyle got stung by a hornet (see his forehead in the picture) and got his cell phone wet to help Steven get it on shore.

CAMPING 2009

Friday July 31st: Went camping at Palisades Lake. Michael wanted to go camping with the family for his birthday. Mitch and Brittany arrived at about 4:30 pm. Michael shot Mitch in the leg with a BB gun(what a nice welcome) - Mitch has promised to get even. Michelle and Kyle took the long way -thanks to the new technology of GPS. They got a map to get home. They arrived Friday night at about 8:30 pm and we had tin foil dinners and marshmallows.

Friday and Saturday (July 31 and Aug. 1): All the kids slept in the Woolf Hotel (see below). We had a beautiful view and did some swimming in Palisades Lake.

Saturday August 1st: Went hiking up to Periodic springs (not so periodic right now). But first Brayden got a REALLY cold shower on the back of the truck.

Michael did some fishing.

STEVEN and I go on a 13 mile hike.

Steven and I decided to hike up to the UPPER PALISADES Lake on Saturday the 11th of July. Steven had a GPS so that we could track the miles and time. We did pretty well for having packs and old age. It was a lot of fun and it was the FIRST time Steven and I have hiked alone.

Spending time with Brayden, Michelle and Kyle

I went to Utah from July 19th - 23rd and stayed with Michelle and Kyle. It was so fun playing with Brayden; as usual Michelle and Kyle treated me like a queen. They brought me home on the night of the 23rd. On the 24th of July I babysat Brayden and his cousin Jayda while they went rafting with the Stoddard family in Jackson Hole. They left on the 26th - I will really miss them!

NEW CARPET AND BEDROOM SET

Steven and I decided to get a new bed to see if it would help my back. Well, then we decided to get a bedroom set - our first in 26+ years of marriage. Then we wondered if you could put a new bedroom set on 22 year old carpet - so we got new carpet (which expanded to the entire upstairs). Well, if we are getting new carpet we need new tile. We updated our bathroom a little at the same time and painted our bedroom. Thank goodness Kyle and Michelle helped us with the entire project!

Boise - Idaho Humanities Institute

Dr. Adler, myself, Claudi and Dr. Shaw. (Scholars on the Supreme Court)

Claudia Mecham and I went to Boise from July 12th - 17th to a Supreme Court seminar. We stayed in the dorms, ate lots of food, and learned a LOT! I am so glad that Claudia went with me - we had a blast!

Myself and Claudia doing a skit about what we learned.

MORE SUMMER FUN

Brayden Stoddard (Grandson) and Hayden Zediker (adopted Grandson-neighbor) enjoy the zoo together.



Hayden turned 1 years old on July 5th. We gave him one of his favorite characters, "Elmo". Hayden didn't really know what to think of him at first, but seemed to warm up to Elmo later. On the 6th he came to visit again and made his first solo trip (with spotters) up the flight of stairs. They grow up too fast!

4th of July and MORE!

Michelle and Brayden came to Rexburg and visited for 2 weeks. Kyle was here for one of those weeks. We made them work them most of the time. They moved furniture and helped us paint! We really enjoy when they visit and we will really miss them. Besides work, we also went to the zoo, nature park, Rigby Lake, movie, parade and Idaho Falls (Mitch and Brittany's home and Lawrnel and Julie's home).

Some landscaping 2009

Steven has been busy fixing an area of our yard. While I was gone back East, he cut down the "70's bushes" on the corner of our lot (not known to me). It hasn't been easy with all the rain we have had.

Boston/D.C. Trip June 2009

Sunday, May 31st, headed for Boston with 26 other social studies teachers from Madison School District. (Thanks to a Federal Grant we can share our experience and new found information with our students).

DAY 1 - Arrived in Boston at 4:30 pm. Used the Metro to get to the hotel. Looked around the city some (Harvard University) and went to bed.

DAY 2 - Went on the Freedom Trail (walked a lot) - including 298 stairs up the Bunker Hill monument. Went back to hotel for an hour and went on a Historical Ghost Tour of Boston that night.

DAY 3 - Went to Concord, Lexington and Plimouth Village (Mayflower II) - Cape Code.

DAY 4 - Went to Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox Baseball Field) Tour - oldest active stadium in U.S. Caught a plane to D.C. Bad weather and troubles with plane - landed in Baltimore. Had to take a van to D.C.. Arrived late and went to bed.

DAY 5 - Went to Capitol, Supreme Court, Library of Congress, Arlington Cemetery and Pentagon 9/11 memorial. Then went and saw all the monuments at night (back to hotel after midnight). Pouring Rain all day.

DAY 6 - Went to Newseum (really great museum about the history of news). Claudia and I made a news video (SEE VIDEO ABOVE) Flew home. Pouring rain all day.

Memorial Day 2009

We spent the weekend and memorial day with Michelle, Kyle and Brayden in Utah. It was great seeing them and as always they did a great job entertaining us!

Social Studies lip sync challenge

My lip sync challenge outfit. This year (2008-2009), at Madison High School, the social studies department challenged the english department to a lip sync. In December, we went on stage at a Christmas Assembly. A student used her cell phone to put the lip syncs on You Tube. If you want to go to you tube and put in lip sync social studies challenge and lip sync english challenge you can watch both departments. Click here to go immediately to the social studies lip sync.

Spring Break with the Stoddards!

I went to Utah and stayed with Kyle, Michelle and Brayden for Spring Break (April 3rd - April 6th). Monday morning Michelle surprised me with the news that they were coming home with me. It was so fun spending a week with them. Brayden is so cute and smart. This picture really makes me think of Brayden's personality! I really miss him and love talking to him on the phone.
Kyle came to Idaho to pick up his family. But before they went home we picked up Steven at the airport (he went to Tennessee for his work). We shopped and shopped - (after all we were with Michelle) and then we played and ate ice cream-(after all we were with Brittany - okay and ME).
We are at the ice cream parlor enjoying more family time. Mitch talked Brayden in to putting ice cream in his hair. Kyle ate too much (peanut butter on ice cream) and we had lots of french fries.

It was a lot of fun! We love spending time with our family. We can't wait until Michael gets home.

MICHAEL PITCHING

We took a road trip in March and followed Michael's college baseball team. We went to Oregon, Boise, Twin Falls, and Utah. It was really fun and Michael pitched great against CSI in Twin Falls.

Fans at the CSI game. Mitch Woolf,Rollo Harrison, Lauralyn, Bryce, and Kyle Sargent all came to the CSI game and supported Michael - THANKS!!!




Michelle, Kyle, Brayden and Kyle S. came to the SLCC game in UTAH - it was fun seeing Michelle's new condo and hanging out with them!

Woolf Christmas (January 2009)

We celebrated Christmas with the family on Jan. 1, 2009. We opened gifts, played games and ate a lot of food. We went snow tubing on Jan. 3, 2009. It was so cold it shredded the tubes. We had a great time - but it was COLD!

Christmas 2008

On Christmas day Steven, Michael and Laurene spent 5 hours helping neighbors clear their driveways. Mitchell and Brittany are in Island Park - which got 36 inches in one day. Michelle, Kyle and Brayden stayed in Utah for Christmas. They were in a wreck (everyone is okay), but they still need to get their vehicle fixed; hopefully in time to come to Idaho on News Years Day for our Christmas get together.Brayden got a rocking horse for Christmas. It is amazing how much older he looks in just a month. We can't wait to see him on New Years Day.

This is before we got 6 more inches.

The dogs opening their Christmas socks.

Michael's 2008 Christmas.

THANKSGIVING 2008

Michael came home for Thanksgiving on Nov. 21st.
Michelle, Kyle, and Brayden came home on Nov. 25th.
Mitchell and Brittany were here for Thanksgiving.
Michael has been hunting a lot in Montana. I won't post any pictures of the hunting results for Michelle's sake.

Getting Treats

Steven is giving the dogs (Sammy, April and Mockie) treats. Brayden thinks he should be included!