A fun day tubing!

Nick gets ready to push Rachel and Cole down the hill!

Ian, Senea, Jaime, Brennan and Jason waiting for the tow rope up the hill. You see Cambria and Abby in the background.

Grandpa Jack

Joel and Lexi get ready for a day of tubing! Well at least a few runs down the hill.

Cole - watch out he has that mischievous smile.

John, Sammie and Katie - our California family enjoying the Utah COLD and snow!

Abby gets a ride up the hill on her tube.

Cambria takes a rest while waiting in line for the tow rope.

McKayla and Alyssa two great cousins having a fun day together.

Opening Presents - Jared, Gina and Kai we miss you!

Cole opens a present.

Lexi shows John her artistic skills with her new Art Desk.

Brennan is close by while Ian opens a present.

Lexi, Anjuli and Cole watch as Senea shows off her new webkins!

Cambria and Abby show off their Best Friends Forever necklaces!

Alyssa is holding Sophie, with McKayla, Katie and Marissa nearby.

Christmas Nativity

Cambria portrays Mary, Ian portrays Joseph and we have Sophie for our real live baby.


Cole is a shepherd with Lexi and Senea as our angels.


Brennan as a wise man gives a gift to Mary.

Our cast of characters in our nativity play. Notice Jason's head poking out in the middle (he was a good sport and played our donkey for Mary to sit on at the beginning.

Happy Birthday to McKayla and Alyssa

McKayla turns 15 on December 17th.



Alyssa turns 14 on December 19th.

In the mouth of Babes

As I was taking Lexi to pre-school she told me "We've had Halloween, Thanksgiving and baby Sophie was born, now it is time for Christmas." MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!

Lexi meets her new little sister - Sophie

Sophie comes home from the hospital. It is a good thing she was a girl, because everything is done in PINK!

Lexi gets to see her baby sister for the first time. She is wearing her Big Sister shirt.

Lexi gives Sophie a Kiss.

Our new family of four - Anjuli, Joel, Sophie and Lexi.

Sophie Elizabeth Theler - December 3, 2009

Anjuli and Joel get ready for Sophie's Birth

Lacey gives Anjuli a hug as she goes in for the C-section.

Grandpa Jack gets to hold his newest grandchild - #12

Anjuli with her new little girl.

Kailie Harbor Theler turns ONE

Kailie's birthday was November 16th. We celebrated it here in Utah on November 27th.

Jack and Carolyn celebrate their 41st anniversary

We were married in the Salt Lake Temple 41 years ago November 27, 1968. Where has all of that time gone?

More Christmas lights

The beautiful lights in the reflecting pool in front of the Salt Lake Temple.

Nick, Cole, Rachel, and Cambria are enjoying the lights on Temple Square.

James and Marissa

Christmas Lights

Gina, Kai, Jared and Aunt Cheri

Aunt Cheri with John and Samantha

Carolyn, Cheri, Lemarr and Jack enjoy a moment together on Temple Square. Cheri and Lemarr are serving as missionaries on Temple Square.

John gives Lexi a ride around the lights on his shoulder. I think he misses having a little girl in his family.

Anjuli, Joel and Lexi
We enjoyed a fun evening on Temple Square enjoying the lights and the various nativities. We also ran into Jack's sister Cheri and her husband Lemarr.

My birthday at the Draper Temple

I was going to try and recreate events of the past few months that I have not been blogging. But, then reality set in and I will just skip from August at Lake Powell to my birthday, a new grandbaby and Christmas.

Lake Powell