Tyler and Neta's Wedding

Well, it was a pretty busy Memorial Day Weekend. On Saturday, May 23rd, Tyler and Neta got married in Pocatello. It was a really nice ceremony and Neta's Mom did a great job decorating the church cultural hall. They used a "Fairy" theme with all of Neta's ceramic fairy figurines.

Then on Sunday we went to decorate my Dad's grave and cook pocket stew for Mom and David. Then on Monday we went to Arco to decorate Dennis' parents and sister's graves and then we went over to Gloria Loftus' house and had strawberry shortcake and visited for awhile.

Lorin Hansen's Funeral, Mother's Day, Recital

Ok it has been awhile since I posted anything. The day before Mother's day was my Mom's (Ruby Hanft) brother Lorin Hansen's funeral. His children did a nice job with the funeral. When they went to go to the cemetery in Goshen, Idaho they transported his casket by horse-drawn wagon and the children/grandchildren followed on horses behind it. The emotional heart-string was his dog tied to the casket on the wagon.
After the funeral Mom, David, Dennis, Tracy & Tyler Butikofer went to the farm to have "pocket stew" for mother's day. Tenille came up a little later and brought Blake with her. Dennis cooked and we all sat around and talked. Mom (Ruby) played in the sand with Abby (Tracy's daughter - check her blog) - they were so cute playing. Blake tried to ride a homemade tricycle, but unfortunately he got it stuck in the mud and Dennis had to go and retrieve him - they both had mud all over their shoes! However, the food was delicious and we had an enjoyable time in the sun, except for Tracy and Dennis who got sunburn.




























After our wonderful experience at the "farm" we rushed home so that we could go down to Pocatello and attend Aftyn Loftus' piano recital. She did a great job announcing herself and the piece that she was going to play, afterwards she bowed and exited the stage. Wow! How great is that for a 5 year old. (Note that she is playing on a baby grand - what an experience).

Idaho Falls Zoo, Riley and Earth Day

Saturday was a very busy day. We started to do a little yard work but then decided it was too cold. Tyler and Riley were here so we decided to attend the big earth day celebration at the zoo. They were recycling just about anything that you can image, but to get into the zoo for free we had to bring something recyclable - so I took a bunch of old printer cartridges from home. We visited the zoo for awhile and then went to the earth day events. They had opportunities to plant seeds, make frame pictures out of old glass, and they even had ballarina dancers dancing (Riley's favorite event) She got to sit on the fire truck and go inside the new "touring" INL Bus. Here are a few pictures of our day.

Birthday Party's Galore

We have been enjoying attending birthday party's for Aftyn Loftus and Blake Wilson. It is hard to believe that they are growing up so fast. It seems like they were just barely born yesterday. Boy, how fast the time flies when you are having fun. It was great fun watching Aftyn learn how to roller skate for the first time - I hope that she will keep trying because she will have lots of fun with her friends when they go to the rink for school functions like Alyssa does now. (I know that I fell down at least 100 times before I could finally stand up and then I still held onto the rail for security) I hope that Aftyn will remember to just have fun and enjoy learning new things.











Tenille and Grant celebrated Blake's birthday on Saturday night at their house. The kids all enjoyed playing tag on the trampoline for hours. Blake had lots of fun opening his birthday presents especially from his mom and dad who gave him this incredible bicycle or maybe it was a motorcycle???





This is me doing what I love best - holding those babies - Hunter and Abby!