Off to Disneyland!

Erin's brothers-in-law and sisters did a great job on the old Honda....

The car was stuffed with papers. Josh and Erin did not want to clean it up, so when they came out, they emptied everything out on to the parking lot so we had to clean it up....

As the newlyweds came out of the church to head off on to their honeymoon, we were all blowing bubbles to wish them well!

Their reaction when they saw the car.....

Even though they emptied the contents of the car out on to the parking lot, they were not expecting this surprise. Glitter and confetti was placed in the air vents with the air turned on high. When Josh started the car....you guessed it....glitter was everywhere.

After they returned home, they got the oil changed and the air filter was full of glitter and the technician was wondering where they had been.

We are ready to go....we're off to the Black Swan for a couple of nights and then on to the "Happiest Place on Earth.....Disneyland!"

Thumbs Up and So Happy!

A Wedding!

We all had been praying for the rain to stop, or at least just be cloudy on June 12, 2009, but we were blessed with the brightest sunshine!

Our family, minus Elder Jeremy.

This is a picture of the whole crowd! Thank you all for your sharing this day with Josh and Erin!

Some guy drove into the parking lot and asked the kids if they wanted their picture taken with his car. Apparently, this car belonged to Gold Medalist Rulon Gardner, or so he said....

Aren't they just the perfect couple!

This is my favorite!

This one is kinda cute too!

The bridesmaids and groomsmen...

Brothers-in law David Garcia and Aaron Kirkland, Sam Voyles (Josh's MTC buddy),

Jason Matson (Josh's brother)

Josh and Erin

Kaitlyn (Erin's best friend) and Erin's sisters Kimberly, Jamie and Kelly

The parents

Mark and Sherri Matson and Bob and Connie Barnes

Our Family...without Jeremy again!

Josh's side of the family

Uncle Steve, Aunt Jenn, Grandpa and Grandma Matson, Mark and Sherri

Josh and Erin

Jason, Grandma and Grandpa Denkers, Aunt Brenda and Uncle Scott

Little cousins Tyler, Connor, Abbie and Spencer

Josh's Grandparents

Grandpa and Grandma Matson and Grandma and Grandpa Denkers

One of my very favorite pictures..

Brothers

Josh and Jason

Cutting the Cake!

A Visitor

Yesterday Mark was working in the yard repairing sprinkler heads and he heard a strange noise on the fence. There was a bird on the fence and so he though that we had a cat in the backyard. Mark looked over the fence and then this "thing" ran into the backyard. He ran under the gas grill. Mark knocked on the windows to get my attention and I looked outside and saw this "thing." We couldn't figure out what it was. I said it was a gopher, Mark told me that gophers don't get that big, but I said he had long teeth like a gopher! I could see them very well!!

I called animal control and they asked me if it had a tail, I said yes, so they said it was a muscrat and they were nasty to stay away from it....so I had been face level with this thing and now she tells me to stay away from it. Mark stays in the backyard to keep it from running away.

When animal control showed up, they said it was a rock chuck. Where in the world did he come from? They tried to catch him under the gas grill, but he ran around the side of the house and fell into the window well.

Here they caught him at the end of their stick and are bringing him up. It was a pretty big thing.

They caught him and were taking him over to the greenbelt and then going to release him. You can't see the size of his teeth because the cage is in the way, but they were huge! A little bit of excitement for the day!

Wedding Shower

With the wedding only four weeks away, parties have begun! Erin's aunt and best friend hosted a shower in Rupert for their family and friends. Another one will be held in Utah on the 30th. First off, Erin had to describe Josh as we all drew a picture of him.

Erin looking through the pictures to find the two that look most like Josh.

This must have been a good one! I was one of the winners...I think because Erin said Josh was a huge Red Sox fan and so I drew a baseball cap on him. He always wears one, but not everyone knew that. I know I didn't win because of my artistic ability!

It was an Alphabet Shower. Everyone was assigned a letter of the alphabet and we had to find a gift that began with that letter. It was so fun to see what people came up with, very creative! One of the biggest laughs was when Erin came to H. "H" is for a hamper (from Aunt Brenda) and inside Ho-Hos and Handcuffs (from Uncle Scott with a note not to use them while driving!!!) A huge joke....ask someone for the whole story!

"J" was for things used in July, a cooler, flag, red, white and blue table cloth and dishes, tons of Jello and J candies. Josh was so excited to see all the Jello inside....he loves it!

This one was "L"...a laundry basket and laundry soap, but what could be inside the bag? Any guesses......Lingerie. You can't have a bridal shower without that gift showing up! Good thing her mom had "L."

Half of the loot. They got some very nice things to start decorating their home. Erin can move in on Thursday...so she will have a few things to put away. Thanks to everyone who came...we had a great time driving to Rupert together!

A New Member of the Family......

The long anticipated arrival of the new baby calf finally came....in the daylight I might add... YEA! After church on Sunday, March 15th, Jeremy said it was going to happen today! So he and I waited for about four hours for the birth. Kelly Wright and Jeremy had to help deliver the little one and Jeremy was a trooper! Jeremy had a dream a couple of weeks ago that the calf would be a red angus and a bull....he woke up pretty mad!

So, we were really wondering what this new little one would be.....

As you can tell, it is a BLACK angus.....but not a heffer. It is a cute little (BIG) bull calf! It was so fun to be there...a new experience for me! I was glad that I could share that with Jeremy and the Wright family. Thanks for your help!

Jeremy trying to help the new little one get on his feet.

Helping him get steady.

Mamma and the new baby!

It is amazing that they know just what to do after just arriving!

It was such a celebrated event that Grandma and Grandpa Matson, Uncle Scott, Aunt Brenda and Cousin Tanner came to see the little one....not even up on his feet yet!

Debbie Wright made brownies and had ice cream. We ate it right there in the barn!

So much fun! Congrats to Jeremy!

Fun and a Heartbreak in Boise

We spent the first weekend in March in Boise for the State Boys Basketball Tournament. Poky's team ended up winning the District Championship and earned their spot in the braket. Thursday night we played Hillcrest and won by three points. Friday we played Sandpoint and won by eight. Saturday we were in the championship game and were to play the undefeated team of Skyview from Nampa. I told everyone that the game would be a complete blowout or a really good game. It ended up being a very, very good game and unfortunately ended in a total heartbreak for the boys and the Poky fans. We hit a buzzer beater and ended up in overtime! Then we lost by one at the very end 59-58. It was a great game and the boys played their hearts out! So exciting! We have never gone to the tournament before and it was so much fun! We took our nephew Devin with us and the Rhoades family came for Friday and Saturday's games! What a lot of energy during the whole three days! Here are some pictures from the championship game at the Idaho Center in Nampa.

This one is of the boys warming up before the BIG game! There sure were a lot of people there...including the whole town of Nampa!

Jason waiting for a dead ball to get into the game.

Jason playing his heart out!

Jason receiving his medal after the game.

Jason with the Runner-Up Trophey and his biggest fan, Jeremy, at his side!

Jason with Ryan Pearson #11 (and his third cousin) and Joshua Pollard #25.

The team and the trophey....they are trying to smile among all the tears.

They were so much fun to watch! Great Job to the Poky Indians!!