Antique High Chair from Carthage, Illinois where Eme was born !

Had to get this antique high chair for my house after I saw how cute Eme looked sitting in it !

Asher & Easton's Arrival

Our 7th & 8th Grandchildren (twin boys) joined Ryan & Jaimee's little family with both joy, and heartbreak at the same time. Little Asher was born healthy and strong (4 lbs. 13 oz.), but baby Easton had passed away. This has been a difficult time for our family, but we also have felt the Lord's blessings, tender mercies, and strength through this experience. . . . .

Easton Carl

Asher Darwin

Ogden East Stake Pioneer Trek

Dave & I served as Ma & Pa on our Stake Trek @ Martins Cove, Wyoming. Above is our way cool family flag design that Cameron created and silk screened for our families' handcart. He also made a flag for each member of our Trek family ! Thanks so much, Cam ! You are amazing !

These pictures pretty much sum up the Trek for us--yes, that is our family a ways ahead of us, where they always were. They were awesome youth who "carried on" in spite of having the slowest Ma & Pa ever ! We felt very blessed to have this 3 day experience of walking over 35 miles and remembering our pioneer ancestors, and were helped to "Finish Strong" (slow, but strong) in so many ways !

Jack Donald (baby Jack) is here ! (FINALLY!) Grandchild #6 !

Baby Jack FINALLY arrived weighing in at a whopping 7 lbs. 13 oz. breaking the Lloyd family birth weight record ! After threatening to come at just 29 weeks, Jen was put on strict bed rest and I (Gay) spent the next 10 weeks living with their little family in Abilene, Texas. What an adorable little guy he is ! WELL worth the wait !

Merry Christmas! 2010

We had a fabulous holiday season with all our kids and grandkids !! Jen & Todd surprised us and showed up on Christmas Eve so once again, Cam did not have to spend Christmas morning ALONE with us OLD people !! Yea for great siblings !!

The past year & moving - to Ogden !?!?!?!?

So, yes, I haven't blogged for over a year and moving is just ONE of many reasons why ! The last time I posted was Thanksgiving of 2009--little did we know then that it would be our last Thanksgiving in our Layton house (seems kind of fitting now, that it was also the first time we had ever "hosted" a Thanksgiving) !

Anyways, we DID have Christmas too, and the day after that Dave, Cam, and & I got in the car for a 36 hour drive to Meridian, Mississippi to get Jenni, Chase, and Kayla and bring them back to Utah to live for the next 6 months while Todd served our country in Iraq. We drove straight through for about 30 hours (a first for us) and then spent a night in the Dallas area (nicest Motel 6 EVER) and then drove just a short 6 more hours the next day until we arrived there.

We headed back to Utah on New Years Day 2010 ! I won't even begin to write about the L-O-N-G trip home, but let's just say, we now had 2 vehicles, 2 small children, and 2 (of 4) very sick drivers---it was a LONG trip for everyone and we had never felt so happy to be HOME !

So between moving Jen here, our real estate business, and moving ourselves to Ogden, I haven't kept up on the blog ! But life is good--we are super busy-- we love our family !

Our new little Emma meets cousins, Carter & Rylee !!

Our 5th Grandchild - Emelyne LaRue Hirschi !

We were able to drive to Illinois in August to meet our 5th little grandbaby & spend about 10 days with Erika & Mark. She is sooooo sweet !

Grateful for our blessings - Thanksgiving 2009

It has happened . . . after 29 years of marriage, we finally "hosted" our first Thanksgiving Dinner at our house ! We missed Erika & Mark who were in Illinios with Mark's family, and Jenni & Todd, Chase & Kayla who were in Mississippi this year.

. . . table 1 before dinner

. . . the kids table (we were "missing" our other 2 kids)

. . table 2 before dinner

. . . after dinner games !

All the Lloyds @ Heber Valley

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