California Trip

We just got back from a great trip to California. We were able to attend Summer's 4th birthday party, witness Luke's baptism, visit with Jenny (Barnes) Snedden - who's about ready to give birth, attend a wedding reception, visit with our family and friends, and YES!!!! we went to Jalapeno's with the Goodmans. It was a quick trip, but really fun.

It's my Birthday!

My girls and their families came over for dinner on Sunday night to celebrate my birthday. Stefanie thought the cake would look better on my face than on a plate. What do you think?

Women's Conference

Gosh! We really enjoy looking at all of your blogs, but we're really horrible at keeping ours up to date. Well - we'll make a go at it.

I just returned from a wonderful trip to BYU Women's Conference with my sister Jennie. We had a terriffic time! If you can believe it - it snowed on us!!! Coming from 85 degree weather in Phoenix, it was quite a shock to see the white stuff falling from the sky.

We went to dinner on Wednesday night with Aunt Virginia Ashdown and Cousin Sheri Jenkins at the Lion House in Salt Lake City. It was really nice to spend some time with them. We stayed at John's brothers house (Bryon & Debbie) in Lehi. We got up early on Thursday morning and drove in to Provo and had a great time wandering around campus listening to different speakers. We heard from Sherri Dew, Julie Beck, and President Monson. What a treat! We attended a concert on Thursday night with several LDS performers like Michael McClean, Eclipse, Hillary Weeks, Kenneth Cope, and Jenny Jordan Frogley. We managed to catch a movie, eat dinner at all the hot spots (brick oven) and even do a little shopping. What a great time!

Now we're both back home and back to the grind:) Looking forward to the next adventure. I think it will be our trip to California for Luke's baptism at the end of this month.

Norway Trip

We were fortunate enough to take a trip with several of our relatives this past summer to Norway. Grandpa Kleven was born and raised there and we wanted to take as many of his posterity to see this beautiful country. All of his living children and spouses were able to go as well as Kit Jensen, John & I (grandchildren). We had a great time visiting the sights in Oslo and Bergen. We then went on a remarkable train trip across the country to meet up with our cruise boat. We cruised the coast of Norway from the south going all the way up to Kirkenes - which borders Russia. There were many stops along the way where we could get off the boat and visit the towns and take in the beautiful scenery. We saw Reindeer! One of the best highlights of the trip was when Grandpa's kids all got off the boat to go visit the home where he was born. Aunt Donna engineered that trip. We had some wonderful missionary experiences along the way as well. Next time we take a trip to a foreign country, we'll remember to take a Book of Mormon in the native tongue!! We're trying to put together a trip to visit some Book of Mormon ruins. Who wants to go?