Baking with Grandma Paskett

From Brooke Gillett:

Lately, I have been feeling like I needed to spend more time with my children (girls especially) and teach them Important Homemaking Skills. Then after a little wake up call that came through my sister in law that just went under brain surgery to remove a tumor. She mentioned that she should've spent more time teaching her children to cook & do laundry, etc. Because she is now unable, for awhile, to do these things for her family & her children are having to do them now.

Sometimes as mothers we get to busy, or it's A LOT easier to just do it ourselves, etc. But we NEED to teach our children for their growth and learning. I have such a testimony of the Activity Days program the Church has for our young girls. I believe this is a GREAT place for them to learn things from other Wonderfully, Talent-filled woman we have in our area. At times these woman have talents or knowledge of things that our mothers do not have, that they can share with these young girls.

So today, Bailey, Madi and I had a GREAT opportunity to learn from Grandma Paskett of HOW to make her YuMMy HoMeMaDe BreaD! She had attended a class awhile back with some of her friends, and has blessed us on a couple of occasions with some homemade bread, pizza, breadsticks and rolls. So, she had the two girls and me over today after school and we helped her make the bread from start to finish. Bailey made delicious breadsticks, and Madi made cheese stuffed pizza. It was SO VERY YUMMY-

We had a GREAT time with Grandma, she is a terrific teacher! Even if Bailey couldn't figure out how to just "KNEAD" the dough. It took her a little bit but she FINALLY got the hang of it. =0) THANKS Grandma!!! We Love You-

CoNGrATs to ChIP & ElYCiA!!!

Family Christmas Party ~ 2008

Here are a lot of pictures from the Christmas Party on Saturday.

HaPPy BiRThDay, BiLlY!!! 11~30~75

William Lee Bailey III 

"Billy"

November 30th, 1975 - July 5th, 1978

{I took this post from the Gillett's blog. I thought it would be appropriate to have on the family blog.}

"Who You'd Be Today"

Sunny days seem to hurt the most. 

I wear the pain like a heavy coat. 

I feel you everywhere I go. 

I see your smile, I see your face, 

I hear you laughin' in the rain. 

I still can't believe you're gone. 

It ain't fair: you died too young, 

Like the story that had just begun, 

But death tore the pages all away. 

God knows how I miss you, 

All the hell I've been through, 

Just knowin' no-one could take your place. 

An' sometimes I wonder...who you'd be today? 

Would you see the world? Would you chase your dreams? 

Settle down with a family, 

I wonder what would you name your babies? 

Some days the sky's so blue, 

I feel like I can talk to you, 

An' I know it might sound crazy. 

It ain't fair: you died too young, 

Like the story that had just begun, 

But death tore the pages all away. 

God knows how I miss you, 

All the hell I've been through, 

Just knowin' no-one could take your place. 

An' sometimes I wonder, 

Who you'd be today? 

Today, today, today. 

Today, today, today. 

Sunny days seem to hurt the most. 

I wear the pain like a heavy coat. 

The only thing that gives me hope, 

Is I know I'll see you again some day. 

Some day, some day, some day. 

-Kenny Chesney

*************

Can't wait for that day...

Love You, and Miss you!

-Happy Birthday-

Hanging out with Grandpa & Grandma Paskett

Some of the grandkids went to Grandma & Grandpa's to play. They played SPEED and had a bonfire.

Uncle Greg was PerFecT to have around- he began the storytelling, with some sPooKy stories. Then the kids took over and ended with some TRuE stories- like the time Dave and Trish found a dead body in Little Cottonwood Creek down off the hill by our homes in Granite. Even Grandpa & Grandma shared a few of their stories from their childhoods, both funny & scary.

Garrett's Baptism

Garrett Powell was baptized on Saturday, October 11th. We are so proud of Garrett and the choice he made to be baptized. We love you, G!

More pics from the St. George Marathon...

{Don't we all look SO happy?}