Thought these pictures were pretty great from the Smith reunion. I especially liked the one of Uncle Kay and Uncle Bob on the porch of the family home. Fun picture of Barb, Shay and Sam. It was nice to see the half here's too.
Deena

 

She's officially ours!

Hey family. How exciting all the treking, dental missions, weddings. It is so fun to see what everyone is up to. I just thought I'd post a little about Brooklyn's sealing and blessing and say thank you to all who were apart of it, whether it was in thought or physically, you all mean so much to us. Brooklyn's birthfamily came up and was able to be with us at this special time too. They are one incredible family. We owe everything to them. In this first picture Brianna Brooklyn's birth mom is the blonde. Here is also Grandma & Grandpa Bodily at the blessing with Brooklyn. Zach gave a beautiful blessing. I was so proud of him. The priesthood is such a blessing in our lives. And last is a picture of Brooklyn at Lake Powell. We just spent a week there. Warm water, fun with Zach's family and many memories. We love you all.
Zach & Holly

Yummy recipe!!!

We made this recipe at the lunch after Brooklyn's sealing. Holly gave it to me, and people loved it so much, I thought it would be nice to share. When Deena shared her apron pattern, I thought it would be fun to share some recipes. Some of the guys might roll their eyes, but some guys cook more than the ladies! Robert's a better cook than I am.

Awesome Spinach & Artichoke Dip

1 can (14 oz) artichoke hearts, drained, finely chopped.
1 pkg. (10 oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained.
3/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
3/4 cup Real Mayo, ( I like Best Foods best)
1-2 cups Mozzarella Cheese
1/2 tsp. garlic powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients until well blended.
Spoon into 9 inch pie plate or small shallow baking dish.
Bake 20 min. or until heated through.

Serve with veggies, crackers, or tortilla chips.

Mr. and Mrs!

Beautiful couple. Beautiful day. So happy for the you Angie and Neal. You take our breath away.
Thanks for letting us be part of it!

OPEN WIDE!! Abra sua boca!!

This June me and about 10 other student dentists went to Fortaleza Brasil on a dental mission. It was a great experience. I was able to work along side a dentist from West Palm Beach almost the whole time. We learned a lot and we were able to help quite a few people. I was also able to go visit some people I knew when I was a missionary there. I love the Brazilian people.

TY

Trekkers have returned!!

We have returned from Martins Cove, what a neat experience. This is our family, the kids were all divided up and had different Ma's and Pa's for three days. We all had at least 4 boys and 6 girls in our groups. What a learning experience.



We had about 650 youth and and Ma's and Pa's and other leaders from our stake that went, the missionaries there said that we were the biggest group they have had this year, and they were surprised at how well behaved the kids were and that they could feel the spirit with such a big group, they say that you usually better to have smaller groups, our stake presidency felt the need to take the youth on this trek, all the youth 12 and up. When we were spread out on the trail our stake had a two mile train, it was incredible.




This was our camp, the back 1/4 of the campground was a different group from Utah, the rest was our stake, it was very dry and desolate out there, we will be coughing sand and dust out of our lungs and cleaning out the sinuses for at least a good week.There is dust and sand in everything, amazing.



Each family had a baby that they were supposed to take care of on the trek, this is Jessica and her baby brother Peter Kirkham, he lived until they were just outside the valley. This was one of the hardest parts to me. When the family was told that their baby had died they would have a little memorial on the trail, wrap the baby up and leave it on the side of the trail, and the stake leaders at the end would pick up the babies. It was hard to see those little bundles on the side of the trail (even though they were just dolls) Everybody on the trek had an actual pioneer name, even the dolls.



This is going into Martins Cove, it was a lot bigger than I imagined, it was very peaceful there, I wished that we could have had more time to spend there and ponder and pray, but with 650 people, that was one of the downfalls of so many people, we felt like we had to rush out of there.




Resting on the trail, getting off of our feet was always a pleasure, this day we trekked about 14 miles, definately a tough day for all involved.



Crossing the Sweetwater, Ben is being carried across by one of his 'brothers'. The cold water sure did feel good on our warn out feet, too bad we couldn't just linger in the water a little longer.
Unfortunately I just don't have all night to write about our trip, it was hard, but rewarding, I just couldn't imagine the full extent of what the pioneers had to go through, we had great weather, a little too hot at times, but we still had a breeze or gusts at times to help cool you off.




This last picture is Andrews missionary picture that we are sending in for his mission, he wanted us to include it with this blog. Hopefully the medical papers will all be turned in by the doctors, he will be able to submit on July 2. We will let everyone know.

We were happy to have G ma and G pa Olsen with us. Grandma got Jack to smile. He felt loved. We do too....

Jacks blessing day....

Wonderful occasion. Priesthood blessing. Worthy dad. Good family support. Sweet kids here. Thankful hearts. Good food. Happiness. Shay's cute.

A Fun Pattern

I've been taking some sewing classes. They gave us this pattern, I made an apron from it for Alice and it turned out pretty darn cute. It was fun. Thought some of you might like to try it out. It's a fun Christmas idea. You can get the dish towels at Porters, I think.
Deena 

Adoption Finalization!

Hello everyone! We just wanted to thank all of you for the prayers, love & support you have given us through this whole process. We have been so blessed by each of you. You are all invited to Brooklyn's sealing which is June 10th at 12:30 in the Idaho Falls Temple. There will be a little lunch afterwards at the Robert Bodily's. You are all welcome, but no pressure since I know many of you may be travelling to Angie's wedding the following week. We just wanted you to know you were invited. We love you all. Zach, Holly & Brooklyn

Happy Birthday MOM and GRANDMA!

Happy Birthday Mom and Grandma!
Randy had business in IFall on Wednesday, so I rode with him and joined in Mom's birthday celebrations.
Some of the activities were lunch at Smitty's, dinner with Mike and Bernie, stop at Rob and Renee, visit the cemetery. It was fast but so fun to spend some time with the best mom!!
(Randy had to try the "Randy Burger" from the menu, as did Eric-reports are it was good)

A splurge from the Florida Bodilys

Well, we're not sure who is holding who in this picture, but we do know that Marissa is a big helper, and we think she's cute even when she's mad.
We had a fun Easter this year--Marissa and mommy love making things together. Marissa can be a daddy's girl too, though, always looking for an excuse to snuggle. She's quite the little photographer-she took this picture of me all by herself--"Mommy, I want to take your picture, JUMP!!!" and this is what we got! We started working on the articles of Faith and she has the first 2 memorized already. She is such an awesome, protective, helpful big sister to Chandler. We adore both of our kids! It's been so long since we've posted anything and most of you have never met Chandler, so I'm gonna splurge!!!Chandler is one today-- on Mother's Day--he is such a JOY. He is climber, and daredevil, but very sweet and mellow and smiley. He can walk now and just got his first big boy shoes! He loves to eat, and weighs nearly 25 pounds (no wonder I have tendonitis in my wrist and popped a rib out of place picking him up!) He can say da-da and ma-ma, and he adores his sissy. He has 7 teeth that get inspected a lot by his dentist-to-be-daddy. Ty hopes he's a football player for BYU. Love you all and please forgive me for bragging...Kyla
Love, Kyla and fam

Happy Mother's Day - Barb

Hey Mom, I knew you would be checking this first thing this morning and so I wanted to be the first kid to tell you Happy Mother's Day and to make sure everyone knows how much I love the moms (Grandma Alice, Barb, and Cyndee) in our family.
I think one of the things all of us kids love about you, Mom, is your ability to lift us up and help us feel like we can conquer the world. All we have to do is hang out with Mom and Dad one Sunday afternoon and listen to them talk to each of us kids (over the phone) ... "you can do it" "we support you 100%" "we are right with you" etc...
For me, I always appreciate being able to call Mom while I am on the road. Sometimes I blame it on the fact that I am sleepy and need someone to talk too but I really enjoy the uplift you give, Mom. When Cyndee and I lived in Rupert, when someone in the ward was sick in the hospital, I can't remember who, I remember you going in there on a regular basis and showing your love and support to them. Someone in the ward asked me why my mom always seems to be helping people in need, and I told them that she does that for everyone she loves including me. Many people tell me of the many nice things that my mom has done for them. I hope I can be that way when I grow up. Mom I love you. Thanks for being such a great example and influence in my life. Happy Mothers Day!
Love,
Redge

Delores with her ready smile taking on a new prestigous job. She is now an executive banker. Congratulations!! Way to go!!! We love you! ALSBO

our new executive

FYI

Angie is taking out her endowment on Friday, June 9th, at the 6:00 pm session.

Brooklyn is being sealed on Saturday, June 10th at 12:30.

Angie & Neal's sealing is in the Idaho Falls Temple, Friday, June 16th at 9:30am. (Reception that night 5:00 or 6:00.)

We are still planning on going to the Smith reunion on Saturday, June 17.

We hope anyone who wants will still be able to attend both the sealing and the Smith reunion. Just stay the night here and head out in the morning to Utah. If you can't do the sealing/reception don't worry, we know you can't do it all.

Love ya all

Iona Bodily's

Angie Is Engaged!!! (Here is the Scoop)

It is official!

Last Night 10th of May Neal asked Angie to Marry Him and Gave her a ring.

(This is all the guys need to know)

Now for the Girly details

Neal & Angie went to the green belt to do their scripture study.
He gave her a Book of Mormon for Latter Day Saint Families, engraved "Neal & Angie Guymon" and said he was sorry it is taking so long to get the ring and hoped this would make up for it and buy him a little time.

Then they walked down to the river and Neal had carved their names in a stump. He said I was going to carve the word Forever under our names but thought he should make it official first. He knelt down on one knee pulled out the ring and asked the big M question & she gave the big Y answer.

They are going to go this weekend and carve "Forever" in the stump.

They have set the date for Friday June 16th (YES this year) with the reception maybe in our yard? So we will be busy but look forward to seeing everyone that can come.

We couldn't be happier! Neal is a Super Guy as you will find out as he becomes part of our family.

We Love you all.

The Iona Bodily's

Blessing Jack Steven Phister

Just to let everyone know, we will be blessing baby Jack on June 4 at 11:00am in our ward here in Salt Lake. We would love anyone to come who would like to. If you would like to come, please let me know so we can plan for you....and so I can give you directions. We're so grateful for this addition to our family....he's a joy! Thanks for all your love and support and prayers!!
Love, Jon, Shay, Sam and Jack

Photos from Alice's Sister's Funeral

Here are two or three pictures taken from my stereo camera. If you have the right kind of glasses you can see them in 3d. If you can't it's ok. One is Alice, one is Paul and Deena and the other is a closeup of Paul taking a picture with Karen in the background.
RO

GreaT NEWS (Eric Bodily's)
No one answered the last one we put in so I will print all the rest of the questions that I have record of.
Eric asked "Lehi belonged to what tribe of Israel?"
Linda asked "When the Nephites became discouragedd what did the Lord say to comfort them?"
Paul asked "Where in the scriptures is the stork mentioned?"
Brandon asked "What were the instructions given to Aaron and his sosns about sacrifices?"
Robert asked "Where in the scriptures is the discription about having your calling and elecction made sure?"
Renee' asked "How can you arrange for the Lord to direct your path?
Gr Alice asked "The Lord states his occupation. What is it?"
Delores asked "Where does it twll you what to do with your families so that you will always rejoice over them?"
Gr Alice asked "Was all of Noah's family saved from the flood?"
Kathy asked "How does the Lord want individuals to be organized?"
Randy asked Why do we all have to apprar before the Judgment seat of Christ?"
Barb asked "What did 3 of the Nephites (apostles) request of the Lord?"

These seem to be the only ones that were printed.

The answers are 2Kings2, 3N9, A10, Alma26;27, Jer8, Ex29, Alma 5:13-16,
Prov 3, Moses 1, Mosiah 4, Moses 8, D&C 88/112, 2Cor5, 3Nephi 28....
These answers were the ones listed on the Bookmark- I hope they are right.