Cousins Party

Tonight we had a wonderful "Cousins Party". Here are some pictues from our party.

Happy Holidays!

Today is December 2nd and it finally looks like Christmas at our house. We received at least 10 inches on Saturday. Matts got to shovel the snow at least 2 times before it stopped snowing. then he helped the neighbors. We have not had a big storm like this one for a couple of years and Jonathan would have loved it. Here are the pictures we took to send to him.

Jonathan is doing very well. He was able to eat 2 Thanksgiving dinners this year. And he has 4 or 5 people close to baptism. They are having a problem with smoking, so hopefully they will be able to over come their smoking habit.

We missed the Cousins Party yesterday, but we are looking forward to next Saturday. We did get to spend some time with Kellie. She stayed with us Saturday night and then we went to church together. Kellie you are welcome anytime, stay overnight, or just come to visit.

It is time for the First Presidency Christmas Devotional, I better go. See all of you soon!

November 14,2007

Hello! We have wonderful news!

Coming this May, Katie & Reed will have a new addition to their family!

And we will have a new baby in our family to spoil rotten! Isn't that what Grandparents Aunts and

Uncles are for?

Jonathan has been transfered to Harrison, Arkansas. He says it is beautiful and he is living

on a par 3 golf course. They can play on the golf course on their P-day. His companigon is from

Logan Utah, and he seems to get a long with him well. His new address is: 2104 Cypress #11,

Harrison, AR 72601.

It is still beautiful, just like it was when we moved into our house 19 years ago. Happy Thanksgiving!

Wait! we have 2 more additions coming to the whole Bird Family - Sharon and Jeannie are both expecting in May, also! What a wonderul spring we will have in our family.

This a picture from our hotel just outside of Santa Cruz, in Seascape. It was beautiful.

Pictures from Robert and Rebecca's

Here are some pictures from our night in Idaho. My battery died before I was able to get a picture of Grandma Bird.

October 6, 2007

Hello everyone!

We are visiting the Bird's in Idaho! It has been snowing and cold, but it is beautiful now.

Claire is coloring beautiful pictures, Corinne has been laughing at us all night, but she is has been alot of fun, Mark has been singing in the shower and Greg is watching the football game with his Dad, Uncle David and Matts. Jacqui is at work so she has missed all of the fun.

Rebecca has been a wonderful cook and we still have home made apple pie to eat. They look like a pie master made them, we will have to make sure the family cookbook has her recipe.

September 2nd continued

Here are a few more pictures from the reunion, along with a couple of our family trip to Sun Valley.

Sorry about the side-way picture of the boys.

I did not add any info about Jonathan - He is still in Independence, KS. He is doing well, keeping busy and trying to find peopl who are looking for the gospel. He has learned a lot so far, but he will learn a lot more before he comes home.

Jonathan's address:

Elder Jonathan Bird

418 1/2 North 10th

Independence, KS 67301

September 2,2007

Hello everyone!

It has been a long time since I posted anything on the blog. So, I deceided that I better post something new and of course exciting.

Since the last posting the Whipple family has had two happy experiences -
- Allison & Baylon blessed their new baby and invited all of us to come to their daring new home to celebrate. They had wonderful food, great people (of course), and a beautiful back yard for all of us to enjoy. Thank you Allison and Baylon.

- The Susan and Dave are grandparents again, another darling baby girl. Cherice and Cory have a new baby with lots of dark brown/black hair. She is beautiful! I don't have any pictures, but I'm sure Susan can tell you how to find some.

(FYI - I haven't writen names because I'm not sure how they are spelled and I don't want to butcher them. Let me know how to spell your names and I'll be very greatful).

I have some pictures from the family reunion. It was so much fun, again. Thank you Annette and Kevin for all of your hard work. If you want any of the pictures let me know and I'll send them to you.