Brenda and Dave Larsen stuff

Saturday, December 7, 2013

The lateds grandbabies

GRIFFIN

KENNEDY

CALVIN

BENJAMIN

We are so Blessed Christmas 2013 reflections

Saturday, February 23, 2013

The latest 2 grands!!! #14 and 15

Baby GIRL Kennedy is here! We love her so much

Christmas Letter 2012

Merry Christmas to all and Peace on Earth is what we all hope for Christmas~ right?

We are now officially “empty nesters” after the exciting wedding of Amber and Casey this year. We love the peace and Quiet but my home is crawling with Grandchildren every day or so and we wouldn’t have it any other way! We have 14 and 2 on the way. We LOVE our Sunday dinners with the kids and all the times we get to see them at dance classes or just a visit! I’d say we have the best life one could ask for!

We miss Amber and Casey who now live in Utah, and Zach and Kate and their little family that are now in the great state of Washington but we know they are happy and isn’t that all that really matters these days when we have Skype and other of Gods great creations to keep us connected? We had a nice drive in the moving van to Washington and had a good time traveling together…I’m thinking when Dave retires we might want to be truck drivers…lol.

Dave and I had a fun packed summer with BYU clog camp and family reunion up at Willow flats in Idaho. It brought back good memories of all the fun we use to have with our children and Dave’s parents. It was fun to see that our children have the same “fun” we had not so long ago! The 4^th of July was really fun up there.

Dave and I went to the San Diego Zoo and Safari Land and the Southern California Clogging Convention in August and enjoyed that time we had just being together. We are still in Love after 37 years of marriage. AMAZING! We are now planning a cruise this coming year to Alaska in July. It has been on the bucket list for years!

Dave is teaching Sunday Gospel Doctrine class and I teach the temple prep class, off and on when they have it, and I am the stake girls camp leader so we keep busy in the church still.

Well thanks for all your love through the year…we feel it as we send love your way. May you have a wonderful Merry Christmas and a Happy new year!

Love Dave and Brenda Larsen

The Oyster

When I worked at "Wingets" in Logan Utah as a teen the boss posted this in the restroom to memorize if we were in there . yup I did!

The Oyster

Author: Unknown

There once was an oyster Whose story I’ll tell,
Who found that some sand Had got under his shell.
Just one grain, But it gave him great pain.
For oysters have feelings Although they’re so plain.

Now, did he berate The harsh working of fate
That had brought him To such a deplorable state?
Did he curse at the government, Cry for election,
And claim that the sea should Have given him protection?

No – he said to himself As he lay on a shelf,
Since I cannot remove it, I shall try to improve it.
Now the years rolled along, As the years always do,
And he came to his ultimate Destiny – stew.

And the small grain of sand That had bothered him so
Was a beautiful pearl All richly aglow.
Now the tale has a moral; For isn’t it grand
What an oyster can do With a small morsel of sand?

What couldn’t we do If we’d only begin
With all the things That get under our skin.

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Last is #6

#5 is here

kid #4 whats the score

#3 is in the house

oh ya #2 kid

Ya this is just fun stuff...how they grow Go #1

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Mason Special day

Sunday, January 1, 2012

new babies

This is the latest grandbaby! We love baby

Saturday, December 24, 2011

12 babies

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Merry Christmas to all 2011

AnneMarie is in the house!

1 A partridge in a pear tree…no but we did have our lovely German Foreign exchange student this year that we enjoyed as we did all our exchange students! They keep Brenda busy so Dave can have a peaceful life…ha ha ! Thanks Anne Marie for being a good sport and making our year fun! We also enjoyed her family coming to visit in June and while they were here we all took a once in a lifetime small engine airplane ride to the grand canyon, then a helicopter ride down into the grand canyon, then rode a pontoon boat down the river, then back out on the helicopter and home in the airplane . The highlight was her sister throwing up when we got off the bumpy riding airplane…I was just glad it wasn’t me…. ha ha

Ambers home!!! We travel to see her mission in Washington

2 Turtle Doves - Well let’s call this our Missionary Amber( with her testimony doubled!) She came home from serving an honorable mission to Washington. And what a joy it was to have her back! With Dave’s frequent flyer miles and a new credit card that gave a free flight if you joined we have the least expensive most wonderful trip ever back to her mission to meet all the people Amber grew to love on her mission. The people took us in and fed us like royalty and gave lots of hugs for free. They were the most wonderful people. Some I know that if we lived there we would be “best friends”. We saw the sights and were spiritually fed as well with their “Life of Christ “presentation that we got to feel and enjoy.

Stacie Janay and Kate all laying eggs this year! ha ha

3 French Hens …ok not French but OUR 3 hens, (KATE, STACIE and JANAY) were all pregnant this year! Faith was born to Kate and Zach with heart complications and the miracle of heart surgery has made her a healthy little bundle of joy! Little Henri is hoping to arrive any day to The Miner Clan ( they keep praying for him to come out and play)~ Matt and Janay are trying their best to keep baby Bradley David in till the new year so Matt will be able to add to his mini basketball team! Our family keeps growing and we love them all so much!

Technology!!!!!! it almost killed me!

4 Calling Birds …let’s see, this reminds me of my new cell phone. I moved up in technology by swiping Sams’ out of date cell phone and moving to touch phone. It almost killed me but I finally learned to make a call and get a text and even take a picture. Annemarie really helped me figure it all out…. bless her! lol

Trek gave us time to reflect on our testimonies

5 Golden Rings - I’m going to say this was TREK. Dave and I spent 5 golden days in the Mountains of Kolob reenacting the Willy and Martian handcart pioneer trek. We worked day and night for 2 years and through many days in tears and many days in absolute “ahhh” of the inspiration we received somehow we pulled off an incredible Trek for the youth of our stake. The Young women presidency and a few special friends got me through this calling that scared me more than any calling I have ever had. For some reason I felt the pressure that I have never felt! In the end “All is well” and even though a good friend passed away on the trail hours before we came home I feel peace and I know that the church is true and that the pioneers sacrifice wasn’t for nothing. Christ lives and Baby Jesus whose birth we celebrate this season IS my savior and I love him! Many lives were changed including my own!

Eric and Jane are really taking care of my Amber while she is at college

6 Geese A-laying - reminds me of our family reunion this year! We had Larsen relatives lying all over the house! We had people at all the kid’s homes too! We decided to have our annual Campout as VEGAS Vacation and it was so much fun! We went out to eat at a ton of places and went to shows and made jewelry and played games till all hours of the night! We have so much fun with the Larsen extended family! I’m so thankful we are such a close family~ I hope we do it again sometime but I really missed our camping time too so maybe we can do both …ha ha . Eric and Janes family have really been taking care of Amber while she has been away at college. They really have a special place in our hearts~

Swim time at the Stokes

7 Swans A-swimming …seriously we (me and Stacie and several of the grandkids) hit a swimming pool every week this summer! Henderson has some great water parks and that is a highlight of our summers. Also the Stokes family always throws a fun “end of the year “swimming party for the dancers and I love them for it! Wow I have great dancer families!