The Walker Family

Introducing Baby Hutchins!

2012-01-26T19:19:00.000-07:00

We are pleased to announce that Baby Hutchins is a ***************

Drum Roll Please..............

BOY!!!

This will be the 10th great grandson and the 12th great-grandchild :)

Congratulations to Shay and AJ.....we will meet him in June!!

McKenna's Basketball Game

2012-01-12T14:52:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday, Lacee and I rode up to Stansbury High School to watch McKenna and the Ogden Tigers play some basketball. We met Bobi and Brendan there and the two kids had a blast running around, playing with there DS's and stealing our phones and calling each other! McKenna played in both the JV and Varsity game and did awesome! I can't remember how many points in the JV game she scored but she scored 2 in the varsity game! Good Job Kenna!!

Controversy Follows Me :)

2012-01-10T08:33:00.000-07:00

So as all of you may know, I vented a little frustration on Facebook the other day and it started a HUGE hornets nests. You don't realize the power of Facebook till ya do that! I appreciate the support very much too.

This is what is going on. A few ladies in town decided that the girls needed to be dressing more modestly at dances at the High School. I have no problem with that....nobody wants to see any wardrobe malfunctions. So they did some research and decided to follow another high schools dance dress code and presented it to the community council at the high school back in October...and this is where my problem with this starts....with no other input from any other parent. It passed without any other parent speaking up or even knowing about this.
So the day before school gets out for Christmas break - December 20th, the principal called the junior girls in to give them the new guidelines for the Prom. I understand about 20 showed up and was given a paper to take home to their parents. The Delta High Junior Prom is on March 17th. Alot of girls have already been asked and bought dresses before this paper was handed out. Now they have to spend more money and get their dresses altered if they bought a dress that is not within the guidelines.

The new guidelines for the Junior Prom and all other formal dances are:

Girls:

No strapless dresses, 3" straps in width, No backless, halter-style, plunging necklines or spaghetti straps and at least knee length

Boys:

Dress Slacks are required, no levis, collared dress shirts & ties, appropriate dress shoes

(This means no black wranglers and cowboy boots that is really popular with the cowboys here)

Below is a picture of 12 girls from last years prom. These girls are cheerleaders, athletes, leaders in school - cream of the crop at Delta High. They all look classy and fabulous in my opinion.

Only 1 dress would be within the guidelines of the new dress code this year.

So is this new dance dress code to extreme?

Yes, I think it is.

If there needs to be a dance dress code, then lets decide together what it should be. We don't need to follow any other high school...lets do one for Delta High that everyone can agree upon.

January Birthdays

2012-01-06T09:34:00.002-07:00

Geez....about forgot to wish a Happy Birthday to our January peeps! So ......

Happy Birthday to Jalen, Zeke, Suzy and Kylee!

Happy Birthday to You!

Christmas at the Stephensen's

2012-01-04T14:55:00.000-07:00

Lacee woke us all up bright and early Christmas morning to see what Santa had brought. She was pretty excited! We all had a really good Christmas and I think everybody got what they wanted.

Lacee checking out her new stuff

Kaden checking out his new stuff

Jessica checking out her new stuff

Before the big tidal wave of wrapping paper!

Christmas Eve

2012-01-04T14:49:00.000-07:00

On Christmas Eve, we all went up to Gary and Sharlene's and had dinner again! And then we played games, well us girls played games, the guys watched something on TV.

We played Wackee 6 again and Apples to Apples.

Cassady

Jessica and Shay

Shay

Sharlene

Lacee

AJ was tired!

Lacee teaching us all how to do the shuffle

A visit with Steve and Kathy

2012-01-04T14:39:00.000-07:00

On the 21st of December, Steve and Kathy made it to Delta on their weeklong adventure trip and so we had dinner and a really good time visiting and catching up with each other.

Getting Caught Up!

2012-01-04T14:34:00.000-07:00

I finally have some time to get caught up with pictures and blogging! The weekend before Christmas, Mike and Bobi and the kids came down for the night and we let the kids open their presents to each other and had dinner and played games. We had a great time!

Lacee with her new Bratz doll and bracelet maker

Brendan with his new Lego set that he went right to work on and put together!

Playing Wackee 6

Chillin like a villian

Cousins forever :)

Bobi asking Jalen a question

Playing with their DS's and their almost matching shirts

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-25T18:24:00.002-07:00

Merry Christmas to all our family! Hope you all had a great day and I hope

Santa found everyone!

Merry Christmas from the South

2011-12-24T07:23:00.002-07:00

Here is wishing all our family a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year and hope everyone in Utah is warm because we have to turn on the air conditioner tonight in order to light our fireplace. We truly miss everyone and hope to head west in the near future when Walker Daycare is no longer needed. God Bless Us All. Suzy and Zeke

Jessica's Birthday

2011-12-13T10:58:00.001-07:00

On Jessica's birthday, Lacee, Kaden, Selena and I went up to Orem to spend the afternoon with Jessica. She took a half a day off and we all went shopping! We had a really good time.

For dinner, we took her to Texas Roadhouse and we embarrassed her by letting the waiter know that it was her birthday and so they made her sit on the saddle and wish her a happy birthday! It was really funny. She said paybacks are going to be coming! :)

Has she been naughty or nice?

2011-12-06T14:57:00.000-07:00

The Graymont Company Christmas party was last Friday and we had a great dinner and the kids all got to play on some bouncy toys and had a ball. The highlight of the night for Lacee was when Santa came!

Pampered for a Day!

2011-12-06T14:53:00.001-07:00

On Saturday, December 3rd, Lacee and I went up to Taylor Andrews to have Jessica give us pedicures and scalp treatments. It was Lacee's first time for a pedicure and she loved it! We've created a monster! If anyone is in the Orem area and wants their hair cut or colored or if you want a pedicure, just text me or Jessica and we will get you an appointment! She is out on the floor now and she has been pretty busy!

December Birthdays!

2011-12-01T08:44:00.002-07:00

Happy Birthday this month to Kathy, Jessica and Gary!

Happy Birthday to YOU!

Happy Turkey Day!

2011-11-24T09:17:00.001-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving Family! Hope all is well with everyone! Wish we could all be together, but thank goodness for technology to make it possible so we can be!

Missing Mom and Dad today :(

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Halloween pictures and ABBA!!

2011-11-14T14:28:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday night, me and 7 of my friends went to see ABBA Mania at Tuachan in St. George. It was so much fun! We all dressed up and we looked awesome! The concert was great except for all the old foggies that were there and just wanted to sit in their seats and enjoy the music....They didn't want to stand up and scream and was extremely annoyed at those who did! But HELLO...it's a concert! Get up and out of your seats!

After that, we drove to Mesquite and stayed at the Casablanca. We went and played on the $2 21 table for a few hours and I learned the correct way to play! It was so much fun. And then, I went to the penny slots and put $20 in and played for a while and then I won $100 on it!!!!! Yeah...on the penny slots! So I promptly cashed out! It was awesome :)

This is all of us that went

And then I forgot to post the Halloween pictures....Here is my sweet little princess that turned into a "Rocked Out Vampire!!!" She was scary! She got alot of compliments on her costume so I think this will probably be the trend from now on...the scarier the better....no more princess costumes for her.

2011-11-10T14:51:00.002-07:00

Congrats to AJ and Shay and Grandpa Gary and Grandma Sharlene, Please consider having a water birth.........in the Atlantic Ocean so we can see ya"ll. :)

BIG HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT :)

2011-11-08T13:46:00.000-07:00

Ok everybody........drum roll please........

Shay and AJ have some very exciting news to share....and they have given me permission to spill the beans................

They are having a BABY!!!!!

Whoo Hoo....so exciting

She is due in June :)

Happy November Birthdays!

2011-11-03T08:33:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday this month to Kevin and Cassady!

Happy Birthday to You!!!!

A little bit of everything....

2011-10-29T15:12:00.000-06:00

An exciting week in Delta as our football team heads into the playoffs after winning Region! And to make it even better, Delta got to play Ogden! Delta had homefield advantage, so on Friday, October 28th, the Ogden crowd headed to Delta and that included Bobi, McKenna, Jalen and a whole bunch of McKenna's friends! Delta won the game 43-0 but it ended in the 4th quarter because the power went out all over Millard County. Kaden got to play before it got too dark to see the ball.

Kaden #15 running out of the locker room before the game

Delta's football team

The Ogden crowd and can you find McKenna???

This week has been Red Ribbon Week and Thursday was crazy hair day! We decided to rat Lacee's hair and make it as big as we could and then sprayed colors in it.

On Wednesday, Jessica had to have 2 color models at her school to practice on, so being the great mom that I am and Sharlene being the great aunt that she is, volunteered to be Jessica's very first coloring clients. Can't say we weren't a little nervous, but she did a fantastic job and we are very proud! She is loving school and has adjusted to being away from home just fine.

Delta vs Payson

2011-10-20T19:20:00.001-06:00

On Tuesday, October 18th, Delta JV played Payson here in Delta. It was Kaden's last JV game...kinda sad! Delta played awesome! Kaden had 1 touchdown and he made the 2-point conversion when the game went into overtime. We ended up winning 22-20 after a tense and exciting overtime!

Score was tied 14 to 14 after 4 quarters.

Delta had the ball first and we scored a touchdown and the 2 point conversion and then Payson got the ball and scored a touchdown, but didn't make the 2 point conversion.

Final score! Good way to end the season :)

And the two cutest little cheerleaders ever!!

Football - North Sanpete

2011-10-20T18:25:00.000-06:00

This is the Delta-North Sanpete game and we lost this game. The boys couldn't quite get things together.

Kaden in the middle of 2 North Sanpete guys and he held on to the ball!

Final Score

The score says it all......

2011-10-11T13:27:00.000-06:00

On Thursday, October 6th we played Juab here in Delta. I don't know what happened but we got our butts kicked. Maybe we weren't used to the freezing cold weather or maybe we just had a bad game...who knows?? We'll just say it was a great learning experience :)

Happy October Birthdays!

2011-10-04T13:02:00.001-06:00

Happy Birthday this month to

Steve, Whitney, Kohen and Kevin!

Happy Birthday to YOU!

Circus!

2011-10-04T12:59:00.000-06:00

We decided to take Lacee to the circus a couple of weeks ago when they were in Salt Lake. I don't think we had been since Jessica was in 1st grade! We had a good time.

Football JV vs Spanish Fork

2011-10-04T12:42:00.001-06:00

Here are some pictures from the Spanish Fork game

JV Team Captains....Kole Lyman, Danny Dutson, McKade Loe and Kaden

Kaden deflecting a pass

He actually caught this ball and ran for about 15 yards

Here comes the ball.....

and he catches it

Final Score

Two Football Games & Homecoming

2011-10-04T12:34:00.000-06:00

Last week was Homecoming for Delta. The JV Football team played South Sevier in Monroe on Wednesday and then went to Spanish Fork on Thursday...probably not the best idea, cuz our boys were very tired on Thursday so the outcome of the game was not what we wanted. On Friday, Spanish Fork came to Delta and we beat them! It was a great game and considering that all the critics were favoring Spanish Fork to win....we just want to say to Spanish Fork...Welcome to 3A football!

Our house all decorated

Kaden missed this throw and decided to practice his tumbling skills

We were up 28 to 0 with 5 minutes left in the game, so the coaches decided to mix it up a little bit and they put Kaden in as running back. He made 3 good runs and then decided to fumble the ball and the South Sevier kid picked it up and ran it in for a touchdown.....so the score ended up being 28 to 6. We will have to get this kid some REALLY sticky gloves...ha ha ha

Final Score

A New Adventure

2011-09-27T08:26:00.000-06:00

Last night, I left my beautiful, talented daughter at her new home to start her new adventure in life. It was SO hard leaving her there, but what a great opportunity she gets to have and experience. I seriously have no idea how I made it down the freeway when I left! Many tears were shed until I finally got a hold of myself and realized that this is a good thing!

May all your dreams and ambitions come true! Love ya lots :)

More Football.....

2011-09-23T10:34:00.000-06:00

I'm 3 games behind! 1st up was Taylorsville...a 5A school, but they beat us. Kaden had a few good tackles.
One of Kaden's tackles

and he chased this guy down clear to the 2 yard line!

Final score was actually 26 to 12 because they scored a touchdown on the last play and I had already taken a picture of the scoreboard before they changed it.

Next up was Richfield, we were up 22 to 0 at halftime and they pulled all the starters out and Richfield came back and scored to make it 22-20, so the coaches put the starters back in and we held on and we ended up winning the game.

Waiting for the ball....

Got it....

Run, Forest, Run

and he gets tackled

Final Score

And then last night we played Carbon and we held them scoreless!

Kaden caught this pass....

But missed this one....

Final score was 34-0

BIG Fish!

2011-09-21T10:13:00.001-06:00

I figured out how to post a picture from my email today! So....instead of this blog being all about my kids all the time, I'm sharing this picture! Nice salmon Steve! Looks like he had a great time!

Football in Park City

2011-09-13T17:15:00.001-06:00

We traveled to Park City on the 8th to watch the kids play. Delta played awesome and we won! It's so much more fun to win. Kaden scored his first touchdown of the year and had 2 interceptions. That sounds impressive but Park City spent more time throwing to our team than they did their own so EVERYBODY had an interception!

Kaden started his run

Still running.....

and running....

TOUCHDOWN!!

an interception

Final Score 24-13

And then, Friday night Park City came to play Delta and Kaden got the tackle on the kick-off. He is #15.

Delta JV vs Stansbury 9-1-11

2011-09-04T17:42:00.001-06:00

We traveled to Stansbury Park on Thursday to watch the Delta JV team take on the Stansbury Stallions. It was a hard hitting game. Delta's injury report was 2 broken arms and 1 concussion - Kaden getting the concussion. We got creamed 42-0, but the boys played a great game despite everything else that happened. Kaden had a great game again. When he got hurt, he was sandwiched between 2 Stansbury players and when he caught the ball, he immediately got hit hard. They got him off the field and one of his coaches told him to spell his name backwards and he got the A and the K mixed up and his coach said, "Well, I can't spell my name backwards either, are ya going to be ok?" They made him sit out the game Friday night in Delta. They are taking concussions pretty serious these days, which I think is good.

This is a fumble recovery for Delta

1st broken arm - this kid ended up breaking both bones in his arm and had to have surgery the next day to put a plate in. End of his football season this year.

2nd broken arm - one of our best running backs now out for the season

Kaden deflecting a pass

The final score

Queens of Corn

2011-09-04T17:33:00.000-06:00

So Shay and I decided we wanted to try freezing corn. We went and bought 4 dozen ears of corn and Wa-La! we have corn in the freezer :) We had so much fun, we are going to do it again!

September Birthdays

2011-09-04T17:28:00.002-06:00

Celebrating birthdays this month are

Brett and Ginny!

Happy Birthday To You!

Football - Delta JV vs Millard

2011-08-26T09:49:00.000-06:00

Our first game of the football season was against Millard last night. They were supposed to travel to Delta for the game, but since the track is getting re-done, they won't let anybody on the field. Kaden is #86 for junior varsity this year and #15 for varsity. He is playing on the kick-off team, kick return, offense and defense this year. He caught 2 passes and he ran his first one 60 yards for a touchdown, but it was called back because a flag was thrown back at the line of scrimmage. Ya...he was pretty mad!!! He also deflected a pass on defense that would have been a touchdown for Millard and he also recovered a fumble. He had a really good game. It's fun to beat your rivals right off the bat!!

Waiting for the next play

This was the start of his 60 yard touchdown run which was called back for a foul on the line! And sorry for the bad picture, but I was excited and jumping up and down so....it's blurry, but it is Kaden!!!

Kaden receiving a pass

Kaden

The Final Score!!!

Are You Ready For Some Football????

2011-08-08T10:44:00.000-06:00

Here is the Delta High Football Schedule for this year!

Varsity 7:00pm

Aug 19 - Manti @ Delta

Aug 26 - Delta @ Millard

Sept 2 - Stansbury @ Delta

Sept 9 - Park City @ Delta

Sept 16 - Taylorsville @ Delta

Sept 23 - Delta @ Carbon

Sept 30 - Spanish Fork @ Delta

Oct 7 - Delta @ Juab

Oct 14 - North Sanpete @ Delta

Oct 19 - Delta @ Payson

JV 4:00 pm

Aug 25 - Millard @ Delta

Sept 1 - Delta @ Stansbury

Sept 6 - Delta @ Manti

Sept 8 - Delta @ Park City

Sept 15 - Taylorsville @ Delta

Sept 22 Carbon @ Delta

Sept 28 - Delta @ South Sevier

Sept 29 - Delta @ Spanish Fork

Oct 6 - Juab @ Delta

Oct 13 - Delta @ North Sanpete

Oct 18 - Payson @ Delta

August Birthdays

2011-08-04T13:14:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday to

Sam, Mark and Amanda!!

Happy Birthday to You!

The Little Mermaid

2011-08-02T19:41:00.000-06:00

On August 1st, me and my friend Jenifer took Lacee and Kate to see "The Little Mermaid" at Tuacahn. It was sooo good! We had front row seats and it was an awesome show.

Lacee in front of the waterfall

Kate and Lacee

Jenifer and Kate

Lacee and Jodi

Kate as Prince Eric and Lacee as Ariel

Prince Eric, Ariel and Lacee

Double Rainbow

2011-08-02T19:27:00.000-06:00

We had a rain storm one day and when it was over we looked out the window and saw this double rainbow! Lacee....the aspiring photographer....went out and took some photos of it!

Camping in Oak City Canyon

2011-08-02T19:21:00.000-06:00

A couple of weekends ago, me and my kids, Gary and Sharlene and Shay and AJ decided to go camping. We had a lots of fun and Lacee was entertained once Kaden brought the 4-wheeler up. We got into a long game of electronic Monopoly and now we are hooked!

Gary trying to spot some big bucks

Gary and Sharlene's new trailer

Me and Jessica.....don't we look great!

Lacee was fascinated that Sharlene put a watermelon in the creek. She kept asking when would it be done.

Shay and AJ's Wedding Pics

2011-07-11T12:10:00.000-06:00

Proud Dad

An unnamed niece and Shay

Reception Line

The family at the reception

Ice Cream/Dessert Bar

Kaden and Jalen being bored

The Cake

Decorating the car

Aunt Lou, Uncle Mike and Kelly

Mike is starting a trend on awesome wedding shoes

AJ washing the windshield off

Gary and Sharlene's family

Shay and AJ cutting the cake

and they were nice to each other

Mike and Bobi's Family Pics

2011-07-11T12:01:00.000-06:00

Cute Family

Jalen, McKenna and Brendan

the new dog...Chex

Lacee and Brendan holding the kitties

Notice Brendan...he was done with pictures!

Jalen coming out of the slide....so funny!

McKenna and Jalen

Lacee and Brendan

July Birthdays

2011-07-02T17:34:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday to Storm and McKenna!

Happy Birthday to You!

They are Hitched!

2011-06-26T19:34:00.002-06:00

Just a few pictures from the wedding yesterday. It was a beautiful day for a wedding. Shay's looked gorgeous and it was a great time! I will post more pictures later!

AJ and Shay

Whitney and Shay

The car all decorated

Whitney, Cassady and Shay

Kate and Lacee wanted to hold Shay's dress up for her

Sutherland Bridge Pics

2011-06-19T19:49:00.000-06:00

Here are some pictures from the Sutherland Bridge looking north. We have lots of water running through here!

More stuff to blog about.....

2011-06-19T19:26:00.000-06:00

Bobi, Jalen, Brendan, Lacee and I went to Mesquite over Memorial Day Weekend. Jalen golfed in a tournament in St. George and he placed 7th! Good Job! Lacee and I stayed at the Eureka, while Bobi and her kids stayed with her mother-in-law. Lacee and Brendan wanted to swim the whole time we were there!

Lacee and Brendan in the hot tub

Brendan and Lacee

The cabana that me and Bobi enjoyed! We just need a cabana boy and life would have been perfect!

And Jessica got her wisdom teeth out on June 10th. This is her right after she was done and we got her in the car. She doesn't remember anything about the ride home! She did really well and we had no problems at all :)

She slept pretty much the whole first day

Stuff to blog about.....

2011-06-19T19:05:00.001-06:00

Lacee played coach-pitch this year and loved every bit of it except catching. She definitely won't be a catcher when she grows up! So this is probably the only picture I will have of her catching :)

Made it to 1st!

This is her best friend, Allie, on the last day of school. She is already missing everything about 1st grade....might be a long summer.

Mrs. Ludwig gave all of the kids their very own books to read over the summer.

Lacee's class playing a game

Mrs. Ludwig and Lacee

June Birthdays

2011-06-01T16:13:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday this month to

Kyle, Brendan, Hudson,

Kaden and Shay!

Happy Birthday :)

Jessica's Graduation

2011-05-26T10:34:00.000-06:00

Yeah, she made it :) It was a very emotional night for us! Jessica and I are both cryers, so when we see somebody crying, we cry along with them! Thanks to all our family who came to support Jessica. It is very much appreciated!
It's so hard to believe I have a graduate. I remember walking her into preschool like it was yesterday! I'm so proud of her and I'm looking forward to seeing what "next" brings.
Here are a few pictures and they aren't in any particular order, since blogspot changed how ya upload pictures I just added them and they went in this order.

Jessica, Shay and Cassady

Jessica and Cassady

Jessica and Sharlene

Jessica and Mike

Jessica and Bobi

Jessica and McKenna

The Proud Parents

Jessica and Jodi

Jessica and Kaden

Jessica and Lacee

Jessica

Walking through the "D"!

Shay's Bridal Shower

2011-05-22T14:53:00.000-06:00

We had Shay's Bridal Shower on Saturday, May 21st and we had lots of fun and awesome food! She got lots of great stuff that will start them off on their own. We did a "First Time" theme and the highlight of the gift giving was her opening our present! We got to do "First Night" and yeah....we embarrassed her :)

May Birthdays

2011-05-02T11:39:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday this month to

Luke, Scott and AJ!

Happy Birthday!!!

Goin' to the Dance

2011-05-02T11:38:00.002-06:00

Just some pictures from Sadie's that Kaden and Selena went to on Saturday night. For their "day date", they rode the Rhino and 4-wheelers and ended up getting stuck at Mud Lake....they found out the reason why it is called Mud Lake! Kaden said he had alot of fun.

Kaden, Selena, Jacey and Kohl

Shay's Ring

2011-04-11T09:06:00.000-06:00

Ok, as promised, here is a picture of Shay's ring...it's gorgeous!

Exciting News.....

2011-04-01T11:56:00.003-06:00

And I'm just going to take the opportunity to say "Congratulations to Shay and AJ!" on their engagement. Pictures of the ring coming soon :)

June 25th is the day!

Welcome to the family AJ!

April Birthdays!

2011-04-01T11:38:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday this month to Jeri and Jodi.

Happy Birthday to YOU!

Soccer and Dance

2011-04-01T11:30:00.002-06:00

Lacee is playing soccer this year and so far she is loving it. She is doing really well and is picking up the game fast. She got to play goalie in her last game and she stopped a ball from going in. I think the tongue sticking out and her eyes closed helped :)

Making sure I'm taking pictures of her

And this is actually how she was pretty much the whole time....I tried to catch her doing handstands.

On Thursday night, her little dance group performed at the Tri-Del Review. They did a fantastic job!

Bon Jovi!!

2011-03-26T11:40:00.003-06:00

For Sharlene's birthday, we got her Bon Jovi tickets. So on March 22nd Shay, Sharlene, Bobi and I all got to go. We met Whitney and Jessica at Z' Tejas and ate a fabulous dinner and then off to the concert we went. It was so awesome. It was a great concert. Us older ones were a little deaf for a few hours after the concert, but we don't know if it was from the loud concert or Shay screaming!

Jessica, Whitney, Bobi, Jodi, Shay and Sharlene at dinner All of us at the concert

We love Bon Jovi!

Jon Bon Jovi is so awesome! He had so much energy and was all over the stage. And he can sing!

Our view from the cheap seats

Adventures in Moab

2011-03-21T09:09:00.008-06:00

This past weekend, Jessica, Lacee and I drove to Moab to watch the Delta High baseball team play in a tournament. We had lots of fun. We stopped at Arches National Park on our way there. It is so pretty there. We didn't get to go see all there was to see, so we will have to make a trip back there one of these days. The team had 1 game on Friday and then 2 on Saturday. Delta went 3-0 in the tournament. All the sophomores got to play in the second game on Saturday, so it was worth the trip and expense of my luxury hotel suite :) to be there to see Kaden play in his first varsity game. He hit both times up to bat, so he was pretty happy. There are a bunch of pictures and they are in no particular order!

A balanced rock at Arches
Kaden on 3rdA good hit!

Rounding 2ndJessica and Lacee at Arches National Park

Me and Lacee at Arches

A picture postcard

This is called the "3 Gossips"

Jessica and Lacee at Balanced Rock

This is Delicate Arch

And then in between games on Saturday, we drove 12 miles south of Moab to this place called "Hole N" The Rock." It is a 5000 square foot house that this guy built in the rock. It was pretty cool.

They had some sculptures outside and this bull is made of old wrenches, bolts, old tools.

And this guy was made from golf clubs!

Rylie, Taya and Lacee by MaterAlso, they had an exotic petting zoo. This was a longhorn. The girls were amazed at how big the horns were on this dude!

Lacee and Taya by the Zebra

Lacee and Taya by the camel

Katonka

And this guy is an Alpaca that we nicknamed "Billy Bob" because he has a small tooth problem...ha ha

Lacee, Taya and Rylie by the elephant sculpture

And Moab has a Walker Lumber too!

More of Kaden and baseball.....scoring

Kaden at bat Kaden on second again

Snow Geese Pics

2011-03-03T14:42:00.004-07:00

My photo class went and took some pictures of the snow geese last night and we found a whole bunch of geese to take pictures of! Sometimes it felt like we were in the movie "The Birds!"

March Birthdays!

2011-03-01T13:32:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday this month to
Stephanie, Bobi, Trevor, Mike and Rhett!
Happy Birthday to YOU!

Surprise!

2011-02-20T13:03:00.005-07:00

It's been very secretive here this past week trying to keep Sharlene's 50th birthday party a surprise for her! We decided to go to dinner at Ruby River in Provo, so that Sharlene's mom and Rod and Mike, Bobi and McKenna could come. She had no idea we were all there. She thought that Gary, Shay and Cassady were taking her out to dinner for her birthday!
This is her just walking in..... So surprised! Mike and McKenna

Some of us at the table

The birthday girl and Gary :)

The other table

She was so happy that Whitney got to come down!

The DELICIOUS carrot cake that we had the new bakery in Delta make...sooo good!

Lacee helping Sharlene open her presents

And yes...another surprise...BON JOVI here we come! March 22nd...we are so there! Happy Birthday Sharlene...hope you had a good one!

Lacee's Birthday

2011-02-17T14:40:00.004-07:00

Lacee turned 7 years old and we had a birthday party/Superbowl party for her. She went to church and then got to come home and open presents.Her new mitt...she gets to play coach pitch this year.

And how many Barbie's can one girl have?

She invited 10 of her little girl friends to the tumbling building and they had a ball! They bounced and jumped all over and then we played games and opened presents and ate cupcakes!

The Last of a Great Generation....

2011-02-05T20:13:00.001-07:00

Funeral and Graveside Services were held today for Aunt Marylyn. Here is the program from the services. I thought Zeke and Steve might want to see it. It's kinda hard to read, but if you click on the image it will go to another page and be bigger and then you can read it better. It was great to see and visit with everyone today, I'm so glad we did a family reunion last July and Uncle Mel and Aunt Marylyn got to come down for it. She was a great lady and she will be missed.

Lacee Tumbles!

2011-02-04T12:09:00.004-07:00

Lacee's tumbling class performed at the Delta High Boys Basketball game on Wednesday night. She did really good and they looked so cute! She almost has her back handsprings all by herself!

February Birthdays!

2011-02-04T11:46:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday this month to Lacee, Cary,
Sharlene, Durham and Keith!
Happy Birthday to YOU!

Photography Class

2011-01-28T08:19:00.003-07:00

Sharlene and I are taking a photography class so we can learn to take some great pictures and learn how to use our cameras. It is so much fun! We are loving it. We make Shay, Jessica and Lacee be our models! Here are some of the pictures I have taken.
Lacee
Moon through the trees

A Delta sunset....does it get much better than that?

Shay and Jessica at the sand dunesLacee and Shay....BFF's forever :)Shay's new boots :)

Lacee

Sweet!

2011-01-06T12:37:00.003-07:00

This is one of the many clocks Shay has made over the past year, but this one tops them all! She made it for one of the sales guys that come into the lumberyard. He is a HUGE Yankee's fan. Shay and I are so proud of this clock!

Christmas 2010

2011-01-04T16:00:00.007-07:00

We had a really good Christmas this year. Lacee woke us all up at 7:00 am and couldn't wait to see what Santa brought her. I think they got spoiled pretty good and got what they all wanted. I bought myself a "Nook" for Christmas and I love it! I've already read 3 books on it. Love It!!!

Mike and Bobi and the kids stopped by on the 23rd on their way back from the Las Vegas Bowl and spent the night. We had Gary and Sharlene and Shay and Cassady come down and we all ate dinner and then on Christmas Eve, we were all at my house and had clam chowder and broccoli cheese soup and played games.

Steve and Kathy were here on the 21st and we all got to go have lunch with them and visit. It was great to see them!

The kids were only off for a week this year, so our Christmas vacation went by pretty fast. Kaden went to a baseball camp at Dixie College in St. George during the vacation and had a good time. Hopefully, that got him pumped for baseball season. Lacee was the only one wanting to go back to school on the 3rd!

Jessica and Lacee playing with her new Barbie Jet Jessica and all her stuff!

Kaden checking out his new gun Lacee and her American Doll named Julie

McKenna opening her present Jalen opening his present

Lacee and Brendan opening their presents...the look of excitement!

January Birthdays

2011-01-03T08:27:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday this month to
Jalen, Zeke, Suzy and Kylee!

Happy Birthday To You!

2010-12-31T18:41:00.001-07:00

Happy New Year to you. May 2011 be prosperous and happy for all.

2010-12-26T21:29:00.001-07:00

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

Love you all!!

Holy Snow!

2010-12-21T09:09:00.005-07:00

For all you warm weathered family...here's to SNOW!!! We woke up this morning with about 6-7 inches of the wet, white fluffy stuff. I wanted snow for Christmas, but really...not this much!!!

Here is our hose hanger with snow
Kaden's truck...I'm sure he wishes he could park in the garage :)

The drooping tree out front

The deck in the back

Another drooping tree

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!

December

2010-12-01T11:19:00.002-07:00

Happy December Birthdays to....

Kathy, Jessica and Gary!

Happy Birthday to You!!!

Gobble 'til ya Wobble!

2010-11-25T09:30:00.001-07:00

To My Family

Have a very Happy Thanksgiving

Wish we were all together today!

Delta Football Semi-Finals at Rice-Eccles Stadium

2010-11-16T12:50:00.003-07:00

The Delta High football team made it to the 3A state semi-finals and so they got to play at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah. Sharlene, Shay, Cassady, Jessica and I drove up and went to the game and met Whitney and Jessica there. It was really cold, but we had lots of fun even though Delta got beat and their season came to an end. No pictures of the football game sorry!

Jessica, Whitney and Cassady drinking hot chocolate Jodi and Shay

Jessica and Jodi

Shay and Alex

Sharlene enjoying her nachos

Whitney enjoying her nachos

Happy November Birthdays!

2010-11-01T11:24:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday this month to
Kevin and Cassady!
Happy Happy Birthday to You!

Our LIttle Vacation

2010-11-01T11:03:00.002-06:00

So, Shay and I had this great idea last summer to head to Disneyland sometime. After going over schedules, we decided to go during my kid's fall break from school. Everything got planned and on Friday, October 22nd, we left at 6:30 am for Disneyland! We had reserved a rental van in Cedar and when we got there they upgraded us to a 2010 black Chevy Suburban! It was really nice and we all felt a little like celebrities! I drove to Las Vegas and my kids had never been there so we went and drove down the strip and then found a place to have lunch. After we had all stretched our legs, Shay drove and I was the co-pilot for that leg of the trip. Everybody else fell asleep in the back and Shay and I had a great time laughing and looking at the barren desert. Finally at 5:00 pm, we got to our hotel and got checked in. We stayed at the Anaheim Fairfield Inn that was right across the street from Disneyland. We went and walked through Downtown Disney that night and bought some caramel apples that were WAY overpriced!

Bright and early Saturday morning we all got ready and headed to the Happiest Place on Earth! We started in Tomorrowland and went on the Buzz Lightyear ride. It was fun shooting all the Zurgs. Then Shay, Kaden, Jessica and I went and rode Space Mountain while Sharlene, Cassady and Lacee chilled out for a little while. I have to tell you that is not my most favorite ride, but the other three loved it! Anyway, we spent the whole day at Disneyland and it was totally exhausting!

On Sunday morning, we got up and drove out to Newport Beach. I think this was Cassady and Lacee's very favorite thing to do. They played in the waves and gathered sea shells. On our way back, we spotted a Shoe City and Kaden wanted to stop so we did and we all found us a pair of shoes. And then we stopped at this KFC that was a real dive...kinda scary and we were the only white people there. When we got back, we walked over to California Adventure and went on "Soarin' Over California" which was one of our favorite rides. We spent the rest of the day there and then we went to "Goofy's Kitchen" and had a character dining experience. Shay, Cassady and Lacee really liked meeting all the characters and having them sign their books!

On Monday morning, we went back over to California Adventure and rode the new Toy Story ride. It was really fun, but the line was SOOOOO long. Then we went and caught the "Alladin" show. After that, we walked back over to Disneyland and rode some more rides and watched the parade. Disneyland closed at 6:00 that night so we said good-bye to Disneyland and went and ate at The Cheesecake Factory. That place is sooo good. We all ate and ate and then ordered cheesecake and ate it all too!

We left Tuesday morning about 10:00 am with me and the wheel and Shay co-piloting. Everybody was just dozing off, when Lacee's balloon popped, except we didn't know her balloon popped and Shay and I thought we blew a tire and Cassady thought we were getting shot at. But then Lacee started crying and then we were all laughing uncontrollable and I about wrecked the suburban because we were laughing so hard. I drove to St. George and then Sharlene drove to Cedar and then Shay drove the last leg of the trip, which seemed FOREVER getting home. But finally we made it about 8:00 pm and I think we were all glad to be back home.

We had a great time and we need to do it again sometime!

The Beach 2010

2010-10-28T09:46:00.001-06:00

Disneyland 2010

2010-10-28T09:31:00.003-06:00

Tough Loss :(

2010-10-21T10:59:00.002-06:00

The game last night ended in a tough loss for Delta. The boys played a great game but the refs decided to make a bad call and it cost us the game. With 2:00 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Juab had the ball and it should have been a fourth down, but the ref moved the ball to make it a first down, even though the line judge was saying no, the ball should be marked here for the fourth down. Anyway, after ten minutes of arguing and the Delta crowd going berserk, the ref signaled first down and Juab ended up scoring a touchdown and then kicking the extra point to beat us by 1 point. Kaden played another great game and almost had a couple of quarterback sacks! We are really proud of him. Anyway, the JV team ended up with a record of 7-3 and we are looking forward to another great season next year!

And so now that we are done with football, I don't know what I'm going to write about anymore till baseball starts, so somebody better take my place!!!

AND, we are going to DISNEYLAND tomorrow! So excited! Okay, so I will have something to blog about when we get back!!!

Delta vs Emery 10-12-10

2010-10-18T13:25:00.003-06:00

We played Emery on Tuesday and they won 34-14. The boys played great! The last game of the year is on Wednesday against Juab over in Nephi. It should be a really great football game.

And it's been one year ago that Kaden got sick and took us for a roller coaster ride! He is doing great and has had no problems whatsoever. We are thankful everyday that we had a good ending.

The Boys are on a roll....

2010-10-11T12:42:00.003-06:00

We played over in Richfield on Thursday, October 7th and they boys played really well.
Another great outcome! Kaden played both offense and defense again

New Baby!!!!

2010-10-10T08:32:00.002-06:00

It's a GIRL!!

Kohen Walker Kazmierczak

October 10, 2010 at 1:18 am

7 lbs 3 oz

20 inches long

Congratulations Brett, Storm and Rhett!!

October Birthdays!

2010-10-02T16:00:00.003-06:00

Happy Birthday this month to Mom - Happy 82nd! We miss you!

And Happy Birthday to Steve, Kevin and Whitney!

And to Baby Kazmierczak...any day now :)

Delta vs North Sanpete

2010-10-01T08:52:00.002-06:00

On Thursday, we played North Sanpete here in Delta. They just did a Sophomore/Freshman game because I guess North Sanpete didn't have a JV team. Anyway, it was a pretty boring game...the score at the end of the first quarter was 24-0 for Delta. Kaden scored the first touchdown and I missed it because I was moving over on the bleachers to let my friends sit down! Oh well :) The coaches pulled all the sophomores after halftime and let all the freshman play and we ended up winning 40 to 6. Next up...Richfield!

Great Stone Face

2010-09-28T09:04:00.004-06:00

So Scott, Lacee and I were kinda bored Sunday afternoon so we decided to drive out to Great Stone Face. We had never been there before. Ya I know, it's only ten miles from Delta. It's kinda neat to see. You drive around this corner of a mountain and there it is - right on top of the mountain. We thought that the closer you get up to it, the more it resembles Joseph Smith.

Touchdown!

2010-09-24T18:26:00.005-06:00

On Thursday, the 23rd, we played Manti here in Delta and Kaden scored his first touchdown! It was an intense game that went into overtime with the score tied at 8. They held each other scoreless until the 3rd quarter until Kaden caught this pass to put us on the board! The second picture you can see the ball on top and then I realized he was hopefully going to catch the ball and he did! The next picture was when his teammates surrounded him in the end zone. I was screaming and jumping up and down, so I didn't get the actual catch! High Five!

They let him carry the ball to the refStill talking about what a great catch that was!

The score at the end of regulation play

And the final score! We won! They let each team start on the 30 yard line (I think) and they give each team a shot at scoring. Manti started first and didn't score and then it was our turn and we didn't score, so they started again and we scored a touchdown, so they let Manti have a chance at scoring and we held them and won the game!

After the JV game, they played 2 quarters of a Sophomore game and Kaden scored a touchdown in that game too! He got to play on the offense and defense in this game.

The boys are improving every game and it is so fun to watch them succeed!

Delta vs Stansbury 9-16-10

2010-09-17T11:55:00.008-06:00

We played Stansbury High School on Thursday and it was one of their more exciting games! Both teams seemed to be matched up equally. We won! Yeah!
Kaden getting ready for the play On the line

On the line again

Go Delta Football!

Kaden

Kipp #80 and Kaden #15 getting the next play. Also, do you notice how he doesn't have his jersey tucked in? Well, he hates to tuck his jersey in and he did this same thing during baseball. Every game the ref says, "#15, you need to tuck your jersey in" and so he does and then it comes undone again and it just continues on.....LOL

Kipp kicking off the ball

Jordan #44 and Danny #37 on the kick-off

Kaden

Final Score :)

Delta vs Park City - 9-2-10

2010-09-03T18:23:00.002-06:00

Delta played Park City on Thursday and both JV and Freshman won their games. I have to brag on Kaden a little because he had a great game! He caught 2 passes for some good yardage! And if you know Delta football, they don't throw the ball very often, so it was really exciting for him. The coaches said he came off that field with a big grin on his face! The third time he was thrown to in this game, a Park City player intercepted the ball and Kaden was so mad, he got up and chased the kid down and tackled him. The Stephensen temper comes out in him once in awhile! The boys played really well and it looked like things were clicking together for them. It is so much fun to win!

This is the first pass he caught On the line

Kaden and Kipp getting the next play

The final score!

Happy September Birthdays!

2010-09-02T11:54:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday this month to Brett! Have a great day :)

Are You Ready for some Football?

2010-08-29T12:14:00.002-06:00

On Thursday, August 26th, we traveled to Cedar City to play Hurricane. Kaden is playing on the JV team...one of 4 sophomores to start JV. He is pretty excited for this season and so are we! Even though Hurricane beat us in our first game of the year, we are looking forward to improving and winning! Kaden is a Wide Receiver this year and also on the offensive line on the end. He is #15. Go Delta!

Trip to Lagoon and Hogle Zoo

2010-08-10T15:25:00.008-06:00

This last weekend was the Graymont Summer Party at Lagoon. We went and took McKenna with us! It was really fun this year because Lacee was tall enough to go on all the rides. She is an adrenaline junkie like Jessica, Kaden and McKenna are! She loved everything about Lagoon. Jessica, Kaden and McKenna went on the Sky Coaster and we videoed it, so if I can figure out how to get it on here, I will. They are daredevils!
McKenna and Lacee on the Sky Ride Jodi and Jessica on the Sky RideLacee on the Dragonfly Swing

McKenna and Lacee on the train

Lacee loved Wild Mouse and I think she went on it three or four times. This is her and McKenna getting ready to go on it.

And away they go!

Lacee wanted her face painted so she got it done as a rainbow butterfly

And the Go-Karts are always fun! This is KadenAnd McKenna...almost missed her :)

And Jessica...she waved!

Lacee on a ride I wouldn't go on!

And then on Sunday, we all went to the Zoo.

This is a sloth that was asleep in the tree

The Rhino came right up to the glass window

Lacee and the elephant

The giraffesBobi and Lacee resting...Bobi was tired from riding 62 miles on her bike on Saturday!Kaden and Lacee measuring up to the gorillas

Jessica and Lacee seeing how they measure up

Jessica measuring up

The momma elephant and her cute little baby

Lacee at the elephant statue

McKenna and Bobi on the Zoo train

Jessica, Jodi and Kaden on the train

August Birthdays

2010-08-02T15:38:00.001-06:00

Happy Birthday this month to Sam, Mark and Amanda!
Happy Birthday to you :)

Walker Reunion 2010

2010-07-25T22:12:00.006-06:00

Here are some pictures of the WR and Josie Walker Family Reunion that our family hosted this year. It was at the Sutherland Park on Saturday and we all had a great time eating and visiting!

Uncle Mel and Aunt Marylyn...the last surviving sibling of the family. She is as spry as ever! And Uncle Mel is still as funny as he ever was! Bobi and Aunt Marylyn...she brought down some glasses that our dad had brought over from Italy when he was serving in World War II that he had given to her and she gave them to us.

This is Michelle's granddaughter...she loved Lacee's jeep!

The silent auction stuff

Scott, McKenna, Shay and Sharlene relaxing at the reunion

Tyler and Bill

Jalen (hiding), McKenna, Dustin, Shay, Jessica and Kaden enjoyed their lunch

Linda and a bunch of others at the lunch line

Randy, LeAnn, Ken and Venna

Linda spending her money at the silent auction

Cyndi and Ginger - Michelle's daughters riding the 4-wheeler

Von and his 2 kids - Randy and Diana visiting with Ken and Michelle

Bill and Wendy

The next Walker Family reunion is going to be in 2012 hosted by Linda, Venna and Von. You all better plan on attending!!!

4th of July Weekend and other stuff

2010-07-06T15:22:00.008-06:00

Sorry about the picture overload! This is Cassady, Jessica and Shay at Hoover's Resort. And this is Lacee's new room all painted! She loves it.

The 4th in Delta! Getting candy is the highlight :) Cassady and Shay were a great help to Lacee!

Lacee, Shay and Cassady

Sharlene, Cassady, Jodi, Whitney, Shay and Lacee at the parade

Lacee and I went to Ogden after the parade and on Sunday we hiked up to Waterfall Canyon. Uphill all the way, coming down was much easier! This is Lacee sitting on the bridge, taking a break. I was so impressed with Brendan and Lacee, they made it up that trail with no help at all and it was a pretty rocky hike to go on. They did awesome.

Mike, Jalen and Brendan and Haley

They love each other....AwwwBobi was patiently waiting for her sister

The end result...a beautiful waterfall

Overlooking Ogden

McKenna and Lacee

The waterfall

Lacee is taking a break

Jodi and Lacee

Brendan and McKenna

Bobi and Jodi

Jalen, Brendan, Haley and Lacee climbing on the rocksClimbing on the rocks

The waterfall again :)

McKenna watching Brendan and Lacee in the water

Jalen on the rocks

Mckenna with Brendan and Lacee

Lacee and McKenna

Lacee and Jodi

Later that night we did fireworks! Lacee and Brendan doing sparklers Doing sparklers
Bobi and Jalen watching the great Utah fireworks. The neighbors gave us a good show of Wyoming fireworks though :)
Sparklers and more sparklers

Happy July Birthdays!

2010-07-01T19:01:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday this month to Storm and Mckenna!
Happy Birthday to you!

Hoovers in Marysvale

2010-06-28T13:50:00.002-06:00

Yesterday, we all loaded up in the cars and headed to Marysvale to eat dinner for Shay's 22nd birthday. We stopped at Shortstop so Gary could gas their car up and we discovered Lacee did not have shoes on. She remembered her beloved doll no less, but forgot shoes!! So we made a quick stop at Alco to buy her a pair of flip flops. I think that we will leave them in the car from now on, just because this is the third time she has done this. She is either collecting shoes or I need to pay more attention to what she is wearing when she gets in the car! Anyway, we finally got going and arrived at Hoover's. We took one picture, but for some reason I can't get it to download. I took my camera that you have to put batteries in and of course it was dead after the one picture. So we just got a picture of Cassady, Jessica and Shay!

Last week, we decided to get Lacee's room painted so we took everything out of her room and got it done. It is a light purple and she loves it. It turned out pretty cute. I will have to take a picture of it and post it. Jessica wants to paint her room now, so maybe next week we will start on her room. I forget how much I hate to paint though until I start to paint something!

Jessica has been working alot the last few weeks and Kaden is busy reading the driver's ed book so he can go take the learner's test. He has been mowing lawns this summer and then they spend the rest of their time at the rez. Lacee has just been playing with her friends and swimming in the backyard. She is starting to look like a little indian.

Nothing much else is going on here. Somebody else needs to post something besides me!!!

Happy Father's Day!

2010-06-20T11:02:00.001-06:00

Happy Father's Day to all you great dads!

"Anyone can be a Father, but it takes someone
special to be a Dad."

Miss you Dad!

Memorial Weekend Camping Trip

2010-06-02T14:56:00.002-06:00

Happy June Birthdays!

2010-06-02T11:30:00.003-06:00

Happy Birthday this month to Kyle, Brendan, Hudson, Kaden and Shay!

Happy Happy Birthday to YOU!