This is one of our family's favorite people... Linda has become like family to us here in Bozeman, MT. She is kind, generous, and so thoughtful. As we approach the time to close the "Bozeman" chapter, we want you to know how much we love and will miss you Linda. (Thanks for the encouragement to keep the blog current so you can keep up with the kids. This one's for you)

Happy New Year, happy memories of the old year... at least the last 6 months anyway of 2011. June brought the celebrating the birth of our little Rex

July was wonderful... it's actually all just a blur in my memory. I do know that Gina went to Germany for 3 and 1/2 weeks. Life here at home just doesn't feel right when she's gone. She had a super fabulous time and we were glad to have her home again.

August was a busy month... we had Great Grandpa Lindman come visit with Grandma and Grandpa Brown for Isaac's 8th birthday. Great Grandpa brought his dog Jasmin and that was a REAL treat to have her stay in the house with all my other animals, I mean children. Before we knew it, school started... Yippee!

September we celebrated Olivia's 3rd birthday! Saying she LOVES her little brother is a MAJOR understatement! Everyone is her Best Buddy

October Gina went to Homecoming with a group of friends (actually the went to dinner and bowling) We attended our first (and last) MSU football game. We also celebrated Eliza's 10th birthday by getting her ears pierced, Oooo la, la! Naturally, we had a fun time roaming the neighborhood all dressed up for Halloween. November was quite the month beginning the Holiday season counting all the blessing we are grateful for. Especially for Mike to be offered a new job with BYU-I the day before Thanksgiving. Gina's 16th birthday was the day after Thanksgiving. What a wonderful weekend we had celebrating so many blessings! December was busy with excitement and then some. Mike worked his last National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas the first two weeks. Came home to dash off house hunting in Rexburg, Idaho. We made it home in time to watch Charlie open his birthday presents and put him to bed. He had a super 5th birthday party the next day. Christmas this year was simple and so perfect! It was one of those days I wish could last a little longer than just 24 hours. Fortunately, it seemed that time slowed down to a snails crawl and I feel I savored every moment of the Holiday season. I enjoyed it all to the fullest, and couldn't wait for school to start Monday morning January 2nd, 2012.