Ron and Faye Bell

2009-01-09T15:26:00.002-07:00

This is the "kind" of car we will have access to..... A quote from Elder Emery: Elder Bell will have a cell phone and there is a land line that is in your apartment. You will have access to a Daihatsu Terios vehicle to do your traveling, errands, shopping, sightseeing, beachcombing, golfing, etc. No worries. There are some drawbacks to living in paradise, but not many.

2009-01-09T15:09:00.004-07:00

Here is picture of the apartment we will be living in Samoa. We have been in contact with the couple we will be replacing. This is a two-bedroom apartment. The washroom (laundry) is shared with another apartment. It will take us 1 minute to walk to the office where we will be working. The flowers are Bogenvillia (sp?) I have been checking the temperature every day in Apia Samoa. For the last week it has been between 81 and 88 degrees. It is the warmest and wettest months of the year in Samoa. Cold showers are a refreshing morning ritual. Oh, Well...life is rough!!!!

2008-12-13T15:07:00.002-07:00

Our mission call arrived December 10th. We are going to APIA, SAMOA. We enter the MTC 2nd March. We will probably fly out about a week later. We are so excited to be going back to the same place Ron served some 45 years ago. He got home from his mission in May and we met in July of 1963. Ron's mission president is now serving as president of the temple in Apia. Ron just checked out the weather there for the new week. Rain showers every day, High 84, Low 81. Looking out our window with a new storm of 4 inches of snow, it appears things will soon change in our lives!

2008-12-07T12:03:00.001-07:00

At Wicked in LA

On the boardwalk in California Adventure

Brother Bear Playground in California Adventure with Kasey

At Po Folks with the whole gang!

2008-12-06T16:28:00.001-07:00

On Roger Rabbits Toon Town Spin with G-pa, Brody and Melinda

At the Parade in California Adventure, G-ma, G-pa and Kyler

ON SCREAMIN'!!!!!! G-ma, Melinda, Ariah and Richard!!!

Ariah, Faye and Richard

2008-12-06T16:23:00.001-07:00

Most of us at Disneyland.

2008-12-06T16:16:00.002-07:00

Happy late birthday to Kenneth on the 24th of November and to Sophia on the 27th of November! We love you guys and hope you had great days!!!

2008-11-18T12:23:00.001-07:00

Happy 13th Birthday Kody!!!!

2008-11-18T12:12:00.002-07:00

The grandkids in Toontown (plus 3 friends)
Kolby, Kyle, Kyler, Kody, Parker, Ariel, Kaitlyn, Kendyll, Trevor, Megan, Nicole, Malynn, Brody and Melinda.....

Ariel, Malynn, Kendyll, Kody, Kaitlyn, Parker, Melinda, Brody, Nicole, Kolby, Trevor and Kyler....

The whole gang at the Parade. (minus Parker and Kody who were on rides! and Melinda who was taking the picture!)

2008-10-30T07:41:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Kaitlyn!!! We love you!!!

2008-10-30T07:17:00.003-07:00

2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This'll be the last blog entry till we get back. See you all there!!

2008-10-29T07:32:00.003-07:00

So a couple of weeks ago, Kendyll said that he wanted to make krumkake with me because he was going to make them for his foods and nutrition class for an assignment. I promptly forgot about it ,probably assuming that he'd ask me again when we had time, my assumption was totally wrong by the way. About a week later, he asked me for a recipe. I got in my trusty "This and that from Norway" binder and pulled out the first recipe that I came to, asking him if he'd guard it with his life and get a copy at school and promptly bring it back to me? He promised, and off he went to school. Sure enough, he brought the recipe back uninjured and it's safely back in it's proper place in the binder.

Well, a couple of days later it was 7am and he frantically asked me to copy the recipe onto a poster board because as he put it, "your handwriting is better than mine" to which I quickly wrote the recipe onto the poster board. As he was carrying the poster board out of the office, I noticed that the poster board was actually the print of the Boise Temple!!!!!!!! OOPS!!!!! Dang it! No time to re copy the recipe, so sacrificing the print, knowing I could get a new one, (the print was behind my bookcase with the other prints that I wanted to re frame in frames that match the house and the BLANK poster boards, set aside for exactly this kind of project... of course! I pride myself in me supply of emergency school supplies accumulated over the years from too many 10pm requests for glue, colored pencils and poster board, that they need before school tomorrow!) we did what any resourceful mom would do and used double sided tape to stick the temple poster to a fresh poster board. Whew!! Glad that's over..........Kendyll then informed me that he hoped he could make his presentation good enough for an "A" because, he hadn't practiced. It's a good thing that he just has to give his report today.......................NOT!!!! Next he asks me for the KRUMKAKE IRON!!!!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING!!!????? That thing is expensive and HE's never used it........MAYBE he's watched me use it before??????!!!!!!! Are you sure?!! Maybe he's just using it to display as he talks about the cookies and how they're baked.................Right? ..................Wrong!!!! He informs me that he'll be making them for his whole class!! To which I start to freak out and give him TONS of instructions on the right consistency of the batter, the proper way to clean the iron, that batter will ooz out the sides (just wipe it with a paper towel, it'll be messy but fine.) to quickly wrap the cookies around the wooden cones, using kitchen towels over cooling racks, etc. on and on and on I went as Kendyll was walking out the door with my precious iron...........My stomach is in knots and knowing I haven't given him all the advice I needed to, I started texting him with more tips and tricks, .....If your teacher doesn't have cardomom, you can substitute cinnamon.....you might not need to use all of the milk, just add it slowly till it's not too thick or runny.........let the iron cool all of the way before PROPERLY re boxing it........it takes one hour from start to finish for the full batch, will you have enough time?! To which Kendyll and his teenage patience texts back " thanks mom". He's such a good kid. I love him!

Turns out the krumkake turned out great, they looked good, tasted great and were a big success! (My iron is back in the place of honor in the pantry where it belongs. :) ) Maybe this Christmas season, I'll have a cooking class for the other two boys so I won't freak out when they ask me for the privilege of using my prized cooking implements and cherished recipes!!!!

2008-10-29T07:27:00.000-07:00

3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-10-28T07:04:00.000-07:00

4! :) !!!!!!!!

2008-10-27T05:33:00.000-07:00

5!!!!!

Can you see the 5th wheel in shed? Look hard!!!

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6!!!!!!!!

2008-10-25T06:16:00.000-07:00

7!!!!!!!

Thanksgiving Dinner

2008-10-24T16:26:00.002-07:00

Over the River and Through the Woods to Grandmother's House we go! We will be having Thanksgiving Dinner at our house on Thanksgiving. We hope you all can come??? Let us know who is coming. We will have dinner around Matt's schedule if needed so he can be home Friday Morning.
Happy Thanksgiving.
We are SO EXCITED for Disneyland.

2008-10-24T06:35:00.000-07:00

8!!!!!

2008-10-23T05:54:00.000-07:00

9!!!!!

2008-10-22T06:46:00.000-07:00

10!!!!!!

2008-10-21T07:32:00.001-07:00

11 more days!!!

New Wind Tunnel 18 Oct. 2008

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Happy Birthday..........Melinda
Have a Great Day

2008-10-20T06:41:00.001-07:00

!!!:) only 12 more days!!

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only 13 more days!!!!

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14 days!!

2008-10-17T07:54:00.002-07:00

only 15 more days!!

2008-10-16T10:50:00.001-07:00

16 days left!!! :)

2008-10-16T07:35:00.002-07:00

There has been a question about the height of Grandpa Virg and Grandma Elly. I called Bryce this morning. He has Grandpa Virg's Driver License issued in 1986. height 6' Weight 200 lbs. Grandma Elly was shorter then me. I am 5'3". She was probably 2-3 inches shorter. I am not sure where her Drivers license is... So now you know that bit of trivia. Have a great day. Bryce and most of his family might be in Disneyland about the same time we are... I think they will be there for Halloween. Wouldn't that be fun to see those cousins down there?
Love ya Mom

2008-10-15T07:24:00.002-07:00

Happy Birthday to Michael on the 13th of Sept.!! (Sorry so late in posting!) Happy Birthday to John on the 15th of Oct., Happy Birthday to Richard on the 16th, Happy Birthday to Melinda on the 20th, and Happy Birthday to Kaitlyn on the 30th! We love you all!!!!

2008-10-15T06:47:00.005-07:00

only 17 days!!

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only 18 DAYS!!!!

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19 days left!!

2008-10-13T12:40:00.003-07:00

Well, I have had a little "bump" yeserday. I fell down at church and sprained my left elbow. It is in a sling for a couple of days. I am glad it is not broken. It will be ALL better for DISNEY!!
Here is a picture or two of the house.
Mom

2008-10-12T09:01:00.001-07:00

only 20 days left!!! :)

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22 days!

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23 days left!

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24!!!

This is what Happens when the Bell-Browers try to paint the basement. We loose a wall, Richard wanted to move the door to his office...

2008-10-08T07:16:00.005-07:00

Disney 2008 Calendar

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only 25 days left!!

2008-10-06T09:23:00.001-07:00

26 days till the fun begins!!! (these guys are in the Haunted Mansion!)

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27!!!

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28 days!!! :)

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29 days!!

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30 days till disneyland!!

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31 days!!!

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32 days!!!!

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33 days!

Kendyll and Kyles homecoming pics!

2008-09-28T11:05:00.004-07:00

Kendyll and Ariel

Kyle and Jenn

2008-09-28T11:04:00.000-07:00

34 days till Disney!

2008-09-26T15:43:00.005-07:00

36 days till Disneyland!

24 July Celebration in Trenton

2008-07-27T13:01:00.007-07:00

Parker's Baseball Tournament

2008-07-26T06:42:00.002-07:00

New Home in Smithfield

2008-07-23T11:55:00.005-07:00

2008-07-14T21:32:00.004-07:00

Happy Birthday Ariah on the 13th!!!! We love you!!!!(I couldn't get the blog page to add a picture, so imagine something very birthday here!!)

Memorial Day

2008-05-31T07:31:00.002-07:00

On Saturday Amber, Katie and myself took the kids up to the Richmond Cemetary then over to Casper's for ice cream. We had a great time visiting. On Sunday we went to Fairview, Weston and Logan Cemetary's with Kenneth and Katie's family. Thanks it was a great time.

Happy Birthday Megan!!!

2008-05-21T09:16:00.004-07:00

Uncle Floyd and Margie

2008-05-14T14:12:00.003-07:00

Here is a picture of Uncle Floyd and Margie taken at our house just before they got married. Also a picture at their wedding, including John and Amber.
Enjoy

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Kendyll took his girlfriend, Ariel to prom last night! They looked so cute!!!!

2008-05-01T16:38:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Kyler!!!!

2008-05-01T16:36:00.001-07:00

WooHoo!!! Dianne made it to 40!!!! :) (yesterday)

2008-04-25T10:51:00.002-07:00

Happy Birthday Grandpa and Kolby!!! We love you guys!!!

Brody's birthday!!

2008-04-22T19:57:00.002-07:00

Happy Birthday Brody on Wednesday the 23rd! Brody's 3 today!

2008-04-19T08:33:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Kendyll on the 16th!!!! He is 17 yrs. old!!!

House Finally listed!!!

2008-04-18T08:23:00.001-07:00

The Smithfield Estate is on the web..
www.utahrealestate.com
MLS# 789753
It looks good. What do you all think.

House on Market, Stewarts and Uncle Floyd

2008-04-07T17:44:00.002-07:00

We signed with Dennis Perry at Coldwell Banker to list the house today. He will charge 5%. We are pleased with him. We had him answer a lot of questions including ALL the costs involved. We feel that he has done a more through job of doing his research etc. etc. We feel good about it. Now we will just wait and see. Keep us in your prayers.
By the way, Tina and Bill leave for the Kirkland Ohio Mission on 28th of April. They will be gone for one year.
Floyd is getting married on 26th April in Fairview at the church. You are all invited. There will be no formal invitations.

2008-03-31T13:56:00.003-07:00

You can move your curser over the picture to see the caption for it.

Melinda's Easter Bunnies

2008-03-29T20:42:00.008-07:00

Here is an Easter picture of Melinda's children...Parker, Megan and Brody...

Hey Megan...Where's the teeth..

As Melinda says: Not the best quality....but still the cutest kids ever...coloring Easter eggs!

Uncle Floyd

2008-03-29T20:28:00.003-07:00

At 5:30 tonight we got a call to meet Floyd and his date in Franklin for dinner. Uncle Bryce was there also. Floyd is getting married probaby this next month to Margie Hoggan. He has dated her on an off for quite awhile. She is cute little red head. She moved from Preston to Springville a couple of years ago, when Floyd said that he was not ready to get married. He has changed his mind. Apparently he went down last week and purposed to her with Red Roses. They have been dating again this past while. They are going to live in Fairview until her house sells in Springville, Just today they purchased a house in Preston on the 3rd hole of the Golf Course. We had a great evening visiting with all of them. We have never seen Floyd talk so much as he did tonight. We are thrilled for them.

Major dejunking at the canyon estate!!

2008-03-29T20:23:00.003-07:00

Ron and I are overwhelmed with ALL the help you have given to us this past two weeks. We thank you, thank you, thank you. Ron says we accomplished in two weeks what would have taken us two month. You kids are the greatest and we love you all so much. The 'elephant' does not look as big now. We can now handle the rest a little at a time. We hope to call a realtor this coming week. We still have not decided which one yet. Dianne took a lot of pictures. I think she will post some of them.

2008-03-23T09:58:00.000-07:00

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Happy Birthday Amber!!!! We love you!!!

2008-03-19T22:35:00.003-07:00

So I guess the party is at mom and dad's this next week! I am coming down on Easter Sunday (prob. leave home abt. noon) with Kendyll, Kyle and possibly a couple of Kendyll's friends. Kody will stay home with Matt. (He'll play with friends during the day and play baseball and video games at night with Matt!) They will come to Utah on Thursday night to play(help). Nicole will meet us there Sun. PM and stay till Tues. I think we'll be cleaning, purging, painting, moving and doing whatever else needs to be done. I told the boys that if they help during the days, I'd let them go do fun stuff at night. They might want to hang out with their cousin, Matthew Blackham some of the evenings but he's still in school.

Whoever wants to come help can, I think Amber's coming Monday? Katie, you can come anytime and hang out or help but I know you're crazy with little kids so we'll take you whenever you can come. It'll be fun to see everyone and hang out for a week! We'll prob. go home on Sat. the 29th or Sun. the 30th. depending on how much we get done or need to do!

No baseball for us spring break except throwing to each other to keep our arms throwing! Probably no more breaks from baseball till August..........

See you all soon! The Garvins

Mostly finished....

2008-03-18T16:57:00.002-07:00

Well the kitchen is mostly done. There are still a few things; undercounter lights and some trim work. Other than that we are completely in love with it! Here are a few pictures! Hope all are well!

2008-03-15T11:22:00.002-07:00

In November we went to Disneyland. It was an amazing family vacation. We were gone for over a week. Kolby really wanted a picture with Mickey. While we were in Toon Town, Kaitlyn fell and sprained her wrist. Then we all got to visit the doctor's office inside the park. Kaitlyn's favorite part was the Aladin show. (we saw it twice) Kolby's favorite part was the Star Wars training camp. He got to fight a real Darth Vader, who "sensed the force strongly" in him. Kyler's favorite part was Buzz lightyear ride. Since he's too small for Space Mountain and I was pregnant, he and I mastered the guns on Buzz lightyear. I think we went a million times while Kenneth took Kaitlyn and Kolby on bigger rides. We enjoyed disneyland in the morning, lounged by the pool in the afternoon, and caught all the shows at night. We also drove to the beach and stopped in Las Vegas for a magic show on the way home. It was a once in a lifetime trip.

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-03-15T11:07:00.001-07:00

meet Kasey

2008-03-15T10:32:00.003-07:00

Thanks to Grandma we're finally figuring out how to put pics on the blog!

Kyler took this picture. After the camera clicked, Kasey rolled off the couch. Kyler jumped and caught him with two hands. what a great big brother! (Kaitlyn thought it was so cute.)

guitar hero grandma!

2008-03-09T18:12:00.001-07:00

wii bowling grandpa

2008-03-09T17:49:00.002-07:00

wii grandparents!

2008-03-09T17:15:00.004-07:00

Do you know where your parents are and what they're doing? We got lucky this weekend and mom and dad came to Meridian to visit! We played the wii, guitar hero, went to baseball games, saw Richard & Ariah's new kitchen and went out to eat! Thanks for coming to visit! love ya!!!!

Happy 15th Birthday Kyle!

2008-03-07T09:44:00.001-07:00

Kyle!

Happy Birthday Dylan!

2008-03-07T09:31:00.001-07:00

Kendyll and Michael at the Pinewood Derby

2008-03-03T14:08:00.003-07:00

OK I am trying this again.

Happy Birthday!

2008-03-01T10:11:00.006-07:00

Happy Birthday Emily! Have a great day and we all love you!!!

A Few Pictures in Georgia

2008-02-29T10:46:00.007-07:00

Megan, (flower girl), Brody, (ring bearer) and Parker (usher) were asked to be in a wedding for their baby sitter, Cait, on 10 Feb. Also here are a few pictures of the kids playing in their yard. Parker was playing football at the neighbors. Enjoy!

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Trevor and Malynn Marshall (they live in St. George) Kendyll, Kyle and Kody, Emily, Michael and Sophia

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Happy Birthday Katie!!! We love you!!!!

St George with the Garvins

2008-02-18T20:31:00.009-07:00

Happy Presidents Day!
We spent the long weekend in St George. It was so fun. We met up with Matt and Dianne in Payson and Michael rode with them. The girls were so happy to have the extra room in the back seat. Thank You.
We went to Kendyll and Kyle's baseball games. It was cold on Saturday but Sunday was a beautiful day. John and I are both sunburned. After the games on Saturday we went to a park that had really cool red rocks. The kids had a great time climbing and exploring. Sophia is a regular rock climber! She had so much fun. Michael climbed a rock that was difficult for him but he did it and he was so proud of himself. Emily climbed up a rock, she did so well, I was so proud of her. She thought it was cool!
The kids LOVE Zoe, Dianne's new dog. They were fighting over her. I'm sure Zoe was happy to see us leave. Emily took some video of Zoe, it is a little shaky but I am going to add it here. There is also some video of the kids climbing the rocks. Enjoy.

I know, I know too many videos but it was hard to choose just one!

Update on the Kitchen

2008-02-18T08:42:00.003-07:00

Well the kitchen is coming along. The countertops were made wrong so they are going back to SLC, and hopefully will be back sometime this week. We are so happy with it so far....I hate to say it but it was totally worth the wait.

Richard and Ariah's Kitchen

2008-02-15T19:42:00.003-07:00

Well it has been almost 3 months since the gutting of the kitchen and it is finally coming to a close. The cabinets are being installed tomorrow the 16th and we will add more pictures then. We can't wait!!!

Now where are the parents?

2008-02-13T13:29:00.009-07:00

Would you believe that I am colder in GA than I am in Utah. Thank goodness for jackets and blankets! Other than that, I am doing great.
Just to let you know where we are going next....
I arrive home on Sun. night. We leave for Sweetwater for a week, you know the annual thing! The group is smaller this year. Carlson's are on mission, Sorenson's and Douglas's are not going. Bryce Packer just fell and cracked his hip and has to have 2 screws put in, then 6 weeks on crutches. So that leaves Pittards, Bells and Millers. We will be home on the 25th February, which by the way was Grandma Elly's b-day.
The bigger news is this. We have definitely decided to sell the house. We will put it on the market this Spring. When the house sells, we will decide where to move. It most likely will be in Smithfield. We will be looking for a small home and getting rid of a lot of things, just like you have wanted us to do for a long time. So you had better let us know if you really want any stored junk, or stuff from the house. We are going to get rid of a lot. Speak now or forever hold your peace. I think we will have to rent a storage unit to put stuff in so the house will look better. It's all these decisions. But at least we are have come this far....aren't you glad. After the house is sold etc. etc. then it is amission for us.
Ron may, I say may have a job offer to work part time for an engineering firm in Smfd until the house is sold. He has interviewed and just waiting for an answer. It could or could not happen.