Western Day 2010

We had such a fun western day at school the other week! Here are some pictures...

Preschool Christmas Program

El's talk

El gave her first talk in Primary a few weeks ago. She read it herself, it was very cute. We put pictures on the paper so that she could remember certain parts (an idea from Dan's co-worker). Here is a clip of her practicing at home.

meet Wilby

He is thee cutest most precious little guy ever!! We are in love with him. He has been great so far today & adjusting well. He sleeps a lot just like a baby. El is obsessed & kind of driving him crazy by holding him constantly! He has had a few accidents, but they're only the size of a quarter, so we've been keeping our dog cleaner handy. He was the smallest of the three dogs and had the best personality. One of the pups was so shy, we couldn't even pet him & the other was nipping me the entire time. Wilby was very friendly & kind, so we decided on him. By the way, if you saw the Beagle on the Snoopy float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, that is Uno the Westminster dog show Champion & is actually Wilby's Uncle & from the same breeder.

the ride home from the breeder

he loves sleeping in our arms

we're expecting...

A beagle puppy!!

(this is just a random picture, not our puppy)

We are SO excited to be bringing home our little Wilby in 2 weeks! The litter was born at the end of September, so they are still too young to be adopted right now, but should be ready around Thanksgiving! Today we went to PetSmart & got all of our puppy accouterments. We have been reading a lot of information to prepare ourselves, but I'm sure we'll be in for a shock! The girls are just freaking out of course, they are obsessed with dogs & animals of all kinds! They had a field day in the pet store looking at all the animals. I have been working with this great breeder, Windkist Hounds in Ogden & am so excited that I finally reserved a pup! She is sending me pictures which I will post as soon as I get them!!

conference weekend

Dan's mission reunion (here's his mission president)
we had a lot of fun with my dad's side of the fam who came to visit (this is our attempt at a 4th generation picture)

gg (great-grandma Bond) reading to the girlsand of course, the Kondel family tradition of homemade cinnamon rolls for conference morning!

official soccer mom

Eliška just started her first little soccer class. It's so cute to watch!

team cheer (her team is Germany)

Eliška's official cheerleader

Katie's Wedding

Dan's sister just got married last Saturday, it was great to see everyone from his family! Katie & Kevin are so happy, congratulations guys!

Bond Family Reunion 2008

It was so fun to have my family together for a little reunion, we haven't all been together in quite some time. We went to 7 peaks, 4th of July party, dinosaur museum, pictures done with the grandkids & celebrated 3 Birthdays (mom, Em, Val). It was a ton of fun & great to see my brother Jeff! The 4 granddaughters get pretty wild when they're together & Logan (mom's dog) ran away several times while my parents were moving into their new house. I'm so excited to have them living here now, I keep forgetting that they're only 10 minutes away! Miss you Valerie, Callie, & Kenzie, come & visit us again soon!!

backyard fun

4th of July

7 peaks

Logan (the escape artist)

a good place to work

I'm so grateful for Dan's job, it has been such a blessing for our family. His company, Cirque Corp. just won the award for the best place to work in Utah (in the 50 employees or less category). I'm so grateful for Joe & Amber helping Dan get this job right out of college!

family home evening

Dan had a really fun idea for FHE last night, the girls loved tracing Dan & I

Happy Anniversary Dan!

Here's to another 5 years!

Cougar Fans

Dan insisted that the girls wear BYU paraphernalia for the game against U 0f U last Saturday. Yay, we won! Hopefully next year we can take the girls to a game.