We Are Family....: June 2011

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

The Doyles Gather

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children, one is roots, the other is wings.
~Hodding Carter

~The best thing to spend on your children is TIME!! ~ Loise Hart

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you

you cherished them ~ Richard Evans. (Not pictured.. JD and Tyler who are serving full-time missions and Ashley the oldest grandaughter who had to leave the reunion a little early)

We are grateful for our Doyle/Jacobs heritage. Grandparents who took the time to have family reunions and make family top priority. We love each of our family members and cherish the time and memories we share with them ~ they help create who we are and who we will become.

Graduation Time....

My parents and brothers came to Enterprise the end of May to attend Kadin's HS graduation.

The day after graduation my brother Luke and sister in law Kristin had planned a beautiful Doyle family reunion at "Zion's National Park".

We rented a beautiful home that was close to the pool, basketball courts, volleyball, the zip line and ping pong tables. We enjoyed some amazing hikes and loved our visit with all the aunts, uncles, cousins and of course Grandma and Grandpa.

We stayed up late most nights..in the above picture Michael was entertaining us with his handsome voice - we laughed alot and ate really yummy food:)

OUR FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Parents need to "play offense" - to capitalize on the impressionable years of childhood by instilling in their sons the antecedents of character. Their assignment during two brief decades will be to trasform their boys from immature and flighty youngsters into honest, caring men who will be respectful of women, loyal and faithful in marriage, keepers of commitments, strong and decisive leaders, good workers, and secure. And of course, the ultimate goal for people of faithis to give each child understanding of scripture and a lifelong passion of Jesus Christ. This is, I believe. the most important responsibility for those of us who have been entrusted with the careand Nurturance of children.

Christmas In Elma!!

We left for WA the 13th of December - I barely made it to Seattle to hand the kids over to my Dad and catch a flight to Atlanta where I would join Trav for his company Christmas Party the next day. Trav and I had a fun get away and were able to do a little Christmas shopping. We stayed Thursday, Friday and Saturday and flew back to Seattle Sunday morning where we stayed until January 3rd - We were able to catch a Elma Boys Basketball game. The boys thought it was really cool looking at all the family(uncles & aunts) names on the walls before you entered the Gym doors. Michael and I went and Chatted with Coach Nadau one afternoon. It was so fun spending time with family and friends