Esther with Laura and Noah in front of the church on her blessing day in November.

Andy and Jana on our 30th anniversary. We went out to Jana's favorite Thai food place.

Dan and Sofie by the sea on December 27th. We were trying to walk off some of the See's.

Pictures of the Christmas party 2010 at home. The nativity scene for 2010, the Greater Lee Family singers, and Dan and Esther by the fireplace.

Aunt Jana's Famous Pumpkin Soup

4 tbs butter
1 med size leek white part only
4 c chicken broth
1/2 tsp curry powder
1/4 tsp ground white pepper
1 bay leaf
1 large onion chopped
1 lb pumpkin(fresh or canned)
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
1 c half and half(of course I omit this due to my milk allergy!)

in a medium soup pot, melt butter. saute onions and leek, stirring occasionally until soft. stir in pumpkin, chicken broth salt spices and bay leaf. bring to a boil lower heat and simmer,uncovered for 15 min-stirring occasionally. remove bay leaf. puree the mixture in batches in blender, for a smoother texture in a food processor fitted with metal blade. may be refrigerated or frozen at his point. when ready to serve, return soup to pot. add half and half and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally until heated. season to taste.

This is really yummy and tastes less like orange vegetable scary pumpkin and more like CURRY vegetable.

Dan learns to Scuba

We are excited for Dan. He is taking a class in high school PE, to learn to scuba dive. I went with him on the recent training trip and took some pictures of the class.
Here is Dan going down for his first open ocean beach dive. He is calm and controlled.












Here is the class on the bottom of the ocean.

Dan is swimming with the group. They were under water for about an hour.

Here he is coming back up to the light.

We had a great vacation to Hawaii. We took some underwater pictures, like this one of Dan swimming with sea turtles in Wailea Bay.
Here we are at the Mt. Kileuea Volcano
This is us at the big luau, with location of King Kamahamaha special temple in the background.


We are eating lunch on Hapuna Beach. We swam and hiked and saw rainforests, ancient Hawaiian village, and the southernmost part of the United States. It was great.

Sunset on our last day.

Elder Taylor and his companion, looks like it might be taken at their apartment on a preparation day.

Here is recent picture Elder John Taylor sent us, from Brazil. Looks like it was a baptism ceremony. He is fortunate to be part of the Lord's missionary army, and we are blessed by his being there too.

Spring Break 2010

This is the view from our walk in Southern Utah, near the campground in Kodachrome Basin.

We drove up to Salt Lake City to see Sarah. This is Sarah and Dan in the house that she is buying. It is a cute house, very close to Sarah's work place.

This is our camping spot at the Kodachrome Basin State Park in Southern Utah. It was very dramatic in weather, scenery and isolation. The red and white rocks, green trees and blue sky were stunning.

We camped at Zion's National Park and saw the beautiful cliffs and rock formations. Dan and I took a hike on the Watchman trail. It was not yet Spring there, but we were warm and comfortable in the new tent.