Blessing Andrew

4 Generations of Hawker's

Doug & Andrew (pinching him? haha...)

Old and young (Andrew and Great Grandma Boberg)

Brad and Andi

Andrew was blessed at church today. Doug gave him the blessing. There were a lot of family there. I only took a couple of quick pictures, because Luann took the professional ones. We had a yummy buffet after at their clubhouse. It was a very special blessing. He is a darling little baby!

Halloween Fun

Andy

Sam

Emily

Andrea

Mandi

Gwyneth

Izzy

Alize

Gabrielle

Alex

MaKayla

Eating all the left over popcorn!

Sam

Monster hands

Waiting for the first batch to pop...

It has been a busy weekend. It started out with Halloween. The grown ups and the older grandkids went to "Thriller" at Tuacahn, and Doug and I kept all the younger ones. We made popcorn " hand treats". They had a lot of fun waiting for the popcorn to come flying out of the hot air popper. We had popcorn EVERWHERE! We had a real variety of costumes. It was fun having them all here together.

Old Friends

Awesome!

Moon Festival

Campfire

Doug and Cynthia at the Emerald Pools

Jeannine and Doug

Bob and Doug

Cynthia on hike

Weeping Rock

Great Friends!

Doug and I went to Zion for the weekend. At the last minute we called and invited some old friends (our friendship goes back to our teenage years) to come and go with us. They hadn't been there before so it was fun. We went to an art gallery (Fatali) and then went on 2 hikes, went out for Mexican food, had ice cream,and we rode the shuttle up and back and had lots of time to catch upon our families. The weather was perfect. It was a fun filled and jam packed day. Next time hopefully they will have more time. It also happened to be the Chinese Moon Festival. So we sat around the fire and looked up at the full moon (as it came out of the clouds), and I said a special prayer in my heart for Tonya, and for the birth mother of our yet unborn little granddaughter Danica. We hope that by this time next year Tonya and Kevin will be close to getting their referral to go to China and pick her up.

Andrew James Hawker

The Happy Family

Big Sister MaKayla

All Cleaned Up

Proud Grandpa

Great Grandma

Daddy's Hands

4 Generations

Brad and Stephanie had their baby this morning. He weighed 6 lbs 15 oz and was 19 inches long. He has black hair, and the cutest lips ever. He was born at 7:22 a.m. He is our 3rd grandson. I can't believe how much he has changed in 12 hours. It's amazing to look at him and wonder what he is thinking about. If only he could talk.....the things we could learn.

The Flight!!!

"D" for Dixie

St George Airport

Brad and pilots

On way to the Grand Canyon

The pilots

My ride: Piper Navajo

Putting on engine covers

Kevin, Tonya, me and Brad in Phoenix

Ready for take off

Flying into Phoenix (pools in every yard...)

St George Temple

Flying through the clouds

The Grand Canyon

Me in Brad's helicopter

Brads boss needed him to go to Phoenix and help him work on a plane,(besides being a helicopter instructor, Brad is also working on fixing the planes, etc.) so he invited me to go and surprise Tonya and Kevin. (They live 12 miles from this particular airport) so I decided to go even though I was terrified of flying in such a small plane. I ended up calling Kevin to make sure they would be home because it is their anniversary weekend, and I didn't want to miss them. There was the pilot, co-pilot, Brad and I. The plane we took is a Piper Navajo. (8 seats) They have been restoring it for months. They just finished it this week and need to put lots of flying hours on it before it goes to the Phillipines, so they have been test flying it. When we got there this morning they had to still put the engine covers on. I trust Brad, or I would never had gotten on it. It only took us 1 1/2 hours to fly from here. (it is an 8 hour drive) We all had on headphones, so it was pretty cool listening to all the traffic controllers etc. I took over 100 pictures of everything. We went over the Grand Canyon and I got pictures of the Colorado river, etc. I got a good picture of the St George Temple. On the way home the clouds were cool. We flew through them. It was pretty bumpy the last 5 minutes or so. The pilot gave me a barf bag, but thank goodness I didn't need it. The a/c wasn't quite right so midway through the flight they opened the front windows by the pilot. That freaked me out for a second. Of course, we weren't high enough for it to matter. It felt great in there after that. We went to breakfast with Tonya and Kevin and after I visited for awhile, they came back to the hanger and watched us take off. It is so amazing to be able to fly there, visit, and fly home in a little over 6 hours. It was a day I will always remember and cherish. Thanks to Brad for arranging it. I overcame my fear and I would go again in a second. At the hanger in St George I got to get in one of the helicopters Brad uses.