McKenna's Blessing

Hi family!

We will bless McKenna Sunday, May 24, 2009. You are all, of course, invited. Our church is at 11 AM with a luncheon to follow.

If you need instructions to our church or house, contact me to ask the necessary questions :)

-Valerie

Grandma & Grandpa Lancaster

We were glad to get to see Grandma & Grandpa Lancaster again on our trip to Star Valley earlier this month. They got to meet Trysten - here are some pictures...

McKenna Lyn Plowman

Our sweet little girl has arrived! She was tiny at 6 pounds 3 ounces. She was born March 26. She is such a sweet little girl and we just love her. Here are some pictures from the hospital:

Here she is with her "strict disciplinarian" grandfather (who is really just a softy that will do anything the grandkids ask him to)

With the grandparents

With her Mommy


With her Daddy

With her family

There are lots more pictures on our blog (http://plowmanators.blogspot.com ). We are just thrilled to have her!

Christmas Party Info

This info comes from Willard. He says if something is wrong it is the first time in his life he was wrong so cut him some slack. We all of course know that is not true (other than Grandma). Two words for you Dad, Fox Wood. Enough said.

Lancaster Family Christmas Party

• Saturday, December 27
• 1:00 PM (though we all know that means more like 1:30 if we are lucky)
• Likely at the Smoot/Osmond church (Grandma and Grandpa's church). This is unless there is a funeral that kicks us out (happens), in which case it is usually moved up to the Bedford church.
• Potluck lunch
• Bring a $10 gift to exchange if you would like to. We started this last year. Those who brought a gift put it in the middle of the circle and we drew numbers and did the game where you choose gifts and steal them. It is intense because everyone is willing (and happy) to steal gifts.

Family Tree

I decided it would be a good idea to put up a "family tree" on this blog so we can all keep track of who has how many kids, what their names are, etc. They are on the right-hand side of the page. Please look through it and let me know of any corrections you know need to be made. I know I spelled some names wrong, and I also am having a brain blank-out and having trouble remembering some names that I know I know. You can either correct/add by commenting on this post or by emailing me. Thanks!

This one is for Val...

...she made a comment on how much Kaitlyn looks like her, so I found this pic of Val and me and thought I'd share - she really does look so much like her! Sorry for the funky crop job - I did that back in high school when I first started scrapbooking and had to crop every picture in some different way ;-P I wish I'd just left it alone!

2008 Reunion

We had our annual reunion at the end of July. For those who aren't aware, the new tradition is to have the reunion the last Saturday in July rather than the first Saturday in August. Now you can plan for next year.

Here are some pictures I took at the reunion. If you see one you like:

1. right click on the picture

2. choose "Save Picture As". A new window will open.

3. make sure the computer is going to save the picture where you want it to. It should automatically save the picture where you last saved a picture to (for those who don't rearrange their files, this will be in the "My Pictures" folder if you use a Windows).

4. type in a name for the picture if you want to rename it.

5. click "save"

There are more pictures on my blog here: http://plowmanators.blogspot.com/2008/08/lancaster-yalte-reunion.html