Time Flies

I didn't realize it has been nearly a month since I updated.

I am working at Mirabelli a couple of mornings a week. I was released as the MiaMaid Advisor in my ward and I am now the YW Secretary.

Conrad is settling in to being a bishop. Evenings are usually filled with interviews and meetings. The house is really quiet.

Deric is doing well on his mission. He has been in Honduras for almost a year (August 24th). He is still in Sonaguera and working hard. We are waiting for a package to get to him. It has a new card reader in it so we are going to cross our fingers for photos next week.

Felycia starts her 2nd year of college on Monday. She has spent most of the summer in St. George. She took 3 classes and then she started back to work at the dance studio. She is in an apartment with 4 other girls this year. She loves having a kitchen to cook her own meals. Sara, a cousin, just moved in to the dorm this week. They will have fun being together at school but not living together.

We have had a busy summer. Scout camp, girls' camp, survivor camp, wedding receptions (5), a missionary farewell, family reunion, new callings, work, church, etc. The list goes on and on and on and on.

We are just plugging along and handling all the things life throws at us.

Family Home Evening at Little Creek Ranch

This is the video that Jerrald and Theresa did for our Family Home Evening at the cabin. Each family was to choose a different story from the Book of Mormon and decide how they wanted to share it. Leslie and Casey did a puppet show about Nephi, Sam, Laman, Lemuel and Lehi. Reid's family did a little skit about Samuel the Lamanite. Becky prepared a little game about Enos. Jerrald's family did the video. Our family did a new verse for Book of Mormon Stories about Abish, the Nephite servant to King Lamoni's wife. It was lots of fun. Enjoy the video.

More reunion photos

I let Isaiah use the camera for a little while. These are some of his shots.

Felycia and Casey eating lunch.

Leslie is cooking her hot dog.

This is why I like to hold the camera...So there are no pictures of me.

Sierrah was sitting next to Isaiah and wanted to have her picture taken.

Richard Larkin Family Reunion 2010

This was our family t-shirt this year. It is so fun. It actually says, "How can I be normal when I'm related to a LARKIN!" Reid and Donelle designed them and then we each got to use the Sharpie markers to color them in however we wanted to. This one is Conrad's. Deric's leaf is orange and Felycia's is purple, of course. And Leslie's has cow spots. We decided Conrad was the most creative in coloring his leaves. I just did a different color for each family and Felycia did all the girls purple and the boys aqua.

The four-wheelers are always the highlight of the reunion. The older kids took them out a few times on the last night of the reunion. Every time Allyssa went out, it started to pour rain and they had to come back. They had a great time and finally came in after it was totally dark out. I like this photo with the beautiful sunset in the background. The rider is either Casey or Isaiah.

We went down to the reservoir on Tuesday. Savannah, Olivia, Allyssa, and Breanna took one of the canoes out after lunch. They went down to the dam and did some swimming near the spillway. We were ready to leave before they got back, so Casey and Felycia went on the four-wheeler to find them. We finally drove the cars down to pick them and the canoe up so we wouldn't have to wait anymore.

Dakotta wanted a turn in the boat so Jerrald and Theresa took her out. They turned and waved for the camera.




On Monday night after dinner, I was looking out the back window of the cabin and saw some deer in the meadow. I grabbed the camera and went out to the balcony to get pictures. There were 3 does and and baby. These two posed as a push-me-pull-you.

We bought a new video camera and used it at the reunion. I am still trying to figure out how to upload videos and make them actually work. Felycia hit a moving target with the 20-gauge shotgun. She was pretty excited.

Jerrald and Theresa made a video for their Book of Mormon story. Jerrald was Nephi. They had a famine in the desert and then Nephi prayed and the rain came. It was great. I will post it as soon as I get it figured out.