Enterprise High School Service Project.

Hey guys, Enterprise High School (where Calvin works) is doing a service project. Perhaps you have seen it on the news. Calvin is the adviser to the student government at school, and they have teamed up with Soles4Souls, a non-profit organization that collects used shoes and distributes them to the underprivileged worldwide. They have set a goal to collect 5,000 pairs of shoes by May 1st.

Recently they were called upon to help the Haiti earthquake victims & they were able to send over 500 pairs directly to Haiti. They have another 500 pairs that will be going out with the next shipment.

Check out their blog & see how you can get involved and donate to this great cause!

www.giveshoes.blogspot.com

6 month update.

Here are a few things we did in the last 6 months:

We went camping.



We went to the park.


Amelia started dance class. She gets to choose what she wears. I don't know why she is on the kitchen table. So sanitary.


The kidlets went to the Halloween Carnival and went trick-or-treating. Amelia was dressed as Tinkerbell, and a witch. Anya was dressed as a pink poodle.


Calvin installed a sprinkler system for our yards. The brothers-in-law helped.

We got grass. A bunch of people helped.



Anya had and allergic reaction to amoxicillan. This was the only appropriate pic. It was worse than it looks.


Anya received enough hair to put in a tiny pony tail. She will not wear bows.


Amelia and Anya played together. They are best buddies.



Amelia played dress-up.


Anya "feasted upon the word." She literally ripped off a page and ate it.


We sent off a missionary. This is Violet. Cal met her and her family when he was on his mission.


We also went to Disneyland and Las Vegas, became addicted to many TV shows, demolished a garage, joined facebook, celebrated three new nephews, made a lot of cookies and friends, celebrated another anniversary, and saw lots of family. Maybe I will blog about those things later. Maybe.

I know this is long, but heck, it's been six months.

My Baby Girl is One!!

Anya Lynn, our second born child, was born one year ago today! My oh my, time has flown. Wasn't she just born? She is such a fun little girl. We are so glad to have her in our lives! Here are a few pictures taken of her this past year.

Here is Anya as a newborn with her red nose, eye bump, and all:


Grandma Roberts got to hold her soon after she was born:


Anya was such a good baby, and she immediately became Amelia's best buddy:


Anya in her blessing dress:


Sometimes we thought Anya was so cute that we just wanted to "eat her up." Amelia may have taken that too literally:


Anya loves to be fed by her big sister and best buddy, Milly:


We often find Anya "peeking around things" to watch us. We'd better be good, huh?


Our little girls love to play together:


Anya loves to crawl. That is probably why she refuses to walk!


Anya loves sticking out that tongue. Apparently she has the "Holt tongue."


Mommy loves Anya:


Anya's first Easter (Amelia and mommy ate all of her candy):


Notice Anya's big teeth!


Anya and her family at Daddy's graduation:


We love Anya, and we are excited to see her grow in body, spirit, mind and hair!!

Happy Birthday Amelia!!!

Warning: this entry is a little long with lots of pictures.......it is a tribute to our Amelia!

Once upon a time.......about 3 years ago, a little baby girl was born. She was 7lbs. 8oz., 19 inches long, and had red hair:


This is Amelia with her Grandma Roberts ("Fishy") less than an hour after she was born:


Amelia's father, Calvin, after staying awake for 48 straight hours wondered what in the world he had gotten himself into:



But, when the child would sleep, things seemed a little less scary:


Amelia experienced her first Easter three days after she was born:


The car seat that held the little child seemed a little too big at first (Is that circular thing around the baby's head supposed to do something?):


Amelia finally started getting used to the outside world......or did she?



Amelia had a wonderful blessing day:


Amelia was finally starting to relax and enjoy her family:





She also grew into her car seat :


Amelia then picked her sport of choice (WHAT? No soccer in Enterprise?) I guess she will play the next best thing.......pickle ball:



Amelia's family was so happy to have her:


By this time, Amelia started learning all about food:



The family sure thought Amelia was cute in yellow:



When Amelia turned one, she celebrated with her Grandma Holt and cousins. She just soaked in all that attention.......wait, that was someone else:


After a while, Milly really started experiencing new things.......shapes,walking, camping, licorice, the zoo:


When Amelia wanted, she could sure be the camera's good friend:


But occasionally, she would shy away from the camera.....and strange hands:



Amelia loved necklaces, and her daddy......and still does:


By the time Amelia was two, you could see her becoming comfortable in restaurants, mowing the lawn, taking care of food storage, being a chef with Grandma "Fishy", and she even became a very protective big sister! Boy, our little girl was sure growing up:



Amelia, like her parents, never was a morning person:



But, she could sure strike a pose:



Amelia and little sister Anya, quickly became "best buddies":



Amelia has recently become a scholar of sorts:


Amelia loves to be with her cousins.......Ashlee is one of her top 50:


We love Amelia. We are so happy that she is 3. (Does this mean the terrible 2's are over?) She is such a good big sister and so fun to be around (Except when she is mad.....she does have red hair, ya know!!) . She is also a very funny girl, and we think her dimples and bright red hair are very cute:

Happy Birthday Amelia!!!! We love you! Let's live happily ever after!


The End

P.S. Don't mind the dates on some of the pictures. Yes, almost all of them are wrong.

Time to catch up!

For the two of you who read our blog...we decided to update it. Between our busy lives and our lack of interest, we have recently been neglecting our blog. Our interest in updating our blog has waned significantly over the last few months, as you can obviously see. But, we may still make an entry from time to time.

We had a great Christmas break. We spent Christmas up in Orem with Grandpa and Grandma Roberts and the rest of the Dixon clan. Here is a picture of Amelia with her "piggy" pajamas that grandma Roberts gave her on Christmas Eve:


Anya is now 8 months old. She is a very happy, very smiley, very active little girl.


Our kids are still cuter than yours! :) Just kidding. Actually, we're not...but we have to seem humble.

Milly and Anya with uncle Kody the night before he left for the MTC:

The other night, we were watching TV, enjoying a rare quiet moment. Wait a minute..did I say quiet moment? We have 2 kids under the age of three. Quiet moments do not happen. It was WAY TOO quiet, so we knew Amelia was up to something. She went into our room, into our bathroom, got into the cabinet drawers, found mommy's makeup, took out the mascara, took off the lid, and proceeded to apply the makeup to her face, arms, legs, the floor, the wall, the door, etc. (Holy run-on sentence) We laughed so hard. It was absolutely impossible for us to get mad at her or punish her. We were laughing too hard. We got it off her face and legs. It came off the tile floor fairly easily. The walls and door were cleaned off....it did stay in the carpet, but our carpet is speckled black anyway...so ya can't even tell. Here are a couple of pictures:

Not bad, huh? At least she knew it went on her eyes....
....and, her legs??

Questions for St. Peter (re: light at the end of the tunnel)

Warning...this is another installment of "Random Thoughts" from the Holt household.

You know, ya hear talk all the time of the "pearly gates" that you have to go through when you die. Something about St. Peter meeting you there, etc.
Well, there is also talk about a light at the end of a tunnel when you die. It is of this tunnel, and the light, that we have some questions. If you are reading this...and you are not St. Peter, but you have ideas, please feel free to chime in.

Question #1:

How large is the tunnel? Is it large enough to walk through? Is it so small that we have to crawl through it? Could you drive a car through it? A bus? A freight liner? Ilene is very claustrophobic, so we are hoping that there is ample space and breathing room inside.

Question #2:

Is passage permitted to only one person at a time? Or will there be several people trying to go through said tunnel at the same time?
This begs another question...if there are multiple tunnel travelers at once, are there multiple people at the other end to greet them? If so, is it hard to find the person you are supposed to run to? I almost kind of picture it like the 4th of July children's races in Enterprise...

Question #3:

Just how bright is this light? Will we need sunglasses? Will we need to cover our eyes? Will it cause us to see those little blue spots if we look directly at it?

Question #4:

Are there bats in the tunnel? Calvin is terrified of bats...so he is hoping very much that the bright light will scare the bats away long before he gets there.

Question #5:

Are there pranksters up there? For instance...would a group of improv comics find some flashlights or spotlights and start shining them...just to trick people into going toward the wrong light?

There are other questions we have, which we will spare you from....at least during this post.
We hope not to offend anyone. We don't mean to be irreverent or sac religious. But, these are the kind of things we think about. Planning for the future...isn't that what we all should be doing?

Going Private, I guess.

I guess we are going to make our blog private. I am not exactly sure why. Everyone else is doing it, and we are usually ones that give in pretty easily to the peer pressure of what everyone else is doing.
I know what some of you are thinking..."if someone else's blog jumped off a cliff...would you?" And the answer is: yes!
If you want to be added to our secret combination of private blog viewers, please give us your e-mail address and we'll be happy to let you join in all the blogging fun. Whether you are a regular that we know about...or one of our secret stalkers...we'd be happy to let you aboard, just let us know. We'll probably go private by Dec. 1. Maybe...if I can figure out how to make this thing go private. If not....oh well.
OK...well thanks, sure 'prishate y'all. God bless America (especially the next 4 years).