Gorgeous Aly is a year older!

Darling, kind, thoughtful, generous, playful, compassionate, stylish, shoppaholic, adventurous, peaceful, fit, creative, aware, fun loving, long legged, selfless, gentle, responsible, gorgeous and a year older! That's how I'd describe our Aly! (Actually I could go on and on...) We love you Aly. Have a wonderful birthday.

Happy Birthday Alyson!

Since Rand is away from home and probably hasn't gotten his reminder, I thought I'd wish Alyson a very happy birthday! I hope you're having a great day! We love you!

Family Campout Update: Let's Do Dinner

For those who are coming to the family campout next week, we would like to plan a couple of pot-luck meals so we have at least a few times when everyone will be eating together. Pam is busy celebrating Cooper's birthday so she asked me if I would post this info. We are planning the groups dinners for about 7:00 P.M.

(There is only one area with tables and fire pit, so maybe people will be eating together at other times, but these are the only two meals we're going to try to organize.)

FRIDAY DINNER :
Hot dogs or sausages for your family
Bring a side dish or salad to share

SATURDAY DINNER:
Pot luck. Bring a main dish, side dish, or salad to share.

Looking forward to seeing the ones that can come!

There's a new TEENAGER in the family.

And you know what that means: FULL-TIME text messaging, iPod listening, fingernail painting, clique book reading, soccer playing, clothes shopping, email checking, party planning, girlfriend chatting, Wii playing, cake baking, mall going, secret telling, journal writing, sleep over having, growth spurting, swim teaming, doodle drawing, youTubing, phone talking, occasional groaning, love receiving. We love you HANNAH. Welcome to Teendom!

Dude! It's your BIRTHDAY!

And you know what that means: FULL-TIME bug catching, spider ogling, sword carrying, snake charming, fort building, monster chasing, cake eating, full sprinting, belly laughing, ghost whispering, mommy hugging, Sophie tackling, cousin chasing, present shredding, toy scoring, imagination using, sprinkler running, vegetable dissing, daddy wrestling, spanking machining, love receiving. We love you Coop. Have an INCREDIBLE day.

Sophie and Kara take swimming lessons

Just a few more pictures to share...

This is from Liberty park...Sophie enjoyed it.

Fun ride on the turtle

This is their swimming lessons at the Farmington pool.
Sophie cried the whole time
during this lesson. Kara said "I guess it could be called
bonding time, as not too much is accomplished.
On Kara's right is her sister-in-law, Shellie and her son
James.

The Fountains

We had a blast today! First, we met Aunt Kalyn and the Ostler kids at Gateway for an adventure in the fountains. The kids loved the water and every 1/2 hour the fountains were choreographed to music for an extra boost of excitement. Then, we headed back to Aunt Kalyn's house for a BBQ with her friend Susan, Susan's daughters Sophie and Samone and Jake Ostler. The food was amazing and nothing beats a Ball Park (all beef frank) grilled to perfection. The company was great, the food was great, and all in all we had a great time. Thanks Kalyn for everything!

Elder Ostler has moved

June 23, 08

Dear family,

The new area is great. It is in the country and the people are really nice and my companion is Elder Kirby from Farmington New Mexico. He is great and we have been getting along well. Also we had two baptisms for Chris and Rebecca on Sunday. I t was great to see people enter the waters of Baptism and to see the difference it made in their lives. Also we have a lot of ground to cover and we live out of town with the Lovett family in their sweet home. Also they have a pond where we go fishing on p-day, it is really cool. Today we caught some blue gill and bass. But we ride bikes in town a lot to save more miles, also our district is really cool. And we live by a Nuclear power plant.

The other day when we visited a less active member I found out that some of our ancestors baptized her family from Nephi-- she is going to find out the info and give it to me. On Sunday we had a barbeque with a few families in the ward and we are going to help his son with his car (48 Ford) and talk to his neighbor, who is about to paint his Mustang about the church. Also another less active member is sending Mom something in the mail, so when you get a strange package you don't know about that will be it.

With love, Elder Ostler

New address:

Elder Ben Ostler
8035 county Rd 405
Fulton, MO 65250

A Day at the Park

Today my Mom and I took Cooper and Sophie to Liberty Park. It was quite exhausting! It definitely took two of us to keep track of them. The park is pretty big and they both wanted to go two different ways. Sorry the pictures aren't the best. I had to use my phone since my camera is no longer in use (note: cameras and cough syrup don't mix!). They'll work until I can purchase a new one.

Sophie enjoyed the swings the most.

Cooper laying out on his towel after a quick run through the sprinklers.

Cooper and Sophie posing on the bridge. Sophie was "itchy"!

Sophie and Cooper playing "house".

Does it get any better than this??

I am having so much fun seeing Laynee change every day. She is starting to get so big - I think she might even try rolling over soon. She is still a super laid back & good baby. Ben says I can have 5.

Gorgeous Emily is having a birthday.

Three things:

First: Apologies if I've ever posted this darling shot of Emily celebrating what I would guess to be her FIRST birthday! She's had at least a couple more since this picture was taken.

Second: Have you ever seen a child look so thoughtfully at a cake before? She's all, "Are you serious? That is for ME? There must be a mistake." It is for you Emily, and I bet you look at your cake today with exactly the same look!

Third: We love you Emily. You're an awesome daughter, sister, mother, aunt, niece, wife, friend, cousin, daughter in law, granddaughter! (Did I forget any? I had no idea Emily wore so many hats, but you didn't forget, right Em?)

Guess Who?

Okay so I am not shy!! I have always loved when Rand posts baby picts of the birthday person. So I thought since he won't have my baby picts I would post my own. Hope no one minds.

Yes this picture was taking 24 years ago today!
My mom said that everytime I touched my cake I would hurry and look back at them to see if they would get mad that I was digging in with my hands.

One last picture of myself with my favorite treat. My family went through a lot of M&M's.

I wanted to say how much fun it has been being "Amee Denny #2" or "Amee with 2 e's." I feel so blessed to be apart of such an awesome family. It has been almost 4 years ago that I officially joined the fam but I have loved this family for a lot longer! Anyway thanks.... and I guess, Happy Birthday to me!

Train adventure

I thought I'd post some pictures of our day yesterday. My mom, Cooper, Sophie and I rode the train down to the Gateway and had a blast.

The kids loved playing in the fountains at the Gateway. Aly met us there and saved the day by calling 911 for an unconscious 1 year old (She fell and hit her head). She was conscious when the ambulance got there so we think she was OK. Go Aly!

(If you're wondering about the different outfits on the kids....they got so wet at the fountains that we had to buy them new clothes for the ride home. I love shopping!)

Elder Ostler's getting wet

Mon 6/09/08 6:24 PM

Dear Family,
Terry got baptized on Saturday and it was a very spiritual day. It was really cool because I had the privilege of baptizing him, that was really neat. That was a very touching baptism that I know that I won't ever forget. It was great after we were changing into dry clothes he told me how good he felt and I told him how good I felt. It was also cool because it was fulfilling part of my patriarchal blessing. Also on Sunday he got confirmed and it was even better. He has read the Book of Mormon twice now or almost twice and I am so excited for him.
A while ago we had a cdm and Sister Turley (mission pres. Wife) told us to just take 10 or 15 minutes and just ponder each morning. I have been doing that and it is really nice. It is amazing the inspiration we can receive when we do that. It is great to just enjoy life and to look at all of the things Heavenly Father has blessed us with. Often I think about that I am on a mission and what an honor it is to be on one and a blessing. Also it was cool that one of our hard to contact focus family's came to church. We also had to take our car to the dealership for part of this week because the area we share a car with got rear ended.
That's alright because now we can enjoy the weather even more. The other day me and my comp were ridingto an appointment saving miles and we got in a nasty rain storm. There were even tornado warnings. We were soaked. Everything got wet, even our cell phone. It didn't work for half of the day, but I said a prayer and Iknow that our faith played a big part in. It worked after we dried it out. I really had fun that day I love those times when you get soaked, they are good times I will never forget about. I was just thinking it is just like the world, sometimes we are soaking wet and covered with worldly things. And sometimes we don't know what to do to dry out. We need that 10 or 15 minutes each day to reflect on our life and to get God and church back into our life. Also sometimes we don't put on our rain coat everyday to protect us (reading scriptures and saying our prayers, keeping the commandments). So, if we put on that raincoat everyday and not just on, zipped up, and the hood on. So, just reading the scriptures or just praying, that we will repel the rain that pours down on us with worldly things.
I hope this makes sense because I just thought it up at the library.
with love, Elder Ostler

THIS IS WHAT TRUE LOVE LOOKS LIKE

NOW I AM GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANYONE WHO IS NOT IN IT, EITHER I FORGOT YOU OR I COULD NOT FIND A PICTURE OF YOU....AND IF THATS THE CASE THEN ITS YOUR FAULT FOR NOT POSTING ENOUGH PICTURES OF YOU OR YOUR FAMILY....HOWEVER I AM WORKING ON SOMETHING THAT I DO NEED A PICTURE OF EVERY SINGLE DENNY, IF YOU ARE MARRIED THEN EMAIL ME A FAMILY PHOTO IF YOU ARE SINGLE THEN SEND ME A FUN PHOTO...THANKS...OH AND I DID THIS COLLAGE IN 4 HOURS, TODAY WHEN I GOT HOME FROM WORK....ENJOY, AND ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE THE ORIGINAL SO YOU CAN PRINT IT LET ME KNOW

It seems to fit!

It wouldn't post in the comments so I thought I would just post it......

You Are Snow White!

Pure and trusting. You are a gentle soul who can get along with just about anyone. Everyone you meet instantly falls in love with you. How can they resist? You have a pure, lovable nature that's irresistable. Just don't trust everyone who comes across your path.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Princess Quiz

We've had a bit of fun with this princess quiz (click here) on the Draper blog. Thought you might enjoy it. I'm:

Intelligent and kind. Your beauty goes much further than your apperance. Also, you make judgements of people based on their personality and not their looks. Attaining all the knowledge that you can is one of your major goals in life, but you are also a person who can make things happen.

Kenzie and Nicole were Mulan, Jenn was Cinderella, and Becca and Emily were Pocahontas. Who are you? Post it in the comments if you want to play.

REMEMBER DENNY FAMILY CAMPOUT!!!

TO ALL DENNYS

The campout is coming......July 2-6
It is the New Fork Lake Campground, near Pinedale Wyo.

Plan to come and enjoy time together. For a map, click here.

Happy Father's Day to All the Great Fathers in the Family!

And special Father's Day wishes to our own wonderful father. I hope I'll be making shrimp salad for you for many years to come, Dad.

Love, Kalyn

Denver, Colorado

I spent this past week in Devner. Rachel had a conference there so I tagged along for a vacation. Here are a few pictures from our trip.

This is at the Botanical Gardens. It was beautiful there. I would love to have someone come put gardens like this in my backyard....and take care of it!

We thought this was the funniest McDonalds. It is this very drab concrete building with a canopy jutting out from the wall. Plus who doesn't like a good big Mac every once in a while?

Everyone in Denver drives about 10 mph below the speed limit. Yes we were in a 65 mph zone. Maybe it's a rule that we didn't know about!

We went to the Denver Art Museum. There were these big sculptures surrounding the building. (Rand, we weren't sure if this was the same museum that you were talking about)

Another big sculpture we found. There are actually sculptures like this everywhere. It is quite spectacular.

Me in front of the World Trade Center

Of course, we had to try a sushi restaurant. It was fabulous....Chopsticks and Sushi was the name if anyone decides to visit and wants good sushi.

We found this fabulous gas station.....It had it's own milkshake and smoothie machine! It also had a full slushy bar, coffee bar, every fountain soda you could want, energy shots for your sodies, and of course nachos and hot dogs.

We went to a Rockies and Giants baseball game. We sat in the Rockpile (Clayton's suggestion) and enjoyed every minute of it. We did leave after the 7th inning stretch because it was freezing and still tied at 0.

This is another picture in Botanical Gardens. This was inside the "rainforest" greenhouse. This was probably one of the best parts of the gardens.

Kristen's Wedding Photos - Denny brothers

I really messed up the camera settings on these photos - didn't change when we went outside. I tried to fix it in editing, but they still look kind of pale. I do like them though, what a great bunch of brothers. My favorite is the top photo, but I wish we hadn't taken it in front of the trees!

Kristen's Wedding Photos - Vranes, Samantha, Travis, Aly & Rachel, Amy & Val, Bride & Groom