heartburn.

This has saved me the last few weeks, I highly recommend it.

holiday highlights.

This is a little late - but I wanted to post some highlights from the holidays. I was trying out a new camera on the family. I have never been good at writing, English or spelling (!) so I would much rather tell my story in pictures.

I hope you enjoy.

 

enoch

 

addie + enoch
(am I allowed to post pictures like this?)

 

quinn

 

quinn + grandpa quinn getting ready to ski.

 

addie
(she too got a camera for Christmas)

 

tiffany + grandpa quinn + quinn

 

quinn loves to ski

 

dallin + enoch

 

quinn after a sledding accident!

 

quinn + addie (sisters)

 

nathan (game face)

 

mckay

 

addie + quinn
new years morning before anyone else was awake!

 

enoch

 

guilty?!

 

enoch being a good sport with all my photo taking

 

quinn sledding

 

 

 

quinn + grandma quinn + addie + dallin

 

grandpa hopkinson

 

grandma quinn sledding

eagle.

Over the holidays while everyone was together my youngest brother McKay got his eagle scout award (the last out of 4 boys). Congratulations McKay.

 

anthony + mckay + nathan + dallin
(as you can see the older boys had fun 'dressing up' for the occasion, I don't think anyone got the joke)

 

 

 

 

new years breakfast.

New Year’s Breakfast
Simons Family

3 boxes of Jiffy corn bread
1 package of Hormel maple sausage
1 cup milk
3 eggs
¾ cups sugar
1 ½ cans of Apricots (save the juice)


Mix the three boxes of Jiffy, eggs, milk and sugar. Brown the sausage in a fry pan. Alternate putting two apricots and two sausages in the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Pour the corn bread mixture on top. Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown, about 30 minutes.

In a blender mix a can of apricots and the left over juice to make an apricot syrup.

Enjoy!

simons family.

 

gregg + camille simons / bob + lynn simons / stella + tara + chris + presley mcgown / brad + amber simons / becka + eric + lincoln cragun / krista + matt faulkner.

quinn family.

gregg + camille simons / anthony + sharon quinn / dallin / mckay / nathan / paul + valine quinn / aaron + tiffany + addie + quinn + enoch hopkinson

{simons family photo coming soon}

Hawai'i

Here are a few pictures of Hawai'i (the big island). I won't bore anyone with too many - I had some really great photos, but somehow they are now missing off my computer, I am really bummed and perplexed.

Marriott at Anaeho'omalu Bay.

Kona, Hawai'i Temple

Ka Lae (South Point).

Gregg cliff jumped off the southern most point of the United States at Ka Lae. It was 50 feet (we decided it was not a good idea for a pregnant woman)

Waipi'o Valley, Hawai'i.

Mauna Kea.

Mauna Kea is a large volcano on Hawaii (13, 796 feet). We could not go all the way to the top because of my pregnancy - but we went to the visitor center and did a little hike up a peak to see the sun set. That night they got out powerful telescopes for us to see the stars (including Jupiter's moons). It was VERY cold that high up!

modest baby.

My brother Nate felt bad for the exposure of baby Simons.
I am sure he will thank you some day Nate!

here HE is.

Here he is. No shame, he basically did the splits for us! It's a boy. My intuition from the beginning has been that it was a boy. Gregg thought for sure it was a girl so I think he was shocked at first.

The pregnancy so far has been just fine. Thanks to all those who have been so helpful and thoughtful. It got off to a painful start when at 8 weeks I broke out in shingles. Then we could not find a heartbeat for 4 weeks in a row. My uterus was growing and I was throwing up everyday (signs of a healthy pregnancy). Finally at about 12 weeks they did an ultra sound and everything looked great. Due the middle of April.

 

(in this photo you are looking up at his bum cheeks, legs, and boy parts!)

ahhh....Hawai'i

I took this at Papakolea Beach (Green Sands Beach)
The Big Island of Hawai'i
Can you see the green sand on the far left of the picture?

PS - Still on vacation!!