We made a quick trip to the Provo area to attend the funeral services of Sister Stucki.  What a great lady!!  Mission mom to Grandpa and a wonderful example.  She was 80 yrs. young, teaching the 16 & 17 year olds in Sunday School and keeping everyone else on their toes.  She was going to Church with treats in one hand and lesson materials in the other, slipped on the stairs in her garage, fell and broke her elbow.  The pain and surgery were just too much for her.  There were about 35 missionaries that attended the services from what started out as the Northwestern States Mission and became the Portland, Oregon Mission when the Stucki's presided over the Mission.  A nice tribute, I'd say!!

While we were there we spent time with these cuties and their parents.  It snowed almost the whole time we were there, but the roads were fine so we made a trip to Costco - thanks Carrie - and Build-A-Bear and the Mall.

 Cam is working on a model of a helicopter...there must be 1,000 pieces - We asked him about it on Christmas Day and he almost has it finished....WOW!!

 The trip home was really quite beautiful...this bank of clouds were ahead of us and we wondered what they would hold....

 Yep, pretty much seemed like a blizzard - only for a few miles - and the roads were fine.  kind of neat...

 Time for a ride on the wheelers....

 At the Neff Christmas party---Haylee and Ellie were the cutest angels!!

 Favorites from our Christmas Tree....

 Card by Ellie...

 Reese's ornament...

This was so FUN...these "kids" really put on a great performance.  Very high energy and entertaining.  It went a good two hours and 20-25 minutes.  I think they may have done some extra number at the end of the show because it seemed like they were prompting the band for additional numbers.  The audience was clearly responsive and Donny and Marie responded as well.  Thanks for thinking of this, Nat and Jared!!

Cam was working on his science project and had to make a magnet..This was really fun and for sure---IT WORKED!!

See that paper clip at the end of the nail....

This is such a sad event in our family.  A beautiful young wife and mother taken in such a strange way.  Just wasn't feeling well and went in to rest for a minute and simply passed away.
Grandpa and I weren't going to go to the service because we were at the Temple...but the longer we stayed the more Grandpa felt like he ought to go..and then Grandma decided she wanted to go with him.  The schedule at the Temple was very light and Bro. and Sis. Willis were so kind to fill in for us, so we left and went over to the Church for the Service.  The family did a great job...very uplifting!!  The three oldest children participated and Kris gave a beautiful tribute to Polly.  We haven't been particularly close to Grant and Allison and their family since the kids have grown up, but it was great to see the family come together--Grandpa's cousins were lovely to visit with...It's great to get re-acquainted with family again.