Richard Jarvis Family

Special grandchildren

2012-02-17T15:18:00.000-08:00

Lil' Divas

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Christmas Eve

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Kallie's 19th Birthday, with sisters and cousins.

Cousins enjoying Christmas

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Merry Christmas

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Dave got Tanner a B B Gun for Christmas! Oh no, watch out!!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! We had tons of fun in Missouri, but heres a little clip of David makinf Lillyanna laugh. Its really cute. He does this a lot and she loves it.

Thanksgiving 2011 family fun

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Thanksgiving 2011 Family time

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blessing day

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We love Lillyanna

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Fall color

2011-10-10T14:37:00.000-07:00

Isn't this tree gorgeous? It is just down from the front yard. I took it while standing about halfway down the driveway. You can see Dad's little horse storage shed across the road. I do love this time of year!

Photo Card

2011-09-30T20:00:00.001-07:00

Big Blocks Magenta Baby Announcements

Announcements for all occasions: graduation, a new baby, or wedding.

View the entire collection of cards.

Shutterfly said i'd get a $10 coupon if i posted my baby announcements to a blog. Great idea!

Great looking family

2011-09-27T13:08:00.000-07:00

Wonderful memories of those days together, plus a lifetime together!

Wonderful family

2011-09-21T08:31:00.000-07:00

I'm glad to have a picture with all of our children in it after so many years. This picture will bring up some very pleasant memories for Dad and me. We LOVE you all so very much. You have blessed our lives.

50th Anniversary Gift--Amazing

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Great Bunch

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What wonderful grandchildren and how fun to have been together in Paradise!

Grandma moment

2011-09-06T08:55:00.000-07:00

branson belle

2011-09-06T08:46:00.000-07:00

Enjoying the fun day on the Showboat Branson Belle!

reunion

2011-09-06T08:42:00.000-07:00

This was such a nice picture that one of you took, as we were all gathering for the family picture in our red and blue shirts. It showed how really pretty our cabin spot was with a little bit of the deck showing. Late June 2011

Lillyanna Nicole!

2011-08-18T14:56:00.000-07:00

Tanner is a big Brother! Lil' sister was born at 12:33 p.m. She weighs 6 lb 10 oz. and she has cute, fuzzy, blond hair! Mom and Lillyanna are both recovering, mom from surgery and baby from being stuck. She wanted to come out a different direction. The doc really had to tug and pull. But baby and mom are both doing great!

Reunion Picture

2011-07-26T16:10:00.000-07:00

Here is a sample of my family from the reunion. I should have the rest any day. I will keep you posted.

defoliated walnut tree

2011-07-22T13:14:00.000-07:00

The previous picture is in the yard on the north. This black walnut tree is just outside the fence on the west. The oak tree is in the foreground on the left and others in the background, a few branches from the hackberry tree show up on the right. I wrote about the thousands of caterpillars that showed up. After they ate the leaves, they came down out of the trees and must have gone on to the next trees, since there was no sign of them after they did their damage.

after caterpillars visited

2011-07-22T13:01:00.000-07:00

I usually only like to put pretty or beautiful posts on the blog. This time I wanted to show the destructive force of nature that visited 10 days or so ago. You can see the oak trees full of beautiful green leaves and the walnut tree stripped by all of those caterpillars.

50th T shirt picture

2011-07-09T11:01:00.000-07:00

We had an amazingly special 50th celebration with all of you. Thank you very very much!!

Jarvis reunion/quilt

2011-07-08T14:53:00.000-07:00

The Quilt! Granddad & Grandma and most of the grandchildren.

Jarvis reunion/dam 2

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All of the grandchildren that we could corner long enough to take a picture!

Jarvis reunion/dam

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Great memories with beautiful daughters.

Memorial Day Weekend 2011

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Bubble Time!

Memorial Weekend 2011

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Cousins have a great time together! This was also Garrett's 9th birthday.

Pre-K Graduation

2011-05-28T11:10:00.000-07:00

Tuesday was graduation but yesterday was the last day. I ran in the neighborhood by the school while he was in school (usual routine) for the last time! It was a little emotional driving away from Stone Canyon Elementary. We've had such a great year and we're so lucky Oklahoma has such a great program. Tanner's teachers made each child a 3 ring binder with school work from the whole year. It's so fun to see how he's changed in one year!! Next year he'll be in all day kindergarten at Smith Elementary so we will really miss our drive to and from Stone Canyon each day.

We're so proud. Tanner was one of the youngest in his class but did wonderfully. Nice Jarvis genes :-) Loves his numbers! And very social!!

My 35th B-day

2011-05-15T12:44:00.001-07:00

This picture is a few weeks old.......now Dave added more tomato plants & zucchini

Me on my 35th!

Tanner woke up yesterday and made me this card all by himself back in his room. He wrote "mom" and taped some of his money to it. I guess he knows what I like???

Dave & Tanner surprised me with this cake from the store! They also bought me fresh seafood..........salmon, tuna, and tilapia. Dave cooked some last night. Yum!

Yesterday was a perfect day! For my b-day we went to a festival in Tulsa last night. There was a 5K race at 8pm called the "Full Moon Run" which I ran. Lots of activities for kids and inflatables and games for Tanner. Then a concert in the park after. We stayed for the concert until 10:00. The band was playing "Journey" songs and Tanner was dancing all over the grass. Really fun day! 5K was easy. 6 months pregnant and feeling great. I remember my 30th birthday being 7 weeks away from having Tanner. Fun!

Kent's Graduation

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Kent's Graduation Lunch

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Disney World & Sea World - Orlando

2011-04-18T21:00:00.000-07:00

Tanner swimming with Dad at one of the resort pools. Tanner didn't even need Disney or Sea World.......he's in paradise swimming with Dad. They swam almost every night.

Family at Magic Kingdom. Tanner was happy, but pulling "pirate" faces :-)

Tanner & I spent 2 days at Sea World while Dave was in his conference. I actually liked Sea World better than Disney.........the whale/dolphin shows gave me goosebumps and it wasn't busy season so it was nice & quiet.

My two loves :-).

5 years from now I can take our daughter to all the Snow White/Cinderella things. But Pirates and Buzz Lightyear were fun, too :-)

beware of pirate!

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Part of this pirates costume (earring, sword, eyepatch) came from Disney World in Orlando. Some of it you might recognize from Kent's Halloween costume when he was maybe this age.

iris 2009

2011-04-12T11:56:00.000-07:00

I was looking through pictures for the family video & came across this one instead. Can you see why I don't just mow these down? Instead I keep pulling the grass & weeds each year so I can enjoy a brief display of beauty! It should look like this again in 2-3 weeks.

spring--almost

2011-03-18T08:12:00.000-07:00

Two more days until the official start of spring. The early flowers have begun, and the grass is beginning to turn green. And of course, the birthday girl, adding more color to the landscape!

pretty in pink

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On her birthday checking out the flowers with Grandma.

feeding the birds

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The 4 feeders were empty and the birds were feeling deprived!

Happy 5th birthday

2011-03-18T07:56:00.000-07:00

They surprised us and came back for another try at getting 5th birthday pictures--candles in the pancakes this time.

Snowed In!!

2011-02-02T08:38:00.000-08:00

Tanner in the driveway......This was before the snow had stopped. Much deeper now.

View out our front door

View out the back door

front door............guess no one is visiting us for a while!!

No school or work for a few days!! Tulsa got a lot of snow but luckily we have power, cable, internet, and food so we're pretty happy :-)

On a serious note, Tanner "tried" playing in the snow yesterday but came in the house screaming and crying because his hands were so cold. Then he would try and go out again, but come in screaming and crying again. For a moment when I couldn't get him to stop screaming I thought of those pioneers and how did they comfort children with no hope of getting warm? It was one of those moments when I realized how weak I am .....they had to watch their children freeze..................it was a moment for me.

The Donut Chef

2010-12-31T14:34:00.000-08:00

They got to hold dough balls and see the machine

After the tour eating donuts they frosted themselves

Emma, Broc, & Tanner putting sprinkles on their donuts

What a fun way to enjoy the school break!

We have a library book about a Donut Chef. I was reading it last week and Tanner asked "Mom, what's a glazed donut?". I realized we never buy donuts or go to donut shops so I arranged a tour of the local Krispy Kreme with some of Tanner's friends. They got to make their own donuts. It was so fun!

Christmas morning

2010-12-27T08:07:00.000-08:00

A good looking bunch, but getting tired of getting pictures taken!

another Christmas morning

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Now we've had time to get dressed and comb our hair--those of us in this group that have hair, anyway!

Christmas morning

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With part of the grandkids--about 1/3!

18th Birthday

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Happy Birthday to You!

Christmas Eve

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Beautiful Girls!

nativity 2010

2010-12-27T07:47:00.000-08:00

Joseph, Mary, and the Shepherd with Baby Jesus.

ist Day of Deer Season

2010-11-13T14:17:00.000-08:00

Gary got his deer this year in the field in back of the house.

Happy Halloween from the REAL BYU family

2010-11-02T17:04:00.000-07:00

Dave's new Facebook picture

We got our high standards from Utah Valley....

We had a family tattoo party at home before the church party. Tanner didn't want to wear his Transformer costume when he saw us dressing up so we let him join the fun!

happy halloween!

Halloween 2010

2010-11-02T14:36:00.000-07:00

The "Sorceress" chose her own pose.

storytime

2010-11-02T14:33:00.000-07:00

Visting at Granddad's and Grandma's. Now it is bedtime.

Halloween 2010

2010-10-31T19:02:00.001-07:00

We had a fun Halloween last night! Hope that you all did too!

A few pictures from around here

2010-10-24T15:35:00.000-07:00

Whenever Dave fixes anything Tanner gets out his "Bob The Builder" hat and all his tools. Tanner loves helping fix things so much he gets hyper. He even went and put jeans on instead of shorts so he could really be ready to help (although Dad's in shorts??).

Tanner never stops having fun. Friday night after his bath he came out of his room in church clothes instead of p.j.'s. He even went and combed his hair. Lately he likes doing his hair. I think he gets it from Dave.

Complete with shoes tied. The knots are HUGE. Tanner is very proud.

He put his own tie on, too. Remember, it's 8:30 pm and he was supposed to be putting his pajamas on.

fall

2010-10-13T12:59:00.000-07:00

This is the beginning of fall color in the Ozarks. I took this picture standing in the driveway looking towards the south and zoomed in to get the beautiful red tree in our field before it loses its color. Wish I was a better picture taker. We do have a lot of beautiful nature I'd like to share!

family picture day--August

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More Labor Day pictures

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Labor Day Weekend

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Hanging out on the front porch on a very pleasant evening.

1st Day Back

2010-08-25T09:13:00.000-07:00

Our Big 6th Grader

Our Sweet 4th Grader

Our Fun 3rd Grader

Yesterday was our first day back to school. Syd had to have photos too. :)

Boating

2010-08-23T14:26:00.000-07:00

Cade "no hands" on the kneeboard. He is finally brave enough to give it a try this year.

We spent the last week before school started going boating. One of my favorite things to do. One day we let the kids each bring a friend and then another day we took out a couple of friends and their families. We had a great time. The weather was perfect and the company was great.

Demoliton Derby

2010-08-23T14:19:00.000-07:00

We went to the Demolition Derby at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds the other night. It was a fun event. We went with several friends and their families. They kids thought it was great. So did Robbie and I.

Baptism

2010-08-23T14:17:00.000-07:00

We were so lucky to get to be apart of Alyssa's baptism. It was such a special day. Shayla still talks about Alyssa's baptism. She is always asking me, "When I get baptised can I....?"

U.S.S. Mississippi Tugboat

2010-08-09T15:13:00.000-07:00

Dave took us aboard the largest US Army Corp of Engineers working Tugboat. It was on the Arkansas River this week open for tours for Corp employees and their families. Tanner & Nora looked like twins holding hands on the boat. One person even asked if they were. I wish. :-). We love Nora.

More Cute Pictures

2010-08-02T00:13:00.000-07:00

Stylish

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These three went to the Mall one evening, and ended up buying the same dress! They made a good choice, don't you agree.

Fireworks & Parade

2010-07-07T14:24:00.001-07:00

We hadn't been to the big 4th of July parade for 4 years. We had a fun time.

"How to Train your Dragon" float

Waiting for fireworks at Donna's on the 3rd

More 4th of July

2010-07-07T14:19:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for fireworks at Donna & Robbie's

Austin slept most of the time while we boated.

4th of July in Utah

2010-07-07T14:15:00.000-07:00

My nephew Bridger

Fun in the sun! Robbie and Donna took us boating on the 3rd.

It was lots of fun. We tubed and tubed and tubed!

Thanks

2010-07-07T14:14:00.001-07:00

Thanks for posting all of the fun pictures, everyone. I just realized I haven't checked the blog for a couple of months. May and June were pretty busy. :) I'm sad that we weren't in MO when Donna's and Jana's families were. How come everyone couldn't plan their vacations around Scott's 20 year class reunion? :) We are excited to come out next month!

Tanner in Missouri....Happy Birthday Son

2010-07-04T16:11:00.000-07:00

Last weekend.....

I wish I could post ALL the photos, but my favorite thing was watching how much Tanner & Nora palled around together. It's a special friendship.

cousins

2010-07-02T14:11:00.000-07:00

Aren't cousins a bunch of fun, especially since Aunt Donna/Mom had just fixed all the hairdos the same!

Siblings

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It was nice to have so many of us together since that doesn't happen too often!

Family

2010-07-02T13:59:00.000-07:00

This much of the family together in June

part of the family together

2010-06-28T11:16:00.000-07:00

We had many of the family members together for a photo opportunity after dinner on Sunday afternoon.

Happy Father's Day to all Dads

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We spent Friday evening hanging out with a deer down at the pond. It's just to the right of the second tree.

Happy Days Graduation

2010-06-09T12:20:00.000-07:00

This is Hailey's preschool graduation picture. Thanks to Jaime for sharing it with us, as well as the picture of Garrett and Kevin taken at the baptism.

Baptism 2

2010-06-06T18:48:00.000-07:00

This was a special day for Garrett and he did great. We were proud of him.

Garrett's Baptism

2010-06-05T11:38:00.000-07:00

Today was a big day for Garrett -- Baptism Day! Grandma gave the baptism talk and Granddad confirmed Garrett. Garrett's Uncle Jim did the actual baptism.

We are all so proud of you! Congratulations!! Kassie

Missouri

2010-05-31T16:26:00.000-07:00

Kent and Whitney beginning a tour of the farm in the front yard.

fantastic caverns 2

2010-05-27T15:43:00.000-07:00

This is our group--except me taking the picture--in the parking lot ready to go home when I decided I wanted one more picture!

fantastic caverns

2010-05-27T15:39:00.000-07:00

This is an indoor shot taken of our fantastic caverns adventure.

4 years old

2010-05-27T15:34:00.000-07:00

After Sunday dinner picture, taken when all the MO family were together while Kent and Whitney were here.

Missouri

2010-05-27T15:27:00.000-07:00

Kent and Whitney are hanging out in our front yard.

Kylie

2010-05-10T14:44:00.000-07:00

This picture is so cute of the kids especially Kylie that I had to post it as well. She looks so cute. This shows how she was the whole trip. Happy and pleasant.

End of the Party

2010-05-10T14:06:00.000-07:00

Dance

2010-05-10T14:05:00.000-07:00

This is the first time that I can ever remember seeing Mom and Dad dance so I had to make sure and get a picture of it.

Reception

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Wedding

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Wedding

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Wedding Pics

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Wedding Pics

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The End of Disneyland

2010-05-10T13:50:00.000-07:00

Here is our last picture of Disneyland. The kids are still happy and already asking to go back.

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California Adventure

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Disneyland

2010-05-10T13:42:00.000-07:00

Disneyland..... the happiest place on earth. Thanks Kent for getting married in California so we could go to Disneyland. We all had an amazing time.

Shayla's First Dance Recital

2010-05-10T13:38:00.000-07:00

Shayla's very first dance recital. She did great and thought she was such a star.

Kids

2010-05-10T13:05:00.000-07:00

Cade at Father's and Sons this past weekend. Doesn't he look happy!!

Kyle get big way too quick. She can roll all over the place now.

Shayla just being cute.

Wedding Scrapbook Pages

2010-05-06T09:51:00.000-07:00