The Ginn Family: I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

We spent Christmas in Utah this year. The whole family made it, and we had a blast. We bought a new car, spent a fortune at Sports Authority, experienced true chaos with 11 children 7 and under, went skiing, sledding, to dinner, shopping, and got stranded for 2 days in Silverthorn, CO. It was quite the vacation.

4 comments:

Lindsay said...: Hey Ginns, gald to see ya in the blogging world! You guys are missed around here but at least now we can keep in touch a little more regularly. Love you guys!
Lindsay and Fam; March 20, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Kirkhams said...: Hey GUys! I'm so glad I found your blog! Can I add your link on mine? Hope Colorado is being good to you and that you're enjoying all the mountain biking and fun stuff that you can't get here!!! Are you in my Grandma Monson's ward?; April 13, 2008 at 7:01 PM
Janean said...: Hey Kari! It is Janean. I do not know how I ran into your blog but I did. It is so good to see how you are doing. Next time you are in Utah you should contact me. I would love to catch up. You can check out my blog at: brettjaneanplus4.blogspot.com; May 20, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Electrawoman said...: hey kirk & kari its your cousin becki. your blog looks great. i hope you are good. cute house. how is denver.little cambell is darling.; June 10, 2008 at 8:35 PM

It was a Fun House!

Henderson's baptism was beautiful. It couldn't have gone better. We had a lot of friends and family show up although we really missed the ones who were unable to come. Having eight cousins all under the same roof for 4 days was awesome! It may have been crazy, it may have been loud, maybe even a little distructive, but these kids had fun being together and I had a good time watching them. This is just after Henderson's baptism in front of the church. They all made it through an hour and a half. The adults, on the other hand, weren't holding up as well. Hence, kids only picture. i can't find the pictures we took just before the baptism. For those of you who have them could you please forward some onto me so I can get them up.

Evan Henderson Ginn

This last Saturday was a roller coaster day. My baby was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Chraist of Latter Day Saints. Kirk and I couldn't be more excited to see the excitement in Bubba, to have so much of our family come to witness it, and to have my Grandpa come, who doubtfully has set foot in any church in over 30 years. We did, however, feel a great loss. The one great man who I attribute to making my husband the man is today, Evan Ginn. He passed away last August and there has been such a void since. When we were told we needed to provide one talk on the Holy Ghost our hearts sank. We have always imagined Pakka being at Bubba's baptism and sharing his wise words the way he always did, so elliquently. Lucky for us the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. Kirk spoke in his fathers place and, I know, made his father proud. Kirk, like his father, is a born teacher and brings the spirit into the meeting so convincingly. I don't think Bubba will ever forget it. Because of Evan's kind heart and his love for the gospel his only grandson, his namesake, is following in his footsteps. Henderson has his tender heart, his willingness to give and to love all he meets, and his understanding of sacrifice. Evan was missed greatly that day but the spirit he left with us is carrying on to a new generation. We love you Pakka!

June 27th

What are the odds of having two babies due on the same day two years apart, born 3 weeks early, and still have the same birthday??? I don't know but somehow we managed it. Every year so far we've celebrated the kids birthday's together and both have been happy. Every year I say it's the last time and we'll have to start having seperate celebrations. Well this year was the last. Both Bubba and Kennedy had an awesome year. Both said it was their best birthday ever! The week before there birthday we had the big friends party so on their birthday we decided to spend it as a family and go to Elich Gardens (an amuzement park here). We had an awesome day! Kirk is managing to give all three kids a ride at the same time. Don't worry, Campbell's strapped in!

Holy Birthday!

Bubba has been having a hard time since we've moved to Colorado because he misses his old friends so much. I thought I would be a good Mom and tell him he could invite whom ever he wanted to his birthday party. I even decided we would do it on the last day of school so maybe more school friends could be there. Well, of course, I had to do the same for Kennedy as well seeings how they share the same birthday. To make a long story short, I will never do that again! We had over 35 kids show up to the POOL party! Luckly we did it at our neighborhood park and pool. They had fun. I am still recovering.

I'm Slowly Learning

OK so I've been getting grief from a lot of you about getting my blog going. I'm not the brightest girl when it comes to using new computer stuff not to mention it's a lot like scrap booking and I'm not the best at that either. But I do want to thank all who have harrassed me and especially you Kristy. She set the whole think up for me and even put together all that was there for the last, how-ever-many-months. Thanks to all of you, I can now download my pictures on to my computer and I can even find them after I've done that! Who'd a thunk it. Now I have a place to put it all and keep as well as keep in touch with all of you. Ok, now there's one more favor I need from someone. How do I put your links on to my page, how do I answer your messages, and how do I send you messages? I have a million more questions but these are the biggies right now. Now don't think I'm not smart I'm sure I'm smarter than you at something, somewhere! Thanks in advance for your help. I love you all.