'Tis Spring?

Wow! I just wonder when it's going to be spring! I just went out to check my roses and I pruned them when it was time--but, I think they've gotten some frost damage and hopefully, they will come out of it! I've quite a bit of yard work to do, but Jeri, Kelly B, and Becky came and cleaned up high(inside)--sure humbles one to have someone else clean their (your) messes. But, anyway THANKS!
I got a cortisone shot last Thursday and it hurt like a severe toothaches for several hours, but after I whined to the Dr. & got hydrocordone it has felt so much better. I told the doc to schedule surgery for June, but now I'm wondering if I'll keep feeling better...sure feels good to not be in pain! O-don't get old! Love, Grandma K

This and That

We were able to see Kyle and Caleb and Jana and Tom and their kids over conference. It is always really fun to spend time with family. We really have missed everyone since moving here to Utah. So if you haven't come down yet, come on down for a visit!

McKay had Spring break for 3 days ending on Monday. We are slowly getting back into a routine. I don't know why I don't want to get up in the mornings. I've always been a morning person.

Lately McKay's been locking Cici in rooms. Poor cat! This morning Charles found Cici in the garage, where she spent the night. McKay must've put her in there before he went to bed. This morning, he locked Cici in my bathroom. I was downstairs and I heard some thrashing around and the toilet lid slam down. I ran upstairs, and there she was! Last week, he locked her in the downstairs bathroom, and she used the sink as the facilities! YUCK!

So life is moving along for us. I just thought I'd say hello to the family. Also, has everyone gotten the picture information for the family pictures? If not, let me know!

I'll leave you with a cute picture of McKay, just because...well...he's cute!

SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY!

Today was one of the most spiritual Sacrament/Testimony meetings I've been to! I loved the sweet spirit. Saturday, after moving Laron and Sonja into their new home, we had the traditional Easter get-to-gether @ Mark's. From the basket's of booty, there probably wasn't any left in the stores for anyone else! It was great to have Kortney and Jase there, home from BYU-I and Dane from China.

Today, Scott and Kelly hosted the Connell Tribe for ham dinner--yum-yum--that is, all except the Eskildsen's, who already had dinner guests coming! It was a day to count our blessings and to remember the great gift our Heavenly Father gave to us by allowing His Son to suffer and atone for me. For this, I can hardly comprehend, but I am grateful. Thanks family for your faithfulness! We love you--Mom

NO FAMILY EASTER @ GRANDMA K

Guess Grandma K is getting old!!! Anyway in lieu of the family getting together for our 5oth Anniversary in June, I've decided to cancel the Easter gathering. Do something fun as a family and hopefully it (Easter Party) will resume next year!
I'm not sure that spring is ever going to come??? Have a fun spring break!! We love ya 'all. Grandma K

Whoo-hee!

Katelyn, you are just beautiful!--guess I'm a little prejudice, but WOW! And you looked so graceful and I was sure that you would win the physical fitness and poise! Guess it just wasn't to be--but you did us proud! Love, Grandma K

Jr. Miss!

Hey family! Here are four of the million pictures from Jr. miss. I got to say it was one of the most funnest things I have done in a long time and I miss it alot. I come home from track practice thinking I need to go to Jr. miss practice. I miss it allot and enjoyed being with all of the girls and of course the ESCORTS!!!ha ha my escort was Blake Neilson. I won the talent award which i sang "For Good" from the Broadway musical Wicked. Thank you Kent for picking out the song and helping me with it. Thank you Nicole for helping me with my bio sheet and the scary interview. O and thank you Mikaela for helping me pick out my dress. Thank you grandma for letting me use your jewelry and stool for my talent.

Katelyn

Slowing Down

Ray and I got back last week from a week in Utah, Idaho and Nevada. Spent a couple of days with Mikaela and Charles and that was fun to see how McKay has improved with his speech. We were able to go to UofU Girls BB game. Sorry Cyd didn't get to play, but was wonderful to visit with her and her famly (who were also there for the game.) Kris had his surgery and has arrived back in Utah--still with headaches, but we hope it is just the aftermath of the very invasive surgery on his neck--for now he has just traded one headed for another. The Dr. said it may be 6 months before he knows if the surgery has releaved the headaches.

It was good to sleep back in our own beds again. But, I've decided that Connell looks good compared to the middle of Nevada--I have a new concept of barren!

MIKAELA!

I cant seem to read your blog. Im pretty sure I gave you my email adress. alanandkorrine@hotmail.com Anyways, I was trying to get to it today and it said private and that I didnt have permission. Add me! Thanks! Love you!

Korrine

I Have The BEST Grandma and Grandpa!

Grandma and Grandpa-

I was so happy to receive your card in the mail today for Valentine's Day! I opened it right away! My mom told me to show her the card and the contents inside. I did that, but I covered my face in the process and then said "cheese"! I hope you enjoy my cute pictures, and I want to wish everyone in the family HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Love,
McKay (the favorite grandchild)

Private!

Hi family! I just wanted to let you all know that I have made my personal blog private. You are all welcome to view it. If you would like an invitation, just email me (see the family phone list) and I will add your individual email, or you can just log into THIS family blog, as I have added it to the "safe to view" list. So again, I can add you individually, or you can just log into the rayknightfamily.blogspot.com addy and password and view it that way, if interested, I should say!

Thanks,
Mikaela

MOre Pictures

These are a few more Pict: The first three are in Guatamala. Top one is a Spanish "Castle" on the Dulce River. It was built in 1595 by the Spanish to keep there "loot" in before sending to Spain and was called "Isabella" (after Queen Isabel). But, pirates tried to get the booty too and it was used to store the treasures and also to prison the pirates. Included cannons on top. The second pict is part of the group inside the castle. Next pict is taken from inside the van--we had to stop to let bananas cross the rode! The last is the "singing brothers" doing karaoke on the boat. Ask Mark about it! Oh, what fun, why did we have to come back to the cold!!

FUN-FUN-FUN

Second picture was taken @Oak Plantation in New Orleans, where we met Scott and Kelli to go on a "Bayou" boat ride, then to the Plantation. We experienced Biegnet's for breakfast at Demonds in the French Quarter. Third pict is after a hour or more van ride in Belize and then 25 mi ride up the New River to Lamanai to see ruins. 1st Picture: Our ventursome group: Scott, Kelly, Mark, Wendy, Chris, Becky and Dewain and Lisa climbing the "pyramid"! @ Lamanai. In Cozamel Grandpa is "wearing a monkey"--who snatched his cochlear implant!!! We had a great trip. I'll include a few more picts later. Love, Grandma K

WE ARE Going SOUTH

I'm ready to leave cold Connell and head South. We should be in N Orlean by Thursday evening. Hoping to do some sightseeing and then leave on a Carribean Cruise the weekend. Wishing you could all come along. Love, Mom

2009 it's here!

Seems that Christmas came so fast and left just that way. We enjoyed baby blessings, Ordinations and lots of food and family. It was good to have the Stapleton's here for the season--we even got to the cabin thanks to Mark and his family and their snowmobiles! We almost needed snowmobiles to get around our yard!

The only bad thing was that Mikaela and Charles were not here. I kind of bailed out and had only a breakfast w/ marrieds and spouses--we missed Wendy and Sonja too, but it was fun and I had pressed my youngest "slave" and her husband into "combat" duty. Thanks to Nichole for the great "banditos" for place-cards.
As usual, Christmas was a busy busy afair, but it was one of the best thanks to Dave and Marci. We Missed Selbe's and Kyle's family. From what I've heard, I think that every Grandkid must have been EXTRA GOOD because I didn't hear of anyone left out!
We even got to sleep in until 8am--give you a few years and you can too! Love, Mom

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

To all Knight and Friends! Hope you all have a great Christmas. We are going to miss Kyle and Mikaela's families! Thanks Cydney for the pict! Maybe Jase can asked Santa for a new pair of pants! Sounds like you all had fun! Just too bad we are not all closer. We surely wished the outcome of your last two BB games had been better. But, oh well. That is life. Wish that Kris was able to enjoy everything; we wish that we could share some of his pain. Hang in there, guy! We love you. Merry Christmas. Grandpa and Grandma K.

Well hello Knight families! Hope that everyone is having a great christmas so far. Just figured I'd post about Kort and Jase coming up to Salt Lake. Man we sure had a good time. Thanks to mikaela and charles, it was even better. The scott knight family came up too and saw a game and then we rocked out to guitar hero. Lol, i think that scott got better at it every time. But pretty sure madison can still beat him ;) love ya scott! but yeah, we went to temple square and saw the lights and man they were beautiful. Hopefully you all get a chance soon! Love you much and I'll be in touch. Cydney

Just a quick explanation...

So I decided to change the "other sites" gadget from just links to the other blogs/websites to making it a "blog" gadget. So now underneath each link (that is a blog) it will tell you how long ago that person updated. Just thought I'd clarify! Love you all!
--Myaela

Week of the GIRLS!

Two baby girls made their way to the Knight Clan: Katherine Nichole was born on Monday the 10th weighing in at 8# 11 oz; 19 1/2 inches to Nichole and Sam Harris. Ava Lynn was born this morning (11-15) weighing 7# 8 oz; 20 inches. Her parents: Korrine and Alan Sessana! I'm sure those two were waiting to see who would come first! A Grand and a Great in the same week!! We are thrilled for these wonderful bundles of joy. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Homecoming!!

hey family! homecoming was great! i would like to thank uncle chris for taking us all on a plane ride, that was pretty sweet! thank you sonja for doing my hair, all the other girls were jealous cause they dont have a aunt as awsome as you!:P haha. thank you grandma for the necklace and earings, o shoot i still need to give those back to you. thank you janna for the advice about my dress! i am so glad to have a big family that can help me with all this crazy stuff lol. i have a great story to tell! on the way back from the dance, i told my date (blake neilson) that he should go faster cause it was like 5 mins tell i was sopose to be home so he went alot faster like 10 or 15 miles over the speed limit (hehe it was great) just to mess around. then we see this car we are about to pass, and blake is like "it would be funny if that was a cop." and right when we past it we see that it is a cop. and so ya we got polled over all because i had to open my mouth and tell him to go faster. lol i felt bad. he got a 144$ ticket. man i am so horrible. but other then that the date was great!

In the group picture: Front-Blake Neilson, katelyn, Colten Riner, Lindsey Salisbery, Michael Casper, Blaire Wells, Maira Vivaros, Dane, bottom-Jacob Coulson, Racheal Taylor, Mellisa Gibbons, and Joel Crowther.

Katelyn

Well family, I am sure that all of you have heard about my um interesting halloween costume. Let's just say it is something my team definitely would have chosen. Anyhow, halloween was fun, except for the dreadful costume. I actually am gonna put a plug in for Utah basketball and mention that first game is the 8th! Love you all and take care, Cyd