Losing Daisy Dog

Jacob made this card for me after he heard about Daisy. How sweet is this?



Nathan made this card for me. This is a picture of Daisy just last month. The boys loved to go on walks with Daisy. This was taken on a morning walk when the boys spent the night at our house.

These are the last photos we have of our beloved Daisy Dog taken just a few days before we let her go. As you can see she was very weak from her illness. Mark and I took her to the vet on Monday, November 17th, held her in our arms and cried and cried. Daisy was 13 yrs old, that's 78 yrs in doggie time. We know she is in doggie heaven because she only bit a few people; who probably deserved it. Mark's sister Mary who is a true dog lover said all dogs go to heaven. Mary and Helen sent us a darling book "Dog Heaven" by Cynthia Rylant.

Granddaughter and Grandmother Comparison

DO YOU THINK WE LOOK ALIKE? Ava and her Grandmother Brooke.

Blast From the Past - Ivins/Pertierra Family

Ana Maria Pertierra and Loraine Reid Ivins

Look what beautiful and skinny people they are.

Ana Maria Pertierra engagement photo.

L. Reid Ivins Air Force Cadet Graduation

September 17, 1955

1st Wedding Day was lovely but their sealing in the Temple 22 years later was joyous!!

It makes sense that beautiful people have beautiful children. From left to right: Nani, Brooke, Tony holding baby John, Michelle and Reid.

We are having a big family reunion with the Reid and Nani Ivins family this summer. I found these photos while preparing for the reunion in Park City, Utah.

Halloween with the Willis, Breinholt and Wirig Family - Isabel's Baptism - Grant's 1st B-Day In Utah

Grant the Turtle.

The Family Von Trapp at the Wirig family Halloween party. They are a fun family.

Grant in his borrowed chicken costume. His turtle costume hadn't arrived in time for his play group party. Grant is younger than most in his play group. He looks yummy enough to eat!!

A close-up. We're hoping he doesn't have his great Pa's body when he grows up.

We had a great time in Utah the end of October and early November 2008. Here we are in Natalie and Steve's new house. It is a cute as can be. She has 5 bedrooms and a huge family room and kitchen. They'll be comfortable there for a while.









Grant's first birthday. He loved the birthday cake. The Peterson's have a "tradition", a dumb one, in which they give a little lemon juice to the birthday baby after a taste of their birthday cake. Grant didn't even flinch!! What a boy.




Isabel had a great baptism day. Believe it or not she was the only one being baptized so it was the Willis-Peterson show. Her mother Ashley and Aunt Jessica sang a beautiful song. Grandma Karen and Grandma Brooke gave the talks on Baptism and the Holy Ghost. Granddad Mark gave the opening prayer and her Aunt Cami gave the closing prayer. Uncle Steve played the piano and Aunt Shaunae lead the music. We had a catered feast for over 50 in the Stake Center. It was a wonderful Saturday for the whole family. She even had Great Granddad Reid and Great Grandma Nani and Great Grandma Gail were there.








Halloween night at the Willis house is really something else. Gavin is a pirate Capt. Jack Sparrow, Ava is Belle, Isabel is Snow White and Kate is Pocahontas. Ethan dressed up too. It was hillarious.

Breintholt boys on Halloween. All monsters except sweet Froggy Caleb.