The Rasmussen Bunch

Tulip Festival @ Thanksgiving Point 2011

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I went three different times to the tulip festival before my card expired. Each time I went, I saw more color and lots of pretty flowers. I took Tiffany with me one time and her friend joined us. I went with Kadence and Valerie and then just went by myself. I took more pictures so enjoy them.

April 2011

Entered this in their photo contest and made it

to the finals. Didn't win, but was honored to be

in with the hundreds of photos.

Tiffany @ the gardens.

Jessica Willard and Tiffany having some fun.

Pretty girls.

Thanksgiving Point and the Tulip Festival

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I just love going to the Tulip Festival in Lehi and the Thanksgiving Point Gardens. I got a membership card for Mother's day last year and it's good for one year, so I called up Valerie and said, "Let's take Kadence and get some pictures of her with the colorful tulips. It has been so cold, that the tulips didn't come out as fast, so they extended the festival for one week longer. It was a beautiful day. Valerie and Kadence met me at my sister's house and we drove over to the gardens. Kadence was in her little Easter dress. She looked so cute. Off we went and looked at the beautiful flowers and the colors. It was so much fun spending the day with Valerie and my little grand daughter.

Valerie with Kadence April 22, 2011.

Kadence almost 10 months old.

"Hi Grandma!"

Grandma with little Kadence.

Kadence just didn't want to look at the camera.

Kadence in her Easter Dress.

Having so much fun outdoors.

Say Cheese!

Flowers at Thanksgiving Point.

Having so much fun!

The tulips and the colors were so pretty. Wish

this was my garden!

Easter Pictures with Kadence.

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I thought it would be fun to put Kadence in my huge Easter Basket full of grass and eggs and start snapping pictures. I had the opportunity to have Kadence out here for a few days so it was photo time. I'm sure Kadence didn't like it much, but she better get use to it because her grandmother loves to take pictures! I put her in the basket and took these pictures. She had fun playing with the eggs and grass. She is growing up so fast. These pictures were taken in April 2011. She was going to turn 10 months old this month. Where has the time gone?

"Hi Grandma, is this what you want?"

" Are you sure it's okay if I sit in this?"

"How's this?"

"This is fun, now where's the candy?"

Pictures taken April 6 & 7, 2011.

Kadence not feeling well.

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Kadence almost 8 months old.

Kadence just getting over RSV.

Dallas, Valerie and Kadence went to California in February to Disneyland and Sea World with

all of the Knowlton's. It was their Christmas. Later in March, little Kadence was not feeling well

and was really congested. It kept getting worse and Valerie took Kadence to the doctor. She

was admitted to the Hospital with RSV. A bit scary where she was still little. She didn't like being

there and Valerie and Dallas stayed with her. She had to have and IV because she was so dehydrated.

I went out a week later to check on their little family and spent a couple of days helping Valerie out.

Kadence still didn't feel that great, you can tell in the pictures. She is still a cute little girl. It sure isn't

fun getting sick. We will be glad when it warms up and these bugs are out of here.

Mom's birthday

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Happy Birthday Mom!

Mom and Dad on Mom's Birthday 2/16/11

Today was my mother's birthday. She turned 77 years old young. It has been so much

fun to have them live close to us. I really do appreciate what my mother has done for me

throughout my life. I'm lucky to have her as my mother. She has taught me so many things

that has made me a better person and mother and grandmother. Mom, I hope you realize

how much to mean to me and my family. Hope you have many more Birthdays to come.

Happy birthday Grandma Ruth

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On January 15, 2011, Grandma Ruth turned 85 years old. We wanted to do a little family get-together for
her so we told everyone to bring something pot luck that Grandma Ruth liked to eat. It was fun to see what kind of food showed up at her house. We had pancakes with home-made syrup, pickled beets that Casi had put up from her garden, yummy potatoes, soft flour tacos, green salad, home-made tomato soup, chicken patties, all kinds of cookies and peach cobbler. It tasted yummy. Then we all sat in the family room and watched a video that Tiffany had worked on since Christmas of Grandma Ruth. It really was a nice show she had put together. Everyone loved it and seemed to have a wonderful time. Thanks to all those who sent me the memories to put in Grandma's book. Thanks to Tiffany for all the long hours she spent putting the DVD together. I know that Grandma Ruth had a wonderful Birthday with family around her. It really was a special day to spend with Grandma Ruth.

Tiffany moves to Logan

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Moving Tiffany's stuff in.

Really Mom! A picture!

Now where do I put all this stuff?

My new place.

On the 7th of January, we loaded up the truck and Tiffany's car and headed to my sister's house to pick up Tiffany's stuff and head to Clearfield to spend the night and Dallas and Valerie's house. Saturday, Tiffany had the okay to move in her new apartment in Logan. It was an air quality alert day along the Wasatch Front. I was hoping that the inversion wouldn't be in Logan, but it was there too. Tiffany moved to Oak ridge and we started to unload the truck and car. I couldn't believe how much stuff Tiffany had, we ended up bringing back a few things because there was no room in the room. We are now "Empty Nester's" again. This time Tiffany won't be coming home as often being up in Logan. I will really miss that, but I hope she will like her classes and the people up there. It really is quiet at our house with just Dale and I here. I can look on the bright side of things, I don't have to cook as much, and the upstairs stays really clean longer and I don't have loads of laundry to do everyday! I do miss my kids!

2011 Goals

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I thought that I would set a few goals for myself for 2011. New Year resolutions sometimes don't work, so I'm calling them goals. I want to de-clutter my house this year and get rid of stuff that we really don't use anymore. This will take the whole year I'm afraid, but I have the whole year to do it.
Next, I want to become closer to my Savior. Dale and I are reading the Book of Mormon together. I would like to have it read by the end of this year. I know that by reading the scriptures, you become closer to God. Along with this, I want to attend the Temple as often as I can. There you can feel the Lord's Spirit so strongly. I have to admire Grandma Ruth, she attends the Temple pretty much every Wednesday over in Vernal. What a wonderful example that is for me and her grandchildren.
I want to be able to visit my grand-babies and be able to play and spend time with them. I'm hoping that we can do fun activities with our children this year. We are not getting any younger and you better enjoy life while you can.
It's our 30th anniversary this year in July! I can't believe it. I want to be able to do something fun for this event. Five years ago we went to Hawaii and that was a blast. Not sure what to do on our 30th, but I will think of something. Maybe we will get some oil money coming in! One can only hope.
I think for now that is plenty to keep me busy for the year! I have found that you just have to think positive to enjoy life. Life is too short to be miserable. I had a friend on facebook that loved life and the people she was around and her family. She took care of Tyler by feeding him on Sunday's when he was in the Wooster Ohio area. She also sent me pictures of Tyler which I appreciated very much. Sadly this past December, she had a horrible accident and died before Christmas. She also had a missionary daughter in California at the time. I really miss her, even though I never personally met her, but you could tell that she loved her Savior and family and life and lived it to the fullest. I want to be that type of person this year.

Welcome the New Year 2011

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It's hard to believe that 2010 has come and gone. Where did that time go? I thought I would put some of the highlights of 2010 that happened to our family down. January 2010, Tyler got his long awaited mission call to serve in the Ohio,Cleveland Spanish speaking mission. He was so excited to be able to learn a language. Now he thinks that his mom and dad need to learn Spanish. I've told him that it's to hard for old people to learn a language. February 2010, all our loans were paid off! Boy did that feel so good. I don't want to take another loan out for sometime. Then later that month, we went to Colorado with Grandma Ruth, Tyler and Tiffany to see Tim and Koren and the boys and go skiing before Tyler left on his mission. They took us to Loveland Ski resort and boy did we have a blast. We even came home without any broken limbs! That was really a miracle in my eyes. March 2010, we went as a family to Disneyland one last time with Tyler and Alicia's family joined us there. It was their first time ever and they loved it. We really had a wonderful time and Tiffany and Tyler really had a great time. They will really miss each other. April 2010, Tyler left for the MTC on April 7th. It was a sad and happy day for me. We had a last family get-together the night before, went to Temple Square the day Tyler entered the MTC and dropped him off "curbside" and said our good-byes. I won't lie, it was hard leaving him, but Tyler was excited for his new adventure for the next two years. May 2010, Dale and I were getting our stuff ready for Trek in July. We were walking to get conditioned for the trip and making pioneer attire that we would be wearing. We were picked to be a Ma and Pa in our ward and would be attending the Stake Trek. June 2010 was one of the most exciting events for our family. We became Grandparents for the first time. Kadence Knowlton was born: 5 pounds 15 ounces, 19 inches long. She was a month early, but is doing really well and has blue eyes and red hair. It is so much fun being a grandparent. Kadence has brought so much joy to our family. July 2010, Trek finally came. We left for three days with the youth of our Stake and walked the paths where Dale's ancestors had walked on. We will remember this experience for some time and it was life changing for us. August 2010, I helped out Valerie by tending Kadence each week on Monday's while Valerie went back to work. It was so much fun seeing her change. They grow up so fast. September 2010, I got Dale to attend a Broadway play. We went to the "Lion King" at the Capitol Theater in SLC. Tiffany and my parents, along with my sister Adele and her daughter Lexi went with us. It was a fun family outing. I think Dale enjoyed it.
October and November 2010, was the busiest months for our gravel business. Dale had hundreds of orders to fill and deliver. I guess this is a blessing of having a missionary son out. Thanksgiving was also fun spending time with family and eating good, good food. December 2010, was exciting, we were told by Jason and Alicia that we will be getting a grand-baby in June of 2011. What a neat present that will be to be grandparents again. Then on Christmas day, Tyler called us and that was the best present ever this year for Christmas! He sounded so happy and he was really loving what he was doing. It was different not having him home this year, but I'm so happy that he is loving serving his Father in Heaven. But the biggest event in December is celebrating our Savior's birth. I love this time of year. It seems the the world has a little bit of peace on it during December and people are nicer to one another. It was fun to look back at 2010. I'm hoping that 2011 is filled with fun and memories can be made.

The Rasmussen Christmas Party 2010

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When can we eat?

We are the coolest cousins!

Dale talking to his mom.

So Mom . . what do you think about life in general?

Got to love Stella's hair do!

Now that's a lot of little girls! All but one born in 2010.

The newest of the great-grand daughters.

Smile for the camera.

Santa really is coming.

Mom! Get me off this guy's lap now!

Tiffany and Kadence

We can't open this package until June 2011!

Paul and LaJean Rasmussen

Bart and Jon, still friends after the big game.


Susan's family with Grandma Ruth

Grandma Ruth with all her grandchildren. Missing:

Ian, Adam, Rick, Colby, Lance & Tyler

Ruth with her children: Back row, Tim, Betty. Shauna

Susan, Paul, Front row: Dale, Ruth, Sherrol

Our family 2010

L-R Dale, Becky, Alicia, Jason, Dallas, Kadence

Tiffany, Grandma Ruth, Valerie

This year we had our Christmas Party the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It was the same day as the Utah and BYU football game in Salt Lake. So at the party you either saw red or blue clothes. Good thing we are family and we like each other. Utah won the game just barely. It was a cold evening. Felicia and Shauna and Anna put the party together. It was really nice. We really needed a big place cause our family is so big now. We had dinner and then Felicia and Kevin put a video together that was really cute. We then went into some rooms and taped some messages for Addie, Lance and Tyler that Felicia was going to send to them. I thought that was really neat that she wanted to include them in our family party. It was a wonderful evening. Santa came to the little great-grand kids and gave them gifts. The best gift was at the end. Jason and Alicia were Santa's helpers and at the end, Santa asked if there were anymore gifts to give out. Alicia looked in the sack and pulled out this huge silver bow and placed it on her tummy and said that this package wouldn't be able to be opened until June of 2011. That is how they announced to the family that they will be getting a baby. It was a cute way to announce their news to the family. It was a wonderful evening. We drove all the way back home which we were glad because really early in the morning, a storm came through and the roads were a white out in Strawberry. Got to love the winter storms out here!

Well I finally did it, got this year all wrapped up. Wasn't sure I could do it, but it took a whole day. We certainly had a wonderful year as a family. Looking forward to 2011.

Christmas 2010 and Dale's birthday

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I can't believe that it is Christmas time already again. It seems like the year 2010 has flown by so fast. Christmas at our house was very different. Christmas Eve day Tiffany came down with a mean flu that
she caught from Luke Rasmussen. She was so sick the whole day. We were going to have a Christmas
Eve dinner, but changed that because Tiffany couldn't keep anything down. I was hoping that Christmas
day would be better for her. With only Dale, Tiffany and myself home, we watched a movie Toy Story
3 and then went to bed. We even slept in. That felt so good! That has never happened before. Tiffany
was feeling much better the next morning, so we decided to have a Christmas Dinner instead and invite
Grandma and Grandpa Tonks over so that they could talk to Tyler when he called around 5:00 p.m.
We opened up our gifts. I can say it was the quietest Christmas we have ever had. It was really different
not having Tyler here. I really did miss him. In the late afternoon we got out some games and played
Dairyopoly. I think Dale had a great time. He was winning at the game. I'm glad he won, it was the first
time he ever got money in the Dairy business, even if it was play money. Grandma and Grandpa came over.
We had the table set and getting ready to eat, when the phone rang, I looked on the caller ID and it said
LDS missionaries. I answered the phone and it was so great to hear Tyler's voice. He sounded so good.
It was the best part of Christmas this year to be able to talk to our son. We talked for over and hour and
he got to say hi to everyone of us. He is loving Cleveland and the Spanish people there. He loves being a
missionary and said to tell all family members that he loves them and appreciates the letters he gets in the
mission field. He also says that he appreciates the prayers in his behalf and to keep them coming. So another
Christmas has come and gone and there will be one more without Tyler, but he is loving what he is doing.
The day after Christmas, Dale turned 52 years old. Now he's the boss again for six months. I had to leave and drive to Clearfield before the storm hit to babysit Kadence that week. Tiffany took me to Heber and Valerie picked me up. Dale and Tiffany were coming out on Wednesday to pick me up.
So Tiffany was in charge of making a birthday cake for her dad. She did a great job and even took pictures of the event for me. I'm glad she's around, I'm going to miss not seeing her as often when she moves to Logan. She won't be coming home as often during the winter months. It sure is a change in our lives to have our kids grown up and gone. But we are getting a new grand-baby in June of 2011. Jason and Alicia are expecting and that will be so much fun to add a new grand-baby to the family. It's amazing how fast the time
is flying by. I have found in these past two years that FAMILY is the most important thing in my life along with my good friends and the gospel. I hope you all have had a wonderful year in 2010 as we have and look forward to a wonderful year in 2011.

Bright eyed and bushy tailed!

Opening gifts

A new coat I can wear to special places.

Mom really, do you have to take my picture this early?

Dale winning at Dairyopoly.

Christmas Dinner

Tyler's phone call that we had been waiting for

all day! It was so good to hear his voice.

Mom and Dad 2010

Dale and Becky 2010

Can't believe Dale is 52 years old!

He had enough wind to blow out his candles!

Happy birthday Dale, we love you so much!

Pictures of Kadence 2010

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One of the last trips out tending Kadence, we wanted to take some fall pictures of her, so we drove to the Lagoon trail the morning I was leaving and took these pictures. The top one is my favorite. I had to snap fast cause Kadence really didn't want to have her pictures taken. I think we got some cute ones. The ones in the apple basket were taken at Thanksgiving time. She had turned 5 months old on Tyler's birthday. Boy is she growing up fast.

Pictures taken on Lagoon trail 2010.

Kadence 5 months old.

We will have a White Christmas!

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I went out the 15th of December to finish up the Christmas shopping. Tiffany had finished up her finals and was moving her stuff out of her apartment. She's moving up to Logan for Spring semester. We kept having snow storms that was dumping a lot of snow and the car that I was to drive back to Roosevelt didn't have snow tires. I tried to leave Friday and then Saturday and finally Sunday I was able to leave. It wasn't a fun ride back. Going through Daniels and Strawberry was a white knuckle drive and I hate those kinds of driving on snow packed roads. I finally got home and it started to snow Sunday night, all night long and on Monday morning we woke up to this! It had snowed almost 18 inches in Pleasant Valley! Everything was buried in the snow and it took all day long to dig us and my parents home out. I haven't seen this much snow out here for a couple of years. It was good packing snow, the kind that makes good snowmen. It snowed most of the day Monday. I was hoping that the snow wouldn't come until the middle of January, but there were too many people praying for a white Christmas and they got their wish. It really looked pretty and white around here, but then the cold weather came with it. On January 2, 2011, Roosevelt was the coldest spot in the whole nation, -31 degrees below zero. Tyler was warmer than us and so was Alaska! Got to love the Unitah Basin winters . . . Not!

Trying to dig out the F150 from the snow.

What the backyard looks like.

Thanksgiving 2010

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Our cute little babies of 2010

Natalie, Kadence, Stella

Getting ready to eat!

Kadence with Tiffany, Valerie and Jeana

Dale and Becky

Kristin with Stella, Rick with Natalie, Valerie with Kadence

Aunt Koren with Kadence

Eating the wonderful food!

Maybe a sliver from each pie.


Paul finally has more hair than Stella

We are now in the holiday season, where family and friends get together and have parties and eat lots of yummy food and you gain 5-10 pounds, but who cares, there's always the New Year to start a new diet. This year was our family's first year without Tyler being here. It seemed really different with him gone. He spent his Thanksgiving in Cleveland Ohio and he said that he had a good time there. We all spent out Thanksgiving at Grandma Ruth's house and everyone in our little family was there. It was Kadence's first Thanksgiving and Grandma Ruth had about 40 guests that were going to eat at her house! Alicia's brother, John Eric came out with them. He's going to BYU Idaho. It was fun to have him visit us. I'm sure he was over whelmed by all the people there. I love Thanksgiving at Dale's mom's house. Even though it's crowded, it is so fun to be with Dale's family. They are so much fun to be around. We had tons of good food, lots of pies, did I say lots of pies, and lots of babies there. I really enjoyed the day spending it with family. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Halloween 2010

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Little Kadence Bug

Mader and Kadence

Can't believe it's time for Halloween already. Now we have a grand-daughter that will go trick or treating in the future. All our kids have grown out of that. Dale and I don't dress up for Halloween. Not one of our favorite Holidays and we live out in the boonies so we hardly have any kids come to our home. Kadence had her first Halloween and went as a cute little ladybug. She really wasn't sure about this holiday. We put her in her costume and all she would do was sleep. I think in about three years, she will like this holiday. When we put Kadence by their dog Mater, he didn't dare move for fear of Kadence falling down. Happy Halloween everyone.

Kadence at Four months old

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It has been so much fun for me to go out once a week and help Valerie with Kadence. She has grown up
so fast and changes so fast. Each Monday morning I get to hold, hug, and love little Kadence. She has
brought so much happiness into our family. There are times she looks like Dallas, but in these pictures she
looks like Valerie did as a baby. Being a grandparent has been a blessing in our lives. It is so fun to see
your children become parents. I know that I won't be able to do this forever, when the weather gets nasty,
I'll have to stop coming out, but until then, I look forward to every Monday spending quality time with our
little grand-daughter. I really like this stage in my life. It makes me feel young again.

Kadence Knowlton at four months old.

Pictures of Kadence in blessing dress

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Love this picture, it looks like Kadence
is praying.

I just think how special it was that Valerie used her blessing dress that she was blessed in that was made by Grandma Ruth, to bless her daughter in. The dress is 24 years old and still looks as good as new. Grandma Ruth was so excited to know that the dress she made would be used once again. Now this dress is a second generation keepsake. Thought you might like to see some pictures of Kadence in her dress. Also, the same day, we had Natalie, Boston, Stella, Kadence, and Kaelyn's pictures taken on a quilt that Kellie had made for Stella. The little girls were so funny and wouldn't hold still. Hope you enjoy them.

She almost looks like Valerie did on her
blessing day.

This is Valerie's doll buggy that she got
when she was eight years old and had a porcelain
doll with her blessing dress on.

Kadence looks like a porcelain doll.

The great grand daughters of Grandma Ruth
in order. (Savannah not pictured) Natalie,
Boston, Kadence and Stella on the quilt that
Kellie made for Stella.

Kaelyn joined the group. What a rowdy bunch
of little girls.

Luke had to come and join the party.

Labor day weekend

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The family picture ( but missing Tyler) on
Kadence's blessing day 9/5/2010

Labor day weekend was quite the weekend for our family. Dale and Tiffany and I along with my parents and Adele and Lexi had tickets to see the Lion King at the Capitol Theater on Friday the 3rd of September. This was part of our anniversary and I wanted Dale to see a Broadway play.

It was a beautiful evening and we met everyone at the Capitol Theater. When it opened up, we went in and found our seats. I hoped that Dale would like it and he seemed to enjoy the performance. The costumes and scenery were wonderful. It was really colorful and the actors did an outstanding job. I really liked it and the rest of the family seemed to enjoy it too. After the show, Dale and I drove to Clearfield. Kadence was going to be blessed on Sunday so we thought we would spend the weekend with Valerie and Dallas. Thank goodness that the weather was wonderful! Valerie had reserved the little park by their house for the family dinner and it really worked out so nice. We had breakfast food and lots showed up for the special event. Dallas really did a nice job with giving Kadence a name and a blessing. It has been so much fun seeing our children marry good spouses and see them start raising their little families. Kadence has 6 great grandparents that are alive! That is so cool. She also was blessed in Valerie's blessing dress that Grandma Ruth has made Valerie 24 years ago. Grandma Ruth was so happy to see Kadence in that dress and she looked so beautiful in it. I'm glad it was able to be used again and that Grandma Ruth could see her great grand daughter be blessed in it. I just love getting together with the family and spending time with them.

Great grandma Ruth, Valerie, and Kadence.
Grandma Ruth made this dress 24 years ago
and Valerie wore it when she was blessed.

Four Generations on the Rasmussen side.

Four generations on the Swenson side.

Four generations on the Tonks side.

Kadence with all her Great grandparents.
Great grandma Knowlton was not here.

Our new little family.

Dallas, Valerie and Kadence Knowlton

Shondell Knowlton, Dallas, Valerie, Kadence,
Bradley Knowlton.

Valerie and Felicia and Kadence.

Hanging out with the family and eating good food.

Spending time with Kadence

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Valerie started back to work the end of August and I started to drive out on Sundays to tend Kadence on Mondays while Valerie worked. Kadence has changed so much from week to week.
Being a grandmother has been so rewarding!! I love it and Kadence started to smile when I came out. That was so cool to have her give her grandma the first real smile before she gave it to her mommy. I have loved so much being able to spend time with our first grand child. I didn't know that it could be so much fun. I hope the weather stays really nice for a while so I can keep going out there and tend her. Here are some pictures of Kadence. Enjoy. . . . they grow up really fast before you eyes.

Saying goodbye to my sweetie.

Having fun taking pictures while Kadence
was asleep.

Looks so peaceful.

Dallas' cousin took these pictures.
So adorable and you can see her red hair.

So cute!

Martin's Cove and Sixth Crossing Stake Trek 2010

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Myton 1st ward family at Trek

Dale and I had a wonderful opportunity to attend our Stake's Trek to Martin's Cove and to be a Ma & Pa. We found out in January that we would be going so Dale and I started to read the book "The Price we Paid" (the extraordinary story of the Willie & Martin handcart pioneers) by Andrew D. Olsen. What a great book this was and it truly got us mentally prepared for out trek. We had 12 youth from our ward go. It was July 20-22 nd and we headed out in our pioneer attire and went on the bus to Wyoming. It was absolutely beautiful and so open. I couldn't believe how green it still was. Our youth in our Stake were so well behaved and treated everyone so good. I don't like camping in tents, but I can say that I didn't complain once. I went with the attitude of feeling what our ancestors might have felt. It was an amazing experience for Dale and I and we both have a deeper love for our ancestors that crossed the plains to live in Zion. We are both so grateful for the sacrifices that they made in our behalf so we could have the gospel in our lives. When Pioneer Day came around, I had a better appreciation for this holiday that we celebrate in Utah. We hope to visit the other sites on the trails of Wyoming and feel the wonderful spirit of our ancestors there. This was a memory that we will not forget. Enjoy the pictures.All the handcarts at Martin's Cove.

Our Trek Family Ma and Pa Rasmussen,Michael Umpenhour,
Jeston Allred, Danie Gingell, Chelsea Gillman, Shianna Thompsen,
Breanna Chatwin

The wind was really blowing and Dale lost
his hat. He had to run to catch it before it blew away.

On our way to Martin's Cove. It was so beautiful.

Awesome sight of our Youth on the trail to
Martin's cove.

Reading the marker while heading up to the cove.

Dale and I in Martin's cove. The Spirit was
so strong here. It's very hallowed ground.

Heading back to the buses. The sweet water
river.
Leaving our campsite to go to Sixth Crossing.

Beautiful sunset at our fireside at Sixth Crossing

Last day on Trek.

Ma & Pa Rasmussen At Six crossing.

Our First Grand Baby! Kadence is here!

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Introducing Kadence Knowlton!
6/27/10

On Sunday morning about 12:45 a.m. the phone rings and it's Dallas on the other end telling us that Valerie is in the hospital and is going to have a baby shortly. Prior to this, Valerie had to go on bed rest two weeks ago because she was going in to pre-labor and it wasn't time for the baby to be born yet. Her doctor was also gone on vacation so she had to take it easy and stay down. It wasn't that easy for her, she got bored, but her sister Tiffany took some movies, puzzles, coloring books and what ever else she could think of so Valerie had plenty to do. On June 27, at 5:08 a.m. in the morning on Sunday, Kadence Knowlton came into the world with lots of red hair, like her dad, weighed 5 lbs, 15.2 oz and 18 inches long. Tiffany, Dale and I drove out to Clearfield to see our first Grand daughter and hold her. Tiffany was driving and we made pretty good time. Valerie looked tired and so did Dallas. Kadence was so tiny!! I couldn't believe that Dale and I were finally Grandparents! Tiffany had to hold her first. And did she have fun holding the little bundle. I forgot how tiny they are. Then I took a turn. Dale took one to, but he wasn't sure if he wanted to hold something that tiny. When I held her, I just looked at that tiny face and couldn't believe she was finally here. She came a month early, but she was looking really good and breathing on her own. Our family is starting to get bigger now! I think it will be so fun to be a grandmother! Tyler was excited to get and e-mail from me Monday morning starting with: Dear Uncle Tyler, and then we sent him some pictures. Here are some pictures. Enjoy.

Grandpa Dale and Grandma Becky with Kadence.
Not sure what Kadence will call us when she grows up.
We will just have to wait and see.

I just love this picture of Dale with his daughter
and little grand daughter Kadence.

One happy Auntie Tiff holding little Kadence.

Auntie Alicia and Uncle Jason. She's so tiny!

First family Photo...One happy little family.

Looking at her little legs.

So glad she is finally here.

Elder Rasmussen in Ohio

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Elder Tyler T. Rasmussen, Sister Ruth Ann Sorensen

President Darwin Nels Sorensen @ the mission Home in Cleveland, OHIO

The Letter we got when Tyler arrived at the Mission Home.
His address is: Elder Tyler T. Rasmussen
2780 Winchester Woods Suite F Wooster, OH 44691

We got a letter from Tyler's Mission President saying that he made it safely.

Dear Brother and Sister Rasmussen,
We are so pleased that your son, Elder Tyler T. Rasmussen, arrived safely in the Ohio Cleveland Mission. We are enclosing a picture of him taken in the Mission Home. We appreciate this fine young missionary.
Your son is now in the area of his first assignment. His first companion and trainer is Elder Leonel Ismael Fernandez. They will be serving in the Wooster area. Our greatest desire is that Elder Rasmussen has a joyful, successful missionary experience. He will need your support spiritually and temporally. Your weekly letters of encouragement and love will be critically essential. We are grateful for the opportunity to share in this important time in the life of your son. We rejoice in the greatest blessings which will come to many wonderful people here in Ohio because of your sacrifice and his devoted labors. Our prayers will join with yours in his behalf.
Sincerely, President Darwin D. Sorensen Ohio Cleveland Mission
We were sure glad to hear that Tyler had made it to Ohio. He really loves Elder Fernandez and has learned so much from him. Josie De Horta who is a flight attendant and is in Tyler's ward sent me some pictures on face book of when Elder Rasmussen and Elder Fernandez went to their house and had a BBQ for the 4th of July. He looked so good and so happy! I'm so glad he is loving what he is doing and loving the people. It makes my job easier not worrying about him.
Here are some pictures....Enjoy.

Elder Fernandez and Elder Rasmussen
At the De Horta residence.

Out in the back yard for the BBQ.

Can't wait to sink my teeth in that!
Looks so good!

Elder Fernandez, Elder Rasmussen and Josie's
husband. Not sure of his name.

Hurry so I can eat! I'm hungry.

Curbside drop off @ the MTC

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Elder Rasmussen in front of the MTC sign.
Now it's official.

A good Sister took this picture for us after we had
taken their family. good thing I had my dark glasses
on. It was hard holding back the tears.

I wanted to take a picture of Tyler by the MTC sign. I knew that I wouldn't be able to do it when we dropped him off at the curb, so Dale dropped us off by the curb outside of the MTC and Tyler and I walked over to the sign to get my picture. There were lots of families doing the same thing so we waited out turn. There were lots of missionaries and families there! It was a crazy place to be. We got the picture and then ran back to the car. Lots of impatient people honking their horns at us as we were getting back in the car. We drove to where we could turn around and head back to the drop off point. Now my stomach was tied in a knot. I didn't want to make a scene for Tyler. Dale asked Tyler if there were any last instructions he wanted to leave us, He thought for a moment and then said, Take good care of my dog and let him in the house once in a while. We all laughed, that was Tyler's way of not making the "Good-bye" a mushy one. We pulled up to drop off number 7 and stopped the car. The Host missionaries were waiting as we got out of the car. The trunk was opened and the suitcases started to come out. We gave Tyler our last big hugs and took some quick pictures and the next thing I saw was Elder Rasmussen walking down the sidewalk pulling a suitcase and talking to the host missionary. He didn't even look back. The tears started to roll down my cheeks as I said to myself, Goodbye Tyler, see you in two years. It was a bitter sweat day for us. I will really miss him. He always had a smile on his face when he walked in the door. It will take some getting use to not having him walk in the house. As we pulled into the driveway, Dash came running up to the car. He was excited to see us home. Dale and I got out and he was looking for Tyler. Tyler didn't get out of the car and Dash was confused. Then the tears started to come again and I had to tell Tyler's dog that he was gone for two years and wouldn't be here. I'm not sure Dash really understood, but I think he knew that he wouldn't be back for a while. Tiffany came home that weekend and Dash was happy to see her. When she walked in the house, Dash ran in and ran upstairs to find Tyler. We both ran up after him. Tyler's room hadn't been cleaned yet and Dash was smelling the sheets and all over his room to find out where Tyler was. He ran in every room upstairs to try and see where Tyler was. Again we had to tell him that Tyler wasn't here and it would be two years before he would be back. It took Dash about two weeks to finally get use to Tyler not being home. See, the dog even misses that kid.

One last sigh before entering the MTC.

Elder Rasmussen with his parents.

Tiffany, Elder Rasmussen and Dale

Do I have everything?

Well I guess this is it... see you in two years.

Love you Son, remember who you are.

Love you Tiff, I'll miss you, make sure you write me.

One of my favorite pictures of Tyler with his

dog Dash. Good buddies.

Visiting Temple Square one last time.

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Elder Rasmussen with Elder Rasmussen
at Dallas and Valerie's home.

April 7th came really fast. We all got up early and had some breakfast and Tyler re-packed everything back into his suitcases. Tyler wanted to see the Joseph Smith movie at the Legacy Theater one more time before entering the MTC, so we got online and looked up when the movie played. We found a time before Tyler had to be in Provo so he said his goodbye's to his sister and Dallas. The next time he sees them, they will have a new addition to the family. Tyler will become and Uncle on his mission. It was a cool brisk morning on Temple Square. We had some time to kill so we walked around by the Temple and I took some pictures of Tyler, Tiffany and Dale. Tyler's first companion was his dad. So it was Elder Rasmussen with Elder Rasmussen. Pretty cool and he even got along with his first companion too. We looked at the time and started back to the Theater. As we watched the movie this time it meant more to us because Tyler would be leaving and serving close to the area where this movie took place. It was a solemn moment and we really felt the Spirit this day. We knew that we would miss Tyler, but we also knew that what he had decided to do with his life was the right thing. As the movie ended and we were walking out, some sister missionaries met us and started to talk to us. They looked at Tyler and said, "Are you going to the MTC today?" Tyler said yes and told them what mission he was going to. The sister from New Zealand told Tyler to look up Sister Ryan at Kirtland when he got there. Small world isn't it. We went back to the car and couldn't find it in the parking lot so we had to back track and finally found it. Off to Provo and the MTC now. Now it's starting to hit that Tyler would soon be gone. The ride was a long quiet ride. Tiffany and Tyler sat in the back talking. Before we knew it we were in Provo heading towards the MTC.

Reading names on the Statue.

Tyler and his MOM one last time.

Flowers starting to grow on Temple Square.

Looking at the Temple.

The Salt Lake City Temple

Another view of the Salt Lake City Temple.

One fine looking Missionary
Elder Rasmussen ready to Serve.

Tyler by the Reflecting pool.

Elder Rasmussen with Elder Rasmussen
in the Lobby of the Legacy Theater.

Setting Apart by President Willard

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Our last family picture before Tyler left for the MTC.

On April 5th, we called up President Willard to see if Tyler could be set apart on April 6th so we could go out to Provo and he could say good-bye to his siblings. President Willard said that he would do it over in his office at the Seminary building right after school on Tuesday.

On Monday night, Jason Gillman came over and gave Tyler some helpful hints on packing his suit cases for the MTC. Believe me, it was quite a mess and we were hoping that he could get everything packed in three suitcases. And He did just barely. I knew saying goodbye wasn't going to be easy for me. Every time I would think about it, my eyes would start to tear up. But Tyler was excited to go so I had to be brave and keep the tears from coming until we left the MTC and Tyler couldn't see me.

The bedroom with all of Tyler's stuff to pack.

"Mom, no more pictures please!!!"

Elder Rasmussen with President Willard

Dale, Grandma Ruth, Elder Tyler Rasmussen,
Becky, Grandma and Grandpa Tonks

Strawberry all white and beautiful.

Tuesday came and we were getting everything finished up before we drove to Roosevelt. We called his grandparents to have them meet us at the Seminary building at 3:00 p.m. Around 2:15 p.m., we started to pack the car. I opened up the trunk of the car and Dash knew that something was up. He started to jump in when I told him to stay out. He had seen us pack in February for the skiing trip and in March for the CA trip and now he knew we were leaving again. Tyler had said his good-bye to Dash earlier that day. When Dash saw Tyler all dressed up in his suit and the suit cases being rolled out to the car, he knew that something was going on. We all got in the car and started down the road. I looked back to see Dash waiting on the driveway for us to come back in a while. When we arrived at the Seminary building, some of Tyler's friends were there to say their goodbye's. Tyler had said his goodbye's on his facebook page earlier that afternoon. His grandparents got there and we waited for President Willard. President Willard welcomed us and asked Tyler to come in his office first for a few minutes while he talked to him. Then he came out and invited us to his office. President Willard asked Dale and Grandpa Tonks to come up and help with the blessing. What a beautiful blessing that was given to Tyler. After the setting apart, there stood our missionary son! He looked so good and ready for the work. President Willard took a family picture and then I took one with Elder Rasmussen and President Willard. I couldn't believe that our youngest was now a missionary and leaving home.

Elder Rasmussen said his goodbye's to his grandparents and gave them their last hugs. He shook Jessica Willard's hand out in the hallway and she was the first to wish Elder Rasmussen good luck. When Tyler comes home, there will be a new Stake President. President Willard has been the Stake President for 9 1/2 years. He has been such a wonderful example to these young men to encourage them to go on missions and we are grateful for that. We walked to the car and Kim Willard and her daughters called out to Elder Rasmussen wishing him good luck! We drove to Strata and changed his phone over to Tiffany's number. There were some texts for him and he handed me the phone for me to read to him because he couldn't have a cell phone anymore. As soon as he was set apart, he let go of all the cell phones, not listening to music that wasn't appropriate, and was obeying what President Willard had asked him to do. I was so amazed by his example. It was a nice drive out to the Wasatch front. The roads were good and I was feeling emotional inside knowing this would be the last trip out with Tyler for the next two years. I guess having this be your last child at home leaving the nest makes you feel this way. We arrived in Provo and picked up Tiffany and drove over to Jason and Alicia's place to get them. Then we met Aunt Adele, Lexi and Taylor, Valerie and Dallas at the Pizza Pie in Provo and ate dinner. It really was a nice evening. Then we looked outside and it was snowing!!! We couldn't believe it. The second time we have a dinner in Tyler's honor, it snows....go figure. After Jason and Alicia, Adele, Taylor and Lexi said their goodbye's, we got Tiffany's stuff and headed to Clearfield to spend the night at Valerie and Dallas' place. Tiffany was playing some music in the car and a song came up and Tyler said, "Tiffany I can't listen to that kind of music". She immediately changed it. Elder Rasmussen really had the missionary spirit about him. I was so impressed by how he was obeying the rules of the missionary. It was a nice evening in Clearfield.

Lexi, Aunt Adele, Taylor, Elder Rasmussen

Good friends!

Lexi with her cousin Tiffany
Tyler with his cousin Taylor

Jason and Alicia

Dallas and Valerie and Baby girl in tummy.

Tyler's Farewell Dinner @ Lodge.

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Tyler's farewell was March 28, 2010. He did a wonderful job on his talk about how he has been Enduring well from the March 2010 Ensign. What's so funny about this is at 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning, Tyler was still getting information for his talk. Thanks goodness for his brother-in-law Dallas. He was helping him get thoughts and scriptures for his talk. Everyone else went to bed, so we really don't know what time Tyler got to sleep. As parents, you want your children to do sell in life. Dale and I along with his siblings and grandparents were amazed by the talk he gave. What a powerful testimony he had of the Prophet Joseph Smith. That day at the pulpit I was a young man that would be an awesome missionary. Tyler had lots of friends that came out to his farewell. It was so nice to see the good friends and family come out and support Tyler. Dusty Monks was the other speaker in the sacrament meeting. It's ironic, but Dusty has followed Tyler all through Young Men's and then in the Elders Quorum. He has been a good example for Tyler to look up to. It really was a wonderful day for family and his friends. In fact, he attended Patrick Arko's farewell that same day. They will enter the MTC on the same day. Our family want to thank all family ad friends who cam out to support Tyler. We had a nice luncheon planned--soft flour tacos and all kinds of salads and yummy desserts. Everyone who came got their tummy's full. Thanks Alexis for taking the pictures. I really appreciate it.

Talking to Carolyn Roberts

Maybe he will learn to smile.

Valerie, Dallas, Alicia and Jason

Ryan Rasmussen, Grandma Ruth and Tyler's dad.

The food line.

Some of Tyler's friends.

The little cousin's table.

I'm glad we got a picture of Alexis.

Jackie, Luke and Wendy Rasmussen.

Grandpa Tonks

More of Tyler's friends.

Jacob Danger Bradbury

Kellie, Aunt Betty, Grandma Ruth, Alexis, Uncle Greg

Happy gathering of friends and family.

Kellie with Grandma Ruth.

Cousin Jon playing with all the little kids.

Tyler talking to family.

Tyler's friends that came to the luncheon.

Dr. Aaron Bradbury

Tiffany holding Maddie Coltharp.

Nice bunch of young ladies.

Uncle Greg talking to the Gillman's who are neighbors.

Aunt Susan talking to Valerie and Dallas

Our last family Trip with Tyler 2010

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The Happiest place to be is Disneyland.

Christmas 2009, Jason and Alicia gave our family a trip to Disneyland. We knew it would be the last trip with Tyler. He had sent in his mission papers and we were waiting to see where he would go. Our Trip would be in March, so we were really hoping that he would go after the 14th of March. Turned out that Tyler would be leaving in April so we packed our bags and went to sunny California March 14th-18th during Spring Break. The weather was so nice! Warm and beautiful. The flowers were blooming and the blossoms were popping out on the trees. Alicia's family met us in California. They had never been to Disneyland and we were going to show them the sights. We really had a wonderful time. I guess it was because Tyler wouldn't be on anymore family outings for two years and we wanted it to be memorable. I'm glad we went. I think Tyler had a wonderful time with his siblings. We wished Dallas and Valerie could have come, but we'll have to get together with them when he gets back. We made some wonderful memories. Enjoy the pictures.

Standing in front of the park.

We do Believe!

Walking around downtown Disney.

Boy did the food taste good!

A typical Tyler smile.

Finally eating!! We were starving.

Jason and Tyler in the Lego store.

Still has to pull a face when he sees the camera.

Jason and Tyler playing an arcade game.

Woody, Jesse and the Rasmussen Bunch

The Jungle Cruise

The Tea cups

Outside It's a Small World

Lovin the ride!

Everyone in a Happy mood.

Big Thunder Railroad Ride

In front of the Castle.

Hi all!! Having a great time.

The Fowler and Rasmussen Families

Tyler with all the pretty girls in Pixie Hollow

Tinkerbell in Pixie Hollow

Would you look at that! She does exist.

Come on Tyler, help me pull it out!

I really don't think anyone is at home.

Boy are we Late!

Don't leave us in here!

Tiffany and Tyler making some Mickey Ears.

The Happiest Place on Earth.

Having a great time with my Bro.

Colorado Ski Trip 2010

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We are having a great Time!!!

Tim and Koren along with their boys Mack and Case had been begging for us to come to Colorado and go skiing with them. We thought that since Tyler would be gone for two years, that this year would be the best time to go and visit them. So we picked the 26-28th of February to go out and visit them and go skiing. Tiffany had never been skiing before. I hadn't been skiing for over 26 years. Dale and Tyler had been skiing and snowboarding a year ago so they remembered how. We took Grandma Ruth with us and loaded up her van and drove the seven hours to Golden Colorado. It really was a beautiful drive once we got out of Rangley. The ski resorts along the way had lots of skiers on the slopes. Everyone was getting excited to ski and we were all hoping for good weather. We had about an hour and a half drive left and Tyler really got sick to his stomach. He really wasn't sure if he would even be able to go snowboarding or not. We got stuck in rush hour traffic which was unbelievable in the canyon. I guess all the skiers were leaving to go home and it was bumper to bumper traffic. We stopped at a place that had a Information center and restrooms for Tyler. As we were waiting, Dale picked up a couple of booklets and was looking through them. He found some coupons for" buy one get one free ski pass". So we saved money on two passes. We told Tyler that he saved us some money for skiing by getting sick. He didn't think that was funny. We felt so bad for him. He still didn't feel good and I think the long ride didn't help matters. Finally we got to Tim and Koren's house. All Tyler wanted to do was sleep, but the two boys screamed and ran towards Tiffany and Tyler to give them big hugs. They were so excited to see them. It was our first time visiting them At their new place in Golden. They really have a nice place right up in the mountains. We got settled and ate homemade pizza. Then Tyler went to bed hoping that the next morning he would feel like snowboarding. Morning came and Tyler did feel better, I'm sure all the prayers in his behalf the night before helped out! We made lunches and got all the skiing gear together and left Grandma Ruth at the house and headed for Loveland Ski resort.

There were lots of skiers there. And it was a beautiful day! Blue skies and sunshine. Tim, Tiffany and I went on the beginner's hill so Tim could teach Tiffany how to ski and I could relearn. It was really tricky to get on and off the ski lift, but after a few times we got the hang of it. Dale, Tyler, Koren and the boys went over to the other runs and we were going to meet up with them. Tiffany was starting to get the hang of skiing. Stopping was another matter and almost wiped me out in the process. Our fourth time going on the beginner hill, Tim told Tiffany that this was it, she had better know how to ski...we were leaving this place and joining the others. Tiffany really picked up on skiing and we skied down to the shuttle bus and headed over to meet the others. That ski resort was amazing! The trails were wide so you didn't have people running the slow skiers down. It really was a fun family trip and it was so much fun to see Tiffany learn something new and see how well Tyler can snowboard. Dale and I had a great time and it was great hanging out with family. I said to Dale that we need to do things like this more often. Fun family memories were made that weekend. I'm glad that we did it with Tyler before he left for two years. Thanks Tim and Koren, Mack and Case for the invitation. It was a blast and we will remember it for a long time. What's funny about this, we picked the perfect weekend to ski, after that week, it was to stormy for several weekends to go skiing.

Eating our lunch in the Ski Lodge.

Mack on the slope waiting for the group to come down.

Case and Koren stopping long enough to have
their picture taken

Dale waiting for the slow skiers to join him.

Case was laying down on the slope and his dad
skied right up to us and stopped throwing
snow all over Case. He was covered from head to ski.

Tyler and Tiffany on the slopes.

Tyler and Case after a day of skiing.

Dale and I on the slope.

Tiffany and I taking our time going
down the mountain.

Tyler waiting for the slow pokes.

Telling Grandma Ruth about our day skiing.

Tyler going through the Temple

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Tyler just coming from the Temple.

On February 20, 2010, Tyler took out his endowments in the Mount Timpanogos Temple. He wanted to go to the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple, but it was closed for cleaning and so was the Vernal Utah Temple. It was a beautiful day, cold, but not stormy. His cousins Rick, Ryan, Bart, Kevin and Felicia came, Aunt Adele, Uncle Paul, Uncle George, Aunt Shauna, Grandma and Grandpa Tonks, Grandma Ruth, Jason and Alicia and Valerie and Dallas along with Tyler's parents, were at the temple session. It was such a special day for Tyler. He looked so good and said the Temple experience was such a special one. He really looks like a Missionary now and has such a wonderful spirit about him. After the Temple we went to Chuck A Rama to eat. His sister Tiffany met us there. She was coming back from Logan. It really turned out to be a beautiful day.....but while we were eating, a storm started and really was snowing big time outside. When we walked outside from the restaurant, all the cars were covered with several inches of snow. Everything looked all white, even Mt. Timpanogos was beautiful. It reminded me how we can become clean again when we repent and keep our covenants that we have made in the Temple. I hope Tyler remembers the wonderful day he had at the Temple and the feelings he was able to experience there. It was so neat to have family members share in his special day with him.

Family sharing this special day with Tyler.

Kevin & Felicia; Tyler, Grandma Ruth, Aunt Shauna & Uncle George

Tyler with Aunt Adele

Tyler with Grandma Ruth

Tyler with Grandpa and Grandma Tonks.

Tyler with the family. Tiffany met up with
us later in Provo.

Bart, Dallas, Tyler, Jason, Ryan, and Rick.

Tiffany and Tyler, best buds.

The eating party!

No one look up at the camera.

Mt. Timpanogos looked so pretty right after
the snow storm while we were eating inside.

It's Finally Here!

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On January 20, 2010, Tyler gets a phone call from Dean Brough who is the Postmaster at the Myton Post office. He told Tyler that he has a big white envelope with his name on it from The Office of the First Presidency. The Mission call had finally arrived, so Tyler left in the Ford Ranger to get the precious letter. It seemed like it took him forever to get back home, but he finally got back. Then he tells us that we have to wait a couple of hours before it was opened! He invited some friends over to share the good news with them. Grandma and Grandpa Tonks came over also. This was their second grandson that received his mission call. Tyler took his sweet little time to open it. When he finally took it out, it read...Dear Elder Rasmussen: You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints. You are assigned to labor in the Ohio Cleveland Mission. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 24 months. You should report to the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, April 7, 2010. You will prepare to preach the gospel in the Spanish language.
He was excited! His friends were also happy for him. Tyler was excited to learn a language, now he will be able to talk to Bart, Jon, Ian in Spanish. Maybe Adam to. Congratulations Tyler, We are so Happy for you and know you'll be a great missionary. I hope the people of Ohio are ready for you! Well miss you lots!!!

Dale's Birthday

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I wanted to do something special for Dale's Birthday this year. Having it the day after Christmas can be somewhat of a letdown. So we decided to to out to Highland to my sister's house and have pizza, and then leave for Salt Lake to see the Joseph Smith movie @ the Legacy Theater and then look @ the lights on Temple Square.

It had been a while since we had seen the temple lights. My sister Adele and her daughter

Lexi went with us. We got to Salt Lake in the late afternoon and went to the movie first. Once it was over, we walked outside and the lights were on. It was so beautiful! Just like I remembered so long ago. I had fun taking the pictures, but my subjects thought otherwise. But that's okay, cause they knew they better cooperate if they wanted me to stop. Even though it was nippy, it was a wonderful evening spending it with my Hubby, and family. Dale, you look pretty darn good for turning 51! Happy Birthday Sweetheart.

Dallas, Valerie, Becky, Tiffany, Tyler, Dale, Lexi, Adele

Lexi & Adele

Still looking good @ 51!!

Christmas 2009

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Our Christmas Tree

Grandma Ruth with Tiffany & Valerie

Dale made this train for me

Our home lit up on Christmas Eve

Ready to eat on Christmas Eve

We had a wonderful Christmas as a family in Pleasant Valley, Utah. Tiffany was home from UVU and enjoying every minute of it. Tyler was also @ home. Dallas & Valerie and their little dog Mater came out to spend Christmas with us this year. Jason and Alicia flew to Washington to be with her family. We had a lovely Christmas Eve dinner and invited Mom and Dad over to eat. Grandma Ruth was invited to, but had another offer to go to Betty's. I didn't want to bake on Christmas day, so I planned our dinner on Christmas Eve. It was so nice, Christmas music in the background and eating good food with family. After we ate, we read the Christmas story from Luke. We each talked about how Christmas is a special time where our Savior gave us a wonderful gift. I hope we all remember the true meaning of Christmas. I can't believe that it's been one week since Christmas has come and gone. Is 2010 going to be the same way? I guess we will have to wait and see. Hope you enjoy the pictures and I hope all our family and friends had a wonderful Christmas spending it with family. Love you all!

Attending dinner were: Tiff,Tyler,Val
Dallas, my mom & dad, Dale & Becky

Christmas Morning Valerie made this picture for me!
Dale with his new toy trackhoe
Valerie & Dallas

Playing with Dallas' Legos

Tiffany in her new robe,
not sure what she's doing!

Family Christmas Party 2009

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Ho Ho and Grandma Ruth
and Great-Grandchildren

Grandma Ruth loves her Christmas parties and last year there wasn't one on account of Jason & Alicia's wedding right next to Christmas. So this year one was planned and in Heber since most of the family lives out on the Wasatch front now. Thank goodness it was beautiful weather to travel. Everyone that was attending school was finished with their finals and ready to have fun.
It's one of the first times that it wasn't held at Grandma Ruth's house, but it was really nice.
We ate, visited with one another, and the little great- grandkids were dressing up in the nativity costumes and getting their pictures taken. It really was a quite get-together. But that soon changed when Ho Ho came to visit. The kids were really excited to see him, but Ho Ho was having a wardrobe malfunction with the beard. It just didn't want to say up where it was supposed to be, but the kids didn't mind. They were all excited to see him, except for a few of the tiny ones. Ho Ho was a hit! Hope you enjoy the pictures... it was a fun evening. It's so much fun to have the family together...don't know how many more Grandma Ruth will be to them, so enjoy the moment and making of the memories.

God Paints a Masterpiece

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On September 29, 2009, I spent the most wonderful day with my daughter Tiffany.
It's funny how it happened. She had met me in Strawberry to get some information that she needed for school and on her way through Provo Canyon she told me how gorgeous the leaves were. Well I wanted to see the leaves and Dale really didn't want to take me. Tiffany wanted to ride the Heber Creeper, but didn't have the money to do it. Well Tiffany talked to her dad and told him that I wanted to see the Fall leaves. Before I knew it I would be meeting Tiffany out in Heber and we would both get on the train and see the fall leaves through Provo canyon.The drive through Strawberry and Daniels canyon was absolutely beautiful. The colors were so brilliant! Words can't describe what I saw.. I was just taking it all in. I hadn't seen this type of color for two to three years and I'm glad I took a moment out of my busy schedule to spend some quality time with Tiffany and enjoy God's masterpiece he had painted. It was such an awesome day to see all the beauty around me. I'm so thankful for all my blessings that I receive from my Heavenly Father. I think this was a way he was telling me Thank you. I hope all of you have enjoyed the masterpieces that God has painted for you. I found out that you have to take time and look for them and I can tell you that it's worth it. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Pictures of the Yard.

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Digging the trenches

Taylor, Grandpa Tonks, Tyler

Dale, Tiffany, Adele, and Lexi

Seeing if it is deep enough.

Looking from our house to my parents.

Dale rigged up this leveler for the yard. It
worked like a charm and just in time for the
sod to come. What a Macgiver.

Dale getting the sod off the pallets.

Almost done with the back yard. Thank
goodness for the cloud cover that came!

The sod all in and Dad's gravel art work done.

Looking from our house.

All summer Dad and Dash would go and gather
rocks off the hillside with a wheel barrow. We
then brought the rocks over with the backhoe
and placed them on their bank that boarders the
road. Lots and lots of work! That's what we have
been doing this fall.

My Dad's Rock Art

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Dad is placing a rock boarder around his rock art.

Dad with his helper that really doesn't help @ all.
Spraying off the red dust from the goat.

One of the figures finished.
He really spent some time making these.

You could say that my dad had a lot of time on his hands. Yes he did. He wanted to have gravel in front of his new yard. I just thought it would be gravel, not a piece of art.
He worked on this for weeks and weeks one wheel barrow @ a time. I think he had fun figuring out the figures and finding the right pieces of rock to make them pop out. I told Dad that he will have to patten these and do the Landscaping in the desert areas....he told me that one is enough for him. then Adele, Lexi, Taylor, Tiffany, Tyler, Jason, and Alicia came out and helped with the sprinkler system and laying the sod down for the yard. It was a lot of hard work, but now it looks really nice. Thanks family for pitching in and helping my parents get their yard before winter.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

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Tiffany Becky Valerie heading to the play

The Hale Centre Theatre in West Valley

For Christmas Tiffany received a ticket to attend the play "The
Scarlet Pimpernel with her sister Valerie. When I found out... I
said that I wanted to go and left it as that. The play was in August
and I didn't think about it anymore. Summer finally came and so did
may birthday in which I claim I don't have anymore. My daughters gave
me a present and when I opened it up I screamed with happy screams...
they had given me a ticket to attend the Scarlet Pimpernel with them. I was
so excited! Well August finally got here and Tiffany and I drove out the night
before and spent the evening with Valerie. On Saturday we drove to West Valley and
found the Hale Centre Theatre... really a nice place. Neither one of us had been there before.
Well the rest is history. The play was exceptional and funny. The actors that did the play
that night were hilarious and the show was funny. Now I'm a fan of the Theatre. What a
fun time I had with my girls. Maybe have to make this an annual event.

The Oquirrh Utah Temple Open House

2009-08-24T16:23:00.002-06:00

In front of the Oquirrh Temple

Bear, Taylor, Tyler, Braxton & Greyson

Lexi, Adele, Bear, Greyson & Braxton

The Dinosaur Museum in Vernal

2009-08-24T16:11:00.002-06:00

Standing under the dinosaur!

Do I look scary ?

Looking @ all the things in the Museum.

Uncovering and finding bones..

Visiting the White Rocks Fish Hatchery

2009-08-24T15:57:00.003-06:00

The fish hatchery in White Rocks

Wow that's a lot of Fish!!!

The little boys looking into the fish tanks.

Braxton feeding the fish outside the Hatchery.

Greyson getting ready to feed the fish.

Pictures of Pleasant Valley Hike

2009-08-24T15:45:00.002-06:00

Grandpa Tonks with the grandsons
on top of the hill behind the house.

Picked some wildflowers to show Faith
how pretty they are.

This was one of the many Horney toads we saw
up on top of the hill.

We are holding a snake skin that was shed
from a snake...good thing it wasn't the real thing.

The three hickers and the dog.

Braxton & Greyson visiting Utah

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The 4th of July in Pleasant Valley

Tiffany and Tyler helping with the fireworks

Grandpa Tonks and the boys....

Braxton and Greyson on the 4 wheeler.

Greyson looking @ the cows in the pasture.
they walked up to him and he looked back @ them.

Fireworks @ Grandma & Grandpa's house.

How do you like the new do's? Don't we look
cool? Guess who we are...

Tiffany with the boys and Dash...

Braxton and Greyson came out to Utah the first week in July and spent 2 weeks in Utah. One week was in Pleasant Valley. They go to do fireworks that their dad sent out with them. Tyler and Tiffany had to supervise them so they wouldn't start andything on fire or burn themselves.
After fireworks at Grandpa's we took them into Roosevelt to see the big fireworks. We sat in back of the truck and watched them in tkown. They were big, colorful and loud. It was fun the little boys really enjoyed them. They also went on a hike with Tiffany, Aunt Becky, Dash and Grandpa Tonks. We hiked up on the hill behind the house and found cool looking rocks and big Horney toads. They even caught one and held it. Then the turned it loose. Couldn't believe how time flew by... they left and went to Highland to spend some time with thier other cousins, Alexi and Taylor. We drove out to visit them and all went to the Oquirrh Utah Temple Open House in South Jordon. When the little boys saw the Temple, they thought it looked like a castle. They looked at everything inside the temple and thought is was beautiful. When we got to the Celestial Room, the sunlight was shining so bright... that they both had to cover their eyes to try and see inside the room. It was a wonderful experience to take them there. But the best part of theis whole trip was when we went into the Hospitality tent for refreshments and a piano was playing church songs...Braxton was walking around to see who was playing the piano.. and when he moved around the people to see who it was, there wasn't anyone there! He looked @ me with open mouth and said.. "how do they do that?" Grandma Tonks said it was the Holy Ghost. This was a fun memory that was spent with family.

Welcome all Prince's and Princesses'

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Grandma Ruth meeting the guest of honor.

Little Ava with her dad.

Three Princesses ready to Party!!

The Princess Cake Looks really yummy!!

Miss Cindrella and some of her fans...

Every little Princess getting makeovers!!

The scary Danger Dragon!!

Enjoying the fun and kids.

Miss Cinderella herself came to the party
to visit the cousins and meet them personally.

The whole gang!! not everyone looking @
the camera.. hurry it's hot out here!

Where has our summer gone?

2009-08-23T08:16:00.004-06:00

Tyler's Graduation BBQ @ Grandma Ruth's
It rained for just a few minutes, but turned
out really nice. Good food!

Tiffany not wanting her picture taken, Tyler
pulling a face @ mom, Lance enjoying the
time left before his mission in Nebraska.

Well, it's almost over... that is Summer! School will be starting up this week and fall is in the air.
Last time I made a post was when Tyler graduated... where has the time gone? Tiffany came home this summer and worked changing the sprinklers for her dad. I must say she did an awesome job!
The hay really grew nice. Thanks Tiffany for all the hard work you did... we really appreciate it. She also helped Grandma Ruth and Sherrol getting ready for her class over @ Myton Elementary. Jason came out again this summer and helped his dad in the gravel pit. We made a lot of sand or should I say E-fill for the Moon Lake job. Thanks again Jason for all the hard work you did! Mom really appreciates it! Tyler will be a college student this fall! Wow our youngest a college student! Have to let that one sink in. Lance Haslem left on a mission to Nebraska on our 28th Anniversary! Way to go Lance... our thoughts and prayers are with you. Valerie had surgery on her nose in July.. she's doing good... I spent a few days helping her out.. I'm suprised that she didn't end up with two black eyes. My 2 little nephews came out for 2 weeks from Las Vegas and spent time out here on the farm. We had a blast! Fireworks, gathering ROCKS, going on hikes with Grandpa Tonks, playing with Dash, playing with Tiff and Ty, going to the Oquirrh Utah Temple Open House in West Jordan, Swimming with Tiff & Ty & Alexi and camping out in the tent in the back yard! Also had a Princess Birthday Party @ Aaron's new home in Vernal.. It was a fun day with the cousins... lots of princesses and little boys. Jeana and Wayne had their special princess born on June 13th. We are so glad that Kaelyn is growing and hanging in there. Also attended Jacob's baby blessing! What a cute little boy...and we got to see Adam before he had to leave us again for a while...Thanks Adam for helping make our Country safer...We appreciate all you do for us! Hope you have had a good summer...did yours fly by too? Here are some pictures... Enjoy

Pictures of Tyler's Graduation

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Tyler and Grandma Ruth

Tyler with Grandpa and Grandma Tonks

Ryan Reynolds; Tyler; and Karsen Yack

Tyler's High School Graduation May 29, 2009

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Today Tyler will graduate from Union High School. He's the last of the four kids to finally finish
up..Grandma Rasmussen's yellow roses were in full bloom and since Union's school colors were Black and Gold (yellow) we thought this was fitting to have a picture taken outside by them. They have been absolutely beautiful not to mention smell really good too.
The graduation program was really good. Short and sweet...good thing because it was getting hot in the gym. I'm happy that my baby has graduated and will be moving on to bigger and better things. I think when school starts up again.. It will seem weird that I won't have a child attending high school any more. Best wishes Tyler... We wish you the very best in life. Love your mom and dad.

Tyler's Seminary Graduation..May 24, 2009

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Tyler graduated from Seminary on May 24, 2009 from the Roosevelt Stake. Morgan Roberts and Ariell Allred who are pictured here with Tyler were also
from the Myton !st Ward the graduated as well. Tyler is the fourth Rasmussen
Child of Dale and Becky Rasmussen to graduate from Seminary. We are so happy that
Tyler chose to take Seminary for 4 years. He has learned so much from his teachers and
said that Seminary made a difference in his life. I'm thankful that he chose to include his
Savior in his life during his 4 years of High School. It would have been so easy to take other
classes and not worry about Seminary. Thank you Tyler for choosing good things in your life.
You will find that the Seminary classes will help you out the rest of your life. We love you very much. If you are wondering what Tyler is wearing around his neck... it is a Lollie lae that has
been a tradition since Jason graduated in 2002. His grandma and grandpa Tonks had just come home from New Zealand serving a CES Mission and when the students from Seminary graduated, they had Lollie laes put around their necks. Well since they did this for Jason, they had to finish the tradition for the 3 other grandchildren. The other Seminary students were envious of Tyler's Lae. They thought it looked cool and tastey. Again, we are happy for Tyler
graduating from Seminary!

Danie Gingell a good friend with Tyler

Tyler with his parents..Dale and Becky

Tyler and Grandma Ruth

Tyler with Grandma and Grandpa Tonks

Mother's Day

2009-05-31T17:08:00.002-06:00

Mother's day came and went fast. In fact the whole month of May passed before my eyes. I'm so grateful for my mom. She has been my best friend throughout my whole life. I'm so lucky to have her living just down the road from our house. I was jealous of my sister that mom was living with her and could see her everyday. Now it's my turn and I can see her everyday. What a wonderful blessing to have both of my parents living close to me and my family. They are the best and we even get to have Dale's mom living in Roosevelt that is close to us also. Family is everything to me, and I'm lucky to have the two best families in the whole world close to me. Hope you all had a Happy Mother's Day and told your mothers how much you love and appreciate all they have done for you!

Easter Message from Jeffery R. Holland

2009-04-26T18:48:00.003-06:00

With the help of Jason, we were able to down load
this Easter video message from Elder Jeffery R. Holland
that is so wonderful. I wanted to share it with all my family
members. I hope you will enjoy it as I have.

The Pit

2009-04-25T09:23:00.000-06:00

This is where I work when I'm not doing housework or yard work or running errands, or Mom things. This is on our farm ground. We found out we had shale when we noticed parrie dog holes with rocks around the opening. In 2006, we sold the Dairy cows and bought the Screener, Loader and Track hoe and Dump truck. So now we make lots of gravel, sand and drain rock to sell. This is the only good thing about a parrie dog. It showed us how to make money from our farming ground. I drive the Loader and move the product to the different piles. I don't load trucks. If I did, then I would be down there all the time. Dale runs the Track hoe, but he told me that I will have to learn how to operate it. Again taken out of my comfort zone. But if it brings in money to pay the bills, I guess we all have to leave our comfort zones once in a while.

Ready for work with my Hard Hat

Prom Pics 2009

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L to R Haley Powell ,Kaiti Shelton, Lindsey LeBaron, Sydney Croizer, Brooke Bertoch Jessica Willard

L to R Spencer Wallace, Ryan Reynolds, Justin Robbins, Tyler, Jacob Perry, Karsen Yack

Welcome to: A Red Carpet Premier prom 2009

2009-04-25T08:44:00.000-06:00

April 18, 2009 was Prom night. The Union High School was being invaded with classy looking gentlemen and gorgeous young ladies. This would be Tyler's last big dance to attend. His date, Sydney Croizer form Neola. When Tyler wanted a white tux, Tiffany and I didn't think he made the right choice. But after seeing him in it, we guessed that Tyler knew what would look good. They were a cute couple and they both had a good time. The principal told me the next day that Tyler really has some nice dance moves and that he should show them to me some time. Here are some pictures of prom night. He was in a group with good kids and they really had a good time. I can't believe that my "baby" is growing up! He graduates in a month!!!!

Easter in Pleasant Valley

2009-04-25T07:44:00.000-06:00

Dash on left and Bear on Right (top Picture)

This Easter my sister Adele and her two kids and dog came out. They brought Bear to visit his brother Dash and boy did they have fun. Too bad it rained, they were two big double mud ball mess! They romped, jumped all over each other, wrestled and played tug of war with the rope.
They were so wet and muddy, that Adele, Tiffany, Lexi, Tyler and Taylor took them over to Grandma and Grandpa's house to give them a bath. I should have taken a picture of the tub when they were done. You could say that there was a quarter of an acre of top soil in it. They blew them dry with the calf blower and they looked and smelled nice once again.
Easter Sunday came and Taylor ended up in the Emergency Room @ the Hospital with a double ear infection. He really wasn't feeling good. But they gave him medicine and it wasn't long after wards that he started to feel better. We had a nice Easter dinner @ our house, Ham, yummy potatoes and the works! What was nice, I didn't have to cook anything except the veggies. Everyone else helped and it made it so nice. After Dinner we watched a movie "Bedtime Stories" which was really cute and then Tiffany drove back to Orem.

Easter is about our Savior and the wonderful gift he gave to us. Sure it's fun to have the Easter Bunny and eat candy, hunt for Easter eggs and dress up in pretty Sunday clothes, but we need to remember what Easter is really celebrated for.
Watching conference was so neat this year. The talks were so great and had wonderful messages that gave you a lift that we will make it through these trying times. I wanted to add this clip from You Tube but couldn't put it on my blog. Go to www.youtube.com and look up "An Apostle's Easter Thoughts on Christ by Jeffery R. Holland and what a wonderful message he had for us. It's one that I want to keep and look over and over again. What a powerful message it had for all of us. I hope all had a wonderful Easter. I just love this time of year. Everything starts to green up after everything has been dead or looks dead for four and a half months. New life appears with baby animals being born, buds popping out on the trees and the grass greening up and flowers poking up out of the soil showing their brilliant colors. Take time to enjoy what our Heavenly Father gave us and his son Jesus Christ. We have been really blessed.

Union Soccer continues

2009-04-07T11:30:00.000-06:00

Not sure if the opposite team member is going
to do a cartwheel.

The Union High Soccer has had a difficult season trying to win a game.
They have played Salem Hills, Judge, Waterford, Park City, Wasatch, and Uintah and
have lost to all of these teams. They did tie So. Summit and went into two over times but
neither team could score. This team is still a young team and really trying hard to play their
best. Tyler is improving each game. They have six more games and then the season will
be over. I have tried to go to as many games as I can and most of them have been winter
coat, blanket, gloves gear. The first two games were really nice and the rest so far have been
so windy and COLD! But that's spring soccer for you.Go Cougars!

Tiffany's car has a new hood ornament

2009-04-07T11:19:00.000-06:00

Tiffany was out for the weekend and getting the car packed up. Meanwhile, Dash thought that he wanted her to stay a little longer. All at once he leaps onto the hood of the car and just lays down. We tried to call to him to get off, but he didn't budge. Tiffany commented, "Maybe he doesn't want me to go back in a storm to Provo."

After the car was packed, I had to go over and pick him up and drag him off the car. Needless to say, he left his scratch marks on the hood. I sure hope he doesn't get any ideas to jump up on the Ford Ranger, or he will really be in the dog house.

New Calling

2009-04-06T15:53:00.000-06:00

Three weeks ago, I got a call from Ed Winn on my cell phone. Didn't think much about it, until he said that a member of the Stake Presidency wanted to talk to us. I just asumed that Dale was going to get a new calling. Stake conference would be the following Sunday. When I told Dale that we were to meet with a member of the Stake Presidency, he said, "You're going to get a new job."

I told him that he was and he said," I know it's you because Ed Winn was trying to track you down." This really got my mind a spinning. I didn't think that they were reorganizing anything because they hadn't been in that long. Wednesday didn't come fast enough. Dale and I both showed up for our appointment. President Croizer asked me if I would accept the calling of 1st counselor to the Stake Relief Society President. I think my mouth was open. I told President Croizer that I had only been in my new calling in the ward not quite 3 months yet and wasn't comfortable yet, he just smiled and said that my Bishop said it was alright to have me do this calling so I said yes. I told him that I had never been in a stake calling before, and he told me that I would do a good job. I will be serving with Deanne Brighton the president, Joni Fitzgerald 2nd coun. and Lori Jo Womack secretary. We are all scared to death, but we will do the best job we can. I guess people will think I'm inactive at times when I will be attending other wards. So I guess you could say that I have been taken out of my comfort zone for a while. I'm not sure why I have this calling right now, but I'm sure that I will learn a lot from it and will get to know the sisters of our Stake better.

Union High Boy's Soccer Begins

2009-03-24T16:24:00.000-06:00

Watch out! Here comes the ball.

Tyler jumping up to block the ball.

Hustle down the field Tyler!

The game is about to start.

March 18th was Union High's 1st Boys soccer home game. They played Judge. Judge has a good team. Of course it's a private school where they can recruit players who have played soccer most of their lives. Union is still a young team and really hasn't played soccer for that long. This is Tyler's 2nd year playing and he seems to like the game. He really gives it his all and is sore and tired after each game. Last Wednesday it was a beautiful day and even warm not WINDY can you believe that from Roosevelt? Anyway, they lost, but our team did good and really showed good sportsmanship. Way to go Cougars!

Maddie's Blessing Day March 1, 2009

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2009-03-03T13:08:00.000-07:00

March 1, 2009 We drove to Sandy for Jon & Christie's baby blessing. We wanted to make sure he was going to give his new little daughter the right name. Rumor had it that Jon wanted to name their new little daughter DANGER. It was a beautiful day, warm and springlike. Jon took his little daughter up front and gave her a beautiful blessing and she was named Madeline Rose Coltharp. After the blessing, we headed up to their place and had a wonderful luncheon. Thanks Jon and Christie, it was fun and your daughter is really cute. Hope you enjoy the photos.

Spending the weekend @ Dallas & Valerie's house

2009-03-02T21:36:00.000-07:00

Before Kevin & Felicia's wedding, we spent some time at Valerie and Dallas' place. Tyler, Tiffany and Dale were playing the Wii and the game called Rock Star. Tyler really had fun playing the drum set, while Tiffany and her Dad tried the guitar. It really was fun watching these guys try to keep up with the music. Some times they ROCKED, but a lot of the time they were booed off the stage.

Tyler and Tiffany really concentrating

Dale wanting to become a Rock Star

You can do it Tiffany!

Don't you dare mess up!

Kevin & Felicia's Wedding Day

2009-03-02T20:16:00.000-07:00

Kevin & Felicia's Special Day

On February 21, 2009 we attended the sealing ceremony for Felicia and Kevin. They both looked so happy! And what a beautiful day for February. It was so much fun to see family and friends. The wedding dinner was held at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Good food and dancing. It was so much fun to watch the little kids dance. Here are some pictures of that day.

Kate congratulating Auntie Felicia before anyone else

Case and Tyler and Mac

Uncle Tim taking pictures

Alexis and Tiffany not really wanting pics taken.

Just who are they looking at?

Tyler Rasmussen

2009-02-18T09:59:00.000-07:00

If you're confused, yes this is Tyler our youngest. No he doesn't always look this way. He's heading to a Home football game to cheer for the team. He and his friends like to dress up and show their school spirit! Tyler is the last of our kids to graduate from High School and it will be in May 2009 of this year. He's had challenges of his own for the past 3 years dealing with a paralyzed stomach. He even asked the doctor if a stomach transplant would work. The doctor didn't recommend it, so Tyler just has to deal with it and it's not very fun. But he really tries to have a positive attitude through this trial. I really look up to him. He's a great kid and really funny too. You have noticed his pictures of his new puppy, they are quite the pair. Tyler is teaching Dash to play soccer with him. It's quite comical.

Tiffany Rasmussen

2009-02-18T08:01:00.000-07:00

Tiffany graduated from Union High in 2008. She was also Sterling Scholar in Social Sciences at her school. Her cousin Lance Haslem also graduated the same year. Here they are with Grandma Ruth. Both also graduated from Seminary. Way to go guys!!!!! Tiffany is now attending UVU in Orem. The first semester wasn't too great. Her mom made her sign up for Honors and found out that it wasn't really all that great. Now Mom will just let Tiffany take care of getting her own classes. She is really missed at home! Especially by her Bro Tyler. We enjoy it when Tiffany comes home for weekends and can hear her wonderful laugh that everyone misses. She's not sure what to major in yet, but she'll figure that one out.

Pictures of Seminary Graduation

Valerie & Dallas Knowlton

2009-02-17T13:21:00.000-07:00

Valerie, our oldest daughter graduated in 2005 from Union High. She was Sterling Scholar for Trade and Tech. For her project she made a China hutch out of Maple and it is in our kitchen dining room. She loved her cabinetry class at the UBATC. Her instructor was the best and she learned so much. A cabinet maker came over to our house a few weeks ago and told me that my daughter really had a gift in making furniture and he had been in the business over 20 years. When Val graduated, she headed to Orem and lived with my sister in Highland and attended UVSC in Orem. She loved school and liked to visit Aunt Susan who teaches nursing classes there. About November 2005, we find out that she has met someone on the internet. My sister and I wasn't to crazy about this and she has a date with this person. Since Valerie was living with my sister Adele, and Valerie had a date with this person, she told Valerie that she needed to stay in the Orem area and that she had to meet this person. Well, the rest is history and Valerie was engaged in February of 2006 and we have our first wedding June 22, 2006. It was hard on Mom because this was the first wedding in the family and her first daughter leaving. They got married in the Salt Lake Temple.
They are going on three years of marriage this June and have a cute home in Clearfield Utah where they are both attending Weber State University and both are working.

Jason & Alicia Rasmussen

2009-02-17T12:25:00.000-07:00

Thought I would catch you guys up on things that we have done since I've started this blog.

Jason, our oldest graduated from Union in 2002 and served a mission in Alaska, Anchorage Mission til 2004. He then came home and started up with school at USU Unitah Basin Campus and got all his generals done. He helped his dad on the farm, changed sprinklers, and did homework. In 2007, he left home and started to attend UVSC in Orem, now it is known as Utah Valley University. He is going into the field of Multi-media Computer Animation with a minor in Business. He really loves the classes that he is taking now. Who knows, you may someday find a video game out there that Jason designed! In 2007, Jason started to help his dad in the "Rasmussen Rock" business and has really liked helping him with the big equipment. He helped in the summer and then when school started, he would comeback on weekends and holidays to work in the "Pit" and earn money for school. On 08/08/08, he attended his cousin's wedding up at Flaming George and his cousin Ryan brought out a friend from Washington. Jason sorta knew Alicia because she was in his student ward. Well the two of them started to hit it off and see each other and the next thing we know is in October of 2008 they are engaged and set a date to be married on 12/20/08. So that's an update on our oldest son. Here is a picture that was taken in October when he proposed to Alicia @ Thanksgiving Point Gardens and the Teddy Bear asked Alicia, "Will you Marry Me?" in Jason's voice. It was really cute!

Getting Started

2009-02-15T14:58:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I am actually creating this. I even did it without the help of Jason or Tyler. This is a real miracle. Well since then, Tyler and Valerie came to my rescue and helped me to put it together and fined tuned it. But I'm learning. Thought this would be a good way to let family and friends know what's going on with the Rasmussen Bunch. In December of 2008, we added a new member to our family. Jason married Alicia Fowler on 12/20/08 in the Vernal Temple and the rest is history. It was a very cold and wonderful day. The roads were bad getting to the Basin, but we appreciate all who came and supported Jason and Alicia's special day. Thanks to Tim and Chris for taking pictures. We really do appreciate you guys. Thanks again to all friends and family who supported us. It really means a lot to our family. A December wedding is not easy on mothers, so this is the last one that will ever be planned in this month. The lovebirds are living in Orem. Jason is attending UVU and Alicia is working at Orem Community Family Practice Clinic. She also keeps Jason in line. Valerie and Dallas are keeping busy with school and work. They have their own home in Clearfield which is really cute. Tiffany is attending UVU and doing well. She's been looking for a job out in the Orem-Provo area, but no one seems to be hiring these days. Tyler is a senior this year and will graduate in May! Then we become empty nesters??? Except for the newest member of the family, a golden retriever puppy named Dash that Tyler got for his Birthday in November. He asked his parents for over six months every single day and we finally caved. He is a cute puppy, but we can't wait until the puppy stage is over. He really loves Tyler! Hope all is well with everyone. I'll try to keep you updated with what happens to our family. Bye for now.

DASH the Newest Member of the Family

2009-02-15T14:46:00.000-07:00

Newest member of the family

Dash and Tyler

Singing the Blues