World’s Best Sugar Cookies

We had a blast making our valentine cookies! Janel, our oldest daughter, brought her three boys to Rexburg and we all worked together to create our heart shaped masterpieces. We used our favorite sugar cookie recipe from Lori Cammack. The sour cream makes them soft...
One last moment of 2008 in Island Park

One last moment of 2008 in Island Park

We had a blast in Island Park, even though there was so much new snow they couldn’t get our lane plowed out. We hauled everything in on a dog sled behind the snow machines, like we did in the good old days. They got 40″ of snow on Christmas Eve and that...

Merry Christmas from the Esplins!

We enjoyed our family of 12 for the Thanksgiving holiday in our new home in Rexburg. Life is good here for Keith, Caryn and Zoe and so far the weather has been too bad. In fact, the snow and cold has hit our old home in Blackfoot harder that our new home here. We are...

47 at the Esplin party (click pics to enlarge)

On Saturday after Thanksgiving we invited all of Keith’s family to our home for a potluck-game extravaganza from 3-10pm. It was fun to try out our family room with a large group. We set up tables for food and games. Some sat on the couches, and all the kids had...