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...

Thanksgiving Fun!

We had 17 for Thanksgiving dinner, (14 around our new dining table) and then, we spent the evening scouring the Black Friday ads. We left early (around 3:30 am) the next morning to hit over a dozen stores before 12:00 noon! We have quite the system… one person...

Here is the new little Will Bug!

This is my newest little grandson, Will! It was so fun to spend a few days after he was born with my daughter’s family in Meridian. This is our fourth grandchild. Our daughter and her husband have three boys now and our son and his wife (in San Antonio) have one...

Stage 3 – Shrubs & Trees

TIP: Click on photos to see them largerThe last five Saturdays in a row we have been working in our yard and finally now we may be finished until Spring when we will work on lighting, sprinklers, and grass. This has been a fun project to work on...

Halloween Fun!

Zoe really scored with the Mother Nature costume on Halloween. She won “Best Overall Costume” out of 375 fifth graders as Madison Middle School. She was a trooper to keep all that foliage on, not to mention the foxskin and other animal friends. I dressed...