Brooke and Joey's wedding reception.

So in love!

Debbie and Brooke

The cousins. 

Punch bowl. So cool made out of ice.

This is Debbie and Mark's back yard. So beautiful! The food was so yummy and everything was perfect. We had a great time.

Brooke and Joey

Cute picture of Brooke and Joey. More pictures to come. The Reception was one of the most beautiful receptions ever!

Brooke and Joey's wedding.

Brooke's family

Brooke with her brothers.

Mark and Debbie. Brooke and Joey

Brooke is my sister Debbie's daughter. She married Joey Williams February 12th in the Mesa Arizona temple. Brooke is a beautiful 22 year old. She is sweet. Joey is a great guy and treats Brooke like a princess. Joey had a friend or sister ( I don't remember) who know Brooke and told Joey about her and showed him Brooke's picture on Facebook. The rest is history. Joey and Brooke make a great team. Jessie was their photographer. Carlie, Rylie and I drove down to Arizona for the wedding.  1,444 miles round trip. It was a fun road trip. Congratulations Brooke and Joey!

Valentine lunch with some girl friends.

I had a group of my girl friends over for lunch yesterday. We lingered longer and laughed louder. So fun.

We had Mushroom Barley soup to warm us up from the cold. Yummy salad, bread and Chocolate church mouse cake with raspberries sauce. I also made some yummy fudge for them to take home. But we stayed so long we opened that up and eat it.

Mushroom Barley Soup

Barb Elder

A slightly thickened old-fashioned soup that is light and creamy and beautifully balanced in taste and texture.

8 oz fresh mushrooms                      1 c. whipping cream or half & half

1 large leek (white part only),          3 Tbsp. butter

2 stalks celery, chopped                    1 onion

4 c. chicken broth                                 1/3 c. pearl barley

¼ c. chopped parsley                           1 bay leaf

½ tsp. dried thyme                                ½ tsp. salt

Pepper to taste                                      1 potato, peeled and diced

Sauté mushrooms, leek, celery and onion with butter in a medium soup pot, over low heat, stirring occasionally, until soft, but not brown, about 20 minutes. Add chicken broth and barley and bring to a boil. Stir in parsley, bay leaf, thyme, salt, and pepper. Cover and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Add diced potato. Cover and simmer, for 30 minutes longer. Remove bay leaf. Stir in cream and correct seasonings. May be refrigerated for up to 2 days. May be frozen. Reheat before serving. Serves 6

Missing my mom today. It been 15 years.

This is my dad at my mothers grave sight.

Click on the link below for a tribute to my mother.


http://elderfamilyevents.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-miss-my-mom-she-has-been-gone-13.html

Supporting Carlie at her cheer competition.

Jason, Jessie, Stacy, Geoff, Norah, and  Brandon

You can see Carlie in this picture. She is the back spot on the left. Scott was sick and Rylie had a baby sitting job. Orem high did a great job. Carlie and her squad work hard to get ready for these competitions. It is a lot of work. Proud of you Carlie.

Sundays at our house.

iPod touch

Everyone doing their own social media 

iPad

iPhone

Getting Norah hooked early 

A little social interaction 

A lot of Norah. A lot for kissing her. A lot of loving her. 

Don't know what to do about the social media at my house. I guess I need to just be grateful that my family enjoys being together even if we are not really together.