happy birthday Rachel!

Well, as hard as it is to believe, we have another Callister sibling in their 30's. Happy birthday Rach! 3o is the new 20, so there really isn't too much to be worried about Rachel. you are awesome! we have perhaps more of your art in our house than any other and we love it! I dont know if you think so, but to everybody else you exude confidence, and that is an attractive quality and one that serves you well. we wish you didn't live so far away so we could all celebrate together, but i have come to realize that until Stephen takes Deb somewhere exotic to live, it is going to just be her and i here with the parents in Utah. kind of sad really, but we love hearing about things that are happening in Lubbuck so keep us informed and love your 30's. i am half way through now?! scary!

stripey socks

this is all three of my girls in their new stripey socks that Deena has fallen in love with. she says it makes her just soo happy when she sees her girls in them. i am not sure i understand the infatuation but....my little girls are cute in them!

what do these great men have in common?

Charlie Daniels
Musician Extraordinaire

ZZ Top -
nuff said

Brigham Young
2nd President of the Church
colonizer of the west.

Platte D Lyman
Great Great Uncle, 1st Counsiler San Juan Mission
Leader of Hole in Rock Expedition
Thomas Callister
Great Great Grandpa
Stake Pres Filmore 20 years

Ulysses S Grant.
Winning General of Civil War
President of United States

And finally, Joshua Von Callister

yes the beard truly makes the man...

busy saturday

Saturday was a big day for our family. Samantha was giddy because she was finally going to be baptized and she loves when the attention is on her! also since everyone who had the ability to be there for the baptism was going to be there, we decided to have Hannah's baby blessing at the same time. so congratulate Sammy (who was generous to share her special day with her little sister) on being a new member of the church, and getting the holy ghost, and Hannah, for being mostly content through her blessing. those in both circles were, Grandpa Von, Great Grandpa Guenter, Uncle Stephen Skokos, Great Grandpa Verl, Bishop Dunford, Uncle Rick, Cousin Stephen, myself.

Little Hannah (the life so far)

Not much to say, it has been a short life so far, so we will just let the pictures do the talking

A Slamdunk of a time

Sammy is now officially 8 years old! a little crazy to think that i have had this energetic and bouncy girl that everybody in the Neighborhood 'knows' for her daring bike and scooter skills and not being afraid of anything, for eight whole years now!

She started off her birthday by opening a present she had for a couple of days from her uncle Dan and Aunt Angie. She loves her 'skull, cross bones, and guitar pajamas! (so does her dad!)

then her dad took her to lunch mono y mono. we went to Pepperbellies here in Kaysville, because she loves their burrittos. we had fun with the appetizer chips and salsa and they had some fire sause that we each dared each other to try, and we went through quite a bit of root beer to put it out!
Then her, Deena, and Andrew went to chucky Cheeses to play the games with all the free tokens we had from a year ago or so.
then everybody came over and we had a birthday party at the house. it was a good time and everybody got a chance to dance with sammy, and do leg wrestling, and have cake and ice cream. thanks for coming everybody! obviously our cameras time and date thingy is way off, it really is Oct 23, 2010 :-)

Say hello to Hannah Maureen Callister!!

on this unique date 10/10/10 little Hannah Maureen Callister was born! she was welcomed into the world by her 4 siblings Caleb, Samantha, Andrew, and Abigail, who isn't too sure what she thinks about it! enjoy the pictures of our new addition!