Hannah

all right Becky, hopefully this will get you off my back for a little while.....:-]

the end of an era.

Now this may seem like a strange post, but for 'most' of my life, this team has been an important part of my life, not 'thee' most important thing, but they definitely were a 'bell weather' for josh most of the time. i was up when they were winning big, and down when the lost (which wasn't very often) i will forever remember the 'finals' years and will never forget the awful refereeing and will never 'like' michael jordan. i can certainly admit that he was amazing, but i cant get over the image of him smoking a cigar celebrating the second championship over the jazz in the Delta Center. the main reason i am even going here is because the one constant from the time i was 12 is Jerry Sloan. i Love that guy! tough as nails, but humble, always took the blame and never took the credit for all the success of the Utah Jazz. He retired after being the coach for 23years! longer than any professional coach in any sport. so just to acknowledge my respect for him and my love for what he demanded from his teams...tell me if you can, wether you can remember any off court incidents or embarrassing situations to the team while he was at the head....it happens all over the NBA and not with the Jazz! i wish him the best and am excited for the future of the team. i think the future is bright and it is mainly due to this great coach!

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