Dear
Family & Friends,
With
another fun year behind us and a load of possibilities in front of
us, it seems crazy that it is already time for another CHRISTmas
letter.
It has
been so fun to see so much of everyone's lives on facebook and
emails, I love that!! So, in that theme, here is the POPE FAMILY's
2011 in status updates:
Pope
Family:
A TRIBUTE TO A WONDERFUL WOMAN, A
PERFECT GRANDMA & GREAT-GRANDMA, AND A VERY AMAZING EXAMPLE----We
love you Grandma T.
January
10 at 2:08pm (Martin's Grandma, Betty Thompson passed away. We
love and admire her so much and we are so grateful to her for letting
us live in this home. So much of what we have in our lives, we owe
to her and her generous family)Bekki Dahl Pope: My new business!! soposhandpretty.blogspot.com
January 20 at 4:39pm (Having two girls with flowers and bows, I decided to start making and selling them, it has been fun, profitable, and something to share with Abby and Olivia)
Bekki Dahl Pope: HAHAHAHA....I put on my profile that I work for Pope Enterprises, that I am the CEO even, and now Facebook has created a page for Pope Enterprises--my fictious, but very real to ME, business. I even have two people who like it---sweet!!
If I
start getting "business" phone calls, I think I will have
to hire a secretary--she can do laundry when she is not taking
calls.......February 15 at 1:15pm
Bekki Dahl Pope: added 8 new photos to the album Spring Break (These pictures are all over southern Utah, Cedar Mesa, Goblin Valley, Canyonlands, we camped for a week and hiked every day, Way too much fun!!! )
April 2 at 4:59pm(Martin Pope, Abby Pope, Matt Pope, Olivia Pope, and Thayne Pope were tagged in Bekki's album)
Bekki Dahl Pope: Can she bake a cherry pie, billy-boy? Oh yes she can! COME OUT TO THE DOWNEY BASEBALL BAKE SALE FUNDRAISER. 6-8 TONIGHT!
May 16 at 3:27pm(I was in charge of organizing and running our Downey Baseball Program again this year, this is always volunteer and crazy, but we ended up with AMAZING coaches and lots of parents helping)
Abby Aspen Pope: “Mom, are you going to MAKE me play baseball every year?”
Matthew Tiago Pope: BEST DAY EVER!! I have my birthday and my team win's the League Baseball Championship Game all in one day!!
Thayne David Pope: I am a baseball man!! Mom just bought me a mitt so that I will leave Matt's where we can find it for games. Ha Ha to her, I have TWO hands and can even sleep with these mitt's on.
Bekki Dahl Pope: added 10 new photos to the album Nebraska--2011.
May 27 at 3:59pm
Bekki Dahl Pope: Who needs sleep when you have sisters? Nebraska to visit Jodee with a 12 hour drive and 6 kids......good thing Steffany came along to keep me sane.
Jodee
Dahl Songster When do we get to do it again?
May 27 at 11:16pm · Like
EVENT: The Dahl Family Reunion—location our home. My parents, and all 5 brothers and sisters came with their families. Total people: 34 Total fun: immeasurable
(Martin worked for hours and days to finish 2 more bathrooms for the reunion. This involved completely tearing out an old bathroom, tiling 2 showers, AND putting in a new septic system for those two bathrooms. Still to finish, a sink for the master bath and a cabinet for the “boys bathroom”. Most impressive!!
EVENT: The Pope Family Reunion—location, Bear Lake. Martin's parents and his brother and sisters. (We were glad we weren't in charge for this reunion) We had a great time camping, swimming, sunning, and relaxing.
Martin T Pope: One whole week backpacking with Matt in the Wind River mountain range.
August 6 at 10:02pm
Matthew Tiago Pope: 36 miles is a piece of cake!!
Thayne David Pope: I miss Matt and Daddy, but I won a prize in the cutest baby contest!
Abby Aspen Pope: Good thing Dad made it back for the talent show at the fair. I have been practicing all week.
Olivia Daisy Pope: Good thing the talent show is done, so we can go to the rodeo.
Bekki Dahl Pope: I am 4 weeks and craving M&M's!
September 1 at 2:07pm near Downey
Bekki Dahl Pope: No, really---I am 19 weeks and craving anything chocolate!! Why won't anyone believe me here on Facebook :P
September 1 at 6:28pm near Downey
View all 37 comments (I had been having suspicions for a month or so, but we hadn't told anyone until I went into the doctor for my ultrasound—this was on my first doctor's appointment)
Olivia Daisy Pope: I knew it was a girl, and now the girls are winning! (4 to 3 :)
Bekki Dahl Pope: Gotta say, I love being pregnant. You always have everyone telling you to eat more, work less, and relax.....everyone should get on this train!! :)
September 8 at 12:41pm
Stamp, Scrap, & Chat--OVERNIGHT RETREAT — at Downata Hot Springs.
September 30 at 4:00pm (I teamed up with Downata and planned a Scrapbooking Retreat. Jodee flew in from Nebraska. Steffany drove down from Burley. Including them, we had 8 people who attended. We scrapbooked for 22 hours straight. Then Steffany did a Jamberry Nails party for us and friends, then Jodee flew home. Craziness!)
Martin T
Pope: How come everyone laughs when I tell them that I have been
called as the bishop of our ward?
Bekki
Dahl Pope: I didn't laugh, I just cried. They were happy tears,
promise.
Abby
Aspen Pope: What kind of candy are you going to have in your office?
Thayne
David Pope: Hey, bishop-dad!
October
16 at 3:35pm
Pope
Family: A SAD FAREWELL, We said goodbye to my Grandma Miller
this week. The funeral was so beautiful, just like her and the
amazing life she lived. I am amazed by my Grandpa and what a
gracious man he is.
October
20 at 2:08pm (My Grandma, Beulah Miller, passed away. I was
struck by how my mom is so much like her and what wonderful examples
they both are in my life. I hope I will grow to be more like them.)Bekki Dahl Pope: So, why is that I can't bring myself to spend 10 bucks on a costume, but 10 HOURS, sure..... :)
October 29 at 3:24pm
Olivia Daisy Pope: A Purple Princess Indian!
Abby Aspen Pope: The Queen of the Cheetah Fairies.
Thayne David Pope: I a cowboy, I shoot da bad guys.
Matthew Tiago Pope: I was a orange and black samurai ninja.
Bekki Dahl Pope: Have you ever waited and anticipated something so long that it consumes your every thought......So has Olivia, and she is NOT going to be happy that Thayne ate her oreo turkey....does anyone else want to tell her, I vote NOT ME!!
November 17 at 11:56am
Well, I hope you all clicked on “like” and pinned it to your favorites board, 'cause if I could do that with a whole year, I WOULD!!
We love you all so much, we hope your coming months and years are full and blessed!! A very, Merry CHRISTmas to ALL!!
Love, The Pope's
Martin, Bekki, Matt (9), Abby (7), Olivia (5),
Thayne (2), and Eliza(due the end
of January)
