A Whisper in Time

Steph Grad

2011-06-07T12:13:00.000-07:00

Steph Grad with her brothers
Congrats Steph we are proud of you

Jake Graduates 6th Grade

2010-06-13T21:58:00.000-07:00

He is too dang cute and growing up way too fast!

Brandon's Graduation

2010-06-13T21:50:00.000-07:00

My sweet, hansdome Nephew Brandon Graduated High School. What a proud moment!

2010-05-28T21:38:00.000-07:00

Faces

2010-04-30T21:59:00.000-07:00

Got some cute pic's of the kids. Here they are:

Jake and Steph.. they don't look like sibs do they:)

Love the haircut...HATE that shirt!

"Family" Photo

Pretty girl!

More of the "Grandpuppy"

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trying to get her to show us her cute face. She just kept looking for Chris

The "GrandPuppy"

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She was just constantly moving at the house. Such a cute puppy

The "GrandPuppy"

2010-04-30T21:08:00.000-07:00

Chris and Kailey got a little dog
It was hard to capture photo's of her because
she had so much energy.

I don't know if she really has blue eyes but it looks

like it in some of these photos

Removing the Puppy Dog Wallpaper

2010-04-30T20:56:00.000-07:00

I forgot I had taken a video of the official ceremony of removing the puppy dog wallpaper so here it is!

A little remodeling

2010-04-30T20:49:00.001-07:00

The before image
I will post after images if I can ever get the tackiness off his walls. If any0ne has any ideas I havn't tried yet please feel free to comment.

Jake has had these puppy dogs for some time now

Jake wanted to be the first to pull off the puppy dog wallpaper

Jake and Dad working together to get the job done

As I was painting our room, smudge got a little comfy on the ladder.

Chris 20th Birthday

2010-04-30T20:39:00.000-07:00

Chris and Kailey

Chris with his 20 candles

The family

New Year 2010

2010-04-30T20:30:00.000-07:00

My cute doggies

Otis and I as usual surrounded by black and white animals

Steph and her cat Smudge

Steph had some friends over
They're a little shy

less shy

Steph and Riley cuddle on the couch

The following are actual pic's of Otis and I together. They are not, I repeat, not photoshoped by me. I know.. a real life New Years Miracle!

Christmas 2009

2010-04-30T20:19:00.000-07:00

My Christus Statue

Three wonderful kids
Yes that says bud light:)
Custom Converse
Misfits rock!
Cool new phone
Cool new wallet... Thanks Santa
I really have been slacking with this whole blog thing. Just no time. So I'll try to update. Christmas was pretty laid back. This is Jake with his new wallet which he really needed and his new phone which he didn't need but really wanted. Chris with his misfits t-shirt. I lost count of how many this makes and Steph with her Converse and new pajama pants. And my new Christus statue

Dance Recital 2009

2010-02-10T20:55:00.000-08:00

3 Generation Photo

2010-01-01T01:40:00.001-08:00

I took an awesome (if I do say so myself) picture of the 4 Bryant boys.

Homecoming

2010-01-01T01:11:00.000-08:00

The dreaded Bouttenier.

Homecoming

2010-01-01T00:40:00.000-08:00

It is interesting to me that corsages have improved greatly over the years. You can now just slip it on a girls wrist and WALA you are done. Yet the boutinier has not changed since the 50's. It still requires an advanced degree in logistics to get the silly thing on. Just watch and you'll see.

More Homecoming Pic's

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Homecoming 2009

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Grams and Papa come for a visit

2010-01-01T00:30:00.001-08:00

My in-laws come for a visit periodically. This year they happened upon us at Steph's birthday. We had fun having them here for the festivities and to meet Steph's friends.

More Steph's B-day party

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Steph's 17th Birthday

2010-01-01T00:19:00.000-08:00

Fun and Festivities at Steph's Birthday. I am amazed at what a great young woman she is turning out to be.

My New Favorite Quote From a Book I am Reading

2009-12-03T22:15:00.000-08:00

"When you become precious to God, you become important to Satan."

Stephanie is a Junior!

2009-08-27T17:07:00.000-07:00

Here is Steph's Junior Year photo. She looks soooooo grown up. I don't know what I am going to do without her in the house when she leaves at 18. I will definetly need alot of shoulder's to cry on.

Roxy gets a haircut

2009-08-07T20:20:00.000-07:00

We took Roxy in for a haircut and she looks like a new dog. I will post the before and afters.

Pepper is officially a Intermountain Therapy Dog

2009-08-07T20:13:00.000-07:00

Well it's official. Pepper and I just finished our orientation and got our red clothes. We still have to do a shadow and then someone has to shadow us, but we are almost there. He is the best dog EVER! We did our first volunteer work at Dimple Dell rec center. We went and the experienced handler talked to the kids about dog safety. Then they got to pet the dogs. I have to admit I didn't know how Pep would do with a bunch of kids mauling him but he did awesome. He didn't seem stressed about it or anything. He definetly gravitated to the counselors (who were older teenagers) than the kids but that is not suprising as he prefers older kids and adults to little kids. We are hoping to start out in an ECF versus a children's facility and then see how it goes. Maybe South Davis or something like it. Anyway, I am so proud of him!

Mom Super Powers

2009-08-07T20:07:00.000-07:00

Well I discovered one more of my mom super powers. As usual Jake and I had a fight the other night about him showering. After much cajoling he finally relented. But then when he got out I realized some of his hair was dry and some was wet. I asked him if he washed his hair and he said, "yes" Well needless to say I told him I had the super power of being able to tell washed hair from unwashed hair just by touching it. He went in and washed his hair. This got me thinking, what other "super Powers" do moms have? If you have any suggestions either leave it on the blog in a comment or on facebook and I will "publish" a list of them. Be creative. We all know we have eyes in the back of our head. Come up with some fun ones.

Fourth of July

2009-08-07T20:00:00.000-07:00

As usual the fourth at my house means setting stuff on fire curtisy of Chris. He actually showed up for a while so we didn't miss the tradition. Once again we escaped with no-one burning the neighborhood down. I added a couple of pic's of Fourth of July when the kids were little. They have grown up but their love of fire has not died down.

Another Boo Boo

2009-08-07T19:53:00.000-07:00

Jake managed to slice his hand open. It took just 6 stitches. He did it on Chris' old dagger. Luckily it made a nice clean slice.

Michael Jackson

2009-07-15T16:26:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry, but I am a fan. I think it is sad that I have to apologize for being a fan of the best musical entertainer of all time. His personal and legal troubles aside, he defined a generation... my generation. Those of you who were teenagers when Michael hit his stride remember him fondly. We try to remember the Michael that turned MTV on it's head and danced and sang his way into our hearts. He is part of our collective consciousness. When a person dies, any person, the bad things they did tend to fall away and only the good stands out. So it will be with Michael. We can forget how Elvis, Jim Belushi, and Marilyn Monroe died and remember their work. So it will be eventually with Michael. His wierdness will always be there, but it is for his musical legacy he will always be remembered. RIP MJ.

It's A Miracle!!!

2009-06-26T16:21:00.000-07:00

Well it finally happened. Chris graduated High School. He got his Adult Ed Diploma which is essentially the same. He can now say he is officially a High School Graduate!!!. I am a proud Mom, to say the least.

My Beautiful Daughter in her Dance Costume

2009-06-26T16:20:00.001-07:00

This is Steph in her recital costume. Isn't she beautiful!!!

Roxy

2009-06-26T16:11:00.000-07:00

This is a pic of Roxy. She is my newest acquistion from the humane society. She was rescued from Calif during a domestic dispute. She was found with duct tape around her mouth. She is so sweet and I can't believe that anyone would abuse her in anyway. She is learning some obedience and manners.

Tracey's Animals

2009-06-26T16:02:00.000-07:00

And I don't mean the kids either. Here is a pic of Max, my 1st attempt to rescue an animal from the Humane Society, sadly we found out much to our dismay that he was aggressive towards other dogs. And despite what you have seen on Animal Planet or Nat Geo, it just couldn't be fixed. I live in a neihborhood with lots of other dogs and would be horrified if he hurt any of them, so I had to take him back. They tried to rehabilitate him, but in the end he had to be euthanized. He was very sweet and very handsome but just too aggressive. We will miss you Max.

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Peace, Love and Joy

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Peace, Love and Joy

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Wishing you and your Peace, Love and Joy!

Merry Christmas

2008-12-18T20:18:00.000-08:00

So here we are with the traditional put the star on the Christmas Tree.

Steph couldn't just use a chair, she had to use Chris (Even though this

was Chris' idea (go figure)). anyway the Star got up but the kids broke it!

Welcome to the family tradition!

Happy Thanksgiving to all

2008-11-30T21:15:00.001-08:00

We had the nicest Thanksgiving ever. It was nice and relaxed.

We had Chris and his girlfriend du jour (Kalie, I think, nice girl)
and Mom and J.L.

Tracey is proud of her table

Jake makes a layup

2008-11-30T21:01:00.000-08:00

This is my first video. Unfortunately I have not learned how

to edit. If you watch the brown haired kid with the red shirt

under his white jersey. That is my Jake making a layup. Just

FYI, Jake made 14 points in this game!! Ignore my voice, I didn't know it

would be so loud.

Twilight Movie Premier

2008-11-30T20:50:00.001-08:00

The Twilight Premier is finally here!!

We Wait

and wait

Halloween

2008-11-03T15:23:00.000-08:00

These are Pic's of Steph. In keeping with the Twilight theme she is a victim of the Vampire Emmett Cullen (not Edward) as she is more a fan of Emmett. Steph is afraid of the Vampire....Then she is his slave!!!

My New Favorite Quote from a Book I am Reading

2008-10-31T21:51:00.000-07:00

"God doesnt' cause the misery in our lives, we do that ourselves. God is our path through it."(Gracelin O'Malley)

Drama King

2008-10-31T21:46:00.000-07:00

Chris called me and said, "mom, I think I have Pneumonia" so my I took the drama king to the doctor. He has an upper respiratory virus and an ear infection. The doc gave him some antibiotics and sent us home. So pneumonia averted! If I was as good as Wende at having a camera at the ready, I would have taken a pic of him looking pitiful.

What Kind of Fruit are You?

2008-10-24T00:18:00.001-07:00

Scroll down to the bottom and click on the link that says "what kind of fruit are you" then take the test. Have fun!

UEA

2008-10-16T16:37:00.000-07:00

I know some people go out of town for
UEA. But UEA for us means hanging
out and relaxing!

2008-10-16T16:34:00.000-07:00

Here are my trees in full fall plumage. Some of you may know that my burning bush died. I will have to plant a new one next year. I love the changing seasons

Scenery

2008-10-16T16:23:00.000-07:00

I have been very negletful of my roses this year but as you can see they have been very forgiving

Scenery

2008-10-16T16:18:00.000-07:00

Pictures of "my" mountains. Yes, this Arizona Desert Rat loves her Utah Mountains. They are starting to turn. I am not ready for cold and snow. It did snow, but when I went out to take pic's of the mountains with snow on them it had already melted. Welcome to Utah, if you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes it will change. When I was in AZ the statement was "it was hot yesterday, it is hot today, it will be hot tomorrow."

Chris moves out

2008-10-01T20:35:00.002-07:00

Well it happened again. Chris was out all night friday night (came in at 6:30am) and we decided enough was enough and respectfully asked him to find somewhere else to live. He obviously found somewhere to be Friday so it shouldn't be a problem. He had a bogus story about work which was easy to verify and turned out to be a lie (big shocker there). We told him that if he had actually told us the truth we might not be in this jam. He refuses to tell us the truth and then blames his lying on us. "if you guys would just let me do stuff, I wouldn't have to lie to you" It's ridiculous and makes me feel like he thinks we are stupid. Anyway he's gone now. I prefer it when he is not here but then I worry about him at the same time. Somebody out there tell me I am doing the right thing

Otis and Tracey get away for a couple of days

2008-10-01T20:35:00.001-07:00

Good Grief who are these people?
20 years ago. If I get brave I will do some of us now--yikes

Views from our condo up Ogden Canyon

My Beautiful 16 year old daughter

2008-10-01T20:33:00.000-07:00

What a beautiful girl!

Busy September!!

2008-10-01T20:27:00.000-07:00

As many of you know September is a VERY busy month for the Bryant Family. Otis and Tracey's anniversary (20, if you can believe it), Steph and Jake's birthday and of course school starts. This september we had to add Jake breaking his wrist, Steph dislocating her Jaw, Tracey's Surgery, Otis losing his job and Tracey losing her mind!! Anyway enjoy the photo's of the fun stuff.

2008-10-01T20:25:00.000-07:00

Jake gets Dragon Ball Z game from big bro

Finally that new phone we have been begging for

and Guital Hero Aerosmith

The "gang"

2008-10-01T20:22:00.000-07:00

Jake and the guys playing Guitar Hero

Matt and Beau

Jared gives Jake "monster Pop"

Matt and Jake sure are a couple of "skittles"

Beau gives Jake a splatter gun

2008-10-01T20:18:00.000-07:00

Jake wanted german Chocolate cake for his birthday

Jake and his "buds" Jared, Matt, and Beau

Can't believe he is 11!

2008-10-01T20:15:00.000-07:00

Steph and Marrrissa and "monster"

Steph and Jessica "Avon Calling"

Steph and the "gang"

2008-10-01T20:12:00.000-07:00

Steph and Daniel "I like toast"

Steph and BFF Bailey nothing will come be"twixt" them

Steph and Justine, What did she think, she was getting a car or something?

2008-10-01T20:07:00.000-07:00

Cake made by Aunt Kristen.
Thank's it was beautiful

2008-10-01T20:02:00.000-07:00

Steph and Dad putting up Steph's Happy Birthday Sign

Happy Sweet Sixteen Steph

2008-10-01T19:58:00.000-07:00

Mom and Dad putting a ribbon on Steph's "Truck"

Although Steph did not get an "official" car for her 16th she does get use of the family truckster!

Steph's Sweet Sixteen

2008-10-01T19:55:00.002-07:00

As usual we posted the requisite baloons

Steph

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Football Pic's of Jacob

2008-09-16T21:36:00.000-07:00

This is my first attempt at doing some "collaging" of sorts. Hope it works out.

Broken Wrist Take 2

2008-09-04T17:54:00.000-07:00

Jake broke his left wrist when he was about 5 years old. This time it is his right wrist. It has been difficult to write etc. You will also notice the Football jersey. Contrary to what mom wants the doc says it is OK for him to play with a broken wrist!:(

Broken Wrist

2008-08-28T20:12:00.000-07:00

Jake broke his wrist about 5 years ago. He broke the other wrist this time:( He was out for the whole t-ball season. This time it is football he will be missing:(

Jake broke his wrist riding his "rib-stick" Guess football is out:(

2008-08-28T20:10:00.000-07:00

Jake in his "pads"

Jake and his "Game Face"

2008-08-28T20:09:00.000-07:00

Football

2008-08-28T20:05:00.001-07:00

Well it finally happened. The paranoid mom finally signed one of her boys up for football. So away we go!

Pepper

2008-07-05T08:34:00.000-07:00

Got this "professional" photo of pepper taken at strut your mutt. Yes, I know I am a total nerd. But he is the cutest puppy ever. And no Krisin... he is NOT fat!!! (OK maybe just a little)lol

The saga of the pony league championship

2008-07-05T08:25:00.000-07:00

So here's the deal with the pony league championships. The boys had an undefeated season up until they met the Cubs. The first time they tied so both teams were undefeated. The second time we met them we lost. We met them a second time and won. When we met them in tournament play they were in first place and had gotten a buy. We won! Yeah, but the story is not over. The Cubs had to either win every game or if they lost again they would be out of the running. (double elimination ) Since they had not lost any games (except to us) let alone two in a row, we knew we would be seeing them again for the big championship game. It was a nail biter. They were up by the 3rd inning. They had last ups in the 4th inning and we were winning by just 1 run. Yikes. Our little pitcher struck out the last hitter and we won. I am glad because I really don't think my heart could have taken any more.

The Parade

2008-07-05T08:22:00.000-07:00

As part of their victory the boys got to be in the 4th of July Parade.

2008-07-05T08:19:00.000-07:00

This is probably my favorite pic of the Raptor Game. Jake hanging over the fence hoping to catch a foul ball. Beside him is Andy a good friend. Lucky Andy did get to catch a game ball. Maybe next time Jake

Getting to go to the game

2008-07-05T08:17:00.000-07:00

Waiting to get in
How do you get into this place?
This guy is about 6foot 4. Jake and the other boys got to play a game with him and one other Raptor

2008-07-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

Can't believe we won....Just kidding!
Jake Bryant, you and the d-backs just won the championship... what are you going to do next?
I'm going the Disneyland!!!
Go D-backs!!

2008-07-05T08:11:00.000-07:00

The Centerville City Pony Leage Champions

Go D-backs!!

2008-07-05T08:09:00.000-07:00

Steph and Bailey return. Welcome home girls
Steph in her hat from Rome. Boy was she tired

2008-07-05T08:05:00.000-07:00

Steph and Bailey and mom Kelly in the airport
Bailey and Steph BFF's ready to go

Now it's official Have fun girls!

2008-07-05T08:03:00.000-07:00

Here is Steph checking in. She did not have to pay for her bag. Now that is something she can tell her grandchildren :)

2008-07-05T08:02:00.000-07:00

Steph leaving us :(

2008-07-05T08:00:00.000-07:00

The biggest news of course is Steph's trip to Rome.
She had so much fun. Her pic's are not posted
because she took 397 of them!! I may have to
get her her own blog!

2008-07-05T07:54:00.000-07:00

April saw Steph in the play Annie Get Your Gun. It was wonderful. This is her with her friend Brittney. They have been friends since the third grade. This is the ? number of productions they have been in together. The "together" photo is now tradition.

The death of Scurry

2008-04-29T20:52:00.001-07:00

Well it finally happened. Scurry the dwarf hamster is dead. He was a good pet and friend to his master Jacob. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday April 21st. He will be missed.

Jacob and his cute scurry companion

Chris Court Date

2008-04-18T03:57:00.001-07:00

Well it finally came. Chris sentencing hearing. It was awful!! They took him away in handcuffs right from the courtroom. He had too many failed drug tests to be able to stay out of jail. He will be there for 120 days. His hopes of having work release will not be realized as the Judge rightfully asumed that he would probably spend that time doing drugs instead of working. I hope anyone who reads this will pray for us and for Chris. He needs the Lord even if he doesn't know it.

2008-04-08T06:20:00.000-07:00

Steph was chosen to earn a STAND t-shirt at school. You have to be nominated by a teacher to receive it.

2008-04-03T02:28:00.000-07:00

This is a photo of Henry Standage of whom I have recently
found a journal of him in the Mormon Battalion.
Can't wait for the journal to come from amazon

Found Pioneer Ancestor

2008-04-02T04:03:00.000-07:00

I am so excited that I found the journal of a mormon pioneer ancestor. Up until about 10 years ago I didn't even know I had pioneer ancestors. And now to find a journal from his trek with the Mormon Battalion. I ordered it and cannot wait to read it!!

Chris Leaves Home

2008-03-26T22:02:00.000-07:00

As some of you may be aware Chris has left home. It was not under the best of circumstances. There was a fight and the police were called. I had hoped that when he left we might be able to discuss it as adults, but as usual, where Chris is concerned it was not to be. My "whisper" is turning into a silent hush, that even I can't hear anymore.

Chris trial

2008-03-06T05:50:00.000-08:00

Chris plead guilty to both felony counts. He will be sentenced in two weeks

Stephanie registers for High School

2008-03-06T05:49:00.000-08:00

Stephanie registered for high school on wednesday the 5th. It was fun. She has registered for 2 honors courses and one AP course. Wish her luck

Worrying about Chris

2008-02-12T21:40:00.001-08:00

Tomorrow is Chris court date. What will the future hold?

2008-02-01T13:19:00.000-08:00

Christopher and his new iPod

2008-02-01T13:13:00.000-08:00

This is me having fun taking some pic's of Steph being your typical 21st century teen.

2008-02-01T13:10:00.000-08:00

Pic's of Chris at his 18th b-day. He got an i-pod, new scriptures, and a fish. Happy 18th.

2008-02-01T13:08:00.000-08:00

This is a really bad picture of Jake at his basketball game. Will put up new ones when I can.

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This is Steph in her costume for her dance recital

2008-01-30T20:59:00.000-08:00

As I madly uploaded these photo's and tried to establish my brand new blog I realized what a blur october was. Chris homecoming dance, Steph's new piano being delivered, Jake getting a new belt in Karate and of course Halloween (never my favorite holiday). I never understood the whole crafty olympics that is Halloween. Oh well. When I next get a chance it will be on to November, December and January.