What??? Engaged!!!

I have to wonder how my little baby Katy (shown with her brother in these 3 photos) went from this cute baby girl, to being ENGAGED!!!!

It's true, one day she was my sweet baby girl and the next she is a grown up 20 years old and engaged and getting married July 16th, 2011!

This lucky guy is Cory Cunningham and he wants to marry my little girl. :)

Katy and Cory met at BYU and fell in love! Last week he asked her to marry him and she said yes. Then she text'd me a picture of her hand with a ring on it. I told Cory he did a good job picking out the ring but a better job picking out the girl!

This Friday Katy and Cory are coming to St Louis so we can meet him. We are so excited!

Rob and his girlfriend are coming from Atlanta and Alex and her boyfriend are coming from school in Illinois and my parents are coming also from Illinois. Along with the rest of the family that live here, we are going to celebrate all weekend. Poor Cory!

And just to introduce Cory to the ward, Katy and he are going to sing a duet in sacrament meeting Sunday!

I'm sure I'll have many pictures to post after next weekend!

Not really ready for this...

Sam's first day at Kirkwood High School

Can he really be  old enough for high school?  Can I really be this old?

25 years- Then and Now

RJ and I were married 25 years ago today in Salt Lake Temple! 

I used to blog....

I know, I said I would do better blogging and that was over 4 months ago.  It's not that  we are boring, maybe we are...but now that baseball has started I guess should have something to blog about.
So let's see, what has been happening around the Lindmark house?
In January, Sam turned 14 and Rob came home from school to work and earn some money. Its good to have him home for awhile.
In Fenruary, Rob found a job, cleaning carpets and now he is very knowledgable about carpets and cleaning them.
I got sick for two weeks with a cold, yuk.
In March I catered my first event..my friends son's wedding open house.  It was so fun!  I love to cook!
Rob's girlfriend Katie came to visit for a week!( I know its confusing since we have a Katy too)( different spellings though)  She is great and we had a good time!
The baseball park where Sam plays opened so I went back to work after a 5 month vacation.
April,  we had a blast over confence weekend with RJ's brother and his family and RJ's sister and her family, watching conference and eating and basket hunting.  It was a fun weekend.
Katie had to go home to Georgia on the monday after easter and we (especially Rob) were sad.
My other job started after a 3 month vacation so I'm busy again.
Our Katy comes for 6 short days on April 20th and then she will go back to BYU and take a couple of classes.  Then she will be home for the summer in June.
Looking toward May, RJ's parents come home from thier mission, and Sam finishes 8th grade(can my baby be a freshman?)
Maybe for fun RJ will finally find a full time job and we can have insurance again!

Pictures to come......

2009 in review

I know I've been terrible about blogging this year so here is our year in pictures, maybe 2010 will be a better blogging year!

Sam turned 13 last January, now he is almost 14!!

Katy got accepted to BYU (just ignore the shirt) She was so happy and we were thrilled for her, it's the only school she has ever wanted to attend

One of my many trips to the zoo with Jack. Every time I see him he says ZOO?

Hiking at Babler State Park with Katy, Sam, and Matt during spring break

Sam baked his first and so far only pie. It was Delicious

After our annual Easter basket hunt, complete with rhyming clues

Katy graduated from Seminary!!

The BYU Ballroom Dance company came to St Louis for an amazing performance and two of the nicest cast members stayed with us!

Katy receives the Gold K from her high school for having above a 3.5 GPA for 4 years

Katy and Alex graduated from high school and put up with me dragging them all over, taking hundreds of pictures

Katy ended a wonderful 4 years with the Rising Generation Youth Choir under the direction the amazing Caroline Hemming, who was also Katy's voice teacher. Sadly Sister Hemming passed away 5 months later from cancer. She is so missed!

Yet another trip to the zoo, this time to see the stingrays!

My babies, Max and Maggie

Sam, 13 and 1/2 So grown up

Waiting for the fireworks on July 4th
Katy and Sam went to Florida with my parents and my sisters family. They had a wonderful time. RJ and I stayed home to work our many part time jobs. After a year and half of unemployment from RJ's regular job we hope 2010 is the year for real employment
In the mountains near Boulder, Co, with our friends of 20 years who had just moved from St Louis to Boulder.
We miss them!

Katy took me to see Arches National Park on our way to BYU

My friend Cheryl and I, friends for 30 plus years.

Katy at BYU, I really hated to leave her out there. I miss her!
Maybe I shouldn't have left her, her first week in Utah she broke her foot.

Katy's cute room at BYU

At home RJ built shelves in Katy's purple room, Now I use it for scrapbooking when she's not home

Rob came home from BYU I in August for a visit, and then went to Atlanta to visit his really cute girlfriend, also named Katie!
Rob was also home in May for a 10 year reunion of a youth trip to Palmyra NY.

Sam and Matt and RJ went with the youth on a fun canoe trip and camp out

Halloween at the church party, my mom and dad dressed up! so funny!!
No pictures this year of RJ's mom and dad, they are on a mission in Fort Worth

Sam's Halloween costume, Going Green, he is so creative!

Year 5 of Creche and Carols, my parents with their 50+ year old nativity

Our friend Susan and one of her friends came from California to see the Creche

Christmas at my parents house, a tradition we don't want to miss

Crazy cousins, Katy and Jana

The best part of Christmas.... having the kids all home at once.

Our family

milestones with out pictures,

Rob turned 22,

Katy turned 19, and

RJ lost about 90 pounds this year!!!

He and Sam are going with the scouts to Philmont this year, so he has to be in shape to hike 50 miles.

Sam played his last year of baseball with his team of many years the Steelers. We will miss them,

This years its the JR Pioneers and hopefully next year, the Kirkwood pioneers!

Me...I'm just happy when the whole family is home.

Come To The Manger