John is going on a MISSION!

I hope they call me on a mission... oh wait they did!!

John is going into the Missionary Training Center on
WEDNESDAY Feb 27th.
to serve a two year mission for
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!
He will be serving the people of
Porto Alegre, Brazil

We would love to have everyone get the opportunity to say goodbye to him.

Tuesday night at 8:00pm we will be having a dessert night

at Alex and Kimberly's house

Nothing formal but we won't see John for 2 YEARS!!!

Wednesday at 11:00 am we will be having a Goodbye Luncheon

in Provo
The resturaunt is still TBD
depending on what John wants!!

 We hope to see eveyone there on Wednesday if possible, if not come to the Dessert night!
If you could let me know if you will be coming Wednesday
 I will let you know exactly where the food will be!

P.S. I had to make the blog Open to anyone, until we can get everyone on as publishers. Which means they need to create a log in, and everytime they go to see the blog they will need to sign in! We might need to get some tech savy people to help the ... less savy! :)

Michael and Aubrey January 2013

Michael and I found out the genders of our little babies and we are having
BOTH BOYS. Whew! That is kind of intimidating. Even after living with a boy
for almost three years, the psyche of the male mind still eludes me. But,
besides the fact that little boys have WAY more energy than any one person
should have, have funny things danging between their legs, and ricochet
their urine all over the bathroom, they will have soooo much fun growing up
together and we couldn't be more thrilled! here are some "p" word pictures.

We had a kid date for Valentine's day, and one of our activities was
building a fort. Here is a picture of our masterpiece!

I also updated our blog, so check it out if you want to!

Mom, Maria, and John January 2013

Maria and I enjoyed taking a girls road trip to see the O'Neill's. 

 Maria loved being with Jenny and we loved the hike we took at Lake Anderson. 

 Lots of fun times with Maria!

 John is getting ready for the mission-

reading his scriptures in the back yard



Alex and Kimberly January 2013

Alex and I got married!

We have been married for just over one month and are loving married life together. 

 We are living in Pleasant Grove, UT and finishing up at BYU.  

This is my last semester at BYU and I will be graduating in Recreation Management in April. 

 Alex plans to graduate with a Manufacturing Engineering degree this December or next April, just depending on when classes are offered.

Alex is interning/ working at an engineering company in West Jordan called Trebor and I am currently looking for a job! We are both busy but so happy to be married. :)

Update:

Kim is now working as a Personal Trainer at Body 4 Change in Provo

and Alex just got offered an internship at Bell Helicopter in Dallas!!

Blog Postings

Ok, so some members of the family have blogs of their own. As they update them I will post here to let you know. Michael and Aubrey and Patrick and I have a blog. I have posted links to them on the sidebar.  The Michael Lydiksen Family has updated their blog as well as the Hinckley Family! Please check them out!

 It is February 14th... Valentines Day!! I hope you all have a wonderful day full of love!

Now down to Business...

This is a friendly reminder that I need to get either a blog post, or an email from EACH FAMILY updating us on your life so far this year!! I am going to try to get a post from each family within the Lydiksen Family for each month of the year!! And please, oh please send pictures... words can only do so much! :) Send them as emails to me, or just write a post on here! You are all allowed author's priveleges!

Please see if you can access the blog

If everyone would please set up your access to the blog that would be wonderful, I want to make sure everyone can see it and can publish their own posts.
if you have questions or need help PLEASE email me or call me!
Love ya

Blog Rules

Hey Ya'll just trying to get everything set up.
This is going to be a PRIVATE blog, but you can ALLpost to it. No one will be able to access the blog unless they are invited by email.

So... when something happens in your life WRITE A POST, and please always include pictures!!!!

 As of right now this is a blog for the Lou Lydiksen Family, and Lydiksen Grandparents. If you would like to expand out to include more family let me know!!
You have to have an email to read this blog, so if I need to extend more invitations just send me an email or post a comment.

Instead of sending me monthly emails post to this blog!!

 If you need help let me know- AND if you dont want to post to the blog keep sending me emails and I can post them!!

Love you all
-Michelle