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Easter Weekend at the Kimballs!

EASTER SUNDAY 2008...

We had a fun Easter Sunday get together with all the fam. I wish I got more pictures of the whole gang...but it gets too complicated sometimesto get EVERYBODY to cooperate!

We had a yummy Sunday dinner of chicken and broccoli pesto pasta with salad and garlic french bread...ooooohh yum--for those of you who know me well--you know how much I love pasta--anytime!Sitting in the shade on the swing...alone :( at my parents house...

it was sooo nice outside all weekend!! We all got to meet the most recent grandchild...John Diego Kimball. Hangin' out with sleepy Diego.

Kenna & Tasia in their pretty Easter dresses!

G-pa and G-ma with their 8th grandchild!

The new family of 6!!

To John-the Birthday Boy!!

Right now it is 10:30p.m. on March 17th and John's Birthday is March 18th
--but in Iraq it is 8:30 in the morning on March 18th already, so I am sending this wish a little early...!

ONE MONTH DOWN!!! YAHHHOOOOO!!!

Extreme Conditions...
Two Worlds Apart...

in Desert
&
in Snow



And Still in Love...

Utah Schmutah!

SLC
This past weekend I took a trip up to Utah to visit one of my favorite XDSWC (Ex dental student wives club) girls in the world- Miss Rachel!
I flew in late Thursday night and stayed up chatting with Rachel til about 2 a.m. until we both HAD to get some Z's. I had not seen her since our last XDSWC gathering in Huntington about a year and a half ago. And, I was super excited to see the little ones...Ana and Lily! I had not seen them since they left L.A. oh some 4 years ago...but I have kept up on their lives with their blogging! Thanks momma Rachel!

My Bear!!
(tribute to John)
On Friday morning, I rolled out of bed to find little sicky Lily home from school. Poor Lily--although I don't think she regretted spending the day with us!
For lunch that day we drove up to Snow Basin and rode a gondola way up the beautiful mountain and ate lunch at "Needles" a delicious restaurant overlooking the snow peaked moutains and ski resort.

I took some shots of the trip up from the gondola!

"V" for Victory!
(it's a USC thing)

Leaving the resort stuffed from the yummy cream of potato soup,
salad and cheesey rolls....
I almost had to "unbutton my top button"--ew MOM! HA HA! =)

Every night was "Movie Night at the Rennakers!"
We watched "The Notebook" & "Hairspray"...just to name a few and
munched on popcorn and sipped on super healthy
fruit smoothies with my special secret spinach
and flaxseed recipe! Slurp Slurp!!
We also made our traditional appearance at the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and a slice of some much needed...yah you guessed it... CHEESECAKE!
We sure did miss our Tony :( Where's the free food??
I totally love Rachel and her girls! What a fabulously fun weekend!
Go Utah!!!