The Atkin Fam Blog: August 2008

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Morgan Olivia Kelley Has Arrived!!!

Friday, August 22, 2008

sad we aren't there too!

Just thought I would put some updated pictures of the kids.. everyone is growing up so fast.. we wish we were there with everyone!

Silly Ellie

Here are some silly pictures of Ellie...her little personality is getting so dang funny, I pretty much just laugh all day!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Wedding Cake By Angie

Angie made this wedding cake for a couple in her ward. Check out the nasty bride!

Half of the grandkids on Great Grandmas porch

Papa and grandkids on the trampoline

Sunday, August 17, 2008

We are thinking about starting a catering company. I would like you all to look at our brochure and let us know what you think about the brochure contents, design and logo. click on the graphic to enlarge it so you can read it.

Thanks, Love ya all, Mom & Dad

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Research

So I did some research on Restaurant.com for all everyone's areas. Sorry but the only restaurant listed in Chico is Enricos...there's only like 2 in Reno and 3 in West Haven, Utah area and then none in El Centro or Durango area. However Angie...there are a ton in San Diego so it would be worth it if you went to dinner there!
Sorry if I got your hopes up...apparently you have to live in a big city or something...!
P.S. I would love to hear updates from y'all!! Love you!

Restaurant.com

Hey fam! Chris and I have a new favorite thing! It's called Restaurant.com!! So basically you buy gift certificates to one of the restaurants on their lists...either a ten dollar one for three dollars or a twenty-five dollar one for ten dollars. Also I have this website that gives you discount codes so you can buy a 25 dollar one for 5 or 3 dollars (depending on the discount!) I don't know how they do it but it's awesome!! You have to check on their website though because depending on the restaurant your bill has to total either 35.00 or 50.00. It's still cool though. Chris and I have used it twice. We went to a mexican restaurant called Bajio's and spent a total of 13.00 for a ton of food!!! (We took a lot home) Tonight we went to a yummy ribs place and spent 25.00 total (that's including a 7.00 dollar tip) and got a full rack of ribs, 2 appetizers, sodas, and a salad! It makes going out way more fun without spending more than you normally would!!!
Love you all....hope this saves you a little money!

Memories from Kelly

When Kurtis was at our first apartment (a little before he passed away) we started to look through my family scrapbook. Kurtis and I laughed at some of the pictures of times passed. It was so nice to have the one on one time with him and for him to take the time to share in something that was so important to me, meant the world.A funny memory I have was when I must have been 6 or 7 years old and kurtis was 8ish ( i think) this is when vicki and kurtis lived in Chateu East apartments. Kurtis and I were wrestling on vicki's waterbed (if my memory serves me correctly i think it was a waterbed) and when kurtis wanted to stop playing around I wanted to antagonize and instagate, after all that was my job:) when kurtis did one of his karate moves on me and my gum fell out of my mouth and into my hair! Vicki had to cut it out.another one i have was when kurtis and i were between 5 and 8 years old, we would frequently spend one night a week with Grandpa and Grandma Shannon. Some nights Grandpa would tell us his infamous stories where we would be the stars of the story..."long, long ago and far, far away, down in the valley, accross the river and into the woods there lived_______. " I can remember crawling around their great big bed (or it seemed at the time) with kurtis. and periodically kurtis would chime into grandpa shannon's story because kurtis wanted to add a sound effect, or to make sure something important was included. Some nights we would go and rent a Shirley Temple movie and we would always get a diet right soda and get to choose one candy bar. I can still remember going to Ray's video with kurtis and Grandpa Shannon to rent the movie.

Memories from Sara

I was thinking about some of my favorite memories with Kurtis and one that I remember fondly, is when we went camping. If I remember correctly, we were all sleeping on a tarp under the stars and Kurtis and I kept on making jokes and laughing and everybody was yelling at us to be quiet and go to sleep, but we just kept on bugging everyone. We thought we were pretty funny, I'm not sure anyone else appreciated it....
Another, more recent memory was when Kurtis was living in Utah. My family and I got to visit Kurtis up in Park City almost every Monday night. It was our family night activity and I was so grateful that we got to spend that time with him. Mackenzie would always be really excited to see him and the dogs that were there of course. Also, Kurtis flew home with Mackenzie, Shelby and I. Ryan, wasn't able to come, and I was so happy that Kurtis could come with us. I don't know what I would have done without his help. I was pretty flustered with a two year old and a newborn and Kurtis just took Shelby and held her the whole time. What a great uncle and brother.

The Atkin Fam Blog

Saturday, August 23, 2008

GG and great grand kids

Morgan Olivia Kelley Has Arrived!!!

Friday, August 22, 2008

sad we aren't there too!

Silly Ellie

Thursday, August 21, 2008

grandkids at the creek

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Wedding Cake By Angie

Great Grandma & Grandpa Atkin

Half of the grandkids on Great Grandmas porch

Papa and grandkids on the trampoline

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Chico Catering Company

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

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