Deer Valley - Sleeping Arrangements/Menu

First, the sleeping arrangements..... based on 1) Length of Stay

*If you have questions, comments or complaints please call me...733-2556, cell 285-7014

Mom & Dad Banfield - Upstairs Master bath/shower (Non-negotiable)
John/Carolyn - Leather couches upstairs & downstairs family rooms - Bring Sleeping Bags
Verhaaren - King/bath (which all kids can use)
Shepherd - Queen/shower
B&M Banfield - King/shower
Fisher - Saturday - Tuesday & Friday - Sunday (Kids Room/shower - sleeps 5)
Evans - Sunday - Thursday (Office with blow-up mattress, use of master bath)
K&K Banfield - Friday -Sunday - (Office with blow-up mattress, use of master bath)

***GRANDKIDS/COUSINS****
Please bring bedding/sleeping bags/blow-up mattresses, or egg crates for your kids to sleep on in the downstairs family room, there is no carpet, it is a concrete floor, with radiant heat underneath, warm, but hard. They will all sleep in this room, big screen tv, mini-kitchen, fantastic fun, close to steam room too.

MENU
Breakfast - Cereal, waffles, bagels, fruit
Lunch - Sandwiches - meat, cheese & pbj
Dinners(8)
1. Lasagna, french bread, salad, (3)
2. Chicken Enchiladas/rice & beans
3. Grill Hotdogs/hamburgers/chips
4. Mexican Night - Soft Tacos
5. Grilled Chicken/Mashed Potatoes
6. Costco Spiral Hams/Scalloped Potatoes
7. Potato Bar/Chili
8. Beef Stew/rolls/salad

Requests for changes, please call me...

Funeral Services for President Hinckley Announced

Funeral services for President Gordon B. Hinckley, leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who died Sunday evening, will be held this Saturday, February 2, in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City.The proceedings will be broadcast via satellite in 69 languages to over 6,000 Church buildings globally. Brigham Young University’s BYU Television will also broadcast the funeral internationally. Those who attend the funeral services at the Conference Center will need to be in their seats no later than 10:30 a.m. for an 11:00 a.m. start. Seating will be restricted to the 21,000 capacity of the Conference Center. Overflow seating with large screen viewing of proceedings will be offered in the adjacent Tabernacle, Assembly Hall and Conference Center Theater.Between the funeral and graveside services, a program profiling the life and ministry of President Hinckley titled In His Own Words will also be televised.Expressions of sympathy can be emailed to condolences@ldschurch.org or mailed to Church headquarters at 47 East South Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150.President Hinckley’s family members have suggested that in lieu of flowers those who wish to send a memorial gift could donate to the Church’s Perpetual Education, Humanitarian or Missionary funds, or the Gordon B. Hinckley Chair of British Studies at the University

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLYN!!!

We hope that you had a great day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHANDLER!

Happy Birthday Chandler. Hope you had a great Birthday!!!

Italian Adventure

Well we are back from Italy and we enjoyed ourselves all too much. Thought I'd post a few pictures and see what ya'll think of them.

Ahhh...Venice! Beautiful Canals and buildings and of course...beautiful People.

The beautiful Island of Capri off the Amalfi Coast Ahhh.....Cinque Terre....The coast was gorgeous!

Feed the Birds...Euro a Bag! Carolyn hanging out in St. Mark's Square (Venice)

Carolyn at Cinque Terre

The beatiful cliffside village of Manarola...cool buildings huh?

The Leaning Tower of PISA!....WE all helped keep from falling over. WE did what we could.

Mom measuring up.






JOHN...and beautiful Lake Como in the Italian Alps. COLD!

Mom's toy Roman soldier...does he remind of the Lego Maniac?

GELATO!!!!....so many choices...so many consequences...good and bad!

Piazza Navona in Rome. What a cool Christmas Market

John and the Roman Forum...Colliseum in the distance.

Cranberry Salsa

1 (12 oz) bag fresh cranberries
4 small green onions, finely chopped
2 small jalapeno peppers seeded and finely chopped
1/2 C sugar
1/4 C fresh cilantro, finely chopped
2 Tbsp. fresh ginger, finely grated
2 Tbsp. Lemon juice
1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese
1 box Wheat Thins

Rinse, drain, and pick over cranberries, discarding all that are bad or bruised. Place them in the food processor and pulse them until finely chopped but not mushy. In a large bowl, mix in green onions, jalapeno peppers, sugar, cilantro, ginger, lemon juice.Cover and refridgerate for 4 or so hours.Serve over the cream cheese block and eat with Wheat thins.

I'm posting it becuase I don't know when I will be able to make or eat this again. Hope you enjoy the recipe sorry it took so long to give out.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE!

Guess who's 62? Don't let his face fool you. He knows the answer, but might not admit it.

Let me introduce him to you!

He is known as Robert, Dr. Bob, Roberto, Rubber Band, BMOC, The Big Mac Daddy, Raw Buuurt!!and....The Best Dad Ever.

Happy Birthday, Dad.

LOVE,

ALL OF US AT BANFIELD POWER

(p.s.-thanks for the model looks)

Reunion Long Sleeve T-Shirts

Dayle Jackson is going to do the tees for our reunion.

The silk-screen printing will not lay right on a thermal, so we will do a long sleeve tee. The cost will be $8.00 per tee, this is a great price for a custom long sleeve tee!

Sizes are as follows:

Youth
XS - 4-5
S 6-8
M 8-10
L 12-14
XL 16-18 (About the same size as an adult small, just cut wider)

Adult
S
M
L
XL

Design:

Small, on the left side of the chest. We are thinking two skis crossed. On the bottom of one it will read "Banfield Family", the other "Deer Valley". I don't think we'll put a year on it, so we can wear it for many years to come....

We are thinking Navy Blue tees with white lettering. Comments.....I know I'm opening myself up for this one....

Let me know what your family would like to order. I think we will do two group photos while in Deer Valley, one at the beginning of the week with the Evans there, and one at the end of the week with the Prescott Banfields there.

Blessings, Blessings, Blessings

So as most of you know we still own the house in Queen Creek, and even though I wish we still lived there, our Tenants are supposed to be purchasing the house. Although, this process has been going on for about 1-1/2 years it still has not come to fruition, and so we have continued to wait. The nice thing is that our entire mortgage payment is covered so we haven't had to worry about that payment (Blessing #1).

However, recently our tenants decided that they did not want to purchase the house for our agreed upon amount from 1-1/2 years ago; they felt that they should be able to purchase the house for today's appraised value. Because of this new development I started to stress out, and was losing sleep thinking about the problems that this will cause, the extra money for attorney's, and being angry and hurt.

I immediately started looking up home prices in Queen Creek and saw houses comparable to our house were going for $165,000/$175,000. So of course I began losing more sleep. Then Kenyon suggested I talk to his old roommate Nate, who was going to become a real estate attorney (Blessing #2). In speaking with Nate I was reassured that all my documents were fine and I had not done anything wrong, and I wouldn't have to give them back any of their money because I did my contracts correctly. What a relief to receive that reassurance!

When we got the appraisal back I was informed that the house was appraised higher but not high enough to meet our original contract. Since February 2006 the value of the house has dropped $70,000. So I have been praying and praying for everyone's hearts to be softened, that we could all come to an agreement, and that we would not lose any friendships over this.

When we went to the temple on Saturday I even put names on the prayer roll. Sure enough, Wednesday morning rolled around and I received a long email detailing the grievances of our Tenants. Half the problem was that there was miscommunication and misunderstanding. So now, things are fine again, and our Tenant has agreed to follow through with the purchase in a couple of years. Good for us because we will have owned the house for 5 years! and hopefully things will look a little better real estate-wise in Queen Creek.

I am so grateful that Heavenly Father answers and listens to our prayers, and I know that He definitely helped us out in this situation.

BABY K

So since most people have guessed or asked, and we aren't very good at evading...I am pregnant. Things are looking much more promising this time. I don't even hate Kenyon at all this time. However, I feel nauseous sometimes, but am not throwing up. The most difficult thing has been to watch my heart rate during my workouts, and being really tired all the time. But YEA! August 19th is the date.