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.

" PEACE OUT!"

Kristen and Kelly

"Black widows... let's ride!"

The Song

Sorry about that song I always leave the volume off on my computer and so I didn't realize how annoying it was. So, I deleted the other slideshow, and the song is gone. However, I put the new slideshow up just in case someone wants to make one. :)

If we want a song for our blog I can put one up. We can have a playlist posted to our site...let me know.

Here are a few pictures to make you say WOW...and others to make you chuckle!
We are F-A-M-I-L-Y!

HUBBA, HUBBA DING DING!!!!

Who is that?????!!!!!! It's ANSEL

Look at that perfect little tongue!

Miss Mikelle showing us the 'ole pull your ear trick!

Check out my Slide Show!

EVANS FAMILY PHOTOS

The Evans Crew

The gals

Three Amigos

My sweet boys

Thought everyone might want some updated photos of our family! :)

Hope everyone is well. This site is AWESOME to have! YEAH for Karyn and Kenyon being so

technologically advanced! Thanks so much!

Johnathan Brian Evans Baptism!

Saturday, February 2nd 3 p.m. Church Building on 32nd Street & almost to McDowell.

Party afterwards....of course....Evans Style!

Love of the Picture of Watson Lake

Nice work on the website Karyn! We'll send a family picture this week. I'm wondering if it might be possible to change the song on the website. Rob and I have been singing this song for the last few days and we can't get it out of our heads.....I guess we're mental!

JOHNATHAN'S BAPTISM

Hi Everyone!

Okay...here's the scoop... Johnathan will be baptized on Saturday, February 2nd, at 3:00 pm. The church on 32nd street, next to Ishikawa elementary is where it will be held. We will gather afterward at our home for the usual festivities.( Early dinner,dessert,and FUN!!!) You might want to bring a change of clothes if you plan to stay for games , DDR, and round two of food! Hope to see everyone!

Ski/Snowboard Plans

Evans
Monday & Tuesday - Snowboarding Lessons For All....

Shepherd
Monday & Tuesday - The Canyons (Daycare Reservation)
(Chandler - Snowboarding Lessons, Savannah - Ski Lessons, Kristen & Kelly - Ski)

Verhaaren
Monday & Tuesday - The Canyons (Daycare Reservation) Kids 2-6 Ski Free
Friday - Deer Valley (Daycare Reservation)
Park City? Kids 2-6 Ski Free

1st "Unofficial" Banfield Family Reunion - Oodles of Information

Reunion Dates: Evening, Saturday, March 15th - Easter Sunday, March 22nd
(We will be arriving on Saturday and probably leaving on Saturday/Sunday undecided Re: Easter?)

The address is:
1486 Seasons Drive
Park City, Utah
The home is located on April Mountain.

Directions:
I-15 North to Salt Lake City
R-I-80 East
R-Kimball Junction Highway 224 (Stay on 224, it will weave through Park City, stay on it until you come to a round-about, follow the sign that says to "Deer Valley", you will be on Deer Valley Drive.
L - Mellow Mountain Road (You will head straight up the mountain 4WD will be good if it snows)
R-April Mountain Road
R-Seasons Drive (1486 Seasons Drive)

Bridget's Cell (480) 285-7014
Rob's Cell (480) 285-7015
Call if you get lost!

The three closest ski resorts from the home are:
1) Deer Valley www.deervalley.com (5 minutes) (Child Care)
2) Park City Mountain www.parkcitymountain.com (10 minutes) (No Child Care) 2-6 Ski Free
3) The Canyons www.thecanyons.com (15 minutes) (Child Care)

FYI: Utah Costco has lift pass deals $219 for 5 lift passes - Park City, $60-2 child lift passes & $99-2 Adult Lift Passes - The Canyons
Equipment Rentals: The resorts have the nicest equipment for the most expensive price.
See-n-Ski (google it, great ski rental deals for the week, you will want to rent the performance packages, the basic packages are OLD. If you book online, 20% discount, plus they sell discount lift tickets, usually $5 off the regular price. Although, you have to purchase the lift tickets for the Park City Resorts in Salt Lake City off of 9400 South.)

Childcare Agencies:
Guardian Angels (435) 640-1229 $15 per hour (At home/$10 Transportation Fee)
Park City Clubhouse (435) 940-1607 $14 per hour (Drop-in)

*You may want to consider making babysitting/lesson reservations soon. March is considered High Season, just like the Holiday High Season.

Costs: $150 Per Family due March 1st
Cleaning: $30 Cleaning Service
Food: $120 Per Family
After much deliberation, this is how we plan to organize food for the reunion.
We will create a menu for the week as a group. (Please email your family's favorite meals.) The Verhaaren's will grocery shop in Utah on Saturday, March 15th transport groceries to the home. When you arrive, we will be fully stocked for the week. All groceries will be in common to avoid duplication. We will work together preparing meals.

Breakfast: Milk, Juice, Cereal, Waffle Mix, Syrup, Bagels, Cream Cheese, Oatmeal
Lunch: PB&J, Turkey, Ham, Cheese, Mayo, Mustard, Chips
Dinner: 1) Lasagna, bread, salad (8 Dinners/7 Lunches/8 Breakfasts)
Snacks: Fruit, granola bars,

PLEASE EMAIL YOUR MENU REQUESTS!

Families staying part of the week, will pay a portion of cost posted above.

Confirmed so far:
Shepherd Family - week
B& M Banfield Family - week
Verhaaren Family -week
Evans - Sunday Night - Wednesday Morning

The home has 5 bedrooms/8 bathrooms

Please plan on bringing bedding and air-mattresses for the kids to sleep on in the family room downstairs. There are two long leather couches (John/Carolyn?)

That's it for now! Call or email me with questions!

Don't forget your swimsuits - HOT TUB!