Merry Christmas!!

Yep, that's right! As illustrated in the picture above, Baby #4 is on the way!!! Jenny is about 2.5 months pregnant. It's been hard to keep this one a secret with all the baby talk in the air. We're glad to finally get the news out. Holding Baby Will, having Melinda pregnant, and now with Morgan and Bethany's news of their first one on the way, we could hardly stand it. We hope you all have had a most wonderful Christmas! We love you all and are looking forward to seeing most of you on New Years.

Love,

Bry & Jen

IT'S THE 1ST "EMPTY NESTER" CHRISTMAS!

Yo Fam...

It's pretty quiet in this 'ole house without you kids. But your angel mother has things looking pretty sweet. The stairs were a little less crowded, yet the excitement was just as high. SBJ's "ciminum rolls" rocked the planet. The fire was warm - and so are our hearts. And yes, Santa did drop by.

Merry Christmas to you all! We love you dearly...Mom and Pops

William Ted Quigley is here!

Brit set a new hospital record for speedy delivery after being induced. She received Pitocin at 7:30 AM and Will was born at 8:20 AM! The little guy met harsh reality immediately when his umbilical cord wrapped around his throat and prevented his breathing and blood flow. He came out completely blue and didn't breath for the first full minute. After about 45 seconds and no response, me, the doctor, and all seven of the nurses were beginning to get a bit anxious, but when I turned to Brit and asked, "How you doing babe?" She calmly responded, "He'll be fine." She was right. His perfect Eli-clone cry split the silence within seconds of her declaration and life began for the little guy. He spent his first three hours in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit for precautionary purposes, but within 30 minutes of taking his first breath became pink and beautiful. Brit had a dream that Will was black and hairy - turns out he was blue and blond . . .

7 pounds 14 ounces plus 20.5 inches long makes him the runt of our family so far. He nursed without any problems and cuddled everybody who held him throughout his first day without any fussiness. In fact the first time we heard his voice after the labor and delivery room was when he cood upon meeting his big sister.
Thanks to all the local family who came to share in this beautiful day. It's awesome to have you close and know that you love my kids as much as I do. Thanks Nons and Reese for the beautiful roses for my woman. I don't know why, but it's comforting knowing that there are so many that love him in this world, even though he's brand new to it. Also a special thanks to Mom Larsen for sacrificing her last work week to help out with Em and Eli (we'll try not to let your joy leak back to your principal).

PS. Eli was forbidden to bring any batons into the mother and baby section of the hospital, but he did the best he could with what he had - his arm. I love the innocence on his face and the expression on Brit's. Once again, priceless.

The Best Gift...

It's official...

Will's Birthday will be Monday, December 17th!!!

I went to the doctor yesterday and he said I had progressed sufficiently to schedule me to be induced on Monday morning at 7:00am. (If he doesn't see me before.) So be expecting a call sometime that day to find out about the arrival of the newest Quigley. We are really excited and I have been really thankful to beable to plan so Em and Eli are taken care of. (My mom will be out on Sunday night and can stay all week.) Garth has his last order day on Tuesday the 18th so he will get done just in time to take us home from the hospital. It has been great timing, just enough to get everything done we need to over the weekend but not too long to wait till we get to meet the boy! Then we get to sit back and enjoy the best Christmas gift we could have ever hoped for. We still don't plan on going anywhere over the break so we are really going to miss out on alot. Don't have too much fun without us and know that there is an open invitation to anyone who wants to visit at anytime!!!
We love you all!!
Brit

Thanks everybody who helped.

I just wanted to thank those who called, prayed, and helped in any other way with my surgery last week. Its been a bit of a roller coaster pain wise but I'm now walking mostly without crutches. Now we just need to cross our fingers and hope that the nail is in correctly so as to minimize long term pain.
As some of you know my Dr. let me keep the nail and screws that he took out and I think they are freaking amazing. Especially knowing that they were in my body a week ago. Here are some pics of them. The long rod is actually called a nail and the screws look like they picked them up at the local Ace hardware but of course they weren't and instead of costing a couple cents, they cost me several thousand dollars.

FYI - Cabin Invite

Hey fam, just wanted to let you all know that we are headed up to Island Park to stay with Morgan and Bethany in her family cabin. We will arrive evening of Wednesday, December 19th and go home on Saturday, December 22nd. Just wanted to invite all who would be interested.
-Law & Gwen

It's WHACK to be a big sister.

It's hard not to laugh. My favorite part is the sheer enthusiasm in Eli's voice when he discovers what was once lost under the bed. "There it is!" Classic footage compliments of Brit.

Who you got for Christmas?

So Lee and I couldn't remember who had whom for Christmas so he called mom. This is what we figured out.

The Best Reason for Umbrellas at the Beach....

Happy Birthday Scott.

~Greg

Happy Birthday Don Jordo!

From Greg & Melinda

Reunion 2008

Reunion info page has been updated with this year's reunion information.

Bryant...

Hello everyone!

I finally replaced our computer so I'm plugged into the world again. I've been hearing about this family blog and thought I'd check it out. Seems like a pretty useful tool for the family. I'll start updating the calender. Just so you all know, my new email address is bryantquigley@gmail.com. Jenny is still using quigs22@hotmail.com for now. I don't have any of your email addresses so please send me an email and I'll make a family distribution list.

Between work, church, & school, things have gotten pretty busy around here. I like the idea of being able to jump online to check out how the fam is doing. Thanks for the pictures!

Love you all,

Bryant

Family Fund

Happy Holidays!

This is a friendly reminder to remember the family fund! Reese, Morgan, and the parents have paid their 2007 tabs. For the rest of us, if we can't pay now, let's put it into our financial plans for the new year! Call me if you have questions on your account.

Love,

Non

Reunion 2008

Since everyone seems to be checking this site pretty regularly, I thought I would mention that I updated some info on our plans for the reunion next year. There isn't a need to say everything twice so check it out. Sorry for my long rant...you'll see. (It's on the reunion info page)
~Greg

Thanksgiving in Island Park

The swans trumpeted, the fish jumped, and the snow fell. Thanksgiving in Island Park was amazing. The only thing that could have made it better would have been having more of you all there. Being at the cabin definitely eased our disappointment of not being able to be in California.

We woke up to snow Tuesday morning (day of our Thanksgiving) and the boys went bananas when they realized we could go out and play in it.



Brenden loved getting in on the snow throwing and only grimaced for a minute when Bethany got a little snow on his face. He told her off (of course) but was smiling and laughing again right away.





Up the road at Big Springs the snow was deeper. The fish under the bridge there are FAT and greedy. They loved the pancake/cat food lunch we brought them. (What a combo eh? Don't worry our Thanksgiving feast was much much better.) The falling snow made for beautiful pictures. I'll post more of my favorites on my site. I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving too!

some after t-day thoughts from pops

Yo Fam…

Recently, the Eagles re-landed in the most unexpected spot – Wal-Mart – yes indeed. Turns out that one of the best rock bands on the planet inked an exclusive contract with Wally World to distribute their newest double CD set. Here’s my spin on it.

You all know that Mom, I and Unca Randy are huge Eagles fans. We went into mourning when they broke up many years ago due to internal squabbling and not getting along. Their exact quoted answer about the timing of getting back together was “when hell freezes over”.

Well, the fan base rejoiced with their new release a few years back entitled “Hell Freezes Over”. We even went to see them live on their reunion tour. After so many years apart doing solo gigs, the Eagles resumed without a hiccup. Several years have passed since then which brings us current to the Wal-Mart release of a few weeks ago.

SBJ and I were presented with a copy of the newest “Long Road from Eden” by my bro. Way cool! We finally got a moment last Saturday while traveling to Boise for Dylan and Gaven’s Hogwarts B-day breakfast to listen to it together. Put it in at the Flying J onramp and finished while passing the Stage Stop exit…a double CD delight of vintage Eagles sound.

I couldn’t refrain from tearing up a time or two on that trip. Those boys still got it! Tight harmonies, crisp full sounds, strong and vibrant vocal leads, impeccable guitar licks, rich rhythms within the “sweet and easy feelings” the band is known for, poetic word placement complete with punchy power welcoming us back to the ‘otel California. A double WOW delight, all for $11.99. I haven’t enjoyed listening to the stereo this much since Gwen and Law gave me “The Best of Police” double CD (which is awesome by the way) for my last B-day!

You kids grew up listening to the older Eagles tunes. I encourage you to enter the brave new world of retro rockers and soar with the Eagles. “Take it to the limit one more time" if you get a chance. Surely brought back some pleasant memories for me and Mom – like a new look at our old, then young - now grown up friends…you kids. Enjoy!



Love, pops



ps...still can't believe that i'm a freeking blogger! you kids rock!!

Life's Greatest Blessings!!

At this season of Thanksgiving, we find ourselves most grateful for:

Lindsey Jo
Connor Lawrence
Oakley Deoine
Gracie Gwen
Gunnar Mack

Our hearts are full as we think of the greatest joy that has come into our lives, OUR CHILDREN. We cannot express how each child of ours has truly blessed our lives and filled us with so much JOY!! We never thought we could love so much. It just keeps getting better with each one that comes to be with our family. We are so GRATEFUL!! Words cannot express!

Love you all!

Lawrence and Gwen

Counting Blessings @ Thanksgiving Time

My heart is full of Thanks!
First, for my wonderful eternal companion whom I keep thinking that I couldn't love any more, but cherish greater each passing day! (Thank goodness we have an eternity to get things figured out!) He has always been so unselfish; hard working to take care of us (which hasn't been an easy task!) along with all of the neighbors, employees, and friends in the community; willing to take time with the family even when he was in demanding church leadership or heavily involved with community service...which has always been the case!; an amazing support to me in my opportunities to serve; always encouraging me to learn new things and be involved outside the home; has never criticized me and has always championed all that I do; the list could go on forever! What a great companion the Lord gave me! I love you Quiggy!!!
Second, for our dear wonderful valiant children! We are both most grateful! We cherish you and all of the good things that we learn from you. You truly amaze us! You are so strong; hard-working; great parents; friends to each other; taking good care of your sweethearts; serving where and when the Lord asks you to; productive homemakers and providers; always learning and growing and helping your parents try to keep up; the list could go on and on with you as well!!! For you we pray three times a day because you are at a place where the adversary works the hardest in his efforts to destroy the family! Keep up the good work!!!
Third, of course, are those dear sweet grand children!!! Wow! How blessed we are! They are so beautiful, handsome, intelligent, trusting, obedient, talented....to name just a few things. They truly bring us great joy!!! And are a huge credit to their parents!
Fourth, is a profound gratitude for our parents! They are the reason we are who we are; their sacrifice has been great; and they are an example of enduring well to the end. We honor them!
For these four things I am most grateful! Indeed, I am very thankful to live at this time on the earth when we can communicate daily in so many ways with each other. It's almost as if we are still all under the same roof when we take advantage of the great technological mediums. I am so thankful to live in this great country. Even with all of it's problems, it is still the greatest country on the earth! I am so thankful for the gospel....what a blessing to have the knowledge that it has given us in raising our children, learning and growing personally, and in developing our relationships with each other and those around us.
Yes, I'm am definitely counting my blessings!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! With much love, Mom

Pancakes, sausage, and eggs...oh my!

Camping breakfasts are where it's at. I've had a hankering for a really good breakfast ever since we found out about Gavin and Dylan's Hogwarts Breakfast birthday party. Hopefully there will be a plethora of hash browns tomorrow. :) The grandkids are all growing up so fast. This old picture of Connor kills me. When did he have those cheeks?!

melinda

Reminiscing about the blue shirts

Melinda's picture of all of you on the stairs is indeed the Idaho Trip! You were dressed in matching shirts so that no one would get lost and so that we could pick everyone out quickly in a crowd.... Eventhough we were our own crowd! It's amazing how hard it was to make sure there were 8 blue shirts every time we went around a corner. I guess Melinda and Lee's shorts were a bit short. My favorite part of the picture is your Dad laying on the stairs and Mignon's hair! That picture was taken at a bed and breakfast that we stayed at. We were just coming down for breakfast and the people already down in the breakfast room were amazed at the sight of all of you on the stairs. Those were definitely great times!!! Love you all, Mom

Island Park

Hey family, Jordan and I spent most of the weekend up at the Call Cabin in Island Park with Morgan and Bethany. We are pretty hooked on hanging out up there. Nothing beats being cozy in the cabin with family. We love that Morgan and Bethany are so close now! It is a blast! We went to church in Island Park this morning and then went and fed the fish. Here's a video to document the coolness factor. Sorry, my commentary is kind of cheesy. Okay, it's really cheesy, but for the sake of sharing priceless moments, here goes! XOXO, Reese

Nutcracker Ballet / Tavaci Christmas Concert

Here's some Gunderson Family info: Lindsey is dancing in the Nutcracker Ballet this year as a Soldier and a Chinese Dancer. She is so excited!! Dates/times are:

Friday, November 30th: 6 p.m.
Saturday, December 1st: 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Tickets are $8.50/Adult and $6.oo/Children (11 and under). I think kids 2 and under are free. Let me know ASAP if you are interested in tickets.

If you want to make a weekend of it, you could go to the Ballet on Friday night and stay and watch the BYU Cougs vs. San Diego State Game here at our house on Saturday.

Also, Gracie, Oakley, Connor and Lindsey will all be singing in the Tavaci Christmas Concert on Saturday, December 15th at 4 p.m. It is a FREE concert and is always really fun to kick off the holidays.

NO PRESSURE for any of these occasions, just wanted to let you know what's going on in our neck of the woods. Love you all.

-Gwenny

Motley Crew

Sometimes I think about us traveling as a family with so many kids. I laugh and think we must have been quite the spectacle. Then I see pictures like this. "Spectacle" just isn't enough to describe it. Why do we all match? And why aren't Bryant and I wearing any pants? Even though we all looked retarded (and we all did... with the exception of Reese and maybe Mork), we still had a pretty good time together. I'm 98% sure this picture was taken on our Idaho trip. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Melinda

Thanks for creating this site. I'm not much of a blogger but I love the calendar. I saw that Lindsey is in the Nutcracker, Bethany and I want to see the nutcracker anyway so now we'd love to drive to Gwen's and see Lindsay in it. And with Reese and Jordino on the calendar to go to Boise the Boise crew can see that and try to plan some time off to chill with them.
Well happy November 8th!

the Cougs

So I've been lucky enough to go to 4 BYU football games this year - Arizona, UCLA, Eastern Washington, and Colorado State. Greg's dad has brokered a deal with Ted for season tickets for the last 4 years and it's been sweet to be able to head down and support the alma-mater whenever I get a chance. I took this sweet pick of Cosmo at the game and thought I'd share it with you all.

I've gone with Law and Lee and obviously Ted. If you ever get a hankering to head down to a game let me know, I'd love to have anybody come and we can always buy extra tickets and make room.

The Blog

Hey I love this idea. What do you think about changing the permissions so that everybody can log in with their own google account? All you have to do is email an invitation to each of us and we can log in with existing account or create one for those that don't. That way instead of every post having "posted by quigclan" it would have our name associated with the post and comment.

GQ

The Number 20.

Biology

• The number of proteinogenic amino acids that are encoded by the standard genetic code.
• The number 20 is used as an index in measuring visual acuity. 20/20 indicates normal vision at 20 feet, although it is commonly used to mean "perfect vision" (Note that this applies only to countries using the Imperial system. The metric equivalent is 6/6). When someone is able to see only after an event how things turned out, that person is often said to have had "20/20 hindsight".
• There are 20 baby teeth in the deciduous dentition.

In religion

Age 20 is the age at which Levites in the time of King David were allowed "to do the work for the service of the house of the Lord", the Temple in Jerusalem (see First Chronicles Chapter 24, verses 24 and 27). In the time of Ezra and Nehemiah, following the Babylonian captivity, it was Levites from the age of 20 upwards who were assigned "to oversee the work of the house of the LORD" (Ezra Chapter 3, verse 8.

In sports

• 20 is the retired number of Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders, formerly of the Detroit Lions.
• The retired number of former baseball stars Frank Robinson, Mike Schmidt, Mark Fidrych and Lou Brock.
• 20 is the number of Tony Stewart's 2-time winning NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series car.
• The Twenty20 Cup is a form of limited Overs Cricket where each team plays only 20 Overs.
• The number of NFL stars Ed Reed, Ronde Barber and Brian Dawkins.
• 20 is the number worn by NBA player Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs.
• 20 is the iconic number worn by football player Ole Gunnar Solskjær of Manchester United.
• 20 is the number worn by New York Yankees all-star catcher Jorge Posada.
• A twenty-game winner (pitcher) in baseball is acclaimed as having reached a milestone in a season. The most remarkable of 20-game winners was probably Hank Borowy, who won 10 games with the Yankees in 1945 before being put on waivers, then signed with the Cubs and won 11 more games playing the rest of the season. He had been in the World Series with the Yanks and played for Chicago in the '45 Series as well.

In other fields

• The number of twenty can also be called a score, (as Abraham Lincoln did in his Gettysburg Address).
• In a game of chess both players have 20 first moves from which to choose
• Twenty questions is a popular party game
• Twenty is the age of majority in Japanese tradition. Someone who is exactly twenty years old is described as hatachi
• The "Twenty Year Curse" refers to the pattern of presidents of the United States who assumed office in 1840, 1860, 1880, 1900, 1920, 1940, and 1960 to die in office. This pattern ended with the 1980 presidency of Reagan, who survived his time in office and, notably, an attempted assassination.
• Bands with the number twenty in their name include Matchbox Twenty
• A 20-minute-long entertainment program shown before some films playing in United Artists movie theaters is called "The Twenty" (spelled "The 20wenty")
• Yan Tan Tethera is a 20-word jingle for counting sheep
• 20/20 is a late-night newsmagazine program on the ABC network, that has been hosted by Barbara Walters, Hugh Downs, Elizabeth Vargas, and others
• In the roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons, twenty-sided dice play a pivotal role in gameplay, and to "roll a twenty" is significant to the point that it is sometimes used in other, usually related, contexts, similar to the use of "doubles" in reference to Monopoly.

20 is:

• Twenty, a village in Lincolnshire
• In the United States Constitution, $20 is the threshold value of civil disputes above which the right to trial by jury is preserved
• A denomination of U.S. dollar featuring Andrew Jackson's portrait
• A denomination of Pound sterling featuring Adam Smith's portrait
• The code for international direct dial phone calls to Egypt
• The designation of Interstate 20, a freeway that runs from Texas to South Carolina
• 20 (album), a 1988 album by Harry Connick, Jr.
• Twenty (album), a 1997 album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• CB radio jargon for "a place", being short for "10-20", used in reference to a person or object's location

......or could it just mean that the 20th Quigley grandchild is on the way?

~Greg

Happy Halloween

Death-by-bachia

"Green thumb" has never been associated with my name. I am a plant killer. So maybe you can understand why it was such a shock to see my Dieffenbachia plant actually send up a shoot. Apparently I'm just good at growing the poisonous variety. :) Thanks for the plant Mom and Dad...it's been pretty fun to watch our little sprout grow.

Melinda