April 2018

Easter was on April 1st and Skittles was thrilled to be dressing up in her bunny costume, LOL!




The kids got lots of candy and adorable chocolate bunnies in little wooden hutches.


On the 4th, we went to baby animal days.






And stopped by the cheese factory, of course.


On April 12th, Tony's dad had another stroke and passed away at his home.

Larry James Braegger

DECEMBER 8, 1943 ~ APRIL 12, 2018 (AGE 74)

Our loving husband, father, grandpa & great-grandpa Larry James Braegger passed away on April 12, 2018. He was born December 8, 1943 in Brigham City, UT to James E. & Betty Alice Day Braegger.

He was raised in Willard, UT and graduated from Box Elder High School in 1962. After graduation he join the Navy, during boot camp training he was honorably discharged due to an accident. In 1965 he met the love of his love and eternal companion Lana Mitchell. They were married February 5, 1966 in Ogden, UT. Their marriage was solemnized in the Ogden LDS Temple August 5, 1978. They were happily married for 52 years.

In his earlier years he worked for P.I.E. trucking company, he enjoyed driving truck and often shared stories of places he has seen over the years. After P.I.E. he opened his own business, Bond Collections that he ran with his wife. He later became an investigator and changed the company name to DICI LLC (Diversified Investigations Consultants Information, LLC). Larry worked for South Ogden City as a warrants officer for 10 years, he truly loved working with the officers and valued their life-long friendships. He graduated from the U.S. Marshall’s Academy in Georgia. Larry had a gift for investigating & finding people.

Larry loved Christmas, he truly was Santa Claus. His office is decorated with Christmas decorations and bears year round. He embraced the true spirit of Christmas and enjoyed giving joy to others. He was very generous & helped anyone in need. We will forever miss our jolly Santa Claus. Larry enjoyed taking “Old Rickety” (his RV) up to the Uintah Mountains to go camping & fishing or just to take the kids “duck hunting” to shoot their shotguns. He loved spending time with his family, many memories we will cherish. Larry loved watching the Jazz and was a Chicago Bears fan.

Larry was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and is a member of the Burch Creek 3rd Ward. He held many positions throughout his life; Boy Scout Leader, Sunday School Teacher, Elder’s Quorum Secretary.

We love you very much and look forward to the day when we are together again.

Larry is survived by his wife Lana, 2 daughters and one son; Tina (Brian) Hood, Tammy Braegger, Tony (Emily) Braegger; sibling Peggy (Stephen) Monsen; Grandchildren, Jason (Athena), Tyler, Chelsea (Brian), Zach, Faith, & Christian. Great-Grandchildren, Riley, Draven, Liam & Lex.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 18th at 11 a.m. at the Burch Creek 3rd Ward, 5161 South 1300 East, South Ogden. A viewing will be held on Tuesday, April 17th from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Wednesday, April 18th from 10 to 10:45 a.m.

On the 18th was the funeral. It was a beautiful service with a highlight of Tony telling funny storied about his dad.


Christian had a ballroom recital on the 19th. This Newsies number was especially adorable!




April 21st and Skittle love her some gamer's lap!







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March 2018

1st of March was "In like a lion" day so I made a sweet pepper and hummus snack.


The 2nd was Dr. Seuss Day so Christian tried his hand at fancy pancake art:


We ate green (deviled) eggs and ham for dinner along with some strawberry banana stacks which were supposed to resemble Cat in the Hat's hat.


We dyed the outside of the eggs as well this time!


March 3rd was Skittles' sixth birthday. Bud made her an awesome hat


and a cake!






We took her to PetCo and tried on outfits.


The Chewbacca costume had to come home with us, it was just too adorable!


We love Pi Day, so we celebrated with (chiffon cheesecake) pie with blueberry topping on the 14th.


March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, fell on a Saturday this year so I had extra time for breakfast. Green pop-up pancakes and smoothies along with bacon, eggs, and mini hashbrowns.


Dinner was silly, per the usual!








I was most proud of our healthy fruit and vegetable rainbow appetizers:




The 24th was Easter dinner and egg hunt at Braeggers.




And on March 30th the kids stuck toothpicks into Peeps and then microwaved them to watch them "joust" LOL!

February 2018

We celebrated February 2nd as usual for Groundhog Day.  I didn’t get too crazy with it, mainly because it was requested by a couple of family members NOT to have meatloaf in the shape of a Groundhog. Also because I spent all day working, then volunteering at the elementary book fair. We did have some delicious Parmesan garlic beef and vegetable skewers and grilled pineapple instead. For the groundhog theme, we had Groundhog S'mores and watched Groundhog Day.

On the 13th,  we celebrated Mardi Gras with a pancake Tuesday breakfast, jambalaya dinner, and a sopapilla  cheesecake made into a king cake (totally ripped off this idea from Joy). Christian’s tiny Lego creation he wittily named toy Yoda stepped in for baby Jesus hidden in the cake again this year. Faith was the lucky finder! 

Valentine's Day started with a quick heart themed breakfast (that's microwave bacon and Toaster Strudels).

I talked Christian into one final photo Valentine and he chose slime in heart-shaped containers for the treat and this message:

So funny that he has slime dripping off his fingers as the pose :D

Tony came through with his traditional gifts of See's chocolate hearts and suckers.

Our "romantic" dinner was salmon instead of our usual spaghetti.

And Bud is classy as ever with the sparking cider!

Tammy and grandma doorbell ditched and left awesome goodies!

We celebrated Chinese New Year on the 16th by visiting Ocean Mart in Roy which is a huge grocery store of Asian products. We loved the giant Budda at the front of the store

and we purchased an array of products to try, as well as some decor.

We cheated with dinner, having Panda Express takeout.

On the 17th we all drug our mattresses into the family room and had a movie night sleepover!

February 19th was Presidents' Day. We had patriotic waffles and some sausage in the shape of a log cabin for breakfast, watched North by Northwest (it has Mt. Rushmore, so that counts, right?) and Christian did a white house craft.