Kiora and Copper

Kiora lounging with Copper our new 9 week old Golden Retriever puppy.

Copper our new Golden pulling an alligator toy! So adorable!

Our new 9week old Golden Retriever puppy named Copper is enjoying one of Kiora's new Christmas toys! So cute how he knows how to pull it around. He loves to chase this alligator when the boys are pulling it, but when they are tired.... Copper can take over. Kiora likes to share and thinks it is funny.

'Copper' and Tim on Christmas day! Copper is 9 weeks old!'

Copper was the favorite gift this year. Tim's new Golden Retriever puppy was on everyone's favorites list actually! He is very loved!

Our newest family member our new Golden Retriever Puppy! Merry Christmas to us

Tim and our new Golden Retriever Puppy at the breeders home at six weeks! Any name suggestions?? I will post current pics (now at nine weeks) soon! I knew we couldnt wait until Christmas morning. The kids are adoring him. Such a beautiful golden!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Christmas Letter 2009!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Instead of an actual letter, I've decided to write this holiday blog instead. :) I have enjoyed making Christmas Cards online and am enjoying mailing them out through Hallmark.com! Yea for the ease of the internet!!!! I know not everyone enjoys reading these online, so to those, I apologize. Maybe next year I will actually print one! I will add to this letter soon with more events of 2009... plus I need to update this entire blog MAJORLY! I have fallen very behind. So.... If you are reading this know it is a work in progress and I will keep updating! Til then... Merry Christmas!!!
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K... for keeping in touch:
Tim - tlbliss@yahoo.com
Loreen - loreenbliss@loreenbliss.com
Loreen's website - http://www.loreenbliss.com/
Plus, Tim and Loreen are both on facebook, so LOOK US UP!

Also, for those who prefer snail mail:
Tim and Loreen Bliss
173 North 300 West
Delta, UT 84624
Tim's cell: (435) 406-1890
Loreen's cell: (435) 864-8741

OK.... For starters.... I have to say this has been a very fun year! A lot has happened and the kids have grown up sooo much!

Kylie just turned 11 and is in the 5th grade.. and middle school for the first time. She is really enjoying being in such a "grown up" school. She loves her class, her teacher, Mrs. Holman, and being able to be in orchestra for the first time. She is learning the violin so she can "be mom's fiddle player someday!" Loreen loves the sound of that! Kylie still loves to read and is Loreen's big helper! She still loves to sing and has been enjoying clogging again this year.

Julaine is 8 and is in 3rd grade. A highlight of the year for her was being baptized! She was even asked to talk about it during the Primary Program this year. She loves to read, draw, loves horses, and enjoys playing with her siblings. She is a beautiful singer and when Loreen can talk her into it, she will sing for others. She is also taking clogging and is doing wonderfully!

Jaren is also 8 and in the 3rd grade. He was also asked to speak about his baptism for the Primary program and ended up having the whole thing memorized! He loves being in scouts and making things. He is an inventor by heart and is always doing and creating new things. He loves reading and playing with friends and family. He also loves animals and has been begging us for a dog for years. He loves going out to the dairy with Tim and playing with all the animals, especially the horses and the goats.

Logan is 3 and has recently started Pre School, which he loves! He feels so grown up. He is so funny and silly and, like his older brother, loves telling jokes. He always makes his little sister smile and gets the biggest hugs. He is mommies big helper and always does what he is asked. He is very independent and loves being able to do things for himself.

Kiora is almost 18 months old! And wow has time flown! She is running around like crazy and giving hugs to her older siblings. She is happy, smiley, and so friendly with everyone. She loves music and dancing and has definitley got rhythm! She loves carrying things around and is curious about everything. It is fun seeing her strong personality growing and refining... I think we are up for her challenge! Sweet yet strong!

Loreen is keeping busy with five kids, teaching voice lessons, and still performing when she can. The kids have definitely dropped the number of Loreen's performances and songwriting, but the kids are definitely worth it! Loreen has also been busy helping to raise money to restore The Hinckley Academy, a historic building in Hinckley, in hopes to bring a community theatre back to the area, as well as a private school. They are still working on it, but as the current owner hasn't been very willing to drop his atrociously high price, things are going slowly. While financial backing is growing the beautiful building is slowly crumbling into disrepair, locals hearing rumors the owner is just going to tear it down, and Loreen is saddened to see such selfishness in people when others want to better communities! Meanwhile, Loreen has been working with the local 4-H office and is starting up a 4-H Theatre Club in January! Loreen is also enjoying her church Young Women's Music calling. Loreen and Tim have shared their love of the water with the rest of the kids and they are all little fish! Loreen loved spending time on the reservoir with her family and watching them enjoy the water as much as she loves it. The beach visit this year was even funner, but isn't always as accessible and she appreciates living so close to water! :)

Tim is still enjoying the stresses of the dairy :) and hopes things are going to starting looking up. He is a hard worker and makes his family proud with all that he does for them. He has been busy fixing up the house and yard in the Springs and Summers and has more on the to do list coming up. Houses are never ending money pits it seems! We are enjoying all the hard work though and love our home and big beautiful yard! A home theatre has been a favorite project of his and he looks forward to finishing. Sounds and screens are great, but Tim is one that likes to add touches like star ceilings and wall murals! Tim loves to read, enjoys movies and spending time with the family. He is a great example to his scouts at church!

This year has been full of fun travels, visits with family, and enjoyable moments. We are loving the season of CHRISTmas and pray we will all remember the real reason for the season. We hope this holiday season brings peace to your soul and will be a blessing in your lives in the year to come. We love you all!!

Love,

Tim, Loreen, Kylie, Julaine, Jaren, Logan, and Kiora Bliss
2009

Kylie's First Orchestra Concert

Info and Pixs coming soon! She is learning the violin!.....

Blue Notes Christmas Concert 2009

More soon...

Camping in new RV - Zions and Sand Hollow

more.....

Halloween 2009

More soon

California Vacation

Disneyland and Oceanside beach! FUN! Pix soon!

Loreen's 20 yr High School Reunion Trip to Washington

More coming soon.....

Julaine and Jaren are BAPTIZED!

more soon!!

Kiora's First Birthday!

PIX coming soon!

Tim's Dinner Yum. Alaska Fishing Trip 2009

Dinner yum... well to some. Loreen said uggggg disgusting. Dont you know your dinner is staring at you!? Tim has enjoyed his Alaska fishing trip!

May 11th - progress inside The Sno Barn

May 5th - the mural so far and looking at The Sno Barn from across the street!

Nice corner location! 180 East Main Street in Delta, Utah

May 5th - back

May 5 2009 - Main street side of The Sno Barn so far!

May 5th - front of Sno Barn! (So far!) Love the snow Holly painted!!!

Progress is happening not only on the outside but inside as well! I am loving this mural!

May 5 2009 - Snowing on The Sno Barn!

Art by Holly!

Snow on The Sno Barn - May 5 2009. Grand Opening is Sat May 16th!!

More snow by our friend and Artist Holly Hoogs!

Close up of snowflake and fence... more to come! May 2 2009

May 2nd the art begins by Artist Holly Hoogs!

She started with a fence...

The SNO BARN is coming soon!!! Note the different paint colors!

Fresh paint on The Sno Barn comparing the old paint on the sign. May 1, 2009.

Tim and electrician Kevin Walker working on The Sno Barn - May 1 2009

5-1-09. Tim ripped everything out and is completely redooing the inside!

May 1st - Tim in the torn apart Sno Barn. He is redooing the inside!

See where the roof used to be? He going to take those flat boards out and peak the ceiling to make it higher!

May 1 2009 Work on The Sno Barn

May 1, 2009 brings new paint and electrical work to The Sno Barn.

April 28 2009 Getting ready to move!

On April 24, 2009 we purchased "The Sno Barn" Yea! On April 28th we moved it to a new home... the North East corner of Quality Market's parking lot! Here we are getting ready to move it!

April 28 2009 - The transformation begins! On the truck getting ready to move!

The previous location on Main Street... in Carolyn's Upholstry shop... Elaina's mom! Getting ready to move it East down the street to Quality Market's parking lot!

Quality Market and our new location for our Sno Barn!

I LOVE sno cones! Quality is glad we have occupied the North East corner of their parking lot. Tim, Logan, and Kiora by our newly purchased second business, the Sno Barn. This will be a great learning experience for our older kids and an enjoyable one by all!

Our new Sno Barn

Our newly purchsed sno cone business, The Sno Barn, recently moved to the corner of Quality Market's parking lot.

Smilin'Baby on her first Easter! Nine months and just keeps getting cuter!

Kiora's first Easter! I can't believe she is 9 months old! (Since March 29th actually) She is getting so big. She loves pulling herself up to things and standing up! She loved opening up plastic eggs and has really enjoyed this weekend!

Baby's first Easter! April 12 2009. 9 months old!

Kiora's first Easter at 9 months old! She had a blast. She is checking out that plastic Easter egg! We took pics of all the kids on the good camera, so hopefully soon I'll pull them off it and get them posted. Meanwhile I took this with my phone! Big day!

I'm alive! :)

Just wanted to check in and say I haven't abandoned this blog! hee hee. Life is crazy.... I have so many photos to post and even just sending them from my phone hasn't happened lately. I'll catch up. My life has been consumed with the Hinckley Academy Benefit Show that is THIS Friday, March 27, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Delta High School Auditorium here in Delta Utah!
Visit www.hinckleyacademy.com to learn more about our Hinckley Academy Restoration Project and the KD Meyers Foundation, and the newly reformed Great Basin Theatre Company! What have I committed to?! :) Way fun though! Though I do prefer just performing in a show than totally organizing AND performing in a show! Crazy busy!

The show as well as kids activities has just taken all of my time! But, like I said, I want to catch up! Heck, Kiora will be 9 months old at the end of this month!! Time just keeps flying!

I need to post some videos too. I recorded Kerry Manis and I singing and playing a new song (well, I wrote it back in the Fall of 2007, so it's really not too new!) called "Little Town" that I wrote for Hinckley and am singing this Friday AND, I recorded a video just today of me, Kylie, Julaine, and yes, even JAREN, singing "We'll bring the world His truth." High Councilman Brother Dutson asked us to sing again with him out at the Deseret/Oasis ward. I recorded a practice and will post it soon! Super cute. Oh, and we will be singing the same song out at the Hinckley Ward next Sunday.

Kiora is 7 months old today!

Kiora is already 7 months old! I've said it many times but I just can't believe how time is just flying! She likes to babble and gets pretty loud, say da da, laugh, play with her tongue, sit and bounce along with music. She loves to try new foods and reaches for everything! She adores her older siblings just as they adore her. She is held probably more than any of the other kids ever were which probably explains why she isnt crawling! When she does enjoy floor time she seems to know just how to wiggle and scoot to be able to reach the toy she wants. She loves her musical stage, her hungry caterpillar and Mortimer the Moose and anything with music or lights! No teeth yet but chews on anything and everything. She is so happy and content and knows she is loved!

Kylie announcing she made the school play!

:) OK ... even I can't understand her at first over all the excitement, but Kylie is extremely happy that she will be playing Little Red Riding Hood in the 4th and 5th grade play! Also, Kiora, who is facinated with something on the ground (?), turned 7 months old today!!! My how time flies! Crazy that my oldest is ten already. I still remember when Kylie was Kiora's age!!

Happy day for my oldest and youngest!

Well, not only is Kiora 7 months old today!!!..... Kylie got home from school and announced that she had made the school's 4th and 5th grade play and had gotten the role of Little Red Riding Hood! Kylie is very excited as are we! This is fun timing having her excited about performing in a play at the same time as we are working at recreating the community theatre.

Logan singing 'Twinkle Twinkle little star' 1-26-09

Logan was laying in bed singing this.... it sounded so dang cute I had to get him up so I could record it. Logan is such a sweetie! "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is his favorite song. This and I see the moon which I will have to record sometime too!

The family with Franc D'Ambrosio - the world's longest running Phantom!

Franc D'Ambrosio's Broadway show came to Delta tonight and we took the entire family to see it! Wow! What a tremendous celebration of the music that established Broadway as an American art form. Of course, our favorite songs were from The Phantom of the Opera! He has starred in over 3,000 performances which has earned him the title of the world's longest running Phantom! What an honor for him to share his talent with us. And... believe it or not...all five kids did remarkably well and enjoyed the performance!

Kylie, Julaine and Loreen sang again in church Jan. 11, 2009

Kylie, Julaine, and Loreen singing a Prophet Medley

I recorded our rehearsal the day before, so...here it is... a medley of the hymn "We Thank Thee, Oh God, for a Prophet" and the primary song, "Follow the Prophet."  The actual singing in church turned out really well.  I think I may have mentioned this already, but another high councilman in our ward asked us if we "took this show on the road."  :)  We are singing with him next Sunday out in Sutherland.  He has the same topic of "Follow the Prophet" so it fits perfectly.  The girls really do a great job and I love singing with them.  Layne Dutson, the high councilman we sang with today would like to call on us again, which of course I responded with, anytime! :)

My boys!

Logan (Age 2 ...3 next month!), Jaren (Age 7). Sweet guys! And... very good buddies! I look forward to when Logan is bigger and he and Jaren can do bigger kid stuff together. But until then Jaren does ...um..pretty good...at modifying play to fit a two year old. :) Logan is holding his CTR bear! (Choose The Right)

My girls!

Kylie (Age 10), Julaine (Age 7), and Kiora (6 months). On their Aunt Alayna's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALAYNA! Kylie, Julaine and I sang in church today. It was an arrangement of "We Thank Thee Oh God for a Prophet" and "Follow the Prophet." We recorded a rehearsal yesterday but I had to take a picture if them all dressed up today since their hair wasnt done for the video. Facebook doesnt support my video file extension so I need to figure out how to upload it still. Hopefully blogger will and I can post it to my blog. The girls did a great job and the three of us are quite a team! These three are quite a team too!

Look at how bright the moon is tonight! Just a phone cam but you get the idea!

This was taken with just my phone camera (cropped in) and of course while I went to get my good Canon camera with the huge zoom lense the clouds moved in. :( Perhaps Ill try again later. Guess this is supposed to be the brightest night the moon will shine or something. Know more details?

Wide awake STILL in the early am. Yeah notice the time...

It's nearing 4:30 in the morning and this little bundle of giggles is still awake. Yeah, that's a pacifier in her mouth that really isn't in her mouth... she is just playing with it. They never work on my kids! She wasn't interested in nursing because she was too busy giggling so I gave her something to play with... thus the whole present mis guided purpose of the binky.... hee hee. hmmm I must admit she is super cute when she gurggles and laughs! I'm sure gonna hate getting up in 3 hrs to get my oldest three off to school! Groan.... Im tired! Thank goodness for Tim's help in the mornings! Just had to share!