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Preston with Tyson and Kim's family

2011-10-05T12:45:00.000-07:00

Kim holding Ridge, Preston holding Annie and Jensen, Tyson holding Brighton

2011-10-05T12:43:00.000-07:00

Preston meeting Ridge with Tyson and Kim and Annie

MaryAnn and Preston

2011-10-05T12:42:00.000-07:00

Preston's arrival

2011-10-05T12:41:00.000-07:00

Lindsey, Brynn, Trisha, Sara holding Beau, and Buddy waiting to greet Preston!

Waiting patiently for Preston!

2011-10-05T12:38:00.000-07:00

These are my five oldest grandchildren at the airport waiting patiently for ELDER HAWS to walk off the airplane. From left to right we have: Max and Chloe (who belong to Buddy and Sara) Annie, Jensen, and Brighton (who belong to Tyson and Kim). Both Buddy and Tyson each have a new baby as well but they were in the arms of their moms).

Preston returning from ALABAMA

2011-10-05T12:35:00.000-07:00

Aug 18, 2011 was a great day for our family! Preston returned from his mission to Alabama.This is us at the airport greeting him! It was pure joy!

My awesome familly!

2011-09-19T09:40:00.000-07:00

This was taken when Preston returned from his mission. It is all of TAPP (Ted and Pat's Posterity) with the addition of Thomas Barmettler who is our foreign exchange student from Switzerland. So this is the line up: Back row L to R: Trisha, Brynn, Maryann, Ted, Pat, Preston, Lindsey, Robyn. Middle Row L to R: Annie, Dallin, Thomas, Max, Chloe. Front Row L to R: Kim holding Ridge, Tyson with Brighton in front of him, Jensen, Sara, Buddy holding Beau.

Aug 21, 2011

2011-09-19T09:36:00.000-07:00

This is the entire Ted and Pat Haws family....with one addition....We have a foreign exchange named Thomas with us this year. He is in the middle next to Dallin and he is from Switzerland. We are happy he joined our family for this year.

H is for HAWS!

2011-09-19T09:34:00.000-07:00

Here we have the Ted Haws family in formation of an "H"

The whole Ted Haws BUNCH

2011-09-19T09:33:00.000-07:00

This is a traditional poise that we like to do. We started doing it when Sara joined the family. This year we had to get another chair in front for the grandchildren to get another line going.

My seven grandchildren!

2011-09-19T09:31:00.000-07:00

Here we have them....all seven of my wonderful grandchildren laying on the grass in front of our home.

Ted and Pat Haws family Aug 20, 2011

2011-09-19T09:30:00.000-07:00

Here we have our family portrait with Ted and me and our seven original children.

My three beautiful girls!

2011-09-19T09:28:00.000-07:00

From left to right, we have Trisha, MaryAnn and Lindsey. They are such awesome daughters. I love them each so very very much!

My boys!

2011-09-19T09:27:00.000-07:00

From left to right we have Tyson, Buddy, Preston, and Dallin in front of our home in Eagar.

My seven wonderful children!

2011-09-19T09:25:00.000-07:00

We had such a great time together when Preston returned home from his mission!

The joys of being a grandparent!

2011-09-19T09:04:00.000-07:00

Ted and Pat and their grandkids! Aug 20, 2011
Starting on the left we have Max sitting on a rock. He belongs to Buddy and Sarah. Next to him is Brighton and he belongs to Tyson and Kim. Behind them is Annie with the red bow in her hair. She is Tyson and Kim's oldest. I am holding Ridge and he is Tyson and Kim's newest arrival. Ted is holding Beau, Buddy and Sara's newest arrival. Chloe is sitting on Ted's lap. She is Buddy and Sara's oldest. Jensen is in the red shirt next to Ted and he is Tyson and Kim's second oldest.

2011-08-09T14:16:00.001-07:00

Dallin and MaryAnn at Big Judd's

2011-08-08T11:33:00.000-07:00

We had a little Pre-Mep get together at Big Judd's hamburger joint before headidng to Driggs. The burgers were huge! Tasty, wouldn't you say?

Lindsey, Sara and her new husband, Bodo

2011-08-08T11:26:00.000-07:00

I am HEP on MEP and I think Lindsey is too!

Summer Fun 2011

2011-08-08T11:23:00.000-07:00

We traveled to MEP this summer which was held near Driggs, Idaho.

Dallin's Eagle Court of Honor

2011-05-02T15:37:00.000-07:00

On March 5, 2011 Dallin had his Eagle Court of Honor. He had his Eagle Board of Review on 10/10 2010 so he has technically been an eagle since then but he was waiting for a weekend when Buddy could come from California and it worked out best on March 5, 2011. So that was a special day for us. Everyone of the Tappers (Ted and Pat's Posterity) was in attendance except of course, Elder Preston Haws, who was in Alabama on his mission. It was a wonderful event. Dallin had lots of support from friends, neighbors, and family.

General Conference Trip in April 2011

2011-05-02T15:20:00.000-07:00

We took our priests and laurals to general conference in Salt Lake City, Utah April 1-4 2011. It was a wonderful trip. I am so glad we were able to make the trip with these youth.

New Owners of Mountain View Book & Music

2011-05-02T15:10:00.000-07:00

Because of the stroke and because Ted has no longer been able to help out at the store because of a new work schedule, we felt it was necessary NOW to sell the bookstore. So we drastically lowered the price and a buyer stepped up immediately. Carl and Wendy Wiltbank are the new owners and they are doing a fantastic job. We miss some things about the business but we love the freedom it has given us. It was time to pass the baton on to someone else.

Strange Turn of Events

2010-12-18T07:27:00.000-08:00

Wow ow Wow! I guess a person never ever knows what life is going to dish out. On November 19, 2010 I had a little stroke. I was getting ready for our ward's FALL BALL (which is an event our young women wanted to do instead of a FALL FEAST this year) when all of a sudden I couldn't get my words to come out and my mouth went down on the left side. My counselors in the young women presidency and my advisors recognized what was happening and one of them called 911. I was ambulanced to the hospital and a CT SCAN was done. From there I was flown in a helicopter to Mesa where I stayed at Mountain Vista hospital for the rest of that day and the next day. At 10 pm I was ambulanced to ST. Joseph's hospital in Phoenix. I was there for 6 more days.
I spent thanksgiving in the hospital. My family was wonderful! All my kids in the phoenix area and even Buddy and Sara who live in California were at Mountain vista hospital to greet me. Ted drove down and stayed with me during the entire duration of my hospital stays. I had test after test after test as they tried to determine why this happened to me. For 2 days I was put into ICU and told to lay flat while they increased my blood pressure to get rid of the blockage that had occured in the top right portion of my brain.
When I got out of the hospital the day after thanksgiving Ted and I stayed at Lindsey's apartment for a few hours then we went to MaryAnn's and stayed for a couple of days. Our family had a thanksgiving dinner at MaryAnn's saturday evening. I have such wonderful kids and I appreciate so much everyone's thoughtfulness.
Now I am back in Eagar and I am trying to slow down my life. I have hired 2 more people to run the bookstore and I am attempting to cut things out of my life and DE STRESS myself!

Newsroom Blog: Major New Study of Religion Has Much to Say About Mormons

2010-11-27T04:24:00.000-08:00

Newsroom Blog: Major New Study of Religion Has Much to Say About Mormons
I found this article interesting. I hope you will read it and like it also.

Pictures of Preston

2010-10-28T16:10:00.000-07:00

We welcome any pictures we get of Preston and his mission president has a blog that allows us to see him from time to time.

The Holzapfels in the Alabama Birmingham Mission: Friday in Huntsville

2010-10-28T16:05:00.000-07:00

The Holzapfels in the Alabama Birmingham Mission: Friday in Huntsville
Just thought you all might like to see Preston in case you miss him.....I sure do!! I love that kid!

Great day 10/10/10

2010-10-14T08:01:00.000-07:00

Pat is happy now because she can start planning a celebration! We will have his Eagle Court of Honor sometime in the near future before the end of 2010.

Ted and Dallin

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Dallin and his dad on the day of his Eagle Scout Board of Review. 10/10/10

We had a happy 10/10/10

2010-10-14T07:58:00.000-07:00

This picture was taken after Dallin had his Eagle Scout Board of Review on 10/10/10. We stopped at Kathy Haws house because Dallin wanted to share the news with her and tell her thanks for her help in getting his paper work ready to submit.

10/10/10

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Happy Happy Day for Dallin and Pat and Ted! Dallin's Eagle Scout Board of Review.

Happy Day on 10/10/10

2010-10-14T07:53:00.000-07:00

Dallin decided if he couldn't get married on 10/10/10 he would do the next best thing......Have his Eagle Scout Board of Review!

SUMMER 2010 was amazing!

2010-08-17T08:44:00.000-07:00

Wow! The summer was fast and furious for our family. We started off by going to Page, Arizona. Ted had a training to attend for his work and I took my sewing machine and sewed barbie doll clothes. My parents drove down from Idaho and stayed with us there. It was a very good time. Then Ted and Dallin attended the Fathers and Sons outing in our ward. The next day was the dedication of the Gila Valley Temple. It was broadcast into our stake center and we loved going to that. Dallin had his 16th birthday next and what an exciting day it ws for him. We planned a surprise party for him at Haws Park and invited some of his friends. Next came TAPP. (the 2nd annual one). It was held at Roosevelt Lake and Ted had reserved an SRP house. It was a blast to be together with everyone and enjoy the family and the lake together. Buddy brought his boat and Lindsey and MaryAnn brought their jetski. Trisha was having some trouble with her boat so she didn't bring it this time. A highlight of TAPP for me was attending the Tonto branch of the LDS church on sunday and then having a testimony meeting afterwards when we got back to the SRP house. I love the gospel so much and sharing my feelings with my children, whom I also LOVE, is just really special to me. I loved hearing their testimonies. We don't often get to hear each other testimonies since we all live in different wards so we decided it would be a good tradition to share them at TAPP once a year.
Dallin completed his Eagle Scout project next and during it's completion an airplane crashed into our high school and started it on fire. All the passengers were killed. It was a sad day in Eagar and the repairs are still on going at this time to get the High School repaired. During all the events I have mentioned, I was doing the MEPPERS GET HEALTHY Challenge. Dallin got his drivers license on JUNE 25, 2010! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! A good friend of ours, Todd Bosen, died this summer and left the whole town very sad indeed. We will certainly miss Todd. Our prayers are with Julie and the rest of the family. Ted and I made a trip to Phoenix to load all the scout bags for their National Scout Jamboree onto a train so they could be shipped out to Virginia. We got to stay with Lindsey in her new apartment in downtown Phoenix. It was fun to stay with her.
Next on the list was MEP. It was held at Palisades Dam in Idaho this year and I traveled there with MaryAnn in her truck. We joint traveled with Tyson and Kim and their kids. It was a fun MEP with a trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming for swimming ,shopping, and fun. MaryAnn and Tyson's family stayed the week after MEP in Idaho and Utah and we all went to Lagoon one day. The Haws Reunion was next in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Provo. My neice, Tara Torgrimson made our stay in Park City very wonderful. She reserved us a hotel room in a very nice resort that had a private pool table, private jazzuzi, and a bath tub that was filled from the ceiling! It was amazing! Lindsey joined us in Park City and was with us for the Haws reunion. Everyone but me went back to Arizona after the Haws reunion and I stayed with my parents in Idaho for another week and then went to the LDS Booksellers Convention in Sandy, Utah.
During my travels in Idaho and Utah Ted and Dallin were traveling in the Eastern states. They toured historical sites in Boston, Pennsylvania, New York, etc...Then they attended the National Scout Jamboree and celebrated the 100th anniversary of scouting in the U.S. It was a very memorable trip for them.
Ted flew to Salt Lake when he returned from Virginia and we attended the last day of the booksellers convention together and then drove back to Arizona.
So as you can see, our summer was AMAZING this year. Now you have our update!

2010-05-19T12:11:00.000-07:00

Ted went to a training for 4 days in Page, Arizona last week. (May 10-13) This is a picture of him and the two guys who attended the training with him. They are at the Page Power Plant which is Navajo Generating Station. I went along for fun and my parents drove down from Preston, Idaho to spend a few days with us. It was very fun!!

On Tour with Dallin's Choir

2010-04-05T16:39:00.000-07:00

Ted and I were chaperone's for Dallin's Choir to go on TOUR over Spring Break. (We went on a cruise!) They performed 5 times and two of them were on the Cruise Ship! They got on the ship at Long Beach, CA and had stops at Catalina Island and Ensenata, Mexico. It was a blast and the pictures above will show you a bit of what it was like. Enjoy!

Brighton Haws on his Blessing Day

2010-04-05T16:31:00.000-07:00

We Loved being present for Brighton's Blessing in Tyson and Kim's ward. Tyson did a great job and it was a beautiful day!

We all love and miss Preston!

2010-02-20T08:43:00.000-08:00

This is how our family stacks up

2010-01-04T13:36:00.000-08:00

This can be a life changing experience. My daughters backs will probably never be the same. LOL

In our family we can lean on each other for support

2010-01-04T13:29:00.000-08:00

I hope we can always lean on each other when we need to.

This was taken in our yard at our home in Eagar Arizona

2010-01-04T13:24:00.000-08:00

It's always a fun day when we all get together.

My awesome family

2010-01-04T13:17:00.000-08:00

This is the most recent photo of my family. Aren't they a bunch of good lookers? I sure love them all! Thanks Sara, for making a copy of the pictures for me!

I love Christmas

2009-12-29T09:43:00.000-08:00

For those who came to Eagar this year it was fun to get together for dinner on Christmas day and for the Nativity on Christmas Eve.

Christmas is so wonderful!

2009-12-28T07:16:00.000-08:00

I just love this time of year when we get together with family! It's an amazing thing to commemmorate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ and feel such love and peace because of HIM...Without his birth NONE of us would have any hope. Do we all really realize that??? It's wonderful!

Buddy Graduated from ASU this month!

2009-12-28T07:11:00.000-08:00

My parents were able to attend with us the graduation of Buddy from ASU in a Construction Engineering major. It was a wonderful day and I'm grateful we were able to attend. This took place Dec 18, 2009

It's almost Thanksgiving

2009-11-20T20:06:00.000-08:00

This is such a great time of year. I attended a Blessings Party last night. Talk about wonderful! What could be better than a blessings party to focus in on what is great and wonderful in a persons life? I learned 5 important things to do every day to stay on top of the world. It's a list of 5 things that a person can do EVERY day to change their life for good. The 5 things are:
1. As soon as your eyes pop open in the morning ask yourself this question: What do I LOVE about myself? Then give an answer......
2. What do I have to look forward to today?
3. What does Heavenly Father want me to learn today?
4. Who can I serve today?
5. What am I grateful for?
AND THE LAST THINGS IS: LAUGH OUT LOUD EVERYDAY! (That's just an added bonus)

So....you are guaranteed to change your life in 14 days if you do each and every one of these things every day for 14 days. Try it....If it doesn't work, and you honestly do it for 14 days and don't notice a difference, I will give you a thousand dollars or the biggest bag of M&M's they make. (Hmmmm....which one will I choose?)

Pat and Ted at the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt

2009-10-25T17:57:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful time in Egypt in September and I decided I had better post a picture to prove we were really there. The Ali family were great hosts and we appreciate their hospitality.
Now we are back to life in Eagar. YEAH! The leaves have changed to a beautiful red, orange, and gold.

Wow! Summer is over just like that!

2009-08-19T21:37:00.000-07:00

What a fast and furious summer is was for me! I did a lot of running around. It seemed like I was always coming home, unpacking my suitcase, washing my clothes, repacking my suitcase, leaving again in time to start the whole process over again. BUT consequently I had a ton of fun! We spent time in Tucson, Mesa/Phoenix, New Mexico, Idaho, and Utah. We got Preston ready for his mission and he has been in the MTC one week today! He has written home that he LOVES LOVES LOVES it. You might want to check out his blog for updated letters about him. His address is elderprestonhaws.blogspot.com.

Life is GOOD!

2009-06-02T21:06:00.000-07:00

We had a most amazing weekend with all our children and grandchildren at Roosevelt Lake over Memorial Day Weekend. We enjoyed being on the lake in Buddy and Trisha's boats and watching the kids have fun in the water. Okay....we had fun in the water too I must admit! But it sure wasn't as easy to pull yourself up into the boat from the water as it used to be!

TAPP at Roosevelt Lake Memorial Weekend

2009-06-02T21:02:00.000-07:00

Buddy has a new boat so we took this picture in front of his new boat.

Ted and Pats Posterity (TAPP)

2009-06-02T20:55:00.000-07:00

This is our family! After church sunday we all posed for a picture. Kathy Koin joined us also.

Ted and Pat Haws UPDATE

2009-06-02T20:38:00.000-07:00

Ted and Pat at Roosevelt Lake Memorial Day Weekend.....We had our first TAPP (Ted and Pat's Posterity). All our children were there and our four wonderful grandchildren as well. We had a great time.

Buddy took us for a spin on the lake when mom and dad were here. Here he is driving the boat.

2009-04-01T13:57:00.000-07:00

Dallin and Pat. Pat got a haircut and new glasses.

2009-04-01T13:51:00.000-07:00

The grandkids had a blast playing in the castle I bought at Hobby Lobby. What a fun store! Kim and Tyson took me there. Thanks guys!

2009-04-01T13:32:00.000-07:00

I gave a castle to Annie and Jensen and Tyson put it together at our birthday party. The kids had a ball playing in it.

2009-04-01T13:10:00.000-07:00

Dad is enjoying the lake on Buddy's boat

2009-04-01T12:58:00.000-07:00

The kids had a birthday party for Ted and Me. This is a picture of mom and dad at the party.

2009-04-01T12:51:00.000-07:00

On the Way to Mesa for a visit

2009-04-01T12:39:00.000-07:00

Backing down to the boat dock

2009-04-01T12:23:00.001-07:00

Preston and our Christmas Tree

2009-01-05T13:09:00.000-08:00

Preston and Dallin each got a present from Kathy Koin with a $20.00 bill tucked inside.

Christmas Excitement

2009-01-05T12:54:00.000-08:00

Chloe and Max arrived with Buddy and Sara friday night.

We all went sledding up water canyon

2009-01-05T11:25:00.000-08:00

We Loved Being together this christmas

2009-01-05T11:20:00.001-08:00

It was So much fun having the kids come home this year. We had a Blast! On saturday we all loaded up and drove up water canyon (because there was lots of snow up there) and went sledding and tubing down the mountains slopes. Watching the kids have fun was the best part for me! It reminded me of days gone by when my kids were little and we used to have fun playing in the snow. Now it's fun to watch them with their kids. Chloe, Max, Annie, and Jensen were fun to watch. Jeff and Bobbie were there with their kids also and that made it even more fun!

Christmas Eve 2008

2009-01-05T11:15:00.001-08:00

Me and my girls got matching pajama's again this year. We missed having Trisha with us this year. We sent her pair of pajama's home with MaryAnn to give her later tho.

Some GREAT family time

2009-01-05T11:10:00.001-08:00

Annie and Jensen had a BLAST sledding and we had a BLAST watching them!

Christmas 2008

2009-01-05T11:04:00.000-08:00

Chloe and Max just kept going and going and Max was cold but he would NOT stop! Finally when he did stop his little feet were freezing!!!

Tyson and Kims family at Disneyland!

2008-11-23T16:50:00.001-08:00

Max the Pirate!

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Chloe the Witch

2008-11-23T16:43:00.000-08:00

Halloween some Haws and New house for others!

2008-11-23T16:38:00.000-08:00

Dallin, Ted and Pat on Halloween

2008-11-19T17:49:00.000-08:00

Almost Thanksgiving

2008-11-19T17:45:00.000-08:00

We are having a BEAUTIFUL fall in Eagar. The weather has been relatively warm (after our one snow storm. Dallin is wrestling and that keeps him and us busy watching his wrestling meets. He is undefeated in his weight class! We are looking forward to going to Mesa to spend Thanksgiving with our children at Tyson's house.

Preston and Pat in Thatcher

2008-10-31T10:50:00.000-07:00

Almost Halloween

2008-10-28T11:44:00.000-07:00

It is getting close to Halloween. Not as much excitement about costumes and trick or treating as there used to be at my house when all the kids were little. Now I look forward to seeing what my grandchildren and neices and nephews will dress up like. It's a beautiful FALL in Eagar. We are still gathering a little wood and the latest thing for me and Ted is to gather pinons. They are plentiful this year! We love our calling in Missionary work in Amity Ward. It's great fun to work with the sister missionaries. Between that and family history work and working on perfecting my imperfections, I am staying busy. I am very grateful for the chance to be on the earth at this wonderful time. Love, Pat

I'm glad I know YOU!

2008-09-12T08:39:00.000-07:00

I just love that I can catch up on your news by going to your BLOG! I snatched quite a few blog sites off of Dorie's blog and I have been reading all your news (and chuckling to myself at your wonderfulness!) Is that a word??? Your are such awesome people and so creative and I'm glad I know you! So if your blog address is listed on my blog you can be assured that I am reading up on the fun things you are doing!

2008-09-06T20:27:00.000-07:00

MaryAnn and Lindsey had fun driving MaryAnn's convertible over the Labor Day Weekend!

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Chloe before the Stick Horse Race

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Chloe's 1st Place Ribbon and Prize Money

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Eagar Daze (Eagar, Az, 2008)

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Pikes Market Place Seattle, Washington

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SITKA ALASKA

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SITKA ALASKA

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The Setting at RED SETTER INN where I work

2008-07-31T19:24:00.000-07:00

The Empress Hotel Gardens

2008-07-31T19:20:00.000-07:00

Victoria Canada

2008-07-31T19:14:00.000-07:00

Lindsey and Preston

2008-07-31T18:52:00.000-07:00

Now that is CUTE

2008-07-31T18:09:00.000-07:00

Silly Grandma and Annie

2008-07-31T18:04:00.000-07:00

Dinner on Holland America Line

2008-07-31T18:00:00.000-07:00

Girls Gotta Stick Together

2008-07-31T17:48:00.000-07:00

CatWalk in Gleenwood New Mexico

2008-07-31T17:43:00.000-07:00

My family that I just love to pieces

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Glacier Bay Alaska

2008-07-31T17:19:00.000-07:00

Juneau, Alaska

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