Giving thanks

Thanksgiving equals food...and we did it up royal.  Take note that with all the good food...Connor only wanted chocolate milk!

When the family gets together there is always lots of laughter and making fun of one another.  Josh seemed to think wearing an Indian necklace made the feast more authentic.

Logan and Josh helped Shaun and Nicholle by string up the Christmas lights.  Being reared in Wyoming, it just doesn't seem like an activity that should be done in shorts and t-shirts!

The food was good and the visiting was wonderful but the highlight of Thanksgiving for Tom and I was going to the San Diego temple with our children.  Apparently Shaun and Nicholle enjoyed it too!

Tom and I, loving being with our family.

Josh and Kristy looking dapper.

Tom and Logan (take note of how Logan is standing...always with his hands in his pockets...just like my dad)

Jenny, our daughter-in-law, came all the way from England to share this experience with us.  Matt was good enough to stay in England with the kids.  We are so glad she came...it made it all extra special.

Josh and Kristy....sealed for time and all eternity!

The family:  Logan, Jenny, Josh, Kristy, Tom, Linda, Nicholle and Shaun.

Good times had by all!

Christmas in San Diego/Poway, California

Why would we want to spend Christmas in cold Utah when we can lounge in the sun in California?!  Throw in a couple of kids and four grandkids and it is a done deal.  As part of the fun we all went to Seaport Village to shop and just "goof around", as my mother would say!

Madison, Connor and Sam found a "cow-ch" to rest upon!

My California grandson out in the back back yard....sunglasses and football!

Whats a trip to San Diego without eating at Old Town Mexican Cafe!!

Making gingerbread houses will have to become a tradition.  Below is Amanda hard at work.

Sam and her finished product.

After Christmas we made a jaunt up to Julian.  Can you tell the kids all got some kind of electronic for Christmas?

And then there is Shaun....he just puts up with us all and even smiles through it!

Good times had by all!!

Snow, Snow, Snow!

Despite the fact that we live in the center of Orem, and I really do mean the center, we have an amazing location....check these photos out.  We had a snow storm on Saturday night and when we woke up Sunday I couldn't resist taking these pictures.  You would think we lived out in the country somewhere.  If I had a million dollars I would love to buy the pasture just beyond our fence and turn it into a park for my grandkids to play in.  (And then we really wouldn't ever have neighbors out there!)