Finally

I bought my first Christmas gift!

Give Thanks

It is almost Thanksgiving

and I have been reminiscing about

Thanksgivings past.

 Last year we made these silly hats to send

to Washington DC. Seriously, what parents

do not do for their missionaries!

 This is how they looked on the missionaries!

In 2009 we made these hats to send.

We are so thankful to have Courtney home this year

to celebrate with us.

But I have a feeling she might be missing

all this fun she had for the last two

Thanksgivings!

 Last year we had the Wood's over to our home.

 And Ally.

 This year we are having dinner with the Wightman family.
Every Thanksgiving is different but two things
remain the same.

we will have LOTS of pie, and

these cute boys will watch a lot of football!

Let there be Peace on Earth

Specifically on Sunrise Mountain.

 Right behind the Las Vegas Temple.

 Rumor/Legend has it that this little girl,

in her teen years,

participated in drawing a peace sign on

Sunrise Mountain.

 And this weekend we were able to see the peace sign

and prove the legend correct! Cool!

 Aunt Peggy with Courtney

 Aunt Peggy with Paige!

We obviously need to get together with Aunt Peggy

and take some new pictures!!

1000 miles, 3 states, 1 wedding

We had such a fun 11.11.11.

On 11.10.11 we drove to St George

to spend the night. The next morning

we drove through Arizona to Nevada,

where we attended a wonderful wedding breakfast

at 11on 11.11.11! 

 Here are a few of my sister's grandchildren

and my grand-nieces and nephew!

 I always have to take a picture of my favorite trio!

 My Mom and Joan (her niece and my cousin) who

is a Las Vegas resident!

 More grand-nephews, Paige, and Paula (my sister) who is also the mother of the groom!

 Paige did her favorite thing (play with kids) while we attended

the sealing!

 Beautiful Las Vegas Temple!

 The Cousins

 Nephew Scott and family

 Niece Jennifer and family

 Niece Emily and family

 Emily and the newest addition.

 Nephew Jared and bride Nicole!

 Such a cute picture!

 Grandparents and Bride and Groom!

 After the sealing we visited one of our favorite places in Vegas!

 Then drove past the rest.

 And wondered who would really ride this ride???

 The day ended in Logandale, NV, with a beautiful

reception complete with:

 A S'More Bar

 A beautiful cake

 Darling furniture and beautiful flowers

 Candle lit trees (my personal favorite)

 A wedding line

 Good food and wonderful company

 A fire pit to roast marshmellows

 And props

for silly photo shoots!

We spent the night in St George again and the next morning we visited

 these guys in The Condo

 and even got to witness the piano recital we had missed!

Isn't technology wonderful?

 Isn't family wonderful?

Then before we left

 this lovely creature

modeled hats for me!

Isn't she cute?

Then we left to drive to Provo to catch the BYU vs Idaho football game!

It was a WONDERFUL weekend!

Sweet Sixteen

Sixteen years ago

three babies were born

into a large and loving family.

Here are two of them - Jake and Adam!

 Since we always like to party

 and eat

 and see each other

 that is exactly what we did!

 At The Pie!

Happy 16 Adam, Jake, and Katie!!!