Brittany's Really Fun Wedding Shower

We had a really fun bridal shower for Brittany this past week.  Thanks so much to Melissa Ballard and family for the party and for employing her the past 9 months.

There was so many people at the shower, friends from Victor, college roommates, sisters, sisters-in-law, mom,  mom-in-law, friends from Utah,  grandma, and LOTS of little girls.  She got really nice gifts from everyone.  It was good to meet Patrick's family and Melissa at the shower.  Its hard to believe two weeks from now she is going to be married......a little bit sad to me, but very exciting.  Here are some photos of the fun event.

 Family and friends.

Cute little dressed up brides, Eliza, Saria, and Mary Katherine.

My sweet sisters, Rae Jean and Julie.

Opening gifts.......

My present for Brittany, crocheted hot pad holders, knit dish clothes and embroidered hand towels.  Lovingly made each time one of my daughters or sons is married.  Guess this is the last time since Brittany is our last to be married.  WOW!

Brittany has planned a fun party for after the wedding and their honeymoon, hope we get to see lots of you there!

Cosmic Bowling

Saturday night at the bowling alley.  It was cosmic bowling so we wore all the white we could find so we would glow in the dark.  It was pretty fun because the bowling alley was all lit up in neon and even the bowling balls were glowing. 

It was fun spending the day in with Eric and Chandra and Ali and Myah.  We were able to take Jim and Colby along with us so they got to join in the fun.

Here we are all in the dark with the neon lights going........

and here we are with the flash on our camera, it took away all the fun glowing in the dark stuff but is a much better picture of us where you can actually see us. 

Colby's Wedding

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Count Your Many Blessings......

We had a super busy, fun summer this year and got to see all our family.  It started with a visit from Blake and Lindsey and their sweet little kids.  It is a big job for them to come all the way to Utah and Idaho from Ohio and we sure were glad they came.  We love them each so much.  The happy smiles on their faces are one of the things we remember about them all year, when they are far away from us.

 We got to spend part of a week in Sun Valley and were able to have the Idaho grand-kids stay with us.  We did lots of fun stuff with them, went to the movies, played at the park, went swimming, had a bbq, and had sleepovers in our hotel. It was good to be able to spend time with Eric, Chandra and Meredith.  Sure love each of them, they make our lives full and complete.

Then we were able to drive to California to visit Royce and AubRee and Grace.  We went to the beach and had a great day. It was nice and sunny and warm.  We were just happy to get to spend time with them there.  The whole weekend was wonderful.  We sure love our California kids, wish we got to spend more time with them. Actually the drive was not as bad as I thought it would be so maybe we will drive over again soon....

After California it was our week to have the Idaho grand-kids come and spend some time with us.  We spent time at our house in Idaho  and then time in Salt Lake.  We went horse back riding with Colby at the AOK Corral in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, went to the drive-in to the movie, and played in the hot tub and played with Brittany. They were so good there to help clean our house as we were trying to get it ready to be sold. We visited the Utah state house and did a fun  matching game there, went to dinner and spent time walking around temple square and learning about the history of the pioneers.

We count all this family among our greatest blessings!!! We are so thankful for each one of them.  

One more blessing that has come about in the last few days is that our home in Idaho is sold. The sale is not yet complete but the offer has been signed and things are in the works.  We know Heavenly Father has been looking out for us because there are hundreds of homes for sale there and we were able to get our sold in less than two weeks.  How thankful we are that we are being looked after and know it is due to a loving Father who answer prayers. It is pretty much a miracle for us and we are very grateful.  WOW! 

Happy Birthday Brittany

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Happy Birthday to our Sweet Colby Lynn

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New Christmas Pajama Night

Here we are at West Yellowstone getting ready for Christmas. Russell hadn't made it there yet so we are missing him in the photo. Sorry honey. We had such fun with all our family there. What a blessing it was to be able to spend time with those that we love the most!

The Tall and Short of It!! Elder Jimmey My Love Allan Update

Here is a hilarious photo of Jimmey My Love with his new companion. He is Elder Austin and went to Lonepeak High School. He will be playing basketball for BYU when he completes his mission. (Karla, he is going to become one of your boys!) Anyway just wanted to share this with you.
Just in case you might want to send some Christmas joy his way, Elder Allan's address is: 1714 Lexington Cir #5, Edinburg,TX 78539

Thanksgiving, Trotting Across America and Birthdays

Come to find out, apparently my entire family was doing a turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning. Eric and family were trotting in Hailey, Idaho, Blake and family in Ohio, and the rest of us were trotting in Draper, Utah. When we Utahn's were done with our turkey trot I checked my phone and had texts from Eric and Blake telling me about their trots. I think I knew Blake and Lindsey were doing a turkey trot but not Eric and his family. This is a photo from Eric's turkey trot. Doesn't it just make you warm and snuggly. This is his his wife and two cute kids, mother-in-law, and his sister-in-law and her hubby, . I didn't ask him what the temperature was in Bellevue but it doesn't look to awfully warm.

The Utah turkey trot was called the Human Race. It was a 5K. We had two groups of entries. The stroller gang which was Russell, Meredith, Saria, Easton and Grace. Royce, AubRee, Brittany, and Colby ran and I walked. AubRee was the winner at just over 24 minutes, Royce came in 2nd at the 25 minute mark, Colby was around 30 minutes, Brittany just over 31 minutes and I walked it in just over 37 minutes. It was pretty cold, 28 degrees and it took us a while to warm up after it was over. It was quite a fun thing to do and the general opinion was that we should do it again.




Besides the turkey trot on Thanksgiving it was also Royce's birthday. We went to the brunch at the Little America for our Thanksgiving so we celebrated his birthday and Thanksgiving there. Happy birthday Royce.

Brittany's Video Podcast Assignment, It's Yummy!

Here is an assignment Brittany did for one of her classes at school. It is delicious, and fun while being educational, good job Brit! I want to learn this.....

Visitors to our little home in Salt Lake.....

Our little apartment was invaded with family over the weekend and part of the week. It was GREAT! Royce and AubRee made Salt Lake a part of their travels home to California so we were excited for that. Meredith brought the kids so they could all have a nice long visit, well a short visit I guess. We were wall to wall sleeping at night with six people sleeping in our little living room. We didn't spend a whole lot of time in the apartment so we survived. We live in such a nice location in Salt Lake, you have to stop by for a visit. (you may want to wait for the temperature to drop because it gets pretty toasty here)




We had several fun trips to the pool while everyone was here. When the grand kids came previously Easton wouldn't even leave the side of the pool. Now he is swimming the length of the pool with the big kids. Way to go Woostie!
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Hawaii Fun

We had such a good time with Meredith, Augie, Saria, Easton, and Brittany on our trip to Kaua'i, Hawaii. What fun to get to spend a week with some of our favorite people! Here are a few photos to share the fun....

Girls at Play

We had fun getting pedicures Monday morning in Rexburg. Here are some photos.