What!? It’s December. . .

If I would keep on top of things, I wouldn’t have to play catch-up with this blog! So December is already halfway gone and I haven’t even posted anything that happened in November. Sad, because November was a great month, but not to worry, here is my “catch-up”.

MEXICAN CRUISE

For an early Christmas present, Kevin’s parents took us and his siblings and spouses on a cruise to Mexico. It was so much fun spending “adult” time with Kevin’s family. They are so much fun. So here a a few pictures of our fun week.

One night we thought it would be fun to all dress up for dinner.

Cabo San Lucas

Mazatlan

Puerto Vallarta. We did a zip line tour with Jayme and Richy. That is probably the most fun thing I have done!

The fun people we spent our week with.

Beautiful sunsets.

THANKSGIVING

Less than a week after we got home from Mexico it was Thanksgiving. Kevin’s parents invited us down for dinner and since Kevin had the time off (that doesn’t happen very often) we decided to go. At that same time Danielle and Steven were moving into their new home, so they asked if we wanted to come and help them (of course we will!). So after dinner in Logan, we were off to Plain City to visit Danielle, Steve and our Little Miss “E”.

I don’t have any pictures of dinner in Logan, but here are a few of Emma. There are no pictures of actually working!

 

She loved sitting in this basket. It kept her confined and happy!

 

 

 

Danielle and Michelle cooking up some yummy breakfast.

Oh, I did have one picture of someone working. Kevin was a great blind installer!

So after we finished at Danielle’s we made our annual trek to Bancroft, Idaho to have our traditional turkey dinner and go to Lava Hot Springs and then out for pizza.

Mom & Aunt Del

 

This is how many places were set. Before we were through we had to add a few more. It is so much fun to have so many people there. We missed Kim, Krista, Kristen, Jared,Angie, Brian and Shawn and their families.

If you can’t tell what this is, It is a turkey pinata. Thanks to Russ! The kids love this tradition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After we had our turkey lunch and pinata, we head over the hill to Lava to the hot springs and pizza. No pictures of the hot springs, but a few from the pizza place (where we take our own ice cream and chocolate sauce for milkshakes).

 

This is Danielle and her good friend Rani. It has been quite a few years since they had seen each other and Rani and her family happened to be at the same pizza place we were. It was so fun for them to see each other.

We had a great November and are now ready for December!      

OCTOBER UPDATE

It is hard to believe that October is gone and November is already here.  I’ll give a photo tour (with some narration) of what we did fun things happened in October.

The first weekend I spent in Elko, Nv with my mom and two of my sisters. We were able to tour Barrick Gold Mine where Randy (my brother-law-works). Just a little fyi…the trucks are HUGE!

Spent a lot of quality time with the ones I love!

Kevin, Matt, Kelsi & Steven also included, just no pics!

Did a lot of driving to go “window shopping” never buying, only looking.

Kelsi carving our only jack-o-lantern (Oct. 31 at 5pm)

Kelsi had some friends over for pizza and “spookiwi” soda before trick-or-treating.

      Finally, the annual donuts and cider for those parents who go out with their kids. I always think they need more than candy, and it gives me the chance to visit with people I see driving in the neighborhood, but never talk to!

Arrow Rock Reservoir

The week before school started our friends and neighbors, the Doelman’s, invited our family to go with them jet skiing and wakeboarding at Arrow Rock. We had never been there before and were happy for the invite, and Matthew and Kelsi were more than happy to join them. Below are some pictures of our afternoon, including some “unexpected” happenings.

 Kelsi, Joy and Matt

Kelsi, Elle and Tim

Matt

Kelsi

The following picture is something you should never have to be exposed to on a public beach! Although we couldn’t believe what was happening, we couldn’t stop laughing.

These next few pictures are what not to do when you are trying to take out your boat on the beach.

  It looks like you are kind of stuck, maybe you should unhook your boat and try loading somewhere else.   Nah, we can do it.

Wow, you are pretty deep, maybe unhooking the boat would be a good idea.

How many trucks does it take to pull out a truck that is in mud up to  it’s axles? Oh, about 3 plus a lot of shoveling. (They did end up unhooking the boat after about an hour and a half)

  This is a much easier way to get in and out of the lake!

Time Our For Women…

Every year I get together with my mom and some of my sisters and go to Time out for Women. We try to go to the one in Boise (I love having people come and visit!), but  because of conflicts with the date the past couple of years, we have missed the Boise one and have gone to Logan instead. That works out well for us though, because of the generosity of Kevin’s parents, we are able to stay with them. Now having said all of that, this past weekend was spent in Logan at Time out for Women. We had so much fun and really enjoyed the presenters. This year we did Friday night and Saturday. We weren’t sure we would stay for the whole thing on Friday (3 hours) but it ended up being so good we didn’t want to  leave.

 Cherie Call

Cheiko Okasaki

Michael McClean

Mark Mabry ..He has a book of photographs “Reflections of  Christ” it is beautiful.

Saturday proved to be just as good.

Cherie Call, Emily Watts, Mary Ellen Edmunds, Jill Manning, Brent L. Top

Thanks Cindy, Becky, Mom and Teresa for helping me have a much needed fun and uplifting weekend!