Saturday was a long day starting with the Body World Exhibit, bridal shower, shopping, eating then we headed to Temple Square with everyone that lived in Utah I swear! There were people everywhere and you could hardly move. I guess they were all tired of Wal Mart! David and Bonnie were down from Mountain Home Idaho with their nine children for Thanksgiving. The lights were amazing and I loved how they had Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus floating in the reflection pound. They had little glass jars with lights in them to look like candles that were floating around the statues. The shepherds were on both sides of the pound set up on the grass. It was a nice night and was really not all that cold. Then we went home so I could put together 2 homade soups and a quilt for Emy Sue. Here are some pictures of the family!

Im Pooped!

This is the first year that I had made the stuffing and cranberries

homemade. I had some Lehi Mills white wheat and got out my

wheat grinder and made 5 loaves of bread and broke them

into little bite size pies. Then I let them dry out for 2 weeks

before I made the stuffing. It was the best ever and I made
24 cups of fresh dressing. That was the first time I have done

that and also made the cranberries. We also tried a new mash

potatoes recipe it had garlic and Parmesan cheese. The food

was really good and my family all helped bring pies, rolls,

salads and slush. I made little cornucopia out of sugar cones,
tied ribbons around the top and filled them with candy runts

to look like little fruit. I placed them at every one's plate.

We had twenty people come. My nephew Russell came

or his wife was down in California with her family and
he had to stay behind for he had to work this weekend.

We were so happy to have him come for we never get to

see him now that he is married.
Kellie

Jake and Malaya











Cute McKenna












Ryan pulling a face.










Troy, Janet, Sean,
Ryan, Russell and
Ambree




Brent & Jen's family.
Kellie, Jake, Brent,
Conner, Malaya &
Mckenna




The kids made advent
chains with Hershey
kisses. Twenty five
kisses till Christmas!

tWiLiGhT

Twilight. . . this is after the movie....is she in
twilight zone? Am and her friends got tickets
to the 2:40 a.m. movie. The tickets said Thursday
and so they showed up early Thursday morning
knowing that the movie did not start till
midnight that night but the ticket said Thursday.
So they decided to go anyway and after standing
in line a worker at the Juntion came out and
told them that their ticket was wrong and they
would have to come back Friday morning! SO
they went back Friday morning and had a talk
with the manager and got free popcorn and a
free movie pass! So this is what Am looked like all day Friday.

New York package

Here is the hat that Elder Furlong sent Ambree

from NY for their one year anniversary.

Of course it was pink her favorite color!

Rob has been out 100 days yesterday!

Woot whoot

What the HECK is a tag?

Well sorry Joni for I do not know what the heck a tag is! But from the looks of the others you tagged I am grateful I didn't know what was going on and I am also grateful that most of my friends (except the Thomas Gang) do not know what the HECK blogging is....ha ha Hows that for being so grateful?

Emmy Sue

Here is the Birth Announcement I did
for Colby & Jen. This family is so
sweet and I adore them so much.
They are Mike's cousins and they
gave me the honors of taking pictures
of them.....

and then letting me re-take
pictures of them!

Jen you are an angel!

Don't you just love these squashed faces!!

Ben, Jen, Emmy, Colby & Gracie