Saturday, November 29, 2008

Thanksgiving

We had a rare treat this Thanksgiving. My sister Lindi and her family came to visit. This is their first visit to Newport and what a great time we are having. Thanksgiving was incredibly entertaining -- watching me struggle through making my first Thanksgiving dinner. YES!! my first! I have never claimed to be domestic -- it is one of my many flaws that I am not proud of. I have been married for 14 years and have only made one other turkey, but not a whole dinner. Cooking is definately not my forte'!!
Lindi is amazingly patient as is her husband Jared. We have had such a great time with their family. On Friday we took the family to Priest Lake and checked out a couple of camp grounds. It was snowing and cold, but we toughed it out. The lake was beautiful and the company was great!! We had a tailgate picnic and took lotsa pictures.


Lindi has more pictures on her camera that I am going to have to steal before she leaves tomorrow.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Trip to See Grandma Glennis

Well, it was a short week for the kids because of parent-teacher conferences so I took the opportunity while I could to take the kids to see Great Grandma Glennis. She is such an amazing, wonderful lady -- her name should say it all! Here are some pictures that we took while we were down there. She is so beautiful! Can you tell I love that woman? The first picture is of all Lindi's, Annie's and my kids, then a group of just Annie's kids and then my kids. I tried to get Don to bring his, but they couldn't make it.



This is probably my favorite picture of them all. I just love it! Of course, I dearly love both of the people in this picture. Annie -- you workin' on that will yet?

I just think this picture is wonderful! Audrey couldn't take a bad picture if she tried -- she is so beautiful! Two beautiful ladies together. AHHH!
I had such a wonderful visit with my grandma. She made me laugh and cry all in the same visit. She is amazing and has a spirit about her that I greatly admire. She is exactly who I strive to be like. I hope that I can carry her name with honor. I love you Grandma!!!





Funny Boys!! That's Ephriam in the back with the funny hat and Keagan and Soph wrestling next to him. Tommy and Jacob are quite the friends. They are very fun to watch interact with one another. They love wrestling together!