Christmas Eve

Randy and Jenna.... crazy cousins (and Kolbe!)
Titan, Odis w/Peyton, and Kolbe.... sock monkeys from Grandma O
hummm, wonder what's in this bag
Odis finally got her yellow Hummer
Alicia, Ray, Titan, Jenna, Peyton, Kelly, Nathan, and Kolbe


Christmas Eve we all met at Odis' to make my mom's world famous Enchiladas :) Well, maybe not world famous but pretty popular with us! We have made this a Christmas Eve tradition for the past several years. Usually we do Christmas Eve at my house with a little program and we read the Christmas story out of Luke but this year we didn't want Odis to be alone so we took our tradition to her. A good time was had by all...... well, at least by me!

Making "shakut" and other fun stuff

Kelly and I were anxious to try out our Cricut so we made some attempts at Christmas presents. They didn't turn out too bad! I will be glad when we can get some more cartridges and make more fun stuff :) And.... of course.... Titan is helping with the baking. When I ask him if they were making brownies he told me "No, I making shakut" (chocolate)

When did I get so short??

Thanksgiving pictures

Where's the food??
Being silly
The girls
Ray
Odis and Kyle

and more......

Yum!
Double yum!
Alicia, Peyton, Kelly, and Jenna....beautiful girls
Auntie making rolls
Auntie and Kelly

Happy Thanksgiving

Odis and Oney
Watching the ball game
Someone is tired and needs a nap!
don't know who needed this more....Me or him!
First Thanksgiving! Same size as the turkey!! :)


We had such a great day. We couldn't get Odis out to either of our homes so Kelly and I decided we would bring Thanksgiving to her. We went over the night before and made our pies and a few other things then this morning we went back and did the rest of the dinner. Stacy did the turkey this year so when she arrived with the bird we had quite a feast. There were 19 of us from 3 weeks old to 83 years old and I think we all had a great time. I am so stuffed tonight that after this post I am going to bed and hope to sleep until at least 8:00 in the morning.

My Thankful list....totally incomplete

Being a mom. Being an Aunt. Being a Great Aunt. Being a daughter. Having a warm home in the winter and shade trees in the summer. The Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Restoration. Having wonderful friends. For all the places I have been fortunate enough to live. For the people I have met in those places. Different jobs and the things I have learned from each one. Lessons I learned from my mother. Lessons I learned from my grandmother. Lessons I am still learning from my son. The smell inside of a clean barn. Holding a new calf. Gathering eggs. Fall leaves under my feet. Green summer grass under my feet. Having the Priesthood in my home. Freedom. Cheesecake. Hot homemade bread with butter and honey. The smell of homemade bread with butter and honey. Listening to the rain on my roof. The smell of Eagar after the rain. The smell of rain on the desert. Children's prayers. Children's laughter. A living Prophet. Christmas decorations. Good books. Being able to read the good books. Music. Dancing. The Atonement. Hot Postum with Creme Brule'. My mothers testimony. Days with no pain. New socks. When the summer visitors go home. Massages. Foot rubs. Brand new babies, human and otherwise. Painted toenails. New shoes. Arizona sunrises. Montana sunsets. Camping under the stars. Falling stars. Sitting around a campfire. Hot showers. Clean sheets. Cinnabar perfume. Spring flowers. My testimony. Sleeping with the windows open. Catching the first fish. Hymns. Having gone to a drive-in movie. Pets, past and present. Early morning silence. Prayer. Ice cold Pepsi.