UPDATE!

Okay I'm not sure what happened to November but life is just passing by at an incredible pace.

Let me recap November for you all and hopefully I can get some pictures up for Christmas before January.

November 4th started off with MacKenzie turning 20. Wow ~ no longer a teenager.

November also brought Thanksgiving - one of my very favorite holidays. It's always wonderful to reflect on all the many Blessings we have received and just how thankful we are for everything. For dinner we invited Donothan's family - including grandma, mom, uncle, sister and nephews. Our friends Garry and Claire also joined us which is always a treat! We had a great day!

December is upon us, the house is decorated, the cards are out and I'm actually enjoying this year.

My 4th grade and 6th grade teachers, Paul and Sue Remaley visited Southern California from Idaho for the first time and came for dinner Saturday night. What amazing people that have no idea the impact they had on my life.

Our next visitors are my oldest brother Stan and Merlynn who are coming down on Sunday for the Boise State Poinsettia Bowl game. They have finally converted us to Bronco fans and we are so excited to cheer four the famous Blue and Orange! GO BRONCOS! We can only hope this years game is as exciting as last years.

I will update some pictures soon - I PROMISE!

Happy Halloween!

In our family you are never too old to Trick -Or-Treat or dress up. Even Taffy gets a costume each year.





I'm so embarassed!



Strawberry Shortcake ~ Our Dalmation Doggie ~ Our sweet Bee!


Strawberry Shortcake and Huckleberry Pie (Aren't they cute?)



Our Trick-Or-Treaters for Halloween 2008 (Oops got a real live Trick-or- Treater in there)

Apple Picking

Okay even though our girls are all grown up we can still go apple picking. We had a great time last Saturday with our dear friends the Moses and the Calahans and their sweet little ones. Our girls were working and on a date.






Mike, Kim, Katie and Michael



Sean, Michelle, Avery and Morgan

I Love my Brothers!

I just returned from a week visit to Idaho to see my family. I have five brothers that have only been all together four times in the past 27 years - that is way too long to be apart from one another. It is always fun to get together and share stories of our past. The age span is twenty two years so there are many stories to share.



It was also nice to visit with our mom who turned 80 this year.





We also visited with dad who is recovering from a bad fall off a ladder last year. We are so thankful that we were all able to get together again.

Homecoming

It was bound to happen... Donothan and Hailey have been planning this year's dances even before the school year began. With the simple hope of Donothan asking her to the dance, Hailey was blown away when she came to find this little surprise waiting for her after many purposeful delays and thoughts of when he would invite her.

(Quote from Beauty and the Beast... And look, now Hailey has her own everlasting rose)

Signs leading from the front door to Hailey's bedroom told a story of homecoming, but not in the natural teenager perspective, instead it was through the eyes of a fairy-tale told long ago of a beauty and a beast that transformed into the Prince of Princess of each other's life.

T.G.I.F. Time

Lunchtime with dad is never a normal experience...

...But thanks for lunch, dad. We love you.

Idaho Here I Come

Okay so I must admit this has been a very busy year for me traveling to Idaho. When we were in Idaho in July I told everyone that I would not be back for at least a year as this was my 4th trip since January. Well I should have know better than to say that as I will be flying up there tomorrow afternoon to visit all my brothers! I am so excited to see them as it has been over five years since we were all together. For you that don't know I have five brothers from Indiana, Alaska and three in Idaho and then of course the Califonia girl. My brothers do not know I am coming so it will be a fun surprise for all of them. Also we will be spending time with my mom who just turned 80 in July.

Doug and the girls are staying home so hopefully the dog will get fed and not starve to death while I"m gone.