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| Every year we make about 25 dozen cookies of assorted kinds to hand out to friends, neighbors, Co-workers, Home and Visiting Teaching families. Kasey and Kimber tried to give their Shawn and Grayson cookie men a six pack which worked great until we cooked them. Kyle got to dress up like Santa to take goodies to his Home Teaching families. |
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| We had all the kids and their families here for Thanksgiving. It is so nice that we are all still close enough to do that. We braved black Friday together and then we braved snow covered mountains in search of the perfect Christmas trees. |
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| Gray threw our tree over his shoulder and hiked down to the truck. |
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| Shawn and Kyle sunk in the snow with the Smiths big tree. |
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| Then Gray and Kimber got busy white washing |
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| Kristin and everyone went tubing |
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| Kurtis showed us his mad snowboarding skills |
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| Kasey and Shawn got a little wet |
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| We came back in time for the a big football feast |
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| Hot Dogs, the official ball game food |
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| Grandma got Jacy laughing so hard. She is sooo much fun! |
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| Jacy is definitely Grandpas girl |
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| The Day ended on an all time high. GO UTES!!! |
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| Kimber had to visit the Zoo for extra credit for her Anthropology Class. She had to look at all the monkeys and observe one of them for an hour. |
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| He's not a monkey but we liked him and his baby. |
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| Jim and Claudia took us to Olive Garden Afterward. They brought us mints after dinner and the boys taught us the fine art of twisting the wrappers into poppers. |
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| They all shot them pretty good. But Grandma shot hers about 6 feet into the other room. That's when they decided we were done. GO GRANDMA!! |
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| Last winter a 4-wheeler took out our green mailbox. A month or so later the paper boy took it out again along with the plastic newspaper box. Today we are putting it to rest when a Day Care mom on the phone sneezed causing her to jerk the steering wheel. Needless to say her SUV looks worse with its new green pin stripe. Being the warped person that I am, I laughed. I have wanted to paint the mailbox because it didn't match the house any more since we painted the shutters and door. I am now color coordinated again. Yeah! |
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| Dad and Mom Wood came down this last week to deliver Kurtis' Birthday gift. It was so great to get to visit with them. Dad loaded us up with peppers, squash and tomatoes, all of which we are grateful for. |
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| I am so greatful for Kurtis. This last week playing football against Desert Hills Kurtis was hit hard and now has an acute Lumbar sprain. The Doctor said he is done for this season and will be spending alot of time in physical therpy. Tonight is supposed to be his last game and I am sure it will be hard for him to stay on the sidelines and just watch. He is definately a great part of our family and we are so blessed to get to spend time with him. Watching him become the young man he is and making goals for himself makes me so proud of him. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KURTIS. WE LOVE YOU!!! |
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| With all the Day Care and their schedules, my children and their schedules, KFC and all that that entails, Eagle Projects, Bottling and freezing, Cleaning and weeding the list never ends. Then we go to take the dirty diaper to the Trash and witness this rainbow. It gives us hope. We live in a beautiful world and all this will be worth it in the end. Thank heavens the Lord gives us these reminders when we need them. |
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| We completed the physical end of the Eagle Project and got the Blazer running again so... Like always we go fishing. We BBQed up some steaks, burger and sausages on the shore and then fished until we couldn't see. |
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| The algae was so thick at Newcastle that Kimber was drawing pictures in it with her fishing line. Creative huh! |
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| Swipper first cast! |
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| The Balloon Festival started early and we enjoyed watching them on our way to Parowan Canyon. |
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| Kurtis, Kyle and Erick |
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| The finished product |
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| The guys with some of the DNR dedicated hunters who have helped Kurtis complete his part of the project. |
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| We went up to Parawon Canyon last week and spray painted all the steel posts that are set for benches to help keep them from rusting. |
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| We started out in the light but finished painting by flashlight |
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| This is how our trip to the family reunion started. A blow out. Thank goodness Erick noticed it quickly, before any more damage could happen. When we went to replace the tire we found the back tire on the other side of the trailer was ready to do the same thing. We are truely watched over! |
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| Grandma, Amber and Cara putting up the girls tent |
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| A whole bunch of Wood's playing in the water |
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| Waiting for the sailboats to cross to see that Ashby got 1st, Rose won 2nd and Marinda won 3rd |
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| Food, family and Homework. |
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| Silly girls, your supposed to EAT the cookies! |
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| We could totally make money with our Minute to Win It skills! |
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| Shawn says, "Lookie what I caught!" |
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| Erick, Rebecca and Jake going for a spin. |
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| We were so glad to see everyone. Thanks to everyone for being there and helping us make this Wood Family Reunion great! |
