What a Thanksgiving Weekend!



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.



Gray threw our tree over his shoulder and hiked down to the truck.

Shawn and Kyle sunk in the snow with the Smiths big tree. 

Then Gray and Kimber got busy white washing

Kristin and everyone went tubing

Kurtis showed us his mad snowboarding skills

Kasey and Shawn got a little wet

We came back in time for the a big football feast

Hot Dogs, the official ball game food

Grandma got Jacy laughing so hard. She is sooo much fun!

Jacy is definitely Grandpas girl

The Day ended on an all time high.
GO UTES!!!

Unexpected Surprise!

So I am sitting at home minding my own business, watching Jacy and I get a phone call.
Stephanie Greenhaugh the Cedar City Ladies Auxiliary President called to congratulate me on being elected to President for 2011. I had decided to skip the meeting. I have been Historian, Trustee, and have done 4 quilts for our auction and decided to try to simplify what little I have control over.
BAAHAA!!! Even when I am not there I am still not in control of anything. So everyone be patient this year with me. I will be even more scatterbrained then normal!

A quick trip to the zoo!

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.

He's not a monkey but we liked him and his baby.

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.

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!!

The cutest Trick-or Treater of the whole night!