Thanksgiving 2010

We went to Nevada for Thanksgiving. This was one of the best Thanksgivings we have ever had. All of the siblings and their families were there for several days. Highlights were the ping-pong tournament (thanks Tim and Zach), talent show (thanks Dallas) and a full day of photography (thanks Camrin and Brandon).

This was the last shot of the day. The grandkids were less than excited to take this picture. It was cold, the lighting was wrong and diapers were exploding. We called it good.

Jodi with her parents and siblings.

Jay and Rhonda with all of their posterity. There were no empty chairs at this thanksgiving.

Heston played some Christmas songs on the lap harp for his portion of the talent show.

Casey played the piano and did a gymnastics routine.

Levi showed a music video with pictures of him doing many of his interests. Whit danced and Chris played the saxaphone. Jodi's talent, getting us all there with our talents. Always out of the spotlight, but deserving most of the credit.

We visited Grandma & Grandpa Hills and had tons of fun. Grandpa built a fire in his cool fire pit and we roasted hot dogs and had smores. Yum!

Anna loves this little seat. She sat there and smiled at me while I bottled salsa.

Poor Levi! He held the leg of our friends deer while he was skinning it and then touched his eye. We had a little bit of a scare but got it all taken care of.

Leaves are great in the Fall!

The kids decided early this year what they wanted to be so we were able to do some home made costumes. I have to thank my sister for her help. She is amazing! This is Friday morning right before loading on the bus. They got to wear their costumes to school and participated in the school parade!

Carving pumpkins!

This year I was smart. I had them clean the pumpkins out by the garden.

We carve pumpkins every year at our friends house. Here are the kids eating a yummy dinner before the carving begins.

You can tell by this photo who the serious one is!

Heston was exhausted after he finished his carving job!

Finished Products!

Town Halloween Party!

Ward Halloween Party!

Trunk-or-Treating

Whit loves to dance while we watch Dancing with the Stars!

I guess it is about time to do a little catch up. Here we go.

I don't know how he falls asleep like this. The kids were running around the house and jumping over him as he slept.

Our pumpkin harvest was awesome this year! This is only about half of them.

Heston is growing up too fast right now. He is so fun and getting so smart!

Whit likes to make sure Anna is OK. If she even whimpers he tells me she is crying and wants me to fix it.

The kids painted their own signs to advertise the sale of their pumpkins!

They painted quite a few!

Dallas let us use her fancy new curlers while she was here. Casey loved them!

Anna in her beautiful new dress.

The boys helped clean up the garden!

Levi likes to study his bird book. The dove he was nursing back to health is watching him pretty close.

Anna likes to nap on the kitchen table. It is one of the safe places I dare lay her down.

They boys spent last Saturday helping the Sorensen's move their cattle off the mountain. Levi rode his trusted steed! In this photo the sun is just coming up over the ridge.

Levi sure loves his horse.

The sun was shining on the Aspen trees so they stopped for a photo.

This week was "Say NO to Drugs Week" at school. As you can see the kids had fun dressing up for red day. Casey won the prize in her class and Heston took second in his.

Anna still spends a lot of time sleeping.

We visited the fire station for scouts. Levi liked the truck.

Anna has a new toy.

Anna likes her chair.

Whit likes his chair too.

Casey won some ribbons at her gymnastics meet. She is sure proud!

Here are the kids waiting for the bus on the first day of school.

This year the kids kept saying they were not excited about school starting but they didn't act that way. They got up extra early, got ready without complaining and were out watching for the bus 20 minutes before it was even supposed to come.

Casey is an awesome big sister! My mom always told me that having babies when your oldest kids get bigger is way easier. I never believed her. Now I know what she was talking about and she was right!

We spent a good part of the day playing with the train and some blocks. I think every kid likes making tunnels and towers for things to go through and around.

We took a little trip up to Deep Lake to catch some fish.

We didn't even get a bite!

Mom is losing her touch with fishing.

We sure had fun though.

Maybe this is why we didn't catch any fish!

Anna didn't care about the fish or playing in the lake.

Whit ended up without pants because he was so wet.

Anna is turning into a little chunk. She has already gained about 5 pounds in about 7 weeks.