11.25.2012

Thanksgiving in Utah


We were so excited to get to spend Thanksgiving in Utah with Justin's family. We arrived just in time for a Gender Party, to find out what Kirk and Linds are having!! Pink or Blue?? Everyone made their predictions...


 Yay, Uncle Joggy!

Mother-to-be...  

 the gender of Baby Stephens to be reviled when they cut the ribbon and release the balloons...

drum roll please....

BLUE....

It's a BOY!!

Proud Mama ... isn't she just glowing!!

Nans checks out ultra sound pictures... 

Will, also looking at ultrasound pictures... not quite sure what to think yet... but he's happy for another boy to be around in the spring! Yay for cousins!

Terese and I made these little goodies for our family and friends for Thanksgiving! cute huh,  we call them Squirrel Food.

Thursday morning marked another awesome game in the tradition of Turkey Bowl Football... the men had a wild fun game(only one person blacked out this time) meanwhile, the women watched, cheered and chatted on the sidelines -- such a fun tradition!

We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner at Nana and Papa's house... We were having SUCH a good time, i forgot my camera! (so NOT like me) Nana had the table so beautifully set and everything was cooked and prepared to perfection! We had a wonderful time visiting with Bart and Judy, Don, Ty and Livy, Ashley, Karl and little Rowan, after dinner. We sure love our family!

Friday, the men headed out to THE NEW BOND movie and the ladies and kids skipped over to City Creek Mall to check out some Black Friday dealz. We scored at H & M when the kids found these cute outfits... dresses $10 each. Will's awesome green pants $5. and sweater $10! love.

 Saturday, we were ever-so-lucky to be invited to go 4-wheeling with the Stephens' fam way out in Delle, Utah. WHAT A FUN DAY!! Preparing a few snacks for our adventure...

It was a chilly day but the sun was shining and warmed us up pretty good! Nans and Brinley snuggling.

J-Dawg with his dog...

Panda!!


 Kirk and Caitlin... ready to roll!

oh yes! lets!

Kirk and Linds!

Panda and Justy... ready to roll

Pops and Caitlin on top of a mountain! we could see it all from up here!


antelope island....  



our little adventurer...



my riding buddy.

on the way down... 

Pops and Caitlin...

its kinda hard to see... but we were on top of the mountain to the right, the one with the towers on top! about a 20 mile round trip! soooooo cool!

Will's turn!

Will and Linds

C and W testing out their new sling shots... 

haaa... just posing. we didn't let them drive! 

Lindsey and Nans... ready to have some FUN!

SUCH A FUN AFTERNOON! Thanks Stephens' Family!
After getting cleaned up... we met our buddies the Rigby's at Cafe Rio for dinner. So fun to catch up after 3 months...We, moving to CO and them moving to UT... we're so grateful for their friendship and glad we could visit for a while, esp in our own private room in Cafe Rio.. hahaha...

After dinner, we headed over to visit with Nana and Papa! We always have a fun time visiting with them! Chelle and Parker came over to hang with us, too!


Papa... you are so funny!



Sunday-- time to make the drive home to CO. We had such a great time in Utah, it was hard to leave! We're already looking forward to the next visit! 


beautiful sun set just as we entered CO from Wyoming.

Will couldn't NOT wait to wear his new outfit to school!
 His Favorite pal, PETE!

(I love it when the kids steal the camera and take pictures of each other... it cracks me up!

Cinderella Cat girl... 

Handsome Flynn Rider... workin' his "Smoulder"

Thanks family for a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! love you!

11.22.2012

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mr Turkey by: Will
1st grade

The Mayflower by: Caitlin
2nd grade

One side Turkey

the other side Indian
by Caitlin
2nd grade

11.19.2012

This week...

Will class had a Thanksgiving dinner for lunch last Thursday. Everyone was dressed up in these snazzy paper bag vests and head bands. Will is holding a bow and arrow and Caitlin is pretending to be a Pilgrim holding a gun... i think Brinley must be pretending to be in a straight jacket.

Friday night i went to see Breaking Dawn, part two (YES, i'm one of those people!) but i found some awesome friends to go with me... :) Lindsy and Sausha, we had a fun night! and LOVED the movie!

Sausha dressed up for the event after all...

Will made a awesome rocket out of a shoe box

Caitlin talking with Nans on the phone about her 7 lost teeth, Star Wars and how excited we all are for Thanksgiving vacation!

And the kids dressed up as cats the other day with their new black tails they asked me to make for them.  They even went to the Stake Center dressed like this while we practiced our Christmas music... they got some funny looks, but mostly friendly smiles! Guess they are not always going to want to dress up, esp as the same thing... we should all enjoy this moment.
Meow. Happy Thanksgiving week! love you all!