November 2012

The game of catch up....  Loved spending some time in Utah with my dear family. We then had some great fun for Hallie's birthday.... a lovely dinner and then the Nutcracker Ballet. First ballet for Hallie and for Terry. I think they were both a little freaked out by the men's tights...haha....

Simmons came from Hawaii to enjoy Thanksgiving with us. We loved having all the grand kids together. The festivities included shooting, hunting, shopping, delicious food, crafting, 4-wheeling in the snow, fire lanterns, skating, sleepovers, etc. What a wonderful holiday. We're so grateful for the wonderful family that we have.

Love my daddy!

Stunning Fall Colors

Thanks for the tea party, Lucy & Spence

Love these silly kids

Doesn't get much better than root beer floats at midnight!

Happy 11th birthday Hallie

Nutcracker Ballet

Finally getting close

Gpa and the boys-Magic Mountain

Be careful who you're messing with

Now this is the way to watch a movie

Cousin buddies- Branson & Ryker

Braxdon & Hallie the 11 yr. olds

Braydon making a wish

Cold, but loving the 4-wheeling

Love these grand kids

Thanksgiving Feast

Macy... the camera's over here

Michelle & Grandma

Matt & Braxdon the hunters

Michelle & Melissa trying to stay warm

Put away the guns....time for the bow

My kitchen help couldn't get much cuter than a bunch of frogs

Tis the season

Hmmm... I think they're all "nice"

Bully the camel is slobbering on poor Braxdon

Michelle & Matt

Now go to sleep :)

Papa & Ledger

Tasty Treat

Roller skating at it's finest

October 2012

 

 

October was great we spent two whole weeks in beautiful, sunny St. George, Utah.  On our way we stopped in Salt Lake to visit with our friends who were in town from Korea. It was a great reunion of our little, China Branch.  We were able to watch BYU football at Brent and Tonya's, see Parker tear it up on the soccer field and enjoy conference at the Packer's place. 

St. George was awesome. Terry played on two softball teams in the Huntsman Senior games. We stayed with friends on the team and it was a party for two weeks. Terry's teams did well. The 60's took the silver... only because the championship game was rained out and we didn't get a chance to "play for the ship."  The 55's played well, but ended on a crummy field with bad sun and bad umpiring.  No excuses... haha...  Between games we attended the temple, biked the many trails, played tennis, enjoyed gatherings with friends and relaxed in the pool and hot tub. 

Back home for lessons, speaking and Halloween. Pretty busy month.

SEPTEMBER 2012

The first of this month Terry and I parted company for a while..... Terry went with his son, Matt, to do a little bear hunting and, of course, I headed home to Utah.  The bear hunt was successful as was a wonderful visit with my family--happy birthday fun with Lori, pool time and visiting with my lovely, Miss Whitney.  We miss our Braxdon who celebrated number 11!!! After getting back together we headed to Red Fish Lake with our friends for a few days and back to Sun Valley as Terry's dad had a little knee surgery. Off this weekend for softball tourney in Las Vegas and the month is over. Good grief. Someone just told me aging is like a roll of toilet paper.....the closer you get to the end the faster it goes....smile.....why does that have to be soooo true?!

HOLIDAY IN HEBER

 

 

 

 

The end of August we took the older grand kids, Hallie and Ryker, on a little holiday before school resumed. Year two of this fun tradition took us to Heber, Utah and The Homestead. Whitney was able to get us a delightful room for a reasonable rate and we enjoyed our stay immensely. The kids could have spent the whole time in the swimming pool....smile....and were becoming quite accomplished at diving and flips by the time we left.  Our many activities included a tour of The Joseph Smith Memorial building with accompanying movie, temple square and the conference center. Swimming. Lovely morning breakfasts on the golf course patio as well as feeding the ducks and fish. Swimming. Ride on the Heber Creeper and Dairy Keen. Shopping and a trip to the Winter Sports Park. Swimming. Feeding the goats. Yummy pizza at the Zermatt. Swimming. Campfire branding and stories. Swimming. Topped the trip off with a stop at the Packer Pool for some family fun time, BBQ and, yes, more swimming. AWESOME!