Thanksgiving!

Our Wood Thanksgiving Feast-November 2008-St. George, Utah

Bryan was in Grand Cayman, but I couldn't leave him out, so here he is earlier this summer.
London and Lulu

My dad and I playing our annual "Sleigh Ride" duet-Jackson in the background playing the Wii

Riley being lazy.

Wes-Whoa mama! Doing the dishes!

Mom and Grandma Joyce

Chelsea whipping up some mean mashed potatoes

Mom and Dad, Granmda and Grandpa-Awwww!

Sam and his girly friend Bre!

Me cooking Thanksgiving rolls-secret recipe! Shh!

Laura and me slaving away in the kitchen.

UPS kids

London-19 months!

November 22, 2008

London is 19-months old today. She is turning into such a cute little girl. I love doing her hair in 2 pigtails. And she loves to wear dresses and knows just how cute she is in them. She is also obsessed with shoes and tries on all her shoes all day long. Londie loves purses and is always getting into mine or my sister's.

Jackson's new snow boots

We bought Jackson some new winter snowboots, which are a few sizes too big so he can wear them (hopefully) for the next few years. He wanted to wear them all day long, but I kept telling him he couldn't. Finally, I caved, hey why not? So we were driving in the car and he said, "Mommy, I'm never never ever ever ever never never ever ever ever never never never ever ever ever never ever never ever never ever ever ever ever never never ever ever ever never ever never never ever ever ever never never never ever ever ever ever ever never ever never ever never never ever ever never ever never ever ever never never never ever ever ever never ever never ever never ever never going to take off my boots!" So, then I said, "Well, Jackson, what if your feet get too hot?" And he replied, "Hmmm, I'll just take them off."

I don't know why, but that just hit me so funny, and I couldn't stop laughing. He spent so much time with his "never evers" and just simply nixed it all with his last statement. He is so fun!

Sunday

Don't we look spiffy!
Londie's new dress. I love having a girl!

Handsome little man!

Weekend with Grandpa!

We got a surprise visit from Grandpa David this weekend. He was on his way home from his Moab motorbike trip, so he stopped and stayed with us on Saturday night. We went on a walk up the canyon. It was refreshing and beautiful. Here are a few pictures.

Grandpa with his scary red eyes. J & L love it when he does this.

Pretty red leaves

me and Aunt Lulu

Grandpa with his 2 favorite grandkids

Happy Halloween!

The kiddos with their stash

Carving pumpkins with Aunt Lulu

Pumpkins-(lft to right) Lulu's, London's, Jackson's, Saun's, Wes'

At the UPS meeting at 7:45 am. They gave all the kids cute buckets with candy and toys. They had a big safety meeting on being extra safe on Halloween.

Jackson with his friends-Caleb and Brynley, getting ready to go trick-or-treating

London and Mommy (with her tiger ears on)

Fun Ladies Weekend

My 3 best friends from highschool and I got together for the weekend for our 3rd annual Fun Ladies Weekend. I hosted it this year at my house and we had a wonderful time. Jenny on the left came from Moscow Idaho; Ellen, on my right came from Portland; and Hilary, in the red, came from Twin Falls, Idaho. My sister, Laura also joined us and Ellen's sister Margie hung out with us for a while too. We relaxed, talked about our families and good old times, went to a movie, ate lots of yummy food, laughed, cried, exchanged gifts, learned how to take better care of our teeth (thanks to Laura), and had a fabulous time. We got to stay up late and sleep in and didn't have to worry about anyone but us. Wes took the kids to Rexburg for the weekend so we had the house to ourselves. It was very refreshing. Thanks to my wonderful friends and sister for a very lovely weekend. I am already excited for next year!

Fun Weekend with Daddy!

I sent Wes and kids off to Rexburg while I had my friend's weekend and looks like they had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa Nye's house playing outside, getting potatoes, and hanging out with their cousins. They also went swimming at Green Canyon. These kids never have any fun...

Thank you Wes for taking the kids for the weekend so I could play with my friends. I love you so much. You are the best husband and daddy ever.

Week in Rexburg

We spent all of last week (9/29-10/5) in Rexburg, Island Park, Yellowstone, and Jackson Hole. It was so much fun to get up there and enjoy the fall season. The kids had a great time. Jackson got to go on an airplane ride with Grandpa Wood and Grandpa let him fly the plane. Then he got to ride in the "big nasty" Chevelle SS. I think that was the highlight of his trip. Wes and Jackson went fishing with my dad and Wes' dad and were able to fish 3 different times. I went to 3 movies in one week, which is unheard of! We also went to Yellowstone and saw Old Faithful; and we went to Jackson Hole where we hiked around Jenny Lake and ate at the famous Billy's Burgers. The weather was gorgeous! It was fun to hang out with our families. We got to spend time with Chelsea and Riley, Uncle Sam, Grandpa and Grandma Nye, and Grandpa and Grandma Wood. We had a great time and thank you to all our family for hanging out with us and having fun. (After I posted these pictures, I realized they are all out of order, but it will take too long to fix, so I am leaving it this way.)

Leaves at Jenny Lake in Jackson Hole
Jenny Lake
Billy's Burgers-the absolute best burgers ever!
The famous antler arch in Jackson Hole
The kiddos watching Old Faithful erupt. This is London's 3rd time here and she is only 1 1/2 years old. That tells you how much we go there.
Fishing at Birch Creek with Grandpa Nye
More of the scenery at Jenny Lake. The leaves were beautiful.
Jenny Lake

The kiddos getting some rest at the cabin in Island Park.
Fishing at Henry's Lake
Family Picture in Yellowstone
Kiddos with Grandma and Grandpa Nye
London is very excited to see Old Faithful

Motorbiking with my dad-this tree has been one of my dad's favorite things since he was 15 years old-it died last year, and he is quite sad about it.
Wes and Grandpa Wood fishing on Henry's Lake. They caught about 30 fish between the 2 of them.
Wes on Henry's Lake
Henry's Lake
Fun times at the cabby-bin playing in the lofts.