Thanksgiving Weekend-St. George

This is kind of long, but if you haven't noticed, we are a picture-taking family. So here are a few from our very fun Thanksgiving Weekend in St. George.

The morning we left, Wes and Jackson tried on their helmets...in bed.
Grandma taking London and Jackson for a ride.

Wes found a new woman...

And I found a new man...

Thanksgiving morning, my dad took Wes, Jackson, and Riley to see some cool dino tracks in the rocks.

Grandp and his little buddy

Hiking in Zion's-Lulu and Grandpa

Throwing rocks in the water.

Family Photo

Wes and Jackson climbed a big rock.

Jackson and London too tired to walk back to the car take the easy way out...on the stroller.

Petrified Sand Dunes

Mommy and London playing with sand and rocks

We went to see Twilight!! Grandma, Lulu, me, Chel, Bre, and Mom. Wes, Sam, and Riley came to the movie with us too.

Airplane ride with Grandpa

Mommy and Jackson with the airplane

Me with the Pilot

Wes motorbiking with Grandpa...hot helmet!

Grandpa being funny.

The hot tub of course...can't go to St. George without spending part of each day in here.

Playing in the sand on our last day in St. George. It was a beautiful day-about 70 degrees.

Daddy with his kiddos

Funny Londie

I love this shot of Wes and London's shadows

Daddy carrying the kids back to the car after a fun day in the sand. We had an awesome trip and were sad to leave. Thanks Grandpa and Grandma Wood for a memorable Thanksgiving!

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.