Thankful for Nicholas

..and the stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that Nicholas soon would be there. 

Happy Birthday Nicholas! Big 7!

We celebrated you today. We got super sick on Thanksgiving so we delayed, decorated for Christmas last night,a and had a Thanksgiving feast for your birthday.

I hope you got to come down and share a little of the day with us. 

We love you!

 My sweet friend remembered today is a special day and brought us some flowers.



 Pie selection

 My Thanksgiving meal prep helper. Barry worked on remolding the laundry room while we baked.

We went around the table and all said things we were thankful for. I am thankful for eternal families and the blessings of the temple. That we can all be together again one day. 

Owen took a quick trip to the store to get some cranberry, ice cream ..and Cheetos. Can't quite remember putting those on the list. ...;)

September 2019

           First picture in September, someone found my phone and knows he’s being naughty.

                       We’re celebrating Ellie’s birthday a little early this year. I can’t believe she’s fourteen already! As you can tell, she still loves Harry Potter!            

                                              Enjoying Orange Leaf with the coupons we got.

                                                          Emma’s first day of school!

                                                            Lauren’s first day of school!

                                                                Ellie’s first day of school!      



         
                                                              WE’RE IN YELLOWSTONE!
                   

                                                           Owen’s fishing success

                                                              Riding in Grandpa Pate’s car

 We came here thinking these were the huge falls we heard about.........only to look up-river.

                                             First buffalo sighting in our Yellowstone trip

                                 Don’t...........move...........an............inch........

   

                                          The real falls....

   

                                                                         Owen’s new Dino hat 🦖

                                           We went to Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band (the kids loved it!)

                                                                 Ellie’s race

                                           WE ARE IN TUSCON, ARIZONA!!!!!!
First trip without the kids.....

                                                                  Mini Tree of Life

                      Our hotel is amazing, not to mention HUMONGOUS!!! Balcony, pool, hot tub!

                                          We saw this........

                                                        And these..........

                                                             And him.............

                                                      Here is some of our favorite cacti

                                                               We got super close to all sorts of animals

                                           Barry is 6 feet 1 inch

GOODBYE TUSCON, WE’LL MISS YOU!!!