Pocatello

tate

big dad and britt

brent, tate, gabe, chris and big dad- i like his hat-

Our visit with the O'grady's -

we had a great time-enjoyed lunch at cafe rio (one of our favorites) and then visited their beautiful home while dreaming of being neighbors again someday...

shawna, sam, tate and me

charles, sam, and zoe enjoying some delish red velvet cake

from a darling little spot in highland

gabe and hope-the big girls helped her out with her "look"

together, we make EIGHT-

zoe, sam, hope, max, daniel, gabe, lily, and tate

visits with grandma flo and grandma dora

grandma flo taught lily how to make hats

gabe made sure grandma dora's chair worked right

isn't she beautiful?

crazy grandma-crazy hats

grandma dora loves pink as much as lily

The Thanksgiving Feast

we had fun cooking and eating-it turned out delicious

tate and izzie shared this fun little table full of toys grandma pulled out

daniel-waiting to eat

"the orange rolls"

shannon and lily made a pie

Thanksgiving in Utah

the kids spent the day skiing on wednesday. they love to ski and even though they are really desert kids, they do well.

lily loves her grandpa

tate stayed home with mom and played outside in the snow

happy little art chairs

lily and i went to ut for the weekend. we had a great time with family. the art chair show was a success.

we were so lucky shawna and zoe were doing the food. we got to catch up with them. lily helped zoe make skewers on friday night.

zoe and lily

isabelle

justin and john

lily and izzie

shannon and shiloh

grandma chris and her granddaughters

on our way home-just about to land in phoenix

happy halloween

grandma and grandpa manning flew in for a weekend of football, soccer, and cross country and did i mention-A LOT of candy eating.

was fun to have family here...

lily and gentry-"zombie dancers"

lily-"vampire dancer"

farmers

cross country meet with grandpa

"wacky day" at school-as far as we are concerned-she wins the prize!

lily is our student of the month!

she was recognized at an assembly and also got to eat lunch with the prinicpal.

GO LILY!

daniel is certified!!!

daniel spent the last 2 weeks reading, studying, diving, and working really hard to earn his open water certification. he will get to dive in january with his cousin justin and is totally looking forward to it.

daniel and ruben at lake pleasant on his first open water dive.

enjoying a little orange chicken at panda express

SO DARN CUTE!

sitka and juno are glad the summer is over-more play time outside-YEH!!!

daniel is getting his open water certification. in a recent school project he said he wanted to swim with sharks and be a marine biologist-sounds like an adventure!

another one of gabe's creations