Christmas Eve - New pajamas - Christmas Morning Fun....

Isn't she cute...with all the toys around...she plays with a plain white t-shirt and makes a game out of it.

Ellie says, "Grandma, I'm not going to live in Con-et-i-cut anymore...I'm going to live in Ar-i-zo-na."

Grandma says, "Oh, I'm SOOOOOOO HHHHAPPPPY!!!!!"

Welcome home!!!

The Cub Scout Pack Meeting awards. The Clock Tarrik made is the center one...Looks AWESOME!

Tarrik with the Webelos paint job from the Pack Meeting.

Oh, no!!! (Gives new meaning to the phrase---I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas-only a hippopotamus will do!!!)

Grandpa, Haylee and Ellie watching the train.

Jade and Naia's school "Winter Sing" was a lovely program. Jade is in the red dress in the front row and Naia is just to the left of the little boy with glasses. The program was held at Westwood High School Auditorium and was an absolutely fun program. These children were excellent singers and very well behaved. (And there were hundreds of them!)

After a little water problem at the townhouse---this is what's left. Jared and Natalie had worked so hard to put down the beautiful wood floor.....tile going back in for the kitchen and dining area.

What a MESS..refrigerator in the living-room, toilet in the middle of the floor...oh, well. The first tiles going down.

All the tile has been laid and Grandpa is putting the grout in...That's the stove on the island....yes, that was the easiest place to put it. We were in a hurry to get up the mountain before a storm and get the extra tile returned to the store...so I didn't get any finished pictures. We'll take some next time we go down.

And what are big brothers for...that tooth is COMING OUT...

The Turkey, The Train, The Pie.....

Here are those Golden Hubbard Squash I talked about earlier....Cut in half - bake at 350* for 45 minutes and - wall-a...Grandpa said it makes the best "pumpkin" pie ever...Hope we can find the seeds again next year! (Note to self - must have Grandpa use the axe to cut these!! Cut the other one in half myself....not pretty...took 30-45 minutes, ruined an electric knife..hard..hard...)

Very interesting....We were reading this today - Alma Chapter 49:1

Eleventh month - tenth day...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, little munchkins!!! Grandpa and Grandma luv ya!!!

This little guy thought he might want to spend the winter in the house on Grandpa's shoe. Actually this is the second one we've found on Grandpa's shoe in the last week or so. I do wish they's stay outside!!!

O.K. - It's 6:35 a.m. - look what that 50 mph wind that blew yesterday brought!!!

Aren't these beautiful and interesting. These are "Golden Hubbard" squash from Grandpa's "punkin patch." I'm thinking these will make into great pies and cookies. The fall season is really pretty here in the White Mountains. We had a fire downstairs last night and it felt good.

We had a fun time last week. Jared and Natalie were here from Connecticut, Carrie was here from Utah, and Tonya and Michon came up from the Valley. It was the first time the girls have been together for a long time. 13 of the 15 GRANDS were here---and they were so happy to see each other and play...and ride...and pick pumpkins...and play...and play. We were tired, we ate too much, and the house was pretty full. It was great!! Congrates to Jared who landed a job at County- they will soon return to the west...It will be especially nice to have everyone in the same time zone again (that is when Utah gets off day-lite saving).

We found this "stick-man" bug. Jade got it to crawl on her hand then she put it in the petunias.

A walk to the bridge.

Cousins!!!