Showing posts with label family get together. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family get together. Show all posts

Friday, November 28, 2014

Thanksgiving

We started Thanksgiving off with a little Ab Ripper X
Trust me, this was Mike's idea all the way :)

I was participating, but grabbed my camera for a few pics though.

Later on we went and had a delicious feast and fun time with family.
Here's the yummy berry pie I made.
I think that one of my big thankful fors this year is that Mike is back.
He wasn't here last year at this time and it's just nice to be together as a family
...even if he makes us exercise!

Monday, December 30, 2013

Christmas River Cruise

This year for Christmas, Mike and I decided that we would pay for a Christmas River Cruise
for our family to enjoy instead of trying to buy gifts for everyone.

We were blessed that the weather was good.
It started to rain a bit before we got on the boat,
but then it stopped and the air wasn't very cold either.

I thought it was a fun experience and I think that everyone had a good time.
We even had a surprise visit from Santa Claus in a canoe delivering candy canes :)

December 18, 2013

Monday, December 16, 2013

Carving Pumpkins

This is not something I have been very good at doing with my kids. We have done it a few times, but it in no way has been a tradition, which is sad because the kids really enjoy it. I guess I'll try to do better in the future. I think it might help living near my family since they do seem to all do it :)
Dallin did a tri-force, Grace did the logo for a book she is writing called Survivors. Isaac worked hard on his own to make a nice jack-o-lantern. Anna made a face and on the back she did a lightning bolt. By the end of the night she carved more in the sides and painted the whole thing. Wish I would have taken a picture of them all when we put them on our front steps....Maybe next time!
Henry was so proud of his that he did with no help. Noah took quite a while trying to figure out what to do, so he didn't quite finish. He was working on a Captain America shield. I tried to do a spiderweb and spider and painted it with some glow in the dark paint...which didn't really work too well.
My brother Greg always does something amazing. This year he did Wolverine. So cool! Everyone had some nice carvings I wish I would've taken pictures of Blythe's minion, Holden's minion, Maren's minon, my mom's shark, Marcy's Jack Skelington, Julianne's Minnie Mouse, Shannon's Mexican death mask, Kenzie's Spongebob (at least I think that's what she did).
This was on October 25th