I am so far behind in blogging, this is a quick post of our Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day Sledding. ENJOY~~

My mom cooked the turkey. We had Thanksgiving in Layton at my Grandparent's house.

Kimmie is pretending to be an old man. She cracks us up. She makes the "uhhhh" sound like an old man.

Lane with my Grandpa Jim who turned 80 June 2009.

My Dad's favorite things: Holding his grandkid(s). This is Russ with Evelyn, Andrea and Jason's baby.

Evelyn being cute, as usual.

Jacob getting his teeth into those sugar cookies grandma made.

Kimmie and Jacob sledding. Daddy helping, mommy taking pictures and Andrea came along for the fun.

There goes Andrea!

Jacob eating a candy gingerbread train made by our good friends. Jacob can smell candy a mile away. I had to hide it. I came upstairs finding him doing this.....

Uncle Paul, Evelyn's favorite person (besides her mommy).

The Redford Christmas Eve dinner at a church house. LOTS of food. This is only 1/2 the table. The other half had meats, cheeses, snacks, salads, jellos etc.

Lane and I were in charge of dessert. We brought 7 different pies.

Jacob, Kimmie and Olivia singing "Jingle Bells". Jacob made Olivia cry because he was "butting in".

There, now they can sing their performance. :)

The way my Grandparents look when they see their children and grandchildren do great things.

Evelyn with the "Baby Jesus" in the manger for the Nativity Story.

Wendy, Andrea, Russ and Kristine singing at the piano.

Sharlene narrating the Luke 2 Nativity Story.

Our little Angels: Tawnya, Oliva and Kimmie.

The wisemen, shepherds, Mary and Joseph.

Kimmie was given permission to take pictures with the camera.

The pigeon's that live in our backyard year-long.

Kimmie showing that she wrapped a gift with the extra paper our wall paper came from. ha ha (the previous owners left it for us)

Jacob opening the train he got from Grandma and Grandpa Callahan....which he spent 6 hours straight playing with on Christmas Day!

Daddy observing the kids opening their gifts.

Driving back Home

Missouri Trip Home

The kids asleep earlier in the week. A few days later going through Nebraska and Wyoming snow drifts, icy roads and 14-degree weather. We have enjoyed borrowing my parent's minivan for these trips.

Missouri Findings

Missouri Findings

The kids had a blast finding neat things, playing in the never-ending yard and loving the cats too much. We visited Grandma and Grandpa Revis often and enjoyed the yard and cousins.
Jacob LOVED the kitty. We found a toad, a walking stick, a monster daddy-long-leg, fossils, Grandma's huge gord's in her garden, listened to a bull moo and played ball in the yard. One rainy day we got 6 inches of rain. We visited the Bass Pro Shop in Springfield.

OCTOBER 3, 2009

Cousin Amber's Wedding

We traveled over night 22 hours and made it for a wedding the following day for Lane's cousin. It was a lot of fun. A country wedding outside by the river. Riding on hay bale's through fields and mud to reach the river bed. Her brother, Andy, gave her away and they said their vows, cut and ate cake and pop, had family pictures and got in a boat and floated down the river where they'd stay the night in a tent before heading to Arkansas for their honeymoon. The kids had fun with the goodies, bubbles and were a magnet to the river. Lane was able to see friends he hadn't seen in over 10 years.

Kids Funny Sayings and Things

I've never been fed cheerios by a 2-year old with a barbie-sized spatula and pie tin. I laughed so hard I could barely eat them and he was so serious to get them in my mouth. oooh! Heavenly Father knew these kids would love me!

He was also being a big helper with Kimmie. I was looking up doctor's online and they were out husking the corn cobs. Well, Kimmie brought in the corn that was done in a clear container and Jacob dragged the kitchen garbage back into the house and 1/2 way down the stairs before it dumped all over. Husks, paper plates, food scraps, corn hair/silk, and ketchup and mustard opened packets-yuck, but I laughed so hard because he was being so good to show me what they did to the husks.

Kimmie said, "Jacob! Are you hot?" puts down a sheet to play on "are you cold?" he says no, both times...."Are you a pea in a pot 9 days old?" I'm laughing so hard writing this my eyes are watering.

Something I heard on t.v. that struck me funny, a black girl said, talking about white people, "When you're born you're pink, when you grow up you're white, when you're sick you're green, when you're in the sun you turn red and when you're cold you're blue and when you die, you're purple....and you call ME colored!"

My mom had a note that said, "If you don't have self-discipline, you need some 'Motha' discipline."

I was Tired of waiting for success, so I went ahead without it.

Here are some funny things Kimmie has said:
"What's the opposite? Left (I said Right)Up (down)Back? Forth"

"Momma! You're beautiful. (Oh, thank you) I want make up (You're funny) You're stinky."

"I'm gonna be a sunshine so I'll melt Grandma's heart."

Kimmie came in w/sand all over her hands and said, "I need to wash my hands." I said well I was going to go pull weeds in front if she wanted to come with me and help. "Yeah, let me wash my hands so I don't get sand all over the weeds." Doy!

Oh My! Old photos

MISC. PICS

Various photos of my siblings and me at different stages of our lives. Three pictures of Lane are in the diaper only (looks just like our son, now), with the raggedy ann dolls, and the obvious-blue outfit, which he had for a few years after we were married.