WELCOME TO OUR WORLD!
We went camping at Henry's Lake up in Idaho. My parents, Todd and Alynn, Elizabeth, Caroline and Louis, Rhett and Shantel, Kade and Ryker and Sid and Sparky and us all headed up! Henry's Lake is beatiful! We had a lot of fun. The first night we ate dinner and then sent the kids and older boys out to fish with no luck. The next day, the older boys went fishing with no luck then we ate breakfast, girls had pedicures, then we all headed to West Yellowstone for some shopping. When we got back to camp they went fishing again with no luck. That night are big plans were to have dutch oven dinner- BBQ ribs, Chicken strips, cheese-bacon potatoes, apple and berry cobbler. Yummy! Then the all mighty storm hit! We waited thinking it would just pass over, but it only got worse. We tried to salvage any of the dutch oven dinner that we could, but ended up with the ribs and chicken and some of the potatoes were done. Todd and Alynn's tent broke in half and the trailer my parents were staying in started leaking so at last my parents and Todd's family decided to head home. Us and the Chatelains ate what dinner there was and played games in the trailer! The next morning- we had a huge mess to clean up- and then we decided to head home. What a fishing trip!!!!- no fish! So we went home and then took all the kids to the fish hatchery for a guaranteed fish catch. They caught 8 fish and Brandon grilled them up for him and Paige while Conner and I ate Chick Fil-A. All in all it was a lot of fun, but a lot of work. Next time- WE ARE STAYING IN A HOTEL!!!!!

Sunday, December 28, 2008










We had a wonderful Christmas! The kids scored with a Wii and Nintendo DS. Paige also Gourment Cupcake, pixos, tini puppini, mall madness and a ton of other stuff to try to find a spot for in her overfilled room. Conner got the red robot, Tony Hawk skateboard, remote control car, star wars talking helmet and books which can fit in his room because he so gratefully got rid of some toys he no longers plays with before Christmas. Thank you Conner! Brandon got white walled tires for his Harley along with some more skull pieces for the bike that he bought himself. He also got a rainforest shower head, razor, clothes and SAR knife. I got Euphoria Calvin Klein perfume, oral B toothbrush, jewelry, clothes, foot massager and food storage items. It was nice to have the whole family for both families here together.




This Christmas was bitter sweet. My Grandma fell and broke her hip on the 23rd. She had surgery on the 24th and never woke up from that. She died on Christmas day. How sweet for her to beable to return to Grandpa on Christmas Day! We will miss her greatly, but know she is in the best place possible and we will see her some day again!




With the New Year coming this week, 2008 has been quite a ride. We went to Disneyland in April and the week we came back we moved into the new house. We still currently own our first house which sucks, but that's the way the ball rolls. Brandon and myself both received promotions which helps in owning 2 homes. The kids have grown up a lot this year. Conner got baptized in June. Paige had 2 seizures- not that fun for her or us! But she hasn't had anymore so hopefully won't have any in 2009 either. We look forward to 2009 and what our adventure will be. We are ready for the new ride!




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