THANKSGIVING

What a crew!!! We had a great thanksgivning dinner. The only thing that could have made it better was if Chelsey were here and if Shawn would have been able to come. He was on call for work and unable to get away. We missed them both. The kids had fun playing together. We topped off the night by playing duck duck goose and eating pie. Kris, my friend from work came and ate with us with her 3 children. It was fun to have her. I have tried to adopt her since I need another daughter!

Chelsey--this is the dinner plate we dished up for You!!

BYU vs U of U

I wonder if we will ever get enough football!! Thanks to Bill and Lisa McNabb we had tickets to the BYU/Utah game in SLC. Dave and I drove down and met Whitney there. We sat in "RED" territory....at that stadium for that game there wasn't much "BLUE" territory. We tried not to cheer for BYU because the McNabbs are die hard Utah fans. It didn't matter much anyway though because BYU you got beat 48 to 24. Whitney felt like a traitor but if things work out with her and Griffin this spring, she will have to change her loyalties and cheer for RED.

Whitney went on tour to Colorado with Theatre Ballet at BYU. They had a "dress rehersal" in their studio so I went to watch. I miss seeing her dance whenever I want to. She had a great time in Colorado and in general just loves BYU. (The dancing, social life and not so much the studying).

Trip to Arizona

We went to Arizona to visit Karen and Ron Howard and to go see a Monday Night Football Game between Arizona Cardinals and San Fransico. We had a great time with Karen and Ron. We climbed the "bell rock" and went to Sadona. We attended the singles branch where Ron is the Bishop and then had dinner at Lori's. It was fun to see all their kids and grandkids. The game was fun and CRAZY. I can't even imagine how much beer consumption goes on at those games. Everyone around us was buying bottles at $7.25 a piece. They didn't limit themselves to just one. Notice the tight white "tights". The stadium holds 60,000 and was sold out. It was loud and crazy and fun for a one time adventure. We met Chris and Colleen and then stayed in their house Monday night. We flew back home on Tuesday.

Grand
children
are so fun!!!

Guess who the King is!!!

Oct 31....For Halloween Roxy Rock Star and Hannah Montana (alias Roxann and Jeannie Gibson) had fun at the ward Trunk or Treat party. Dave is not in the picture because he dressed up as a Potato Warehouse manager and was not having near as much fun and Hannah and I. Life is too short to act like I am 50.

Oct 18th. It was Grandma James 78th birthday. We had a surprise party for her at my house. Dan and Deb and several of their kids, all of mine (except Chelsey, Casey and Whitney) and Karen and Barry and Cindy came. We had 37 for dinner. We had sloppy Joes and salad and birthday cake. It was fun and Grandma was surprised. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Grandma!

October 17th.....This is the most exciting thing that happened in our yard for years!!! I have wanted Dave to fix some sprinklers and water troughs for the horses for years but he always had the excuse that he couldn't because he couldn't turn off the water. Well now.....there is no longer a good excuse. Ricahrd and Marsha came over and dug holes to find it and then spent a few hours fixing the pipe. I am thrilled. Dave has even started fixing some of the pipes around the house and I am still hoping that the automatic waterers will be next.

This is a job that I knew Richard did not want to do, so I have been reminding him with kindness for the past 2 months. I have been taking cookies, bread, cake, etc to entice him to come. He finally came through for me. He said he didn't know if he wanted to because the treats would end. I assured him they wouldn't. I have taken him goodies 3 times since.