Christmas 2008

We played the white elephant gift game. Calley got a reindeer Christmas decoration.




Santa came!! Ethan was intrigued!














Brindley and Caedance with Santa



We had dinner with
Gordon & Deanne, Becky & Glen
Brandon, Ashley, Awnalisa, Josh, Calley & Ethan, Josiah, Sharla, Aspen, Brindley & Caedance, Shylo & Lochlan and cardboard Drew.


Shylo made Lamb ears for Locahlan & Ethan for the live nativity

Josiah & Josh were Kings, Aspen was Mary with Caedance was baby Jesus

And Brindley was our little angel

Lochlan & Ethan got reaquainted. They are 2 weeks apart but live far apart!



We missed our missionarys, but had a wonderful visit with them on Christmas day!

Ethan loves the fishes at Gramma's Dec 2008

Ethan came over to visit and was mesmerized by the fish tank. If you listen closely you can hear him talking to them!

Dinner with Elder Hill (one of Drew's companions)

Elder David Hill was Drew's companion in Edmonton. He just came home form his mission and came o dinner last Sunday at our house. Brandon, Josh, Calley & Ethan and Josiah & Sharla & girls came over too.

We got some pictures with Drew's stand up and David

It was a lot of fun and he told us some experiences he and Drew had on their missions.

We also celebrated Josiah's birthday. 29 years old. We had Turtle pie (Josiah's favorite).

December 2008 Ethan's sees Santa

Ethan came to our ward Chrsitmas party (with his parents) and he sat on Santa's lap. He was darling and so brave and happy!

Christmas is so fun with Grandkids!

Thanksgiving at the Ranch 2008

Welcome home Gramma & Budd from their Mexico city mission!

We had a nice Thanksgiving dinner at the Dixon chaple

Everyone came at 1PM to eat and afterwards we played games and visited for 5 hours until 6 PM when others came and we had dessert.

The kids had a ball, we played a "guess the in-law" game with Jeff P., Glen W., James A., and Marie L. as contestants. It was funning learning some fun facts about them and trying to guess who answered what!

There were paper and pens to write notes to our three missionaries 2 Elder Mccartys (Kyler and Drew) and Elder Lane (William). There were Fun crafts for the kids to do also.

It was fun remembering our family reunions when I was a kid playing with our cousins and running around the cultural hall having so much fun!

Kurt and GiGi Rassmussen came and the missionaries too!

We had a few of the young married couples showed up with family and friends which was a nice surprise!