Gobble, Gobble!

PULL!

Well- no Turkeys to be found, other than on the table, so we shot the

annual box of clay pigeons.

The kids shot the 410, and I tried the 12 guage.

Mark and PaPa stood behind to back us up with the real guns.

We ate a great meal at Gramma and PaPa Slaugh's, and then lazied

around. Papa and Gramma sang and strummed the guitar,

and Mark and Ali added a little- Ali voice and Mark guitar.

Ali and I finally saw Twilight that night(never as good as book).

We had a great day and felt very grateful for all we have.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our family and friends. We miss you!

Ali shoots 410- she has no comment.
Alisa shoots the 410 here, out of practice, shot 50%.

Ian shot great, really nailed one.


Haley's first try- she had fun!


Daddy helps Whit aim.

Can you be any Lazier!

Pa Pa entertains

Gramma Sings

Mark tries to remember how to play.(HA)

Crazy Days and Sleepy Nights

The girls had a reading marathon in September.

This is how it was for a week.

Ali dressed up for '80's day at school.

She Looked more like Riz (Stockard Channing) from Grease.

Whitney has fun with crazy hat day at school.

Ian almost whips my Hiney in a foot race.

Scary how old that makes me feel.

Our "Maine" Attraction

Anthony came to visit from Maine in October.

We all had so much fun!

We couldn't resist a night in Moab to

see Arches. Jantzen, Ian, Ali,

Whitney,and Haley under the Sand Arch.

Jantzen, Ian, Haley, Grandma,

Ali and Whit weather the wind.

Tony, Alisa, Ian, Haley, Whit, Grandma, Ali, and Jantzen

on top of Sand Arch. It took a lot of guts and

determination for some in the party. It was really high.

Ali, Tony, Haley, Alisa, and Whit with a friendly bird.

My very cool kids were

real troopers on the hike.

Checking out holes in the rocks

along the way- (no vermon)

Haley and the kids explore the holes as I stress about the

possible slipping factors. Very slick rocks.

Me- A head in the hole is better than a hole in the head any day.

We all had a blast and saw some great sights and had some

really fun walks. The weather was great!

Some fun sights in Utah/Colorado

Echo Park was beautiful and serene.

Rock Skipping- great flat rocks.

While the kids were in school, Tony and Alisa crossed the border into Colorado,

to see the Dinosaur National Monument area.The landscape is beautiful.

We even used 4 wheel drive to do some very off road adventures.

This is my best impression of Titanic over a

few thousand foot drop.

Tony was a little too macho for Titanic poses. jk

Halloween

We had a really fun and simple Halloween this year. It was pretty cold, so the kids were done in an hour, and had enough candy, but not too much.

Ali dressed up as The Joker (?) for a party,
and at another party she just had fun looking pretty.
The Joker make up was enough for one night.











































Haley was The Corpse Bride,
which was outside the box for her.












Ian was Ninja, and went
trick or treating with a few friends.






















Whitney was Snow White.
It was neat because I had been going
through old pictures, and found a picture
of myselfas Snow White at about
the same age.
Melissa was Pippy Long Stockings that year.

Me as Snow White and Melissa as Pippy.

(with her friend Laura)