I am excited to be visiting Jennifer, Tyson
and the munchkins tomorrow!!!!

See ya later..........Louisiana!!!!
:) :) :)

A time to plant.....

While Matthew was home from school I decided
to have him help me put in a garden.
I am very excited because I have wanted to
have a garden for some time
but we kept putting it off....

So here it is....

We had a bunch of bricks that we removed
last year from our front yard.
We were trying to decide what to do with them,
when I had a brainstorm and decided to make a path
down the middle of the garden so it will
be easier to water.

We have 6 tomato plants...

2 peppers...

and a zucchini squash!!!

I am thinking that I have room for another pepper
but I know the zucchini will take up a lot of room.

So excited for the results!!!

YW Campout

Our Young women went camping this weekend to
a Ward member's back yard which was incredible.....

They even have a pond on their ten acre
"park".
It was a beautiful day for a camp out...
not a cloud in the sky and
last night the moon was almost full!!!

We almost didn't even need flashlights!!!

This morning the guys took us shooting...

Alayna is already a pro and doesn't need any instruction...

...and Vicki knows a thing or two about guns and can
blow those clay pigeons into dust.

But it was Sarah Beth who surprised us all with her
talents!!! We can't wait for her to show up
her older brothers...good luck boys!!!

The rest of us are still learning...
(I must add)
...from the best!!!

Here is Jessica...

...and Haley with the Bishop.

Eva....

and Lindsay!!!!

Emma.....

...and Ashley.

Our Young Women's President, Lisa,
looks like a pro...

and me...
I didn't hit the clay pigeon with this shot,
but I did with the next.

Then I was done...two shots...I am happy to say
that I have shot a rifle!!!

Then I went back to shooting my 18 mm.
ha!ha!

We had a really great time and the girls did a
really great job.

Fabulous Family Photos....

We just received our fabulous pictures back
from our fabulous photographer...
Andrea Touchet.

We love them all...

....especially our air boat photo.
We had to carefully make our way over to the boat
because it was so muddy...

...but it was worth it!!!

Chris and Jen's picture turned out fabulous..
...but what do you expect from fabulous looking kids!!!

And Jen and Tyson's little family
always looking sweet!!!

And of course the Merrick and Berkleigh
can't take a bad picture....

We didn't take a single picture of Matthew..
He will just have to wait until he finds a
significant other...
But of course he looks fabulous too!!!

It was a super fun day and
we had a really good time being all together.
Love you all!!!

Funny Family Moment....

One day while we were in the car driving home from one of our millions of fun activities with the grandchildren , Wayne asked Berkleigh and Merrick if they were an animal which one would they like to be?

Here were their answers...

Berkleigh.............Penguin
Merrick................Snake
Tyson..................Dolphin (perfect choice)
Matthew..............also a penguin, because if you are going to be a penguin you need a cool Uncle to play with!!!
Grandma.............Swan (I was originally a monkey but Matthew talked them into changing me to a swan)

And the funniest.....
Grandpa.............The dinosaur!!!!!

My favorite family Christmas pictures....

Putting the boys to work...

Waiting for my Santa buddy.....

Riding bikes...

Christmas Eve Nativity...
(just gotta love the donkey!!!)





Christmas Eve pajamas...

Berkleigh rolling around in her new quilt...

Our trip to Old Navy...

Our trip to see the baby alligators in Jennings...

...and playing at the fun park in Jennings.

Berkleigh's new friend, the Cheshire cat, at the Dairy Barn...

And one of my favorite family shots ...

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year!!!

Getting ready for Christmas!!!

Last week some of my friends included me in making
gift tags for our gifts this year.

I decided to go simple...
...so I could get more done.

Here are a few which I cut out by using my
Cricut machine, which I love and use all the time.

When I got home I added some glitter so they didn't look
quite soooo simple.

There was a bit of giggling when the girls discovered
that both Susan and I
(Susan is my son's mother-in-law)
had brought samples of our
wrapping paper so our tags would match!!!

So... I am thinking...just what was the giggling for?
Why wouldn't we want our tags
to match our wrapping paper?

Just what were they thinking?
(I hope you know that I am kidding)

I had a great time, Lisa!!! Thanks for the fun day.
We will have to do it again next year.
(and have everyone bring their wrapping paper!!!)