Thanksgiving

3 years ago we took the kids on a cruise for Thanksgiving. We had so much fun we decided to go again. We left from San Diego and sailed to Cabo San Lucas,Mexico and Ensenada, Mexico. There were easily over 400 kids on the boat so needless to say ours had a lot of fun. They have activities for the kids until 1:00 or 2:00 am. every day. We went with some friends and some cousins and they got along great running around the ship together.
On Wednesday we were in Cabo, that is where we did the zip line tour. It was the highlight of the whole trip. I think all would agree.
Thanksgiving dinner was good, not the same as a big home cooked turkey dinner but it was sure nice to sit down eat and then just walk away. They served turkey and pumpkin pie and all the trimmings... but I had fillet Mignon as well.
We did eat well. The kids tried all sorts of food they never had before... lobster, escargot to name a few.
I am just really thankful that we can go on trips like this as a family now and again. I looked at the poor mothers in Mexico with their babies in their laps begging for money and it is very obvious how blessed I am.
Anyway here are some more pictures of our adventure.
Thanks Clarke's and Paskett's, We had a blast. We are already planning our next trip so save your pennies.

Just the Beginning

It took me soooo long to figure out how to do a slide show that now it is bed time. We took a cruise with the family and had so much fun. This zip line is just one of the fun days we had. I will add more tomorrow. Goodnight.

220 hotdogs

Our 6Th annual Hot dogs for Halloween is over. We grilled 220 hot dogs this year. I am not sure how many we did last year but I think I was a bit more than this year. We had 80 hot dogs left over.... so you can guess what we have been eating for days now. he he just kidding, can't get my kids to eat them after Halloween. It was pretty busy from about 6-8 pm. I think it is so fun to see all the kids and get to visit with friends and neighbors. It is really the only thing we do for the neighborhood. We don't really do much for neighbors at Christmas sooooo, I hope you enjoyed your hot dog.

We have a great neighborhood. So many of our friends and family that come that night are so surprised at the amount of families, not just kids but parents and teenagers, all out and about that night. It really is fun to be a part of. Thanks for coming over and we will see you next year.

Where do the days go?

Ok, Ok, Ok, I too am tired of the same old post on our blog. You know it has been a long time when you can't remember your password to log in. It took me 3 or 4 tries. I just don't know where the days and weeks go. We don't seem to do anything of any grand importance just work, school, football, piano, tumbling, church, but that seems to fill the days up.


We did have a death in the family. Steve's Grandpa passed away a week ago friday. So the days before and the week after has been filled with extended family gatherings and visits and grave side service. Grandpa was 92 years old. (though he thought he was 102 years old) He lived a long life and I believe was ready to move on.


Dallin has been playing football with Clearfield High. This is his first year playing and has really enjoyed it. Though he doesn't get the playing time that he would like. Everyone tells him that he has to do his time on the side line. It has been fun to see him when he does get in the game. I have really enjoyed going to the games. GO FALCONS!!!!! Clearfield High has been GREAT.

Dallin is #85. You can also see Jace Woodrow #34 and Chase Brower #11.

While we are talking about Dallin... I have also posted a Homecoming picture. His date was Katelyn. She is a nice girl, even though she attends Syracuse High.

Tyler had a birthday this month. He turned 15 on the 11th. So beware neighbors he will be getting his driving permit.

He is an officer at Syracuse Jr. High. I thought he did that so he could serve his fellow students and be a leader. Come to find out he just wanted an easy, fun last class of the day. Oh well. He still looks mighty good in his sweater. Go Big Mac!!!

Anyway that will be it for now. I will post this.... and next thing I know it will be a month from now.

Devyn's Birthday

Here is one of the pictures and posts that is a bit late, but who cares I am not being graded on this. (Am I?)

Devyn's 12th birthday was a few weeks ago and I wanted to include a picture from her party. It was a rather LARGE gathering of girls. Actually, there were a couple who couldn't make it. They were greatly missed. I hope they had a lot of fun. It seemed to me they did. It certainly didn't sound boring.

First Day of School

Wow, It has been so long I am having to relearn how to post messages and pics again. I thought it would be fun to put 1st day of school pictures. Time sure does fly. The first picture the kids are in 5th, 3rd and 1st grades. Now 11th, 9th and 7th. As you can see it is our ODD year. Hmmm you can even see that their attitudes have changes a bit.

Anyway, I have so many things I want to post on here like some camp outs and other summer stuff and Dallin in football. But I am waiting on some pictures so hopefully it won't be to long or outdated by the time I get them.

We survived the first week of school and NO one even had their phones taken away. I think that is a good start. All the kids are on traditional school. Lets just take a moment and think about how great that is.