Thanksgiving 2012

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal at Carrie & Mitch's

We were of course stuffed with such yummy food!

 Little kids table

 Big kids table

 Biggest kids table

 To work off all the food we just ate we went to a park and played "playground tag"

 The weather was pretty nice that day and the kids had a lot of fun!

Thanksgiving is awesome!!!!

Mini Golfing fun

Isabelle decided to have a fun day with friends for her 9th birthday.

She wanted to go mini golfing.

Sarah, Abby, Isabelle, Mikeala, Kaylee, and Jamie

 

 Isabelle ready for her Hole-In-One

 We took them to the park and had lunch. After that we went to an ice cream shop, had yummy ice cream and opened presents.

 On the way home the girls had a tissue paper fight.

What a fun Birthday!

Young Women In Excellence 2012

Our Young Women put on a Talent Show for YW in Excellence. 

We based it of "America's got Talent"

We had a nice dinner and got to watch some wonderful talents.

 Kambry did tumbling on a full stomach!

Brittney played the piano "Across the Burren"

 Emily played the trumpet "Colors of the Wind"

 Keana was our Master of Ceremonies

 Hannah played "A Day With Dad"

 Emily did a dramatic reading

 Lily played the flute

 Sarah played "Summer Solstice"

What a bunch of talented girls!

"Minute-to-Win-It" Party

For Sarah's 15th Birthday she decided on a "Minute-to Win-It" theme.

She broke the girls into 2 teams and they competed in bunch of 1 min. games.

 I can't believe she is 15!

The whole gaggle of girls

Kayla, Veronica, Cassidy, Brenda, Brittney, Sloan, Sarah, 

Kaity, Sarah, Juliann, Emily

Cartoon Theme Dance

We had a Stake dance with the theme of cartoon characters,

Dan - Hades (Hercules)

Sarah - Merida (Brave)

Thore - Thor ( Of course, who else would he be?)

 Merida and Cinderella

 Russell and Carl from "UP"

 Hercules, Meg, and Hades

 Hades with Violet Incredible (Incredibles)

 Tweedle Dee and Thor

 Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip (Sleeping Beauty)

Dan drew this picture board, He did an awesome job! 

(If you see any odd parts that is my fault)

Dan's Birthday, and Silly Cousins

"17"

I can't believe he is 17!

 They grow up all too fast. Dan loves pumpkin pie so that has been his birthday cake for the last few years.

Just a few pictures of Eric and Nate

Meet Thore

The beginning of Sept. we gave the idea of an exchange student a little thought, thinking maybe spring or summer for a couple of months. So as we were filling out the application the rep. for this area called and told us they were desperately trying to place a couple of kids and asked if we would host. We were  taken aback by the suddenness of it all. Tues. it was a possibility, Wed. it was not and Thur. night Thore arrived from Germany.

He arrived on Thursday and his 17th birthday was Sunday. Sarah made him a cake and we celebrated all together.

 The American pronunciation of his name is Thor so Dan couldn't resist getting him a Thor hammer for his birthday.

In his own words " I am awesome" and he is pretty awesome.