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Thursday, November 22, 2018

Thanksgiving 2018

We started out our Thanksgiving Day with a run. Every year the Utah Food Bank sponsors the "Human Race." It's a 5K and registration is a donation to the food bank.

We also ran this race in 2017

After the race, we ran into cousin Stuart and his wife. That was a fun surprise!

Then it was time to begin meal prep where we were hosting G'ma and G'pa Dewey, brothers Geoff and Mike and Aunt Cheryl.

And just to keep things real, the smoke detector went off more than once because of spillage in the oven. Yay. Good times!

I love these times and snapshots of family together. Geoff and my mom. And all the hugs that go around. Life on this earth doesn't last forever and I'm so grateful for the times we have together and the love we share.

After the Dewey side of the family went home, we trekked over to Grady's home and spent time with Brown cousins. Its the best, to have a strong relationship with cousins.

Time with Grandpa Brown. Somehow he always draws the grandchildren to him with his masterful storytelling and his ability to listen deeply to others.

Monday, December 25, 2017

Christmas 2017

We had a nice dinner and talent show at Grady and Bryn's on Christmas Eve eve. (too bad I didn't get any video of the talent show.) Those who did not participate in the talent show participated in the nativity. Grade instructed me to video the nativity.

The next kids in line to go on missions are the narrators. That would be Jeremy (Grade) and Lauren (Court) .

Poor Rachel did not feel well the whole week leading up to Christmas. Fever, weak, tired. Poor thing.

Christmas eve, we had our Bethlehem dinner and watched Mr. Kruger's Christmas. We opened sibling gifts and then it was time to take down the service chain we'd been building all year.

Sydney and Camille wrapped the chain of service around our Christmas tree as a gift for Jesus. And then they struck this awkward pose for the picture. :)

Christmas morning!

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving morning baking rolls, making salads and dips and preparing games for our family party at G'ma and G'pa's house.

The party started at 1:00 with a rousing game of Thanksgiving Bingo! We even got Uncle Mike and Uncle Geoff to play.

Next, we played a dice game, adding part of a turkey for each specific number we rolled. Hash enjoyed counting the dots on the dice.

When they were all put together and feathered up...

... we began the exciting event: TURKEY RACES!

When those games were finished, we bundled up and went outside to check on the turkey Uncle Dallin was deep-frying. It smelled GOOD! And tasted even better when it was finished.

While we were outside, we played one more game: TURKEY TAG. Each player got 5 clothespins to pin on the back of their jacket, each one a different color. On the ready, set, go, everyone scattered and then tried to pluck the feather's off of each other. The last person left with feathers not plucked, won.

While we were outside running around, the inside of the house was preparing for our delicious Thanksgiving feast.

I love how warm and cozy this picture looks.

I don't have the words to describe how much I love this picture!

Before siblings left to be with in-laws, we took the traditional family picture.

Our next stop, before home, was stopping by the cousins house to play a few games. This is the middle of rousing game of LIAR. The Browns are particularly good players at this game. Hashbrown even played but he wasn't a very liar. He did look pretty 'gangsta' though.

Speaking of Hash, he sure loves playing with his cousins. Even when it borders on torture.

The next day, we went back to the cousins for dinner and more games. We divided into teams and played a photo scavenger hunt using things we are thankful for. Our team had a lot of fun and the pictures we great!

And not to be forgotten, the legendary Around the World ping-pong game. It came down to Grade, Ster and Syd, which came down to the final two...

Food

Family

Games

Fun

Those of some of the things I am the most grateful for and I was practically swimming in them all weekend long.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

On Being a Mom

"We all know that the early years of our children's lives are precious. It is when they are most teachable, impressionable and open to true and erroneous teaching. Our society in a rush to success encourages us as mothers to send our children from the home earlier and earlier, to involve them in more and more activities. Too often we forget that the most impotant preparation for success is in the home under the nurturing care of the mother. That preparation takes time, long stretches of time filled with the consistent, everyday activity of home life. The time we have with our little ones is short and should be guarded carefully."

Kimberli Robison

Kids Say The Darnest Things

Syd: All I hear when guys talk about cars: "G7XLT 1500 YLQ4XP."

And all I say back is, "I like the grey one."

(Apr 2020)

Sydney's roommates when she was moving out to come home because of covid-19:

"Coronavirus needs to catch itself and die so we can get our Sydney back."

(Mar 2020)

Syd: "I need to get the heck back good again."

(Jan 2020)

Syd (excited about a boy): "They should have a hotline for girls to call and talk about boys when their friends and family are tired of listening."

(Jan 2017)

Bryce (saying a prayer): "Thank you for our bones, so that our bodies, won't melt."
(Aug 2014)

Parker: "What happened to the rest of the cake?"
Mom: "I ate it."
Parker: "Oh, so you can just eat whenever you feel hungry?"
Mom: "Yep."
Parker: "I can't wait until I'm a Dad. Then I can have my cake and eat it too."
(May 2013)

Bryce: "I do undersault." (somersault)
(May 2013)

At a Jazz basketball game:
Parker: "How many people are in this building?"
Dad: "Probably around 20,000."
Parker: "I think Mom's written more words than that."
(referring to my NaNoWriMo word count, which was at 23,000 at that point)
(Nov 2012)

Parker: "Why can't we watch the movies I picked tonight?"
Dad: "Well, it's Sunday, so I would like to watch a church movie."
Parker: "Why? So, like, Three Amigos isn't a church movie?"
(Nov 2012)

Rachel: "When you said clean the room, I didn't know you meant to clean up all the toys on the floor."
(Oct 2012)

Regarding Sunday General Conference:
Parker: "This morning was just the 1st quarter?" (like a basketball game.)
Mom: "Yes, and now we're watching the 4th quarter."
(Oct 2012)

Rachel: "I don't think we should eat that bread."
Mom: "Why?"
Rachel: "Because it has a bad word in it."
Mom: "What?"
Rachel: (slowly and very ennunciated) "Bi-ki-ni bread."
Mom: "No, it's Zucchini bread. It's ok to eat."
(July '12)

Rachel: "My arm ankle hurts." (wrist)
(Jan. '12)

Camille: (whispering to mom) "Dad just said we are having 6 hot brains for breakfast." (he actually said 6-grain hot cereal)
(Jan. '12)

Parker: (after taking a gulp of super hot chocolate)
"Oh..oh..oh. That just boiled my apple." (adam's apple)
(Oct. '11)

Parker: " Man, Mom. You have a big job. Taking care of the kids. That's like the hardest job. Well, except being an Avatar." (Sept. '11)

Rach: (laughing) "What if one of our 5 senses was our pajamas? That would be soooo funny." (Sept. '11)

Rach: "Mom, can I have some strange cheese?" (string cheese) (Aug. '11)

Parker: "Dad, when I grow up, I really want to be a professional basketball player. But more than that, I really want to be a Farm Bureau Man." (May '11)

Syd's "Hug List" (the list of people she wants to hug when she gets to heaven. Sydney: "Jesus, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young..." Dad: "Hannah Montana?" Sydney: "I'm not sure she'll be in the kingdom I'M going to." (Mar. '11)

Camille: "Pop! goes the wiggle." (Feb. '11)

Sydney: "Parents are supposed to be my example. But the only thing I learned from you today is to come home in the middle of church and eat the donuts." (Jan. '11)

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