Baby Gabe

Here are all the pictures I took of baby Gabe. He was born on January 28th at 6:23pm. He weighed 8 lbs 1 oz. and was 21 inches long. Not all the pictures of the greatest but we just wanted to share them with all of you.

Family Traditions Live On...

It's that fun time of year for the traditions to live on.

Bradley and Katie got to shop for a few more ornaments for

our tree. Katie inst ed on 2 because Bradley has

more the her. We lucked out, ornaments were on sale and

it was $7 for all three.

The next day is was time to do our houses.

Here is a sample of our fun.

Did you notice on the first picture how

serious Brent gets?

For those who make theirs quickly it's time to

frost.

Let the decorating begin!

A thoughtful Katie.

We asked Bradley why he was just standing around,

he said his dad was doing it all and hadn't told him

the plan.

This is the creation of Kaylan and Bradley.

A hunting cabin complete with an Out House!

Great job guys...

This is Kellie's creation, very cute, we all thought

it looked like a church.

Katie's is a bit more under control than usual, she did a good job.

Cindy's house is sweet and cute just like her!

Brent's house is a replica of my housecomplete with lights! Hopefully mine is a bit sturdier.

Murray Update

Just a quick note to let you know that Dan's mom passed away early this morning. She had been doing quite well with the Leukemia until about 3 weeks ago when she got phenomena and an infection. She spent 2 weeks in the hospital and then they brought her home. Dan's sisters took care of her for the last 4 days.

She and Jess both wanted to donate their b0dies to the U. Jess was 1 year too old but they were able to take Doris'.

We will have a small, family memorial for her this week and the burial when her body is returned.

Love you all!

Rewards!

This tree in the fall is the reward for all the crab apples we have to pick up.

It's actually very pretty in the spring when it blooms too.

Halloween 2009

We took the time during General Conference to make our Halloween houses, thinking that Bradley and Katie could make them while we listened. We didn't hear much of conference but we had fun! Check out our creations for this year...

Katie posing with her finished product.

I love green teeth and messy faces

Bradley in progress

When your done there's nothing like eating

the left overs!

Our finished products...
This is Katie's..

Bradley's

Kellie's...

And Sammie's (Kane's sister)

Happy Haunting to you all!

What do Y0U do with your Sky Miles?

Dan and I took ours and our Hilton points and went to Vermont in hope's of seeing the Fall Colors. We flew to Boston and picked up our rental, a mini van, because it was the cheapest car.
We had a row of about 7 mini vans to choose from...non of which had been cleaned. None of the cars on the lot were clean. We picked one and had them vacuum and wash the the outside, it was still Gross. Any way we stayed in Boston that night and drove the next day to Vermont. I enjoyed the changing colors along the freeway. Side note, going with a color blind person to see colors is interesting to say the least. We also went to Maine, cold, cold. As you will see our van died on us. Lucky for us it started up again and we were able to drive it to an airport that was not too far away and got a nice clean one.
Enjoy what I hope is a self guided tour of our trip.
I found the perfect Mission for me here, you take care of the landscaping and and put of Christmas Lights!!

Ben and Jerry's Factory Tour