Thanksgiving 2008

Wow!!! It was here and is gone! We had 30 people in our house and nothing is broke and everything is cleaned. Mark bought a fresh pig leg and smoked it and we smoked a turkey. I even made mashed potatoes from red potatoes and stuffing and green bean casserole. I'm very proud because there wasn't any left. Yeah!! I can cook and people will eat it. We had all of Mark's family and my family. We even had my cousin and family from Washington. We saw them when we went on our cruise in May and then Anita was down for a funeral and now the whole family is down. We are loving it and the kids are having a great time.

Hiking Usury Mountain Wind Cave

We are cleaning up the yard for Thanksgiving and the kids are playing on the airplane. Whitni is a pilot. Scarey!!!! Mark and Pepper are cleaning out the weeds. What a job!!!
Brynne has joined the Nature Club this year, so we get to go on hikes. This is our first hike of the year. We hiked up Usury Park the Wind Cave. It was 1.6 miles up and 1.6 miles down. We went up about 800 feet and saw gorgeous views. This is our exercise for the family. We didn't have 2 of the kids because Grandma was here and they wanted to stay with her. It was good because we found our Whitni "puked" in her bed. Well keep you updated on the monthly hikes.

Halloween 2008

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Halloween 2008 was spent with Kathy and Del Olsen and another family. The kids loved trick or treating and getting all of the candy. Mommy wasn't real happy about all the sugar but kids will be kids. Brynne was Alice in Wonderland. Morgan was Belle and a pretty beauty. Torey was a pirate with a patch on his eye. The patch is actually for a stigmatism problem and is getting better. Little Whitni was Aurora from Sleeping Beauty and a very cute Sleeping Beauty. We walked the whole neighborhood and got lots of candy for Mommy to look at and sort through. Will post more later. I know that it is Thanksgiving and I'm just putting Halloween on. But better late than never. Mark is dressed as a Dork for Dork side. Haha!!!