Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!  We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with family, friends and fun!  We didn't actually get to spend time with our families this year, but they were in our thoughts and prayers.  We have so many good friends nearby and living away from our relatives, we consider our friends to be family.  We were grateful to spend time with them on this most thankful day of the year!  We had fun cooking, visiting, eating, and shopping together.  Yes, shopping!!!  A group us went to the outlets at 10PM Thanksgiving night and had a blast searching for great deals!  We didn't get home until 3AM, only to find Shane and our friend Patrick playing video games.  Who says only the girls can go out and have fun!!

This is our favorite jello to make for the holidays.  Shane's family calls it Joseph Jello because it is as colorful as Joseph's coat of many colors!

Which pie should I choose?

Oops!  Caught me!

The results of a successful shopping trip!

NAVY vs NIU

The Navy football team (aka my brother) has been in our neighborhood the past couple of days which is quite a treat for us!  They played Northern Illinois last night - a mere 45 minutes from our house, but even better they stayed in a hotel practically next door.  Monday night we picked Joe up from his hotel and brought him to our house to hang out and enjoy a little triple berry cobbler with us.  It was the first time he's visited us in Illinois and it was a lot of fun showing him around.  

                   

Last night was the big game so we bundled up - looking somewhat like Michelin tire men - and headed to the game.  It was a night game and pretty cold, but we were well prepared and having so much fun yelling and cheering that we had a blast!  Navy won 16-0 which made it that much more fun.  Afterward we got to go down with Joe by the locker room and hang out.  Navy is and awesome school and they really treat their people nice.  Thanks again for the tickets to the game, Joe!  It was great to see you!

Joe's the one in the middle of the huddle

Joe walking off the field

After the game the players sing the school song.  When it's over they shout,"Go Navy, beat Army!"

Flying Bananas!!!

I am currently a Scoutmaster for Troop 68 in my ward.

As we are going to be reorganizing our patrols...I came across my old patrol patch.

Behold...the Flying Bananas! This was my patrol when I was in Troop 541 in Sandy, UT. We had a patrol flag with a plastic banana on top with feathers sticking out of it.

I am proud to be an alumni of the Flying Banana Patrol, Troop 541, Great Salt Lake Council.

Utah Trip

Here are some more pictures from our visit to Utah last week.  We had so much fun being with family and friends!

Rock Band!  Gotta love it!

Another football win!  Skyline plays Bingham in the semi-finals Nov 13th at 10:30 am

Shane and my brothers talk strategy during half-time

Playing "Oink-Piggy" - the grandkids favorite game!

We were driving past the Jordan River Temple and it looked so beautiful all lit up we stopped to take a picture.  This is where we were married.

Great Football Weekend!

All of our teams won their games this weekend...it was great!  What made it even better was being in Utah and getting to go to Skyline's game instead of just hearing about it.  We get to go to another one on Friday.  Go Skyline!

Isn't my dad a cute coach?!!

My mom has a pretty strong football voice, so my sister came prepared with ear plugs!