“If we keep no diary [journal], the path crumbles away behind us as our feet leave it; and days gone by are but little more than a blank, broken by a few distorted shadows. Life is all confined within the limits of to-day….”
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| Last Saturday it was FINALLY a good burn day. |
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| It burned pretty good - but there was alot of GREEN (from the windstorm) - and we were worried it wouldn't burn down like we wanted it to. |
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| It was cold but sunny |
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| Tagg got down on the ice on the creek and made some tracks |
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| Dad and Mom |
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| It did eventually burn down, over the course of 3 days, and surprisingly little is left |
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| What a goof :) |
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| We had a wonderful houseful ! Mom, Dad, Zac and Landon and families, and Erika and Aaron and their family - minus Colton :( |
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| The boys are always excited to see Lance (and all Erika's kids) - they are so good with them. |
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| After eating, we went to the Property for the annual Thanksgiving Burn. |
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| It's all fun and games until hair catches fire ! |
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| It was a TOTAL SNOWBALL FIGHTFEST |
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| Angels making Angels |
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| Back to the house for games and crafts |
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| The Littles slept over (Tagg bailed on us, and Treyson doesn't like to hang anymore) Bexlee is in bed at this point. She slept from 7:30 pm to 7:30 am - Yahoo !! |
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| Pancakes for breakfast |
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| Time for sugar cookie making |
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| It was a PAR-TAY !! |
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| Bird getting ready to go in oven at 6am. Dressing ready to go in BIRD !! |
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| Best Potato masher ever :) I made 12 pounds of Pioneer Women Mashed Potatoes. Everyone loved them, especially Roger. They had 3 cubes of butter, and 2 cubes of cream cheese..........no wonder ! |
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| Poor new stove..............all dirty. |
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| As usual, we set all the food on the island bar, and fill up our plates............... |
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| Good food !! |
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| We had 3 tables set up, and I think there were 16 there. Me & Roger Mom and Dad LuAnn Joni & Kerry Erika and Aaron Brian and Elizabeth Zac and CJ Treyson, Tagg, Thatcher |
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| Pioneer Women said that 5 pounds feeds 10. I thought we would maybe have 20 guests, so I did 10 pounds.......plus a little more. This is the dent that was made......... WOW, I made was too many potatoes, but there were plenty of left overs !! |
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| Then we went and lit the burn pile on fire. |
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| We have a family of pyros |
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| At first we stayed close, to warm up (even though it wasn't that cold) |
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| Then it got BIG !! |
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| And we had to move back because of the heat. |
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| Of course there was swinging............. |
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| And the usual picture (Kuk is taking this one, so she's not in it) It was a GREAT DAY !! |
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| Zac smooshing up the SLUSH - Brightyn is always interested in what Zac is doing, and he is so cute with her. |
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| Sitting down to eat............ |
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| Loading up the plates............. |
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| YUM YUM |
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| Brightyn and Payson were SO SO excited to sleep over at Grandmas. I swear they changed into their jammies right after they got in the house. This pic was taken while we were eating pie. They had fun talking with Kuk. |
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| Brian was explaining the finer points of MATH to Tagg, over a piece of Grandma D's yummy pumpkin pie. |
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| Perusing the adds, in preparation for BLACK FRIDAY shopping ! |
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| Making turkey treats |
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| This girl likes to munch on the candy corn :) |
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| Puzzles ! |
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| There's a turkey treat ! |
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| Later we made sugar cookie dough (didn't cook any though) |
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| Grandma Ben came over, and was showing Brightyn some pics she took on her phone. She ate at Joni's this year. |
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| The next day (after the sleepover), the Littles also made these cute crafty turkeys from sticky foam. |
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| Payson wrote this note. He was pretending to be Santa (his favorite thing), and as "Santa" he wrote this note to Thatcher. "Thatcher Rich is being good, I will give Thatcher presents" |
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| It was so nice, we were outside for a bit. They wanted the Trampoline back up, but sorry......... It's almost winter !! |
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| Back in the house to make sugar cookies ! |
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| Fun times ! Thanks to Amanda, I have 101 different cookie cutters Boy they had fun choosing from trucks, ducks, snowmen, people, etc. |
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| Later in the afternoon, we went over to the Property |
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| Sure love these kiddos |
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| We weren't able to burn on Thanksgiving because of the burn index numbers, but the stars aligned on Friday, and we were able to start the pile on file. Tagg and Treyson got into the "starting" action this year. |
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| These two were flying monkeys on the swings |
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| Brightyn keeping warm |
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| Taggeroni |
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| This is our Arizona Gang's Thanksgiving ! |
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| I guess they had a wonderful time, and a great dinner, and a houseful of guests. |
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| Elle and Cam We love you guys !! |
