Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

be safe and enjoy your families

October Break

California was a lot of fun.

We hit up Santa Barbara Police Dept. to see if

it looked anything like the one on Psyche, the TV show.

It didn't, but we had fun taking photos.

Can you spot the pineapple?

Santa Barabara Zoo is the best. You can get so

close to the animals.

This sign proves it.

Grammie & Grandpa Carroll joined us too.

Zoe fits right in.

Tortoise fight!

Otter feeding. They were cute

It rained one day, so we decided to

go to the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley.

Retired Air Force One

We got to go on board, but we weren't

allowed to take photos.

Riding horses with the President

Part of the Berlin Wall

President Reagan's grave

I love the inscription.

What an amazing man!

Hot cocoa to warm up

All 5 of our kiddos

I love this one of the 3 boys

Blake

Dallin

Ethan

Who knew Duct tape would

have so many uses?

Our dear friend Artie

Pumpkin Decor

For Family night we decided not to carve (Arizona heat

kills carved pumpkins in a matter of hours), but decorate

our pumpkins with a plethora of craft items. Here's

how they turned out

Blake's
Zoe's

Allison's

Ethan's

Dallin's

Basketball

CONGRATULATIONS!

Blake made the 7th Grade basketball team

We are so proud

12 boys made the team & 50+ boys didn't

Easter Dinner

After the Easter Luncheon we headed over to

Grandma & Grandpa Fillmore's for Easter dinner.

We joined the Jones', Garners, & Benj Fillmores

for the annual egg hunt and feast.

The older kid's egg hunt was no walk in the park!

Those eggs were tough to find & sometimes the

reward wasn't so sweet. Above: Ethan walked away

with an egg that was stuck in the Cyprus that held

20 smackaroos!

Underneath the toybox were a

bunch of lizards

What is with Dallin and trees?
There wasn't even an egg in it.

Susanna's bravery yielded her a treat

I love this photo. Justin is helping

Eliza get an egg up high

Some of the younger ones ready to hunt

We miss you Grandma & Grandpa Fillmore!

Hoppy Easter

The Easter Bunny visited Grammie & Grandpa Carroll's house too!

We had Easter Lunch with Stephanie's parents.

Unfortunately, Jim had to work.

Hollow chocolate eggs

(notice in the 1st picture how many are already gone)

Zoe was styling Abbie's hair

Sisters in their Easter dresses

The beautiful tulips my sister gave our mom.

The tablecloth was so pretty I felt bad eating on it.

Chewy Easter Bunny

Grammie Marsha made a yummyl

treat for the grandkids.

Tour de Mesa 2011

Waiting for Jim at the finish line of the

Tour de Mesa 2011 (72-miles) The finish was a blur of people

We are super proud of Jim

He finished 20th with a time of 2:50:36.

He was 46th last year.