Christmas!!

I love the Christmas season and we had a wonderful Christmas. It was a little different this year because Chelsea and Corinne's families weren't here with us this year. We missed them , but we enjoyed our little Christmas with just us four. I am already excited for next year when I can have my whole family home for Christmas.

Our kids will be coming for the New Year! We love them so much and can't wait to see them!

Thanksgiving in Arizona

We had Thanksgiving in Arizona this year with Chelsea, Corinne and their families. We also spent it with my mom and dad and brother and sister. It was nice to see everyone and be in some nice weather. We left very cold conditions here in Utah and had some wonderful sunny days while we were there in Arizona. I wasn't very good at taking pictures ( I never am) but we did get a few pictures at Bass Pro Shop the day after Thanksgiving. We took Preston there to see Santa. (He didn't like him very much). We very much enjoyed seeing our cute little grandson and we are so excited that the next time we are there in Arizona, we will have another cute little grandson!!

                                     Chelsea trying to warm up Preston for Santa, as you can see below, it didn't work!!

My cute girls, and of course, Preston!

                                             
    
                                       I soo much enjoyed being with family - Love you all soo much!!

A lot has been happening the past few months!!

Wow! I have been really bad about posting. Well, volleyball is over and Courtney is now playing basketball. I don't have any pictures of her playing, but I will post some soon. Courtney had a deer hunt back in October and she shot her first deer!

                                                         Isn't she cute?      
   Kevin also had a hunt the first part of November and he shot a deer in New Mexico

                                                                 He is cute too!

Volleyball...

Courtney is playing volleyball at Westlake High school. She is playing sophomore and also JV. The teams have been struggling a little because it is a new school and such a new program, but she is loving it! They have started to win a few games and it has been fun to see them grow as a team. Courtney has an awesome serve (she is small , but mighty) and she is an all around good player. I am sometimes amazed at how this little 5'3 girl can jump and spike that ball over the net! Love you Court, keep it up! I wish I had some good action pics, but I don't have the right camera for that.

                                                             Courtney and her team

Homecoming

Well I am about a week late posting this...Tanner went to Homecoming last Saturday. I had to post pictures because i just thought he looked so darn handsome! His date was Hannah. He also went with his friend Parker and his date Ashley. And of course he had to take a picture with his little sis, Courtney!

Hunting...

Kevin has an archery elk tag and Tanner has an archery elk and deer tag, so Saturday we went hunting. We saw some deer (but all does) so the the hunt continues. We has a fun day and enjoyed the cool weather and the beautiful scenery.

Courtney and I got a little bored while the boys were looking for deer and took a few crazy pictures.

Back to school

Tanner and Courtney started school yesterday. They reluctantly let me take a picture of them before they left. Court even showed off her Spiderman backpack. I really started to miss them when 3:00 rolled around and still nobody home. Courtney has volleyball practice right after school and doesn't get done until 5:30 and Tanner started his new job and doesn't get home until 7:00. So, needless to say, I need to find some hobbies, take some classes or get a part-time job.

Tanner got a job and Courtney made the volleyball team!

Wow! Tanner found out yesterday that he got a job at the High School. He has been trying to find a job for a year now and this is the job he really wanted. He will be cleaning the school after the school day so he will be working 4 hours a day M-F which is wonderful because he will have his weekends free to spend time with family and friends and he works only on days that school is in session. The school is only about a mile or so away which is great because Tanner drives an 85 Chevy truck that only gets about 8 miles to the gallon. That is one reason why this job is soo ideal! We are so happy for him.
Courtney wil be a freshman this year and she made the Westlake High volleyball team. We are soo excited to watch her play. She had 2 a day tryouts all week last week and now she has early morning practice until school starts. She is doing a serve a thon tomorrow for a fundraiser so she has been collecting pledges and donations for that.
Kevin and Tanner have an archery deer and elk hunt that starts on Sat. so they are getting excited and been getting their bows ready. So it looks like Courtney and I will have a girls weekend. I will send a camera with the boys and I promise I will be better at taking pictures myself. You never know ....Maybe my next post will include pictures!

Thanks Chelsea!

My oldest daughter, Chelsea is so creative and created this blog for me. She has been telling me for months that I needed to blog. She keeps her blog so up to date and I really appreciate that because I feel like I don't miss out too much on little Preston's life. I am always checking her blog for new pictures and the latest adventures of that cute little grandson of mine. I promised her that I will keep up with this blog and let her know what is going on here in Utah with Kevin and I and Tanner and Courtney. I am excited to get started!