Christmas Holidays

Jim finished our bedroom

Kendra came to visit

James Micheal and Mark at the reception

Gavin with James Micheal's dog, Goldie

Family Picture

Christmas Eve

We all worked hard Thursday and created our favorite treat.  James made fudge, Audra made bacon wrapped water chestnuts, Trissa made carmel rice krispie marshmallows, Laura made oreo truffles, Jim made martipan apple ring and I made rolls.  We all went to Grandma and Grandpa's for finger foods.  Grandpa read the Christmas story from Luke and also from 3 Nephi.  We opened gifts and enjoyed each others company.  We were too full to eat treats so we all gathered a plateful of treats and took them home for tomorrow.

Candy Trains

Wednesday night we all got together and made candy trains.  Jim got a late start but finished before everything was gone.

Jordan's Wedding

Jordan and Mariah were married December 22nd in the Spokane Temple.  There was a reception at the Riverside building at 6:00pm.  We had a family dinner at 4:00pm.  It was a wonderful day.

Laura Kendra Trissa Gavin

Working on the Bedroom

Jim has been working on the bedroom in his spare time. He is putting the moldings up now. I painted all the moldings last week. He just has a few more to put up and he needs to frame out the window and put in the electricity. I can't wait to get the furniture in.

Thankgiving

William, Dustin and I went to Rip and Leslie's for Thanksgiving. Dave, Annette and family were there along with Steve and Jodi's family and Grandma and Grandpa. We had a wonderful dinner at 2:00pm and enjoyed each other into the night. We all stayed at Rip's except for Jodi and Steve. I stayed up and ordered gifts on the Internet. Annette and I went shopping Friday morning. We had a lot of fun. We returned around 2pm starving and enjoyed left over turkey, rolls and salad. Jordan, Mariah, Jerry, Jill and Jim came down in time for dinner of turkey soup and salad. The women all went to JoAnne's until it closed at 9:00pm. I went home with Jim that night. Saturday Jim worked on our bedroom and I cut his hair. We dressed and headed back to Spokane for Mark's baptism at 11:00. We rain into some freezing rain and made it to the chapel a little late. We went to Jodi's after the baptism and had soup, rolls and chips. We said good-bye to Dave's family that afternoon. William, Jim and I went shopping at Lowe's, Home Depot and Winco. We arrived home in time for dinner. I worked on addressing Jordan's announcements and then went to bed. What a wonderful weekend.

These pictures were taken at Jodi's after the baptism