On a cold Saturday, November 3rd, Brian, Celia, Maden and Annie participated in the Tater Tot Run in Blackfoot at Jensen's Grove. Maden and Annie could have waited and run with the kids, but they decided to run with their parents. Annie got a little tired some of the time, so Celia carried her on her back. Brian and Maden got a little confused at the turn around spot and ended going 6 K instead of 5. Brian and Maden came across the finish line just a little ahead of the kid runners, so they thought Maden was the 1st kid, and he got the 1st place prize.
After the race, they came and played for awhile. They had a great time with the fast track and cars. Maden and the kids liked playing with his Mr. Potato Head prize.
Annie lost her a tooth on top, just enough space for her tongue to poke through. Maden lost another one on top, so he has three missing on top!
Molly got to come stay with us for three nights! Her Koala Crate was all about rainbows, she loved making a rainbow/cloud pillow. She got to go visit Grandma Great. Annie loves to get her face painted at Texas Roadhouse.
It snowed a little during the night, so Molly is posing in front of the window, so we can see the snow. When she saw the Mrs. Butterworth syrup, she just hugged it and said "I love Princess Syrup!" I had fun doing her hair, she's so good to sit still and let me do it.
Ryder came to play, then we went to Red Lobster, of course Ryder and Molly had to sit together. Ryder used to like looking at the lobsters, but was scared this time. Molly liked them though. Meanwhile, at Brian's house, Clark was helping decorate their Christmas Tree.
Molly got to go to church with us, she loved the nursery. She wanted to wear Grandpa's glasses, she said they made things look funny. She got to be here when Cindy and Ken arrived! They came for a Thanksgiving visit. It was a horrible drive through Nebraska for them, we sure were glad when they arrived safely.
We had our Thanksgiving Dinner on Tuesday, due to Randy's work schedule. We also had a mini Christmas, too. Cindy and Ken brought presents for all the kids and Blake and I.
My talented sister, Tricia made these digital watercolor portraits for me to give to my kids and parents. She surprised me with one of Blake and I, and a 4x6 of each of the kids portraits. They are so awesome!
Ken and Cindy also bought a basketball game for our house, it's so huge it has to stay in the garage. Randy and Jared had to test it out. So did Molly and Ryder. Ryder loves it and wants to play almost every time he comes.
On Wednesday, we went to see Grandma Purcell. She seems to be doing well. In the first picture with Cindy, she told her to "act happy".
Cindy and Ken left early in the morning on Thanksgiving to try to get ahead of some stormy weather. So, Blake and I and Brian's family crashed Thanksgiving Dinner at my parents house. My sister Lynne and some of her family were there, so we played a lot of games besides eating another great Thanksgiving Dinner. Ryan and Samuel entertained Maden and Annie all afternoon, by making forts, and playing air hockey.
Brian and Celia played singles and doubles at the Turkey Tennis Tournament at Apple, in Idaho Falls. Celia ended up winning the singles! We only made it up to one match. It was fun to watch tennis again. The kids were very good and quiet.
Annie was a brave girl and got her ears pierced! She looks so grown up! She took this close up selfie when se was playing with my phone at the tennis match.
Ryder got to help his mom decorate their tree, then he and Molly helped decorate my tree. Molly liked playing with Ryder's ball game he got from Cindy and Ken.
We got all decorated for Christmas on Friday. The top picture is 2017, the bottom one is this year with all updated pictures.
Ryder loves the basketball game, he knows which buttons to push and what music it will play and what it will say. He had to play Quixx like Randy and I. When he goes to A&W, he always wants to get a picture with the bear.
My niece, Michelle brought her two cute little boys, Michael and James over to play with Ryder one afternoon. Michael and Ryder played really cute. They are really nice boys, it was fun to have them come play.
Rabbit Hunting
Saturday, November 17. Blake and Randy went out west of Blackfoot on the desert to see if there were any rabbits this year. Looks like there were! They had a great time.
Monday, November 19. Ken came prepared to go out rabbit hunting too. They were successful again! Ken loved it too!
Wednesday, November 21. Blake and Ken went back out for another time. Each time they got more rabbits.
Thursday, November 22. This time, Brian and my nephew Joseph got to go find the rabbits. They always seem to be able to find plenty.
Friday, November 23. Finally, Jared got to go! They still found some!
The kids got Blake a new 12 gauge semi-automatic gun and gave it to him as an early Christmas present. Courtney gave Randy one too!
Monday, November 26. Blake and Randy went out again to try out their new guns. They love them! There must be an over abundance of rabbits this year. They sure have had fun!
