I know it took a long time for this update, but here is the last few months in a few minutes. I will note that it has taken me two hours to complete. Enjoy! We love you all and wanted to tell you all how grateful we are for each of you and hope that 2008 brings all the Lord's choicest blessings upon you.

Jaren turns 18

We drove down to Provo and had dinner with Jenna and Casey before we both left town for Christmas. We celebrated Jaren's 18th birthday!
Jaren was a little hesitant about the hat, but he was a good sport. I didn't know they did that when I asked to have them sing.

It is hard to believe Jaren is 18, he finished his high school courses that week also and has since started a BYU online course. He has also registered to vote and the selective service. It is just so unbelievable how fast time flies sometimes. We had the privelege of escorting him for his Eagle Board of Review and to present him to the board, what an honor, they said they had never seen such an extensive Eagle packet and could tell he was a great young man. He is a great young man and we are very proud of him. His Young Men's president is always telling us how faithful and dependable he is, we agree with him and more!

Wii

The Isom kids got a new Wii game for Christmas and everyone had to take a turn. I was so impressed that I bought one when we got home. I also found out that I can actually play it, which was just not happpening with the XBOX.

Starlee enjoying some more Christmas dinner. She said, "Mama I really like your sauce stuff." I had tried a new recipe for homemade cranberry sauce, I liked it, I have never liked the canned stuff. I am glad Starlee liked it too, of course she also had another one of Aunt Jaleen's rolls.

We went to Janelle and Garth's for Christmas dinner and had a wonderful time with lots of yummy food. Thanks for having us! (This post is a little out of order, as are a few others, but sometimes the pictures are so small that even with my glasses I forget which event they were attached to.) Oops!

An extra special day

Jaleen and her Dad, although she has a better full length version. :)
Joanna and Broc had to leave before we could all get out for pictures. But this is Garth, Janelle, Sabrina, Jaleen and Doug.
Jaleen and very proud Mom and Dad.

Jaleen took out her endowments on the 22nd of December, we are so excited for her. It was just an extra special day what more can I say, we love you and are very proud of you and the good choices you are making in your life.

Christmas Morning 2007

Jared opening his presents on Christmas morning.
Jon really was getting into it, I think his favorite was the little mini desktop computer. He seemed to keep going back to that over the next few days. Thanks Jon for being such a sweetie while we were there!
Christmas morning was spent with Jon, Jared, Jocelyn, and Jason. The boys had great time watching the little boys open presents along with a few of their own. Mama and Papa just loved watching period, it was great.

Christmas Eve 2007

Lots and lots of food, I am so glad my girls are good cooks.
Ryden with his new haircut
Shelby, Jared, Garin and Jonas.
Jaleen with Brady
Most everybody was able to make it up to Jocelyn's for Christmas Eve, lots of good food and it was so fun to have all the grandkids there. It is always so tricky figuring out schedules, but thanks for the extra effort to make it. A big thanks to Jocelyn and Jason for hosting it! It was truly a very Merry Christmas for us.

When we drove home after Christmas in San Diego we had a little snow waiting for us on the ground. It actually didn't even start to snow until we got to Farmington, it was like a welcome home present! We pulled to the side of the road and Jonas hopped on the quad to clear a path. He looked so bummed, HAHA!
It was only about six inches, but enough to have a real good time plowing.
Our front door step also was filled with lots of goodies from the neighbors. All of it was still good and it was so fun to munch on that night. We have great neighbors and feel so blessed to have them. I guess I should explain that the ice chest is for our milk delivery, on Monday's and Thursday's we open the door and have fresh milk just delivered. The ice chest keeps it from freezing in the winter and cold in the summer. They milk the cows the day before and it is delivered less than twenty-four hours later to our door. I just love this!

Brady and Joanna's visit

A few days after Thanksgiving Joanna flew up with Brady for a visit. YEAH! It was so fun to have them here. I missed taking pictures of Joanna working on her Christmas cards, we do have great craft stores here. But she managed to get most of them done before she left. I bought some gingerbread men cookies for Brady to munch on and he loved them, he also loved feeding them to Pink, our dog. Joanna got a picture of that and posted it on her blog. It was so funny trying to get the picture, but we finally managed it.
We only got a little snow while they were here, but enough for his Uncles to make a little snowman for him. So Joanna bundled him all up nice and warm for a picture.
Not so sure about that cold stuff on the ground, what a cutie and such a good baby. I held him a little too much though and really over did this shoulder that I have been nursing along for the last several months. It was worth it though and I am so grateful that they were able to come for a visit. Thanks Joanna and Broc for letting her come!

A picture of Shelby at her soccer game, which I was privileged to be able to take her to. She loves to play and is a great player. If I remember right she scored the only two goals for her team of the season.
Before Shelby's game I got to take Trevon to his. Janelle has been the coach for his team and all the parents spoke very highly of her and what a fun year the boys had with her. Good job to Trevon and Janelle!
Papa got to stop by at toward the end of the game to cheer Trevon on too!
I was so glad that Janelle asked me to take the kids to their games, it was a fun experience and I was thrilled to be able to see them in action. Oh, this is when we went to San Diego for Garin's ordination.

Garin's special day

Our oldest grandson turned twelve and was ordained a Deacon by his father. What a special day and we are so proud of Garin. He also looked very handsome in his new suit. What a privilege it was to be there and how old I felt realizing he was twelve. It was wonderful to be there!
Jon and Jared also were there and I grabbed a picture with their Uncle Jaren. Watch your consonants between Jaren, Garin and Jared we all need to pronounce them very carefully. :)
Starlee pretendin to be shy, which of course we all know she is not. She is such a cutey and give anybody a good work out keeping up with her.

Ryden showing Uncle Jaren the pond.

Thanksgiving 2007

Since Thanksgiving ended up being small this year, I remembered my wedding China, and decided to use it. This is, I think only the second time in thirty some years. So I thought to take a picture, but once I started serving food I forgot to take a picture. Check out Jenna's blog for that.
Check out my newly upolstered chair seats, I bought a new staple gun and went to work. They didn't turn out to bad, but my fingers were sure sore from all the pulling and tugging. I am sure they must use a special pair of pliers or something. Well worth the effort though and I like them!
The boys organized a RISK game after dinner and we all played Hearts to which was really fun. Casey also brought his cousin Malcolm from Pennsylvania who is attending the Y. We were pleased to have him and are really thankful that Jenna and Casey could come. Mostly though it was wonderful to reflect on all the blessings we have and how thankful we are for all our family and friends. We love you tons!
Our big surprise when Jenna came in is that she is pregnant and expecting a boy in March. We are so excited and what a fun way to find out. I can't believe how good she was at keeping it a secret, but it is wonderful news and I think it is the best month to have a baby. :)

Utah Super Bowl

In Utah the BYU vs University of Utah game is like the Utah Super Bowl. Rival week is huge! BYU bubble wraps all the statues on campus to avoid prangs even. Doug and Jonas had the opportunity to attend this years game, thanks to Casey. It was the greatest and even better is that BYU won again this year. It is a fun event to see the allegiances declared and what pranks are pulled in the neighborhood in the spirit of the week. This year one neighbor hung a huge BYU with lights on his tree and in the middle of the night someone spray painted it red. He of course repaired it and rehung it in celebration of their win, in fact it is still there and this is January. We were told when we moved, that you were either red or blue, but not purple. WE of course declared blue. Thanks Casey for the great memories!

BYU vs State game

Doug, Casey and Jonas went down to San Diego for the BYU vs State game that had been postponed due to the fires. They had a great time and of course BYU won, which made it even better. I sent the camera with them and this was the only real picture I could use. Janelle is front and center, but they missed getting a picture of Garin who was also celebrating his 12th birthday by attending the game.

New snow plow

We decided to get a quad with a snow plow on it for this winter, and since I am late posting, I will say that it was the perfect winter to do it. Here is Jaren trying it out the first time. He and I stayed home while Doug and Jonas had gone to the BYU vs State game. He did great and had even a better time doing it. Doug will also enjoy using it on his hunts. Centerville also has a 4 wheel drive course that the boys will want to check out.