A Festive Night

THANK YOU THANK YOU my girlfriends for a wonderful night out!! What a blast to get together and talk about all the random silly things we use to do. And thank you for refreshing my memory about the stupid things I did! And very apparently still do!! Ugh, when will I ever grow up? We all have issues :) For pictures of our happy evening, please see Vanessa and Shannon's blog, because of course, I didn't bring my camera. Love you Mailee, Shannon, Vanessa, Amy and Jody!!! :) :) :)

NOW STARRING BRAYDEN PETERSON in.......

In Grantsville there is but one event that defines your third grade experience. THE NUTCRACKER!!! Apparently it is a Christmas tradition dating back to.... well I don't know when, because I am a newby, but it's a BIG DEAL! They only allow each family 6 tickets and you can only get into the gym with a ticket. Brayden had the part of a spanish dancer. He did an awesome job and he got to touch a girls hand every Tuesday for the past 2 months (rehearsals). LUCKY!! I have to apologize for my terrible camera skills. I have only a couple of crappy shots for my blog, so here goes.


The Dance
(back row, far right)

Final bows, Brayden is in the middle.

The costuming was really great, the kids all knew their parts and participated without too much complaining. What more could you ask for from 8 year olds? Soon to be 9.... tomorrow!!!

Hilly Billy Thanksgiving

DANG... it's almost Christmas and I haven't updated my blog since Halloween. WEAK!!! So here is a snipit of our hilly billy Thanksgiving in Monticello. It actually was a great time! We got there late Wednesday night and all the kids piled into the heated garage (which really doesn't look like a garage, except for the cement floor) for bedtime.

Thursday morning we woke, fed the 16 grandchildren breakfast and started prepping some of the food for the feast. Dinner was fun with 30 of us joining the festivities. My mom and dad, Grandpa and Grandma Hansen, Cindy, Mary, Laura & Rod. Jim, Nat and Kids, Jen, Mike and kids, Me, Brandon and kids, Shery, Quin and kids!!!! Woooo hooo!!!!

Friday we went to the Days Inn hotel that mom, dad and the grandparents were staying at (in Monticello) and swam in the pool. The kids had a blast and we finally dunked Uncle Jim after much hard work and coordination. All in all a great way to spend three days. Jim and Natalie did an awesome job planning the holiday and accommodating all of us. Thank you again guys for the great memories.