Catch Up

Ok, so I think it's probably been a little too long since my last update. Sorry about that. Not a lot has happened, but today I finally loaded some pictures from my camera to my computer, so I'll have a lot of pictures to post. Anyway, Happy Halloween and Happy Thanksgiving!

Halloween was quite fun. Hayley and her kids came up and went trick-or-treating with us. As usual, the cousins always have a great time together. My grandparents were also able to come up for the holiday. It's always fun to have them around. And they love playing with their great grandkids.

The day after Halloween, Nov 1st, we decorated our house for Christmas. I feel that time goes by so quickly, you might as well get decorations up early so you can at least enjoy them for more than a couple days. I know I'll have some pictures of right after we decorated.

I am the Young Womens sports director for our ward, and at the beginning of November my girls were undefeated for our stake and went to region volleyball. We had a great run and came in 2nd place for regions. I hope I can find pictures to post, because it was a fun couple of days.

On November 8th, we went up to Island Park, ID with some wonderful friends. It's about 40 miles away from Yellowstone. Sadly, we never made it to Yellowstone. We did get to go to some waterfalls about 30 mins away from the cabin where we were staying. We went with my friend Holly, her husband Andy and their twin boys Ben and Will. A day later my other friend Steve and his wife Amy came up. It was a very relaxing trip, full of games, karaoke, food and interesting conversation. What happens in Idaho, stays in Idaho. :)

Then, of course we had Thanksgiving recently. Hayley, Bethany and their families were able to come and spend the holiday here. We played a lot of games, did some shopping, and went downtown to the Gateway and to see the beautiful lights at Temple Square. The cousins had a wonderful time together and we older kids also got to have some time together.

Well, I think that catches things up. I have a few older pictures from back in September when we went to Zion's National Park in St. George, Utah that I will also post.

Our cute family just a few days ago

At Zions (from left Tyson, Mike, Julianna, Hayley, Alex's head
and Chad)

Alex at Zion's National Park

Julianna, Hayley, Bethany, Alex and Chad

All the kids getting shoulder rides

My Grandpa, the pirate on Halloween

All the kids dressed up for trick or treating

Up in Island Park, Idaho singing karaoke

On a little hike to look at the water falls. You can see the backs
of Andy, Holly, myself, Alex, Will and Ben

A really bad picture of Alex and I. At least Holly looks cute in the
background.

Alex at the larger waterfall

The smaller falls

A very happy boy after setting up for Christmas

All the boys (yes, even our cat is a boy)

Beast (our cat)

The beautiful lights at Temple Square

Me, looking very red with the lights behind me

The Temple

The Winslow family

Part of Our Family