Thanksgiving 2009

Over the river and thru the woods, to grandmothers house we went...

The food was great and we enjoyed it ...

But,

"It's not so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs."

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We enjoyed the company, played games, and visited with each other...

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We gave mom and dad their Christmas gifts, because we weren't going to be together for Christmas...

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AND, we learned how to put a straw thru a potato... (can you?)

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We had a great Thanksgiving!

A Night at the Oscars

Here is BrittanyJo, Wednesday night, before we left for the Oscars (or the Young Women Evening of Excellence where they share some of the goals they have been working on).

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Here she is being introduced.

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With the Bishop, after receiving her Oscar award. (The cutest award ever - Mrs. Butterworths syrup jar, sprayed gold.)

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After the event, with some friends - Charisty, BJo, Seila, & Becca. Aren't they beautiful!!!! Inside and out!

We Love Michael!

Michael sent us a memory card full of photos. It was fun to see them. There were many and I can't officially explain any of them, but want to share a few here. I decided to narrow it down to one each - person, place and thing. That's about the extent of how I can explain them. (I have since added some names to some of the photos because Michael has emailed and shared them with us.)

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Yuki-kun - just got baptized that night.

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The gate into the Shuri Castle.

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We can certainly tell he is in the right place! :) But we knew that already!
He is still in Oroku, Okinawa.

Bonus Photo! This photo includes person, place, AND thing!

There is a choice you have to make,
In everything you do.
And you must always keep in mind,
the choice you make, makes you.

A great weekend!

We've had a great weekend!

Gregory and Adena came Thursday night, Jenny and her girls came Friday night, we've had a few visits from Wayne and Robyn (Dana's parents) and many wonderful guests on Sunday.

We finished our first coat of paint all around the house.

We spent most of Saturday juicing apples. The work load was constant, but not too stressful since we had a lot of people (parts of 7 families helping). There was a lot to be done, and it was work, but some of the work was even kinda fun. We ended up with about 250 gallons of juice and some awesome memories. We send a special thanks to the Jenks family for their friendship and kindness.

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After our busy day we wondered if we would rather stay home, but we ventured out and participated in the trunk-or-treat at the church. It's fun to give, and it was fun to see the costumes, and we enjoyed being together. Then we went trick-or-treating to one special home for Grandma's popcorn balls. It was a full, but a great day!

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Auger was blessed Sunday. We had family and friends come for dinner after church and enjoyed everyone's company. We are so grateful for our family and our friends and for the love and support they give to us. We almost forgot to take pictures, but we did get a few.

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And some of the fun will continue! Many have gone home, but Gregory's family will be here a few more days. It's been fun to watch Brayden and Tawny and see how they have grown.