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DECEMBER BLOG UPDATE!!
Oh my stars! Santa came and went like never before! December is a total blur... that's how fast it seemed to go. We were totally not in the Grinch mood this year even though we had a visit from him we just decided to make the best holiday season ever?
~We started off celebrating our anniversary listening to Kaitlyn sing out at a great Holiday Dinner Concert. She performed again later in the month at the Temple. She is so cute and so talented.
~We had our Ashby Family Home Evening and enjoyed spending the afternoon with grandma Ashby, cousins, aunts, uncles, and kids. We got a couple good pictures of everyone and had a great time!
~Then we went up to Sedona. It was a cold but beautiful scenic weekend - no snow but we love going up to 'Red Rock Country'.
~We were excited to have Wes spend the night one night while his dad and mom went to a Christmas party!
~We celebrated Papa's birthday -we had a fun evening waiting for him to come home from Colorado so we could eat one of his 52 cupcakes and sing happy birthday :0)
~Bryan spent most of the month home (not a traveling month). It is so nice to have him around for a change. He is such a positive influence in our home. We keep thinking, "this may be the last ......... with Bryan" because next year he might be on his mission.
~After Cindy & Paul's family got here, we met Eric, Ashlee, Chris & Jamie, with Bryan and Kaitlyn and little kiddos out at the motocross biking racetrack and Paul showed us how to do it to the track!!! What a stud!
~One day we went out to lunch to TiaRosa's for mexican. It was great food and fun company. The restaurant was still festive with the holiday decorations up, but the day wasn't complete until we ended up at a park so the kids could play. We went down to Freestone Park on Lindsay and Guadalupe. It was cold, but the kids had a good time getting out.
~Then the excitement of having the kids come and paint the house for our Christmas present was a little more than we could hardly stand.... We had a harder time than we thought picking out the exact color.... so several swatches were placed before the final determination was made. Thanks for all the votes. Taping and caulking was fun and we ended up with several extra kids (Bryan and Kaitlyn have such good friends that just want to help).
~The real fun came for us being able to spend the whole day with 5 of our 7 grandkids. We started off watching a video in the car as we drove and ended up going through McDonald's for happy meals and straight to the park to eat, play, play, then load up and drive through a car wash, then a stop at the store to pick out promised toys for good little boys and girls, then out to Eric & Ashlee's for dinner and toy playing and then cookie making, and finally the thrill of coming back to papa & gram's home to see a beautiful home newly painted.
~It was so fun to have Cindy, Paul and kids here for their stay. We missed Jason and Kim & boys but it was a tender moment when Jason called while we were in the car with 5 of the grandkids and then we got to talk to Caleb on the phone (just the thought of him being in the backseat with the rest of the kids with little Austin). It's great being mom and dad and papa & gram. We sure love our kids and grand kids!
~On Sunday night the 30th we all joined together in our newly freshly painted dining room and sat down to a wonderful turkey dinner. We are blessed to have what we do. Most important in our lives is our family. Then we gathered together in the piano room- around the Christmas tree and opened Christmas presents from one another. How cute to watch the little ones open their presents. We love you all and thank you for the newly fresh coats of paint and the time and sacrifice & $$$ spent to help us get this house in order. We are encouraged and will keep working to get it where it needs to be. You are our blessings in our lives! We love you and thank you for all the hours and hard work on the house.
~The last day of the old year we drove out to Chris & Jamie's and hung out in their cute home and then to Chuckie Cheese to play the games and take pictures. Afterwards we came home to eat and just chill a little waiting for the new year. Several sickies amongst us with the dreaded bug caused bedtime to come earlier than the magical 12 o'clock. But we saw the "ball drop in NY" and it wasn't too many minutes later, we were all in bed zonked.
~We started off celebrating our anniversary listening to Kaitlyn sing out at a great Holiday Dinner Concert. She performed again later in the month at the Temple. She is so cute and so talented.
~We had our Ashby Family Home Evening and enjoyed spending the afternoon with grandma Ashby, cousins, aunts, uncles, and kids. We got a couple good pictures of everyone and had a great time!
~Then we went up to Sedona. It was a cold but beautiful scenic weekend - no snow but we love going up to 'Red Rock Country'.
~We were excited to have Wes spend the night one night while his dad and mom went to a Christmas party!
~We celebrated Papa's birthday -we had a fun evening waiting for him to come home from Colorado so we could eat one of his 52 cupcakes and sing happy birthday :0)
~Bryan spent most of the month home (not a traveling month). It is so nice to have him around for a change. He is such a positive influence in our home. We keep thinking, "this may be the last ......... with Bryan" because next year he might be on his mission.
~After Cindy & Paul's family got here, we met Eric, Ashlee, Chris & Jamie, with Bryan and Kaitlyn and little kiddos out at the motocross biking racetrack and Paul showed us how to do it to the track!!! What a stud!
~One day we went out to lunch to TiaRosa's for mexican. It was great food and fun company. The restaurant was still festive with the holiday decorations up, but the day wasn't complete until we ended up at a park so the kids could play. We went down to Freestone Park on Lindsay and Guadalupe. It was cold, but the kids had a good time getting out.
~Then the excitement of having the kids come and paint the house for our Christmas present was a little more than we could hardly stand.... We had a harder time than we thought picking out the exact color.... so several swatches were placed before the final determination was made. Thanks for all the votes. Taping and caulking was fun and we ended up with several extra kids (Bryan and Kaitlyn have such good friends that just want to help).
~The real fun came for us being able to spend the whole day with 5 of our 7 grandkids. We started off watching a video in the car as we drove and ended up going through McDonald's for happy meals and straight to the park to eat, play, play, then load up and drive through a car wash, then a stop at the store to pick out promised toys for good little boys and girls, then out to Eric & Ashlee's for dinner and toy playing and then cookie making, and finally the thrill of coming back to papa & gram's home to see a beautiful home newly painted.
~It was so fun to have Cindy, Paul and kids here for their stay. We missed Jason and Kim & boys but it was a tender moment when Jason called while we were in the car with 5 of the grandkids and then we got to talk to Caleb on the phone (just the thought of him being in the backseat with the rest of the kids with little Austin). It's great being mom and dad and papa & gram. We sure love our kids and grand kids!
~On Sunday night the 30th we all joined together in our newly freshly painted dining room and sat down to a wonderful turkey dinner. We are blessed to have what we do. Most important in our lives is our family. Then we gathered together in the piano room- around the Christmas tree and opened Christmas presents from one another. How cute to watch the little ones open their presents. We love you all and thank you for the newly fresh coats of paint and the time and sacrifice & $$$ spent to help us get this house in order. We are encouraged and will keep working to get it where it needs to be. You are our blessings in our lives! We love you and thank you for all the hours and hard work on the house.
~The last day of the old year we drove out to Chris & Jamie's and hung out in their cute home and then to Chuckie Cheese to play the games and take pictures. Afterwards we came home to eat and just chill a little waiting for the new year. Several sickies amongst us with the dreaded bug caused bedtime to come earlier than the magical 12 o'clock. But we saw the "ball drop in NY" and it wasn't too many minutes later, we were all in bed zonked.
UPDATE FROM PAPA & GRAM
Updated
12/3/07...
We had our first annual "Thanksgiving Eve Dessert night". We had originally planned on a big dinner with grandmothers and kids and everybody joining, but then Dad got stuck in New York and so we changed it to a "no stress" pig out on dessert evening - adding that the next day, everybody spend the day with other loved ones and not splitting up the day trying to find room for more food. This freed up the day for us to fly to Lisa Herzog's wedding in Oregon. So, Thanksgiving, we flew into San Francisco (which by the way was the absolutely best day in the whole year to travel - No one was in the airport and we were upgraded to first class). Then on Friday, we avoided all shopping centers, and drove down Highway 1 from the Presidio in San Francisco to Monterey Bay and revisited our old alma-maters. Dad - Naval Post-graduate school and Mom - Monterey Peninsula College. We drove up to the housing area (LaMesa) where we lived for 3 years and found the old homestead is no longer there... but a really nice park and replaced with really nice housing. *When we visited Hawaii a few years ago we found our house (the duplex) was replaced with a nice park... which goes to show, some of the Navy housing areas we lived were great, but just not able to make it after the Dwiggins crew left.
Then on Saturday, we drove up to Oregon and it was freezing. Oh my goodness, I am such a whimp! We enjoyed our visit with Lisa and met her new husband Arlo Anderson. He is a really nice man and has a super family. It was a great wedding. Dad and I were asked to be the witnesses! :)
11/18/07
Dad & Mom had a great time in South Carolina, North Carolina, then South Carolina and then North Carolina. Dad went on to New York, Mom went home to Arizona. Dad went back to North Carolina. He will leave on Tuesday 11/20 for Maryland and then on to New Jersey and then home to Arizona on Wed 11/21. We are thinking about driving through California to Oregon on Saturday 11/23 (just thinking about it). But so far this month, no trips to Mexico!!!
See pictures for updates on trip to SC then NC then SC. We had the best time!! (except for the ER visit on 11/11 with dad)!
The bathroom is officially completed.... but there are a few things we are going to change - add a nozzle in the bathtub, hang a shower curtain, curtains, towels, etc (little things)... We love it! Pictures to come soon!!
The hole in Bryan's wall is patched! :)
OCTOBERS Update
Well, this past month we have been working with redoing things around the house and yard. Our bathroom is coming along great! We went up to Kohl's Ranch past Payson and stayed a couple days and road our bikes all along Wood's Canyon Lake and area. It was just about too cold for one of us! We had a great time. We went to Rocky Point with Bryan, Kaitlyn, Tim Rush, Sterling Massey & Brooke LeBaron. 5 teenagers!!! We had a blast!
12/3/07...
We had our first annual "Thanksgiving Eve Dessert night". We had originally planned on a big dinner with grandmothers and kids and everybody joining, but then Dad got stuck in New York and so we changed it to a "no stress" pig out on dessert evening - adding that the next day, everybody spend the day with other loved ones and not splitting up the day trying to find room for more food. This freed up the day for us to fly to Lisa Herzog's wedding in Oregon. So, Thanksgiving, we flew into San Francisco (which by the way was the absolutely best day in the whole year to travel - No one was in the airport and we were upgraded to first class). Then on Friday, we avoided all shopping centers, and drove down Highway 1 from the Presidio in San Francisco to Monterey Bay and revisited our old alma-maters. Dad - Naval Post-graduate school and Mom - Monterey Peninsula College. We drove up to the housing area (LaMesa) where we lived for 3 years and found the old homestead is no longer there... but a really nice park and replaced with really nice housing. *When we visited Hawaii a few years ago we found our house (the duplex) was replaced with a nice park... which goes to show, some of the Navy housing areas we lived were great, but just not able to make it after the Dwiggins crew left.
Then on Saturday, we drove up to Oregon and it was freezing. Oh my goodness, I am such a whimp! We enjoyed our visit with Lisa and met her new husband Arlo Anderson. He is a really nice man and has a super family. It was a great wedding. Dad and I were asked to be the witnesses! :)
11/18/07
Dad & Mom had a great time in South Carolina, North Carolina, then South Carolina and then North Carolina. Dad went on to New York, Mom went home to Arizona. Dad went back to North Carolina. He will leave on Tuesday 11/20 for Maryland and then on to New Jersey and then home to Arizona on Wed 11/21. We are thinking about driving through California to Oregon on Saturday 11/23 (just thinking about it). But so far this month, no trips to Mexico!!!
See pictures for updates on trip to SC then NC then SC. We had the best time!! (except for the ER visit on 11/11 with dad)!
The bathroom is officially completed.... but there are a few things we are going to change - add a nozzle in the bathtub, hang a shower curtain, curtains, towels, etc (little things)... We love it! Pictures to come soon!!
The hole in Bryan's wall is patched! :)
OCTOBERS Update
Well, this past month we have been working with redoing things around the house and yard. Our bathroom is coming along great! We went up to Kohl's Ranch past Payson and stayed a couple days and road our bikes all along Wood's Canyon Lake and area. It was just about too cold for one of us! We had a great time. We went to Rocky Point with Bryan, Kaitlyn, Tim Rush, Sterling Massey & Brooke LeBaron. 5 teenagers!!! We had a blast!
FIRSTS
First time in the ocean... First time in Mexico... First Birthday!!!
