Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving

Hey Everyone,
we are about to leave for Thanksgiving with all our family.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and remembers what Thanksgiving is all about, thanking God for everything he has done for us, getting to see family, eat lots of turkey and dressing, and watch the ATM t.u. football game. Go Aggies.
Annie

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Jenny's Trip

Okay so I got back from the trip like a month ago but I decided to go ahead and post about it. First of all I want you all to know that I will post pictures but as I took 600 during the whole 7 day trip it will be hard narrowing it down. LOL
On Monday October 27th:
My Grandmother (my dads mom) and I flew into Las Vegas, NV. We rented a car and drove to Hoover Dam. Then we drove up Route 66 to Peach Springs, AZ. Stayed at the Hualapai Lodge.
Tuesday October 28th:
Rode in a bus down the ONLY road into the Grand Canyon. Went on a whitewater rafting trip. Hiked up to see a waterfall. Ate lunch in the canyon and continued on the rafting trip. Went on a Helicopter ride up to Grand Canyon West. Drove back on a very bumpy road in a van to Peach Springs and the Hualapai Lodge. Stayed a 2nd night at the Hualapai Lodge.
Wednesday October 29th:
Drove to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Took lots of pictures!!
Drove over the Navajo Bridge and took pics:Drove to the North Rim. Got to the North Rim at sunset. Took pictures at the North Rim. Drove back to a little town called Jacob Lake and stayed the night.
Thursday October 30th:
Drove into Utah. Stopped at Moqui Cave. Went on a horseback ride at Bryce Canyon. Stopped and took pictures at lots of points in the canyon. Drove up to Boulder, UT and stayed the night.
Friday October 31st:
Drove through Capitol Reef National Park. Drove through a trail drive. ha ha. Hiked up to Hickman Natural Bridge. Took lots of pictures. Drove through Glen Canyon. Drove by Lake Powell. Drove to Natural Bridges National Monument. Then drove to Cortez, CO. Went to see Mesa Verde National Park at sunset. Stayed in Cortez.
Saturday November 1st:
Went back to Mesa Verde and went to all the cliff dwellings. Drove back into Utah to Arches National Park.
Elephant ButteAnother trail drive. Went through the park. Drove up to Green River, UT. Stopped at the John Wesley Powell Museum. Drove to Beaver UT. Stayed the night.
Sunday November 2nd:
Drove to Zion National Park went through the park on the shuttle bus stopped at lots of points and places and stuff. Drove back to Las Vegas, NV returned our rent car. Stayed at a hotel in Vegas.
Monday November 3rd:
Flew out of Las Vegas NV, into San Antonio. Drove home.
IT was lots of fun.

Graduation

OK, most of you know that I am graduating this year.
I have to do a power point about my life with pictures and music and was wondering if anyone had any song suggestions for the power point ?
I have not really thought about it much but thought that I would ask for suggestions and see what everyone said.
Thanks
Annie

Pizza

Here are some pics of the real way or at least the pizza hut way to take pizzas out of the oven.


The pro. Daddy had to get that for the one night a week that we have pizza.
Annie

Pumpkin Carving

It is pumpkin carving time, we actually carved the pumpkins last Friday but here are some pics of the event.
I had a lot of helpers Mommy had left with all the other kids to pick up produce so it was just Me, Joshua, Joy, and Jimmie carving pumpkin, of course then we had to cook and package and freeze all the pumpkin and cook the seeds. So here are some pics.



All my little helpers



working hard





our carved pumpkin, we decided that next year we might have to paint it maroon :)
Just so everyone knows there was no power tools used in the carving of this pumpkin.



Pumpkin seeds


cooked pumpkin ready to be pureed




pureed pumpkin in the Vita Mix




Annie

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

My Baby

Ok these are for Darcy, I was looking at pictures for graduation and came across these and had to show them.
This is Michelle, Darcy's youngest that I used to babysit a couple days a week when I was about 13.



Isn't she so cute:)

Annie

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Camping again ?

I guess all the kids wanted to go camping again because I came home to an impromptu smores party.
Here are some pics of Michael roasting his marshmallow. Annie

Monday, November 10, 2008

Joshua's Deer

Sunday night Joshua and Daddy went hunting, in times past Joshua has ALWAYS shot a yearling and ALWAYS gut shot it which is not very cool if you are a hunter and not very fun for the gutter. So Joshua and Daddy came and back and Joshua announced that he shot a Doe, Go Joshua then he said and I shot it in the neck Way to go Joshua. We really are enjoying the deer meat.
Here are some pics of Joshua and his deer.




and some of the beautiful sunset.


Annie

Monday, November 3, 2008

Jenny's coming home!!!

Jenny is coming home today yea!!!!
Jenny has been gone for about a week and a half , first she was in Mason helping Aunt Rae Ann cook, and then she went on her sweet 16 birthday trip with Granny to the Grand Canyon or as Daddy calls is the great hole in the ground; and is coming home today with Grammy. After she gets home I will get her to post with pictures about her trip, and what all she did.
Welcome home Jenny

Annie

Sunday, November 2, 2008

More Pictures

Ok here are some more of the promised cute pictures. This one is for Darcy Annie

Another Vita Mix Meal

Here is a Vita Mix meal the we made for Jimmie and Stella's birthday supper.
Spinach soup with tortellini

It looks really gross but is really good.
We cooked the tortellini and then made the soup in the Vita mix.



Cream of Tomato soup with tortellini Annie

Birthday

Friday was Jimmie and Stella's birthday, here are some pics of them on there birthday.
Jimmie got a new pistol along with some caps.


Stella got a stroller, and play phone, and lots of big panties.


Here is just a funny picture of Jimmie.

Annie

Camping !!!

Last weekend our whole church went camping at Camp Eagle.
We had lots of fun doing things like canoeing, the really big zip line, the rock climbing and repelling.
Along with all the normal camping things like smores and just being outside. Here are some pictures of our camping trip.


canoeing





rock climbing




zip line
Making sure the harness works







sitting around camp.



Beautiful Sunset

Annie