HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

Reed got to watch a football game with uncle Chance! He was saying "go, go, run!" He also got to play with his 2nd cousins that were about his age.

Marian got to play with some 2nd cousins and grandma's kitchen, of course. :o)

The kids all got excited when they saw some deer outside of Grandpa Shepherd's house. So Marian had to run out and try to get closer. She is so my child. That is exactly the kind of thing I used to do. Anyway, we loved eating dinner up at in Wallsburg at Jeff's parent's house. The food was great and the company was even better. I made my pumpkin pies. I also made an apple pie (first time) and I think it turned out really good! :o) Then after a fun game of "Buzz Word" we took off to my parents where I won the game of Monopoly! It was quite a fun day!

Jedd & Jessie's wedding!

Yeah, after 3 years of dating Jedd and Jessie finaly tied the knot! We are so happy for them!!! Jessie's mom made some really cute dresses for the little girls, and Marian looked so cute in them. Jedd is Jeff's younger brother. With Jedd getting married that makes all the kids married off and out of the house. We still can't tell if "Mom" is excited or not? David all but tossed him out of the house and we are sure he already has the extra rooms put to use. :o) To quote him, he was pushing Jedd out of the nest, while Jessie was pulling :O) Here are the pictures from the reception. Ammon's wedding is this Saturday. What a month! The hat Reed is wearing is because he wanted to wear a flower crown like Marian so Jessie's mom gave that to him and he wore it the rest of the night.

TWILGHT!!!!

Ok Saturday night. The highly anticipated movie wait was over. What did I think? The first half was a little choppy, there was a lot taken out that I wish had been left in, but I know that would have made the movie about 3 hours long ( I would have watched it though). From about the baseball game on I think the movie really jelled together. I need to go back and watch it again, this time without waiting for parts that I know aren't coming, or are coming in a different way. So, not as good as the book, but I didn't think it would be, but still a great movie!!! Can't wait to see it again, so if there is anyone out there who would like to go with me, I am open to the idea! :o)
Quick side note, as for Bella's lullaby, I didn't like it the first time I heard it on youtube, but after listening it a few times and then seeing it in the movie, I have fallen in love with it! So bummed that I can't just buy it as an mp3 off amazon :o(

Mixed emotions

Wow, what a week! Jeff got his new job, his brother Jedd got married (to his 3 year girlfriend), my brother Ammon is getting married next week and we are having Nicole's shower today, Twilight came out (going to see it tonight!), and my Grandpa Fran just died. He had been battleing the Alzhimers for the past few years. A few days ago my grandma had to put him in the hospital and my dad went out to help her find a home to place him in. Then I got the call this morning from my mom that he had passed away. I feel bad for my grandma, and wish there was something that I could do to help. But I am glad that he passed so quickly. For having alzhimers he really did quite well. He really had gone downhill over the last year, but all things considered, I think he really did quite well. I wish my grandma the best of luck and my prayers go out to her. I glad that he didn't have to suffer any longer. I am also very glad that I was able to get to know him better as I have gotten older. It makes me very appreciative that we had the time with him that we did. I will forever remember the Donald Duck noises that he used to make for us as kids. We always loved it when they would come visit us because of the fun that Grandpa was. We will miss him.

HE GOT IT YEAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HE GOT IT, HE GOT IT, HE GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO MORE NESTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO MORE SWING SHIFTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE CAN LOOK FOR A HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE HAS A CAREER AHEAD OF HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE CAN PAY OFF SCHOOL LOANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE HE GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In case you didn't get it Jeff got a new job!!!!!!! He starts on December 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He will be working in the Mnt. America Credit Union!!!!! He will be a Operational Fraud person. I forgot the exact title. He will be working in the fraud department!!!!!! I just want to scream!!!!! My heart is still beating way too fast!!!!!! I am just sooooooo excited!!!!! That means his schooling paid off, that means we can move on and look for a house, it means we have stability in our future!!!!!!!!!!! We aren't sure exactly what the pay will be, but we know it will be more then we are making now!!!!!!! It's Party time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Time to celebrate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank all of you for your many prayers, thank you all!!!!!!! We love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Movie night! (Twilight Night!)

Brittany & Gjanden came by yesterday to help relieve Jeff of his boredum. Gideon had fun playing "grab the cousins!" Marian kept saying "Let go!" It was cute :o) Also in the top picture, does this remind my family of any movie we used to watch as kids? (here's a hint it has to do with a little girl wearing her brother's baseball caps) :o) Also we have a date and time that we are going to Twilight! We are going Sat. 22nd at 6:45 after Nicole's shower! We decided to go to the Scera, because it most likely will not sell out after the midnight showing, and it has one of the biggest screens around! So anyone who would like to meet us there you are more then welcome! Oh also I saw a fun story on the news last night. The Red Cross has jumped on the Twilight bandwagon and has been setting up blood drives with buttons that you can choose that say "I donated for Bella" (Or Nessie, Or Edward) :o) I thought that was a great idea and I wanted to go find one locally who was doing it, but I found out that I still have to wait about 6 more months till I can donate again. (because of my transfusion back in July).

It's Dance time!

Reed and Marian have always loved "Louie." One of their favorite things to do is dance with him. Jeff was playing with the kids before bed and decided that it would be fun to get the "Louie" puppet out. (I got him back when I was on band tour in San Fransisco) The kids treat him like he is real, they love to give him hugs and have him chase them. For the time being it is the closest thing they will get to having a dog or a cat right now. :o)

Candyland

Ok Saturday I was out at Target buying Kung Fu Panda for Christmas, as I was walking down to a cash register I walked past a display that had a bunch of kid games in a book-like case ( so it's not a bulky box). Anyway Candyland was one of them. I remembered how much fun Brittany and I used to have playing that game, and I am still trying to teach Reed his colors, so I bought it. It was only 10 bucks. I let Reed open it today and we played two games! It was great! He is always wanting to play the board games that we play, but he really just gets in the way right now. So I thought this would be perfect for him! He won both times, and it really has seemed to help him remeber what color is what so far. He really seems to like purple and blue :o) Anyway I now feel like I have some full circle, all because of Candyland :o)

Ok I know most of you don't really care, but I really could spend hours watching my fish so here is what I like to watch. I just got some new Koolie Loaches (for my family that is the real name of the wiggly worms we used to have). Mine are brown and I got 3 of them on Monday. They spend all day wiggling up and down the tank. Then my Long tailed Danios are also fast little guys that like to swim around a lot. You can also see my lonley little Neon and my other new fish, a Red-tail Shark (my other one died when my amonia spiked along with my other Neons). My longest loach is down on the gravel in the left hand corner. Everyone seems to be quite happy and doing good now. My amonia has started going down and staying down so that makes the fish very happy. Anyway call me crazy but take a peek :o)

Happy Halloween

Well all went as well as could beexpected last night with a 2 year old and a 3 year old who had been eating candy from there buckets the whle night. Reed was very cute saying "trick or treat" Marian just wanted to eat every piece that she got. The kids were very cute. I just put them in the costumes they wore last year because they still fit. Marian wanted to be Winnie the Pooh, but she was stuck being the bug (a very cute lady bug). I met my mom and younger siblings at Sherri's house and then went over to their house to tick or treat around their neighborhood with Gabe. As we were walking around Reed runs up and says "Uncle Gabe is my bestest friend!" It was very cute! All in all they got tons of candy and walked about at least 1 1/2 miles to get it :o)