Thanksgiving Dinner

Okay, so I am finally getting around to catching up my blog. So here ya go...

This is Thanksgiving at Mom and Dad's house. It has been really fun going to my parents for the last couple of years. I love when we can all get together like this. I hope it is something we will still do even after Mom and Dad die!

This is the sister-in-laws wondering when they are done with their "day at the in-laws" duty!

I love how Lisa brought her own deck of cards! Jason and Bethany chillin' with Granny on the couch and my Daizee Dog laying claim to a lap.
Jason and his new wife Nichole.

Awe...newly weds!

Lyle holding my little Sawyer.

One of these ain't like the other.

(Sawyer was a little fussy)

Alan, happy and full of turkey! All the many cars in front of Mom and Dad's house. I think it made Dad happy to see so many people at his house. We had licence plates from Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Washington.
The 1st and 2nd cousins eating dinner.
We had three tables set up in Mom's little house.
Dad, Ann and Roger full of turkey and waiting for dessert.
Nichole, Susie, Lyle and Mom waiting for their dessert!
It was a happy day in Idaho.

My children always love to go home. But they are a little sad that Cheryl and her family are not there to play with.

Steven is Driving!!

So this Friday Steven went in and took his drivers test. He passed and did well and got his drivers license! He was ready to rock and roll!

So, I gave him the motherly lecture..."drive safe, you don't want to get in an accident on you first day driving solo." and all the other stuff you tell them before handing the keys over.

Well, shortly after that I was out running errands and somebody hit me!!! So I called Steven and told him not to worry I did it for him!

Then...

When you are a teenager and just got you DL and your parents OK where is one of the first places you want to go?!

THE MALL!

Steven tells me, "Mom, I'm going to meet some friends at the mall. I'll call ya later."

So later he calls...

"Mom, I changed my plans. I'm leaving the mall and meeting my friends somewhere else."

"Why?"

"Well, I was in JCPenneys and heard some gun shots and I guess there was a shooting and I'm too young to die so I left!"

"OH!"

He said it was really close and he booked it out of there. Then he got stuck in traffic, cause EVERYONE was trying to leave! Two boys were shot and one died the other is stable. They believe that the shooter new the victims.

Boy, he has a great story he can reminisce on when his kids start driving.

Steven Potter

This has a great story!
Steven wanted to dress up as Harry Potter for Halloween way back when the books first started getting really popular and Steven was still into Halloween. Well, we couldn't figure out what to do with his curly hair to make it look like Harry Potter. I tried to straighten it but it wasn't that great. He still went as Harry Potter with an Afro.

Well, fast forward to this Halloween. It fell at the end of Spirit week, so they got to dress up. He got a wig from someone at school and next thing I know he wants me to run out last minute and try to find Harry Potter glasses. All I could find on such short notice was the clown glasses that make your eyes look really big. They were round though and he could pop the lens out but he opted not to.

I didn't even get to see what he looked like but then I found this picture downloaded on my desktop. I guess he got to live out his life long dream of being Harry Potterish...

It makes me laugh!
You got to make it big to really enjoy it!

Pile of Leaves

Halloween

I got so focused on Steven's Birthday that I never posted the kids in their Halloween costumes.
Daizee was a pumpkin.
She really loves this outfit and now wears it as a coat! She hates the cold weather and this is a really warm outfit. But she wouldn't go for the hat that came with it.
Sawyer was Tigger.
He stayed toasty warm and happy. It had rained all day but cleared up by time we went out to trick or treat.

Seth was Ben 10.
Its a show from Cartoon Network. He had to have a "mask free" costume for school and he loved having a wild hair do!

Sam was Wonder Woman.
I have to admit I was living vicariously through my daughter. I wanted to be Wonder Woman but she looked better in the outfit then me.

and Sean was Phantom, from Phantom of the Opera.
He has been a fan ever since we went and say it at the Paramount in Seattle.

Steven is 16!

Happy Birthday Steven!

We love you!!

Steven is turning 16!

Steven wouldn't let me throw him a party for his 16th Birthday! So I recruited his friend, Ryan, who is also turning 16. He thought a party was a great idea. So I got with his parents and we combined the guys party!

This is the boys posing for pictures before the dance. They were too handsome not to share with y'all. Any-ya-hoo, I was in charge of putting the party invite together. I told the boys I need a photo to put on the invites. I don't think they took it very serious cause they showed up in their workout clothes.

But they started to give me their best poses!

And smiling faces!

All in all I think the invites turned out great!