GO UTES!!

Utah 17 BYU 16

Lets just say

it was the BEST!

What a way to end a game!!

Thanksgiving = 6 PIES

This Thanksgiving is the first year

without my sweet Grandpa.

He always made pies, every Thanksgiving.

His pumpkin was the best!

One thing about Grandpa

is you never knew what was going to be in his pies,

but he had a touch,

even if it was baking the weevil out!

I know gross!!

So this year,

I MADE PIES!

And lots of them.

SIX!!

Pumpkin, Sweet Potato,

Apple, Coconut Cream, Pecan,

and last but not least

Chocolate Pecan Carmel!

How cute are they!

I love Kade looking up at Kevin.

Hope you all had a

FANTASTIC THANKSGIVING!

HALLOWEEN

For Halloween this year, Kade was

MICKEY MOUSE!

Since we just got back from Disneyland,

he knew all about Mickey,

and loved dressing up as him.

He is getting good at saying

"CHEESE"

which is good, since he is a mouse!

Here he is showing off the pumpkins!

Since the weather was CRAZY

our trunk-r-treat was inside the church

nice and dry!

His mouth full of yummy candy.

Karlee was a genie and Austin was Billy the Exterminator.

It cracked me up that Kade hid his face here.

We had a family pizza party, and had a great time!

Here are the grandkids that are not to big to go trick-r-treating.

Every year Kevin loves carving pumpkins.

So here are his creations this year.

We had a fantastic Halloween.

But man, I'm glad it is over!

San Diego

At the first of October we went to

San Diego and DISNEYLAND!

We had such a great time.

The first part of the trip we stayed in San Diego for two nights.

We went to Sea Port Village and then walked down to the Midway.

This alligator kept Kade entertained the whole walk.

He liked showing it off.

Seriously,

How cute is he!

He found this leaf on the ground,

and was so proud of it.

Kevin's brother Scott met us there,

and Kade loves Scott.

When Kade saw him, he ran as fast as he could up to him.

It was to sweet.

He loved pushing the stroller.

Scott and Kade

One night we decided to go swimming.

Kade had a great time,

he got to put into use all the things he learned

this summer at swimming lessons.

DISNEYLAND PHOTOS COMING SOON!!!

The Vietnam Moving Wall

We had the opportunity to go and see the

Vietnam Moving Wall

at the cemetery.

Kevin was sick and I dragged him there.

I knew he would want to see it.

I always get choked up at U.S. memorials

and thinking of the sacrifices

that so many have done for us.

Looking around, I wasn't the only one.

"IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE

ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES

WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR.

THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

AND OF THOSE WHO REMAIN MISSING

ARE INSCRIBED IN THE ORDER

THEY WERE TAKEN FROM US."

Preamble of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The moving wall started in 1984

and is half the size of the

memorial in Washington.

It is breathtaking.

We are truly very blessed to live in this country.

I want a cookie

This may be Kades favorite phrase.

So after the

Ute game

we went over to the Gateway.

I love it there.

It was the perfect night.

BEAUTIFUL

So when you have a

sweet face

look up at you and say,

"I want a cookie."

What else is there to say?

Thank goodness for camera phones.

Even if it is grainy,

you still get to

capture the moment!

And yes

HE ATE THE WHOLE THING!

GO UTES!

This year we got

season

UTAH FOOTBALL

tickets!

The season opener was against

15th ranked

PITT.

So Kade had a lot of first.

First Trax ride.

I told him to smile

this is what I got.

Food and all!

On the train.

We made it

Rice Eccles Stadium

First time Kade was with

HUGE UTE FANS!

That Kevin just happened to know.

First time watching the band.

First time cheering for the first down.

First time at a

college football game.

We had a great time.

By the end he was yelling

touchdown and other such

football things.

The game was

CRAZY!

The Utes pulled off the

VICTORY!

27-24

GO UTES!