This weekend we celebrated Christmas with the fam in Burley. Luckily, we also got to celebrate Jordan's birthday while we were there too! (Eighteen!! Can you believe it?!) We played all weekend long with Jordan, Jayme, and Mom & Dad P. So fun! Thanks for entertaining us! Seriously, they are the best.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Thanks for letting us come stay! I wish we could have stayed longer.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Christmas lights
It was a special weekend for us. We were with friends and family at Temple Square. It was BEAUTIFUL! Ralph and Teresa took us all out to eat in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Yummy! And, they showed us around Temple Square. The lights are always so pretty and it is especially neat to be there around Christmas time.
The view from the JSMB. Pretty!
We spent the night in Bountiful and played games into the wee hours of the morning. It truely was a perfect weekend to be with family and friends and enjoy their company. Thank you to the Christensens for a great time!
Friday, December 2, 2011
a happy thanksgiving
Jason and I had a great Thanksgiving. Lots of food. Great people. What could be better? Here are a few highlights of the weekend.
*Thanksgiving day was spent in Lewiston. We ate at the 2nd ward church house with all the Halls. It gets a little crowded in one house with all of us. I made a pie (me and Marie Calendar that is).
*It's just tradition that a game of basketball will break out. Jason played a few games of lighting with the cousins. I tried to play with them, but the games not too fun when you're not so good.
*Later that day, Jason and the boys did a little demolition on the house. They removed the brick around a wood stove in the house. Mom made the mistake of saying that she wanted this done. And everyone went to work that minute. It was little noisy, but they had it done in no time. I wasn't any help at all. I just watched.
Jason had to work on Black Friday and so did I. We traveled up to Burley right after we got off on Friday. It was so, so nice to be there with our family. Here are the happenings of that weekend.
*We had our Thanksgiving feast on Saturday afternoon. I made rolls. Some of them came from the store though. I'm not skilled enough to do a big batch of rolls quite yet.
*Jason and I played games. It is nice to play cards and board games with more than two people, like Jason and I do all the time. We visited, laughed, and tried to get caught up on the happenings in everyone's lives. Seriously. We don't get up there as often as we would like.
* Jason and Bryan did a little work out in the yard on Saturday, with Michael watching from the window and making sure things were done correctly. I wish I had a picture of it all. Quite funny to watch.
(Speaking of pictures...I didn't get any pictures from our weekend in Burley. I was so mad at myself for my forgetfulness! I always forget to take pictures up there because there is always so much going on. This a picture from a while ago with our family - minus some additions. It will have to do.)
Unfortunately, we had a sad ending to our Thanksgiving weekend. I got sick on Saturday night, and I'm still fighting off this lingering cold. We left quite happy though because we got to see our family. The best part of Thanksgiving is just being with the people you love.
*Thanksgiving day was spent in Lewiston. We ate at the 2nd ward church house with all the Halls. It gets a little crowded in one house with all of us. I made a pie (me and Marie Calendar that is).*It's just tradition that a game of basketball will break out. Jason played a few games of lighting with the cousins. I tried to play with them, but the games not too fun when you're not so good.
*Later that day, Jason and the boys did a little demolition on the house. They removed the brick around a wood stove in the house. Mom made the mistake of saying that she wanted this done. And everyone went to work that minute. It was little noisy, but they had it done in no time. I wasn't any help at all. I just watched.
Jason had to work on Black Friday and so did I. We traveled up to Burley right after we got off on Friday. It was so, so nice to be there with our family. Here are the happenings of that weekend.*We had our Thanksgiving feast on Saturday afternoon. I made rolls. Some of them came from the store though. I'm not skilled enough to do a big batch of rolls quite yet.
*Jason and I played games. It is nice to play cards and board games with more than two people, like Jason and I do all the time. We visited, laughed, and tried to get caught up on the happenings in everyone's lives. Seriously. We don't get up there as often as we would like.
* Jason and Bryan did a little work out in the yard on Saturday, with Michael watching from the window and making sure things were done correctly. I wish I had a picture of it all. Quite funny to watch.
(Speaking of pictures...I didn't get any pictures from our weekend in Burley. I was so mad at myself for my forgetfulness! I always forget to take pictures up there because there is always so much going on. This a picture from a while ago with our family - minus some additions. It will have to do.)
Unfortunately, we had a sad ending to our Thanksgiving weekend. I got sick on Saturday night, and I'm still fighting off this lingering cold. We left quite happy though because we got to see our family. The best part of Thanksgiving is just being with the people you love.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
HALLoween = fun times
My sister, Jenn, is super creative and always is doing something fun. No lie. She came up to visit Cache Valley with her cute little family last weekend and had a halloween party with the other grandchildren. They played fun games, went to a haunted corn maze, watch a movie, etc. Jason and I kinda crashed the party for a little bit. (Thanks for not kicking us out!)
One of the games was a competition between two people to see who could eat an entire donut without using their hands. Like this....
Umm.....I lost bad, but really funny to watch.
Thanks guys for a fun HALLoween party! I am already looking forward to bobbing for apples next year.
One of the games was a competition between two people to see who could eat an entire donut without using their hands. Like this....Umm.....I lost bad, but really funny to watch.Thanks guys for a fun HALLoween party! I am already looking forward to bobbing for apples next year.
P.S. Jennah Grace didn't particularly like to be around me during her stay, but she sure thought Jason was really awesome. She played with Jason and giggled at him. I was a little bummed that I wasn't a favorite this go around, but itwas REALLY cute to see her play with her uncle. 
Simply darling.
Simply darling. Sunday, October 23, 2011
halloween parties
Jason and I had a few Halloween parties this weekend. We had to rack our brains to come up with some costumes. We're not that creative. Seriously.
Some of Jason's coworkers had a party, and we went as Islanders. This was the best that we could do for that costume.
Then we had a ward party, which was super fun. We went as a mobster from the 1920s and a flapper. Here's what we came up for that. Not too bad. 
Now we just need to come up with another costume for Halloween day. One more to go.
Some of Jason's coworkers had a party, and we went as Islanders. This was the best that we could do for that costume.
Then we had a ward party, which was super fun. We went as a mobster from the 1920s and a flapper. Here's what we came up for that. Not too bad. Now we just need to come up with another costume for Halloween day. One more to go.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
spudnuts at the Pollards
Definition. Spudnuts = yummy doughnuts made with a little bit of potato
Misson complete. I sucessfully made spudnuts by myself for the first time. Yumm! They weren't as good as Mom's (what is, really?), but I will still call this a success. It was a L-O-N-G baking day and I don't want to even think about making more until next year. It wore me right out! I figure the whole process took almost 7 hours. Good grief! Thank goodness Jason was there to help me. Didn't they turn out looking good??
Although it was an exhausting day, I sure enjoy this tradition. Thanks to everyone who helped us eat them up!
Misson complete. I sucessfully made spudnuts by myself for the first time. Yumm! They weren't as good as Mom's (what is, really?), but I will still call this a success. It was a L-O-N-G baking day and I don't want to even think about making more until next year. It wore me right out! I figure the whole process took almost 7 hours. Good grief! Thank goodness Jason was there to help me. Didn't they turn out looking good??
Although it was an exhausting day, I sure enjoy this tradition. Thanks to everyone who helped us eat them up!Tuesday, October 11, 2011
a wedding
We had another wedding in the Pollard family and everyone was so excited to see Jason's sister get married. It was such a beautiful ceremony and we were happy to be part of their day. Congrats to both of them! Here are a few pictures of the wedding.
This is a picture of Jason, me, and our sisters waiting outside the temple. It was so cold, but it was a wonderful day.
The bride and groom. So cute!
Jason with the bride at the reception. We sure love that girl to pieces, and Jason was particularly excited and happy for his little sister.
The cake. Our cousins made this gorgeous cake. Seriously, it was beautiful. Just wanted to share and show off their work.
And some other random pictures of the wedding.
What a wonderful day to be part of! Congratulations to Colton and Jenna!
This is a picture of Jason, me, and our sisters waiting outside the temple. It was so cold, but it was a wonderful day.
The bride and groom. So cute!Jason with the bride at the reception. We sure love that girl to pieces, and Jason was particularly excited and happy for his little sister.
The cake. Our cousins made this gorgeous cake. Seriously, it was beautiful. Just wanted to share and show off their work.
And some other random pictures of the wedding.
What a wonderful day to be part of! Congratulations to Colton and Jenna!
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