Double Treat~

I'm simply delighted to cook banana bread in 

some VERY darling dishes...

.....My Polish pottery ceramic cookware.

The left ones are long and maybe 2 inches high, 

just perfect for tiny, small slices.

The other 4 with their darling patterns are about

2 inches high as well but shorter lengths.

Can't wait to eat some! :-)

Pistachio Pals~

Jim and Tyler LOVE pistachio's!

In fact here they are eating their 

3rd Costco sized 

bag of pistachio's!!! 

If Wishes Could Come True~

Tyler and Chandra shared the Turkey wishbone.

Unfortunately Tyler's wish might not come true,
(having a son)

since they yanked it so hard no one got the bigger

side of the wishbone...

More Family Game Time~

Well, we had plenty of game time all week, 

including Settler's Tyler won twice so....

...we started playing Sequence instead.

Bryce and Jessie's team won this one all the time.

FINALLY! A SQUARE Dishrag!~

I had some time to knit up at the condo and

I was excited I finally produced a SQUARE dishrag!

Chandra gets to take this one home with her. :-)

Pineapple?~

One of our group activities was eating the delicious

pineapple Jim cut up.

It was gone in 3 minutes flat!

YEA, SWEDES~

We happily enjoyed some of Jim's Swedish Pancakes

while up at the condo.

 Tyler and Chandra and "Sven" eating up.

 Jessie and Bryce eating their fair share as well.

Here's our great cook!

Great job honey!

Mountain Fun Has Begun~

Thanksgiving night in Silverthorne at our condo.

After a day of skiing and hot tubbing afterwards 

we spent our evening eating yummy Thanksgiving

leftovers and playing a game of "Settlers."

Tyler won...

Pre Thanksgiving Day festivities~

We decided we wanted to have our Thanksgiving meal

the day BEFORE Thanksgiving.  We didn't want the 

hassle of taking a whole meal up to our condo to cook.

 Before getting started on our joint cooking venture

we had to begin our day warming up with some

family game time.

 Nothing like playing Sequence while eating breakfast.

 Dad and Cody did really well, 

winning all their rounds.

 Chandra and Tyler got the candied apple cooking going.

 Everyone had to be part of cooking the home made caramel.

 I got started on the brownies while Tyler and Jessie

started dipping the apples.

 Chandra was working on her sweet potato recipe.

 I then got the apple pie going.

 Chandra tried to share the apple peelings with 

the backyard bunny visiting.

 Tyler got the apple peeler down real well.

 Bryce and Jessie were in charge of the mashed potatoes.

 Everyone's cooking up a storm.

 HAPPY THANKSGIVING FAMILY!!!

These are our very delicious LOOKING candied

apples we couldn't EAT!!!

The homemade caramel turned too hard, it would have

broken our teeth to try.

But they sure look pretty!

Diving buddies and "THE SIGNING!"~

We all went one night to watch Cody do some 

pretty amazing tricks at diving practice.

 Bryce joined the practice.  He's on the board here.

He didn't do so bad after being off the board for a 

couple of years now.

 Cody's on the board to show off some good dives.

 Cody signed his Letter of Intent for BYU after practice.

The whole club dive team was there to be a part.

 Coach Kev was the proudest of them all!

 Cody's diving buddy Matt.

And his other diving buddies Savannah and Grace.

Baby BUMP!~

Chandra and I went clothes shopping to

jump start Chandra's maternity wardrobe.

She had to leave church early last Sunday because her

skirt was so tight she thought she was squishing "Sven."

 Chandra modeled all of her new clothes for the guys.

Here she is in one of her new, cute dresses

that show off her cute baby bump a little more. :-)

Early Christmas for Cody~

Cody was surprised with an early Christmas gift.

 His own set of golf clubs!

Dad wanted to make sure Cody was set up to 

have some fun, serious golf time as a family

when we are in Arizona for Christmas!

Kaiser visit~

The Kaiser's and Grandma joined us for a Sunday dinner.

Afterwards Kendra, Grandma, and I did family

history work while the rest of the family played one

of our favorite games, Sequence.

Twinkie Craze~

After learning our local Hostess Factory, that makes TWINKIES, 

was going bankrupt we had to buy a couple boxes. 

Good thing I went to the store as soon as the news was out,

going back later the shelves were almost empty with

many of the hostess goodies being bought out.

Here's Cody and Jim enjoying their twinkie treats.

I had one and knew right away why I hadn't had

one in quite a few years. :-)

We were sure to send a box of twinkies in 

Kent's Christmas package. 

No worries about twinkies going bad if the package is delayed...