Christmas Visitors!!!

 Kris flew in from Oregon and she is so sweet, she wanted to visit everyone, so she made plans to spend a couple days in Big Piney with Greg and a couple days in Rock Springs with me and of course time in Evanston. We were so happy to have her and dad stay with us.

We made not-so gingerbread houses and shopped and colored and watched movies and visited.

Love my big sis so much and so happy she could come spend some time with us.

Dad's Dishwaser

 Dad needed a new dishwasher, so I took him shopping. We found the one he wanted then asked about delivery. They said it would be $100. So, I said, Jeff and I can bring it when we come for Thanksgiving. Then as we sat down to place the order Dad talked about hiring a local guy to put it in... so I said, Jeff can do it, he just put ours in. We were almost ready to leave when Dad insisted on buying us a new microwave. We have been living with a broken one for about four years. He just wouldn't take no for an answer. Dad wasn't home when we finally got to Evanston. We had a few issues with his that we didn't have with our own, but a new outlet cord and a small hole in the wall later it was in! I kind of felt like a little rebel as we cut a hole in the wall under dad's cupboard without talking to him about it.

 

Four of my favorite guys

I love this picture so much. I wasn't there, but my sister sent it to me. My dad and brother meeting little Lincoln. I love how much we love each other. :) :)

Dad

My dad.
He's so cute.
So, when LIKE HOME came out he ended up buying ten copies. He gave 9 away, was so sweet and so proud. Then every now and then he would open the book and read whatever page he'd opened to.
Knowing Amelia, I gave to him, I figured it was the least I could do. I was super surprised at the Rip's signing when he told me he was more than half way through it and he was really really liking it. A few days later I called him and he was exdcited to tell me he'd finished and he loved it. He said the ending surprised him and he was so impressed with my writing and he knew it would be successful. He's so sweet, he said, it's a great story and people will talk and get it around. :)
I hope he's right.
I'm so glad he read it and he liked it.

@ Dads

Rhett and Kristi are moving to SLC and Jeff's parents have been down to their house every weekend finishing their basement and working on their house to get it to sale. Jeff really wanted to go help. So, he and Tim went to Richfield and the rest of us visited Dad and then later we went on to Ogden. But while we were visiting dad, I took these pics.
Dad's new project, he's making for his friends, the Cazines.

Then we looked through Mom's old jewelry. Dad said he bought this for her years and years ago. It's a Mercury head dime put into a necklace, he said he loved it when he saw it and bought it and then even better she loved it just as much.

This one is a half dollar that's had the middle piece cut out. Dad said they bought it together from some guy on the street in San Francisco.

This is her ruby ring. I remember when dad bought this for her. She loved it so much. She wore it almost every Sunday and any other occasion she could find. Becky always says I have Mom's hands, but her hands were dainty and pretty and mine aren't like that. Still, it was fun trying on her things.

Mom and Dad's class rings. Her mother's ring- bottom right. The black hills gold Dad kept buying for her, even though she didn't really like it. haha. I don't really care for it either. She has a couple sapphire rings, Dad always wanted to get her a sapphire ring as pretty as the ruby one, but none of them lived up to the ruby ring.

This is Mom's necklace I wore on my wedding day. :)

And more old pictures we found...

LOVE this one.

Mom and Dad in the 2nd grade.

Dad

The last couple times Dad and I have been together we've gone through old pictures. I love old pictures. I wonder sometimes if the mounds of pictures I have will be as special to my kids as the few of my parents are to me.
Found this one of my cute dad. He was a handsome devil. ;)

Father's Day

I so love the Father's in my life. Dad's are so special--they are irreplaceable beings!

Me & Dad

Working on the derby

After Dad learned that the pinewood derby was the night after the donuts with dad he decided to stay a little longer than planned. He helped me get the wheels on Seth's car and he was pretty excited to watch it race.

Seth wanted a Cowboys car. He told his Dad the shape he wanted it cut, they cut it together and then he painted it. We asked Heidi to cut us out the Cowboys logo. It was perfect!

Dad to the doc

I was glad I could help my dad and take him to his doctor appointment in SLC earlier this week. We're a pair a hicks though. We were both pretty enthralled with the view from the doctor's office. At one point their were cars, trains and planes all passing by. Yes, I am a country girl.

Dad's visit

Because of Dad's eye surgery in June he hasn't been able to drive until recently. So, after our bear lake trip we picked him up and brought him home with us for a few days. It was so fun to have Grandpa around.

He sure loves his kids and they love him. :)