Oh "K" Already

Monday, December 30, 2013

November. . .

Our November started out with a little date to some

COYBOY POETRY. . .

A fun night where Cowboys from all over the country get together and tell cowboy stories. . .

and sing Cowboy songs. . .

And the night ended with a Cowboy wearing Pink Chaps!

From there the month only got BETTER!

We took our family trip up to APPLE HILL!

And it was the most beautiful day!

We had so much fun being super silly!

And playing hide and go seek behind the trees!

We got our family picture in front of the Larsen Apple Tree. . .

We got our Apple Hill Treats. . .

The Walking Pie. . .

and of course Caramel Apples. . .

(someone stole mine)

And Kara even decided to lose a tooth while we were at Apple Hill this year.

She said "my teeth are like stairs!"

We had some "pony rides"!

And of course got a lot of Apples!

(Kody had enough of my caramel apple to last him all day)

It really was a great day!

Karalyn had her

THANKSGIVING FEAST

in Kindergarten. . .

And THE COUSINS made it to town in time for the

LOOMIS DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING PARADE!

And finally the day came. . .

Nothing says Thanksgiving like the smell of Onions and Celery. . .

I had such a fun day in the kitchen with my sister in laws.

It was so fun to blend all our cooking styles together!

The day went by so fast and it didn't even seem like work!

And is there no better way to end a feast than with the guys in the kitchen doing the dishes?

The week was filled with cousins playing together in the back yard. . .

and cousin sleepovers. . .

and mom and dad late night game nights. . .

As the week came to an end I couldn't help think of the Leadership Meeting I had a few weeks earlier where the focus for next year in primary will be on families.

I thought about the Proclamation and this quote. . .

and I thought about my family.

I thought about how Thankful I am for this little family of mine and my extended family. . .

I thought about how thankful I am for a gospel that centers everything around the family.

I made a little commitment to myself that I am going to take this next year and really focus on the importance of families in my own little family.

I want them to know how important they are to me.

I want them to know how important our family is to our Heavenly Father.

I'm just grateful.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our Sunday Drive on a Haunted Highway...

"The winding hillside known as Prospector Road is considered one of the most haunted roads in the Gold Rush Country. It's pavement runs over old mines, old claims, and the bodies that lived it's history. In some cases, the collapse of tunnels gave minors premature burials, some died as a result of being eliminated by other greedy miners...

As with the age-old stories of prospecting and claim jumping, many a foolish miner who bragged a bit too openly about his "find" was coincidentally lost among the hills of Prospector. Thier bodies were often never recovered, and more often never looked for. It is known that many spirits roam the Prospector hills, and at least one is still seeking the gold he never recovered while having his life cut short while trying..."

So we drove along the road reading about ghost stories that happened along the very road...

at one point, unknown to me. . . Kyle screams and slams on the brakes. . . As Kyle is laughing so hard he cannot continue driving the rest of us are screaming! I so wish he would have let me in on that little trick. . . the reaction from the kids (and from me) were priceless!

We ended our drive at a Pioneer Graveyard and spent almost an hour looking at all the dates and names on the very old headstones. . .