Closing out 2010

THANKSgiving

We hosted our first Holiday in November with my Dad's side of the family. Cohen cooked up a storm. He is loving his gigantic kitchen. Salty couldn't stop staring at the turkey.

Uncle Jim carving the turkey

One more bite PLEASE!

The food was perfect

Salty was recovering from being spayed to she had to take it easy and spend some time with Cousin Brittney on the couch.

Even though we spent the holidays in Utah we still got a tree and set up some decorations.

The only pic of the tree I have decorated : (

some friends on their way to an ugly sweater party

CHRISTmas

I am really proud that we completed a very successful, long road trip across state lines with a 7 month old puppy. It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be. Salty spent most of the trip there sleeping. We had a perfect vacation with our family and friends in Utah. I just couldn't get enough hugs from my nieces and nephews. One of my favorite days I spent with my friend Michelle who was visiting from Switzerland. We got a chance to visit in Santa Rosa and then got to see eachother in Utah before she made the transatlantic flight home. Cohen LOVED shooting guns with his Dad, sister Havila and her boyfriends family. You know we had to hit some of our favorite restaurants. And plenty of Jay time to fill our tank! Cohen took some pics of the Provo LDS Tabernacle days after a fire destroyed the historic building.

Pit stop in Winnemucca, Nevada

Havila

Del (Grandpa) playing with Salty

Christmas morning

Christmas lunch with Cohen's parents and brother Wry's family

Doreen (Grandma) and Britt

Precious nieces!

nephew Cameron

niece Gracie

Brother and Sisters (-Brandi who lives in Wisconsin)

Corrina (Cohen's sister) & family aka BACONS!

Burger Supreme

Mission companion Matt and wife Heather

Cohen and Michelle get their Chick-fil-a fix

MICHELLE!

Gabe and Cohen

Kevin & Cohen watching the UFC fight

Tyson & Cohen (high school friends who ended up serving their missions together in London)

Brittney

I think the last month has been completely consumed by one person....Brittney.

Brittney is our niece who just moved here from Utah. Cohen's older sister Corrina is Brittney's mom. She is living with us while working and going to school. I cleared out one of the spare bedrooms and that is now what she calls home. She is a lot of fun to spend time with and so easy going. We hatched this plan in early Oct when she came to visit with Cohen's younger sister Havila.

Brittney, Cohen and Havila

10-4-10

(Check out: Sometimes in October)

We are so glad Brittney was brave enough to move 800 miles from home and make new memories.

Brittney's Family 2008

Steve, Corrina, Brittney, Cameron, Colton and Alyssa

Halloween '10

Too bad Cohen had to work on Halloween. Jeanne went with me to the church "Trunk or Treat" Halloween party. Her son Dorian, 1o months old won a prize for the cutest baby (he was a Maine Lobster) and Cohen's Chili won Best of Show in the Chili cook off.

First Place for the Mexican Chocolate Chile

The Pugmire Family

My Mom the wicked witch leading the spooky festivities

"Trunk or Treat"

Henderson's Haunted Trunk

Ben and Raena

From the arctic north Ben and Raena paid Santa Rosa a visit. Lucky it was timed perfectly while Amber was here visiting from Utah so she could see Hermano Ben too.

Sometimes in October

Sometimes people you love get in a car and drive 12 hours to spend time with you. Sometimes your dad turns 65 and your best friends daughter turns 1. Sometimes you go camping with your puppy in the Redwoods.