Thanksgiving 2011 Family is Everything

Thanksgiving this year was at Misty's house in Missiouri. Her and Brandon were so gracious to play host to this band of brothers this year. That is not an easy task by any means. The amount of food and fun that is consumed at each gathering is unbelievable. Yet they opened their home and welcomed all of us for a few days of fun, laughing, and good times. Thanks you guys!

Len was recently called to be the bishop of our ward here in Hurricane. That calling comes with huge time committments, worrying, frustration, and stress. It was so good for him to get away for a little while and just chillax with his family. This picture is worth a thousand words to say "Yep, he's relaxing". He got a bad head cold though and suffered with laryngitis for most of the time, but still was able to get some much needed R & R.

My man

The only crimes these two committ is that we don't get to spend enough one on one with each other. I love my Misty, she is such an inpsiration to me. She is so talented, such a wonderful teacher (Len got to go to school with her for half a day and see how amazing she is, he was blown away with her ablitlities with the students). Misty is a great mom, wife, daughter, friend, and christian. Thanks my sweet angel girl for such a wonderful Thanksgiving. You rock!

Partners in crime

Our darling and only grand-daughter turned 17 this past October. I don't know where the time has gone. It started right here at Ft. Leonard Wood 17 years ago, we were all gathered here together along with my sister Ann to see Kyla come into the world. That seems like just yesterday and now she is 17. Thanks for so many great years of getting to love you Kyla, you are the best granddaughter we have. You also rock!

We all changed the street name from Layla Road to Kyla Road.

To my wonderful Pete & Jenny of whom for some reason I didn't get any good pictures this trip, we love you! You have some amazing children, so smart and wise for their ages. You make us smile, sigh, and aww whenever you are around. You bring an element of wonder and amazement with you witiness, your expertise in the finer things, and your candor. Thanks for sharing the road with us and inviting us into your home. We had so much fun getting to know the little boys better and being able to spend some time with them. They are cute litte buigs for sure. To my entire family...thanks for the memories, the fun, the tears, the talks, and the time and money you took to make this all happen. May we look forward to many more great memories in the future. Summer isn't that far away...let the plans begin!