Last week of Wrestling

This weekend was the last tournament for wrestling, for now. Bryce wants them to continue on this spring in freestyle wrestling. They both did really well and had a great season. This last tourney was at Weber High. Brayden had 3 good matches and took 1st place. He actually took 1st at every tournament this season. Way to go Brayden!! Tyler had some tough matches also. He tied for 1st place. Below are some more video clips of some of their matches.

Horse Riding at Aunt Suzanne and Uncle Gregg's

The day after Thanksgiving, Bryce's whole family went up to his aunt and uncles in Richmond. Richmond is north of Logan. We had a great time. Jennette took some yummy soups to make for the herd and Aunt Suzanne made some breadsticks that were unbelieveable. We all enjoyed the lunch. After lunch Uncle Gregg and his son Richard saddled up five of their horses for the kids and everyone to ride. The kids were excited, me not so much. I have only ridden a horse once in my life, and it wasn't the best experience. But Brandi, that is Jim's wife, made me get on and take a ride. It turned out alright, but Uncle Gregg led me the whole time. Call me chicken, but at least I got on it.

The kids had a good time riding also. It was Tyler's first time riding a horse and he loved it. Brayden and Ellie wanted nothing to do with it. They just played on the hay stacks with the two kittens. After the horse riding, the kids had a BB gun contest with Uncle Gregg's "BB gun on steroids" as he calls it. You should see this thing. You should see his gun collection. WOW!! Anyways it turned out that out of about 9 people Tyler ended up facing off with Uncle Gregg who beat him by one shot. The kids had a great time. Thanks again Aunt Suzanne and Uncle Gregg!!



Jim and Tom

Bryce and Matt

Bonnie and Brandi

Jennette's boys lookin' good!



Sweet Ellie Girl


Go Brandi Go!!

Ian (a bit nervous)

Seth (calm and relaxed)

Jessie and Brady

Tyler and Richard

Thanksgiving Weekend

I know Thanksgiving was last weekend, but I haven't had time to do a post yet. We stayed home and Bryce's mom and dad and brother Matt came from Boise. Jennette and I fixed dinner and it turned out pretty well. I was glad to have her there to help because I don't think I could fix Thanksgiving dinner by myself. I did however, for the first time, make homemade pies. I did an apple, pumpkin, and banana cream. They turned out really well. But we just didn't have enough people to eat them so the majority went to waste. Oh well!!

Thanksgiving night, Bryce's other two brothers and their families came to do gingerbread houses. Jennette and I had made the gingerbread the night before. That is a lot of work! We made enough for each family; Jim's, Tom's, and ours to make one. Jennette made the royal frosting and had bought a ton of candy for the kids to use. Well, some of the gingerbread had not set up enough or hardened enough and so ours and Jim's families fell apart. You will notice in the pictures we had the hair dryer out trying to get it to work. Jennette felt bad and on Saturday before she left to go back to Boise she made 2 more batches of gingerbread. So we were able to complete our gingerbread as a family last Sunday. The kids enjoyed doing it, but I'm not sure I will make it from scratch again. I will probably buy the $10 kit next year. Sorry Jennette!!

YEA!! It worked

Ellie enjoyed eating the candy

Brady creating his masterpiece! His turned out great.

Hairdryer Remedy!

FUN, FUN, FUN!!