Nuts

Yes, these are my children... I tried to take a picture of them all dressed up in their nice clothes for our Thanksgiving dinners last week... and this is what I got.  Can you tell that they have their own personalities?

And this was at BYU in the Tanner building.  We were headed to BYU Library because I was trying to get at some history books... and this is what we found on our way.  And I saw Harriet Gummow and her hubby too!  She was my piano teacher 15 or so years ago.

Then we went to a fundrasier breakfast.  Ada LOVED hugging Santa, she said that she was giving him great big hugs!  And it so turns out that Mrs. Claus' first name is Ada.  She was thrilled to meet another one.  And told Ada that she can spell her name backwards.

Saw this pretty scene on the way to Evelyn's 6 month doctors appt.  She's 17 lbs!  So cute! I had her on the exam table and she didn't want to sit still... She sat up there turning herself in circles.  I just made sure she didn't fall off.  It's funny... when she was born she was in the 54% for height and weight... now she's 60% for weight and 17% for height.  My dad said that there was no way I'd get giant children.  (I'm 5'4" in a family of 5'8" to 6'2" and Jer is 5'8".)

Ada has been thrilled with this new little set!  She says all the people are friends and that they're there to take care of the baby.  Thanks mom for this find!

And this was one of the things I found in the library.  My Grandpa Wilcox is one of the people talked about it R. Lanier Britsch's book on Mormon's in the Pacific Islands.

And some things that I've missed blogging about: 

Thanksgiving was busy but awesome!  I got to spend the day with my little family and then went to pick up my friend Carmen for dinner at my parents house... then back to the Robertsons for pie and a movie.  What a joy to have our families so close!

My Great-Uncle Bob Rollins died.  He was always open and friendly with me.  Showed me all his rocks (he's a rock collector as well as a jeweler and artist), let me play with his cats, was our family's home teacher, and sold my hubby my wedding ring.  Love you Bob and family!  Thoughts are with you!

Also, we missed the funeral for my friend's mom.  Emily Marble's mom died of lead poisoning.  Emily, my heart aches for you and we love you so much!  If you need anything, especially a hug, call us and we'll be there!

Our kids have enjoyed doing all the Christmas decorations around our house... including snow flakes on our ceiling and windows.

We got all three of our pets fixed so I've been trying to keep them as comfortable as I can where I can... Two of the three look okay, but Viper is sure sad.  She looks at me with her red rimmed eyes and just mews pitifully.  Sorry kitty.

My house is a mess.

We went to the Robertsons' last night for the family fast dinner and to watch the Christmas devotional.  So much fun!  And the devotional was amazing.  The one down side was someone had let Teela in the house (probably because the kids were in and out playing with her kittens) and she got into the turkey casserole that I made for the dinner... for some strange reason, no one wanted any of it after that and we brought it home to feed to the dog.