Christmas

 

 Christmas was a special treat with two adorable toddlers to share it with.  There is nothing like children to make the day magical.  We waited until everyone arrived before we opened the gifts. The little girls had a great time tearing off the wrapping paper and playing with their dolls.

Olivia was just observing.  She can't decide what to open first.

Addie put her new soft cuddly dress on as soon as she could.

We were so lucky to have Nick home for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.  What a treat that was.

Lindsay is such a joy to have home.  We'll miss her so much next year.  I'm still trying to convince her to go to Weber so she won't have to leave home. :)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

At the Halloween Carnival

Thursday night we had our Pettegrew Halloween Party. Since it was the same night as the school carnival, I thought we'd go to that.














The girls had a great time playing the games and getting all kinds of prizes. Olivia wasn't a bit afraid of the spook alley, (Although, I have to admit, it wasn't very scary!)

California Wedding

We took a short trip to California for my cousin's wedding. The temple ceremony was beautiful.


















After the wedding there was a fantastic reception on a yacht!















What could be better than spending a few hours at the beach with sand up your nose, in your mouth, and inside your swimming suit? It was a great ending to a fun trip.

Branson

Joe and I went to Branson Missouri this week. We enjoyed our lake cruise. I now am the proud owner of a Merchant Marine license I earned from driving the ship!

The musical group "SIX" is composed of six brothers. They don't use any music, sound tracks, back-up singers, or instruments. They even make all their own instrument sounds using their voices. It was incredible, I've never heard anything like it.

Jim Stafford was a waste of time. His jokes were so bad they were making fun of them in other shows. He also had a 3-D movie that looked like my sixth graders made it. It was sad.

The Kirby and Bambi magician show was excellent. Their illusions looked so real. At the end of the show he made a helicopter appear on stage. I'd never seen anything like that. How did he do it?
Surprisingly, the Presleys' show was one of the best in Branson. They are an extremely talented family, great set, great costumes, great entertainment. I loved their show.
Of course, we had to see the Roy Rogers show again. His son, Dusty, does the show. We saw it last time we went and enjoyed it so much we had to see it again.
We discovered the original Beverly Hillbilly's car used in the television show. It was in a museum in Branson.
It was a great ending to a fun summer.

Piute Trail Trip

Joe and I had our annual Piute Trail trip this past weekend. We decided to leave Sunday after church for the cabin. Early Monday morning we got the 4 wheeler out and hit the trail.


Joe found a live diamond back rattlesnake by the side of the road and decided to have a sword fight with it using a short stick. He wanted me to get closer to take a picture, but I wanted to stay as far away from that snake as possible!

We took a side trail and ran into this beautiful rock formation called Castle Rock in Castle Rock campground. It was incredible and made a great ending for our trip.

Summer Fun

Olivia loves to swim in the pool. She gets around really well in her pool toys.

On our trip to California Addie had new sunglasses. I was surprised she kept them on during the entire trip!

The Grand Canyon

Last week Joe and I went to visit our friends in Kanab. They took us to see the Grand Canyon (which I have never seen), sets from the old west movies, and 4 wheeling on the Coral Pink sand dunes. We had such a great time. Annette and I taught together for twenty years. I was so glad we got to spend some time together.