School Pictures

A photographer comes to Emerson's preschool once a year to take pictures. This was the first year they turned out, so we bought the entire package of pictures and the digital prints as well. Enjoy!

Birthday

Well, yesterday was my (Elizabeth's) birthday. We woke up to snow on the ground and more snow falling. Then we went and had brunch at Brent's parents' house. It was wonderful! We had lasagna, salad, bread, ham, and potato casserole. It was all so good and I'm afraid that I ate too much. After brunch, we went home and took a very long nap since Emerson had been up since 2 am. He didn't pick the best day to be a pill, but oh well. Such is life with a 2 year old. When we all woke up from our nap, Brent went to the store and bought some t-bone steak, ceasar salad, and bread. He made me a most fabulous dinner. Even though Emerson had made it a tiresome day, we ate very well and that made it all worth it.

Thank you so much for everyone calling, emailing, and texting to wish me a happy birthday. It meant so me!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

Ornament Exchange

We had an ornament exchange on Sunday at Mom and Dad Butterfield's house with the people from their gourmet dinner club. The rules were that of a white elephant party where you open a gift from under the tree and someone can steal it from you if it is their turn and they so desire. Well I got the coolest ornament you've ever seen... Santa doing the can-can with a reindeer. It is awesome!!! Because it is so awesome, it was stolen from me and I was quite upset, but I stole it back when Emerson's ornament was stolen. We had a rule that each ornament could only be stolen twice so when I stole it back, I got to keep it!!! Yeah!!! We worked as a family and walked away with three beautiful ornaments. Here is a picture of everyone who came to the party. We had a most fabulous time!

Family Pictures

We took some family pictures yesterday. Can you tell how tired and mad Emerson was?

Better game pictures

So here are some better pictures from the game on Friday taken with an actual camera instead of Brent's cell phone.

Brent and Elizabeth

The season ticket holder gang, minus Bob who was wandering and Dick who was taking the picture

BSU vs. Fresno State

On Friday, November 28, BSU had their final regular season game against Fresno State at home on the blue turf. The game started out a little scary as Fresno scored first, but we soon overtook them and whooped Fresno 61-10. The game was a total blast and a great way to end the season. We were cold at first but miraculously didn't feel much cold once we started jumping up and down with each score. At the end of the game BSU let fans rush the field, which they've never done before so we were so excited. The first picture is of the initial rush and the second is of Brent and I on the big blue turf. It is "foggy" because they let off fireworks to signify the undefeated season and BSU winning the WAC title. GO BRONCOS!!!

Thanksgiving!!!

We had a most wonderful Thanksgiving last Thursday complete with a giant turkey, all the trimmings and a room full of 20 people. The best part was that everyone brought something so the food preparation wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been for our gracious hosts. We can't wait to do it again next year, maybe just a smaller group...

Mike and Cindy, the fabulous hosts

The entire gang pigging out

Emerson and his daddy eating dessert

Emerson and his auntie Charlotte engulfed in "Kung Fu Panda", the after dinner movie