Happy Thanksgiving!

 Emma, Sophia and Jen

 Feast with the Beasts!  at the Zoo on Thanksgiving.....  Daniel, Hannah, Troy and Miles.

 Hannah

 Daniel

 Troy

 The wolf eating her Turkey

 Leopard (Vladimir, I think) guarding his pumpkin full of meat. 

 Daniel and Hannah with the leopard

 Troy and Vladimir having a staring contest... haha!

 One of the tiger "cubs" feasting

The other two "cubs".... they aren't very small anymore...

 Husani, the new gorilla....  He's still getting used to the zoo.  Last time Troy was there, Husani was pounding on the glass. 

 Husani

 The baby orangutan (sp?)

 Troy and Hannah

 Hannah

 Hannah and Daniel on the monkey bars.... a little snow doesn't scare them

 Miles and Daniel

The girls in their party dresses..... Sarah, Hannah, Avery and Emma

Octoberfest

 

Snowbird does a big Octoberfest celebration each year.  Strangely, it happens in August and September, but oh well.  One afternoon Tina, Darren, Avery, Troy and I headed up to goof off a bit. 

nieces and nephews... or at least most of them...

The wedding wouldn't have been complete without all our wonderful, fun, crazy nieces and nephews! We love them all so much and had a wonderful time with them!

Hickman Family Christmas

It was so fun for us to have Askie with us on Christmas... he doesn't much care about Christmas, but we enjoyed getting him some special Christmas treats! :)

Sweet little Sophia was all decked out in her Christmas finery... she looked adorable and there were many arguments over who got to hold her. Haha! I am sure I held her more than my fair share, but she is just so cuddly, I couldn't help myself.
This is the very cute sign we got from the Hickman's.... it will look fabulous in our home. :)Troy giving Sophia some eskimo kisses. :)
Sophia's cute Christmas outfit... "all mommy wants for Christmas is a silent night" So cute!
Avery holding Sophia, with a little help from Darren
Madison
Sherri and I decided to play dress up with the new dress Avery got for her doll, and see if it fit Sophia... Viola! It does! And with a little room to spare, since as you can see if even fit over the clothes she already had on. Haha!
Avery in her pretty new dress from Grandma, sharing her doll's dress with Sophia.
Sophia and Colleen
I didn't do a very good job of getting photos of everyone, but it was wonderful to spend Christmas with Troy's family... we missed the Burgoyne's though, and hope we get to see them soon!!

Christmas morning at the Ottley's

Merry Christmas!!! Who ever heard of having to wake up a child on Christmas morning?? Well, we all arrived early at the Ottley house for breakfast and to see what Santa brought... Avery was sound asleep. Haha! She woke up soon enough and we dug into the presents and enjoyed lots of laughing and playing. The a delicious breakfast was served, complete with doughnuts specifically for the "anti-egg boy." Haha! Troy was grateful to have the doughnuts! Thank you to the Ottley's for including Troy and I in Christmas morning! We loved it!
Darren got a new gun.... check out those crazy eyes!! I am a little nervous... Hahaha!! Speaking of guns... did you know guns are illegal in Japan? Apparently they are.... as we quickly found out when Darren opened this present. Kiko, Darren's brother David's Fiancee, was VERY nervous when Darren opened his new gun, and hid behind David in a bit of a panic. It was the first time she had ever seen a gun and she didn't quite understand why someone would give Darren such a present.
Madison got a new guitar... Troy is excited to give her lessons. :)
Avery got a new doll... It was so fun to have some of Darren's family there to celebrate with us! This is Darren's sister Ashley (and the shoulder belongs to his Mother, Elaine)Darren's Brother David and his Fiancee, Kiko (sp????) were visiting from Japan. Kiko is from Japan, and David has lived in Japan for a year and a half or so.