Since everyone in Utah seems to have a tradition of having a family blog, we thought we'd try it out. We think that it might be due to the large families in this region, and after having some familiarity w/ a large family ourselves, we thought that it might be a great way to keep everyone connected, and at the same time keep a running journal for our children of their develoment and progress that we, and they, can look back upon (thank you, Mike Harrison for the great advice)!
How awesome is it that our children have 5 sets of grandparents and 4 sets of great-granparents! What amazingly lucky children! The only problem is that many of them live in different cities and states...they also have 4 sets of great-grandparents. Between trying to see everyone and make sure that people have ample time with their grandchildren, we've pretty much wore ourselves out this year, but we are so lucky, and we know it.
This Christmas, we are so thankful for good friends and family. Mariah had time off from December 14- December 26th, so we traveled to DFW to spend time with Mariah's lifelong friend, Beth Belk and her husband Chis Jones to attend their annual Christmas party and viewing of the lights in Dallas TX. We spent several days there visiting with them and Gail and Gary Wicks along with their son Eric, Jason's lifelong friend who came down from Oklahoma for the holiday. It was also an opportunity for Jet and Grandma June to visit with each other, which he always enjoys. Jet stayed with June for the duration of our visit, and came back with lots of toys and clothes!
When we went to DFW airport to leave for Utah, we could not get on the flight due to it being oversold, and it looked like we wouldn't be able to get back to Utah for several days...so, in true fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants Cade fashion, we got on a shuttle to Love Field airport and caught a flight to El Paso on Southwest. Because Jet and Kimber fly so much, they were very well-behaved and received several compliments...I kept thinking "if you only knew...."!!
Thank God for Tora & Mike Harrison. Mariah called them when we couldn't get onto the flight and asked if we could be there in 5 hours or so. Tora met everyone at the El Paso airport, and then we surprised Breezy, Malori, and Will with the visit. We stayed for a week at Tora & Mike's house, leaving on Christmas afternoon. We didn't want to leave - it was such an amazing Christmas - being able to see and spend good, quality time with family and allowing Jet and Kimber to spend time with Breezy, Tora & Mike, Auntie Malori & Uncle Will. One night, we came home to Jet and Mike asleep on the floor - snuggling together. The dogs were so protective that when Jason bent down to pick up Jet to put him in bed, one of them growled at him. A couple of days later, one of the other dogs brought Jet his pet monkey, Freddie, when he was crying. Jet didn't understand, but we all did - the dog heard Jet crying in a different room for some reason, and she picked up the monkey with her mouth and brought him to Jet. So cute.
Please see our attached Christmas card, which we e-mailed this year out of convenience instead of sending regular mail. Also, we've attached a couple of our Christmas time photos for your viewing.
How awesome is it that our children have 5 sets of grandparents and 4 sets of great-granparents! What amazingly lucky children! The only problem is that many of them live in different cities and states...they also have 4 sets of great-grandparents. Between trying to see everyone and make sure that people have ample time with their grandchildren, we've pretty much wore ourselves out this year, but we are so lucky, and we know it.
This Christmas, we are so thankful for good friends and family. Mariah had time off from December 14- December 26th, so we traveled to DFW to spend time with Mariah's lifelong friend, Beth Belk and her husband Chis Jones to attend their annual Christmas party and viewing of the lights in Dallas TX. We spent several days there visiting with them and Gail and Gary Wicks along with their son Eric, Jason's lifelong friend who came down from Oklahoma for the holiday. It was also an opportunity for Jet and Grandma June to visit with each other, which he always enjoys. Jet stayed with June for the duration of our visit, and came back with lots of toys and clothes!
When we went to DFW airport to leave for Utah, we could not get on the flight due to it being oversold, and it looked like we wouldn't be able to get back to Utah for several days...so, in true fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants Cade fashion, we got on a shuttle to Love Field airport and caught a flight to El Paso on Southwest. Because Jet and Kimber fly so much, they were very well-behaved and received several compliments...I kept thinking "if you only knew...."!!
Thank God for Tora & Mike Harrison. Mariah called them when we couldn't get onto the flight and asked if we could be there in 5 hours or so. Tora met everyone at the El Paso airport, and then we surprised Breezy, Malori, and Will with the visit. We stayed for a week at Tora & Mike's house, leaving on Christmas afternoon. We didn't want to leave - it was such an amazing Christmas - being able to see and spend good, quality time with family and allowing Jet and Kimber to spend time with Breezy, Tora & Mike, Auntie Malori & Uncle Will. One night, we came home to Jet and Mike asleep on the floor - snuggling together. The dogs were so protective that when Jason bent down to pick up Jet to put him in bed, one of them growled at him. A couple of days later, one of the other dogs brought Jet his pet monkey, Freddie, when he was crying. Jet didn't understand, but we all did - the dog heard Jet crying in a different room for some reason, and she picked up the monkey with her mouth and brought him to Jet. So cute.
Please see our attached Christmas card, which we e-mailed this year out of convenience instead of sending regular mail. Also, we've attached a couple of our Christmas time photos for your viewing.
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