Bird prints in the snow

Look how sweet:  the little bird feet that had been busy hopping across the back patio!

Christmas 2012

Well, I didn't take very many pictures this year........so I am hoping others will post theirs.  Sometimes it is nice just to enjoy the minute without trying to capture it all on film...........I didn't get any of Christmas Eve with the Rigby's.  It was a ton of fun and wonderful.  Annie, please share :)

Breakfast on the Stairs.  Leah and Kristen coloring.

Still coloring, waiting for Dad, Lisa and Vonicia to come.

Wow, Santa came:  Mainly from Lisa and Vonicia and the extra things Dad threw in at the last minute!

Kristen and Alex added more than their fair share, too.  Amazing!

Let the 'games' begin!

Von waiting for Alex to distribute the loot!

Lisa gave Leah a folding chair.  It was a HUGE hit!

Dad gave Leah a football!  It was also a hit!

When all was said and done, we made a big pile of boxes and wrapping!!!

Cade is Baptized

His baptism cake, made by Annie.

Sweet, pure and handsome boy.

Opening gifts.  (He was baptized ON his birthday).  We all love you, Cade.

Win it in a Minute: Fun at Sara's

How many tissues can you pull out of a box in one minute with one hand?  (A lot!)

With 2 back scratchers, how many pom poms can you pick up?  Annie's first to try.

Then Allie.  It was harder than it seems like it should have been.

James tries a different system.

As does Michael.

Brennan's turn.

Tessa gives it a whirl.

Marie's turn.

Now Ben.

Cade's turn.

EmmaRay

Who can transfer by straw the most m&m's

Elisabeth really gave it the hero's try.  (After all, you got to eat what you transferred)

Who can stack the cups the highest?

Dad won that time.

Joshua and Ben working hard at it.

Brennan and Dad worked together.

I particularly liked how surprised the kids would get when their cups would slide down on top of each other.

How many cotton balls can you transfer from the floor to the bowl with your nose?

Oh dear, blogger has changed

Apparently I can't add any more pictures unless I start paying :(
Any clues or help.  I loved my blog (even though I haven't done it
since August, it is because I have been busy.).

Thornbrue Sibling Reunion

At IF temple

At IF temple

At the Idaho Falls Temple

Karen

 Picnic

Picnic

Idaho Falls temple

Picnic in the Petty's backyard

Siblings

The girls were relating something dad did as a kid......

It was  hard to get a good picture......they wouldn't hold still for anything

Grandma with her children

Gene and his boogy woogy

Camping with the Lloyds

We had a perfect week camping in our favorite spot:  near Clear Lake in Oregon.  We went with Merilee and Lance and family, plus their friends.  It was a perfect, perfect week.  (Well, too short)

Dad tying down our load

Beautiful sunset, buggy windshield

Clear Lake

Our home for a week

Dad, Lance and Dylan setting up their camp

Summer drove the whole way

Ezra

Jarom says, "What is that?"

Termites

Some sort of fungi.  It was blue, much bluer than the picture shows

The 'eating camp'

Great hammock in camp

Ezra had this great bug house watch

Gorgeous hiking

McKinzie (sp) river

Fallen yet still growing lots of things.

Beautiful

Meri found a great log, it was a perfect teeter totter

It was a blast

Everyone is enjoying the ride

Hiking

River

Jarom and Kimmy

Love, love, love the ferns

Wow

I loved this bridge

Into fairy land

Gorgeous flowers

The log in the hole in the bottom of the sea

Amazing

Have you ever seen water so clear and blue?

Merilee

Summer and Kamille

Extraordinary

Can't even tell these are rocks, they look like plants

Love the light

Kimmie, Dylan in the background

This lake was perfect for swimming

Ezra

Kimmy with a snake

Jarom with a snake

These grew in our camp, but I don't know what they are

Meri cooking a breakfast feast

Melissa helping

Dad

Enjoying camp

I made a basket of leaves, hemlock branches and moss.