Monday, December 26, 2011

Week after Christmas Spent in Utah

We left the day after Christmas (sadly without Kelsey -- she had to work) and drove up to Utah to see all the family there and ESPECIALLY one of the my favorite people there ....

MABEL JANE TEW



 
Of course, it was good to spend time with her Mom and Dad .......




and even her "cat brothers" .......
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but the star of the show in Grandma Sherrill's eyes was ....

MABEL JANE TEW




While Jacob and Kraig stayed a few days up with Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Naylor up in Kamas .... Mabel, Jessica, Nate and I went and had professional pictures done of Mabel at Fotofly. We were all suppose to have a "family picture" done, but Kelsey couldn't come up to have it done with us.  So Jessica took it of her little family and of Mabel and they turned out GREAT!






Jess and I spent yhe day figuring out copies for everyone that she wanted to send them to, and we went to Michaels (we had coupons) and bought frames for our own copies and got them all framed.



We decided to have a party at Jessica's for the Naylor/Sandoval Clan.  To celebrate Christmas and so that everyone could see Jessica and Nate's new house.  We had a full house and it was a lot of fun!


Anna with she and Danny's son, Jack. 
In the following pictures ... everyone is just eating and talking!





Tyler and Tiffany's son Datan -- unhappy about something
 that went down in the basement!



Danny and Jacob playing with the boys downstairs in the empty basement.

We had a little "late" Christmas up at Keith and Karmen's house in Kamas and opened up presents.  Grandma and Grandpa couldn't figure out what we (along with the Boyacks) had given them for Christmas!




We got them "HeatTracks" ... mats that plug in and melt the snow!!


We surprised Jess and Nate by getting the vacuum that Jess and I have always wanted.  A Dyson -- Animal vacuum!!!  They loved it!!!


 

Grandma and Grandpa Naylor gave all the Grand kids money in a "puzzle" box.
  Grandma finally had to tell them how to get into it!!

 

Mabel got presents from Kelsey and Josiah



She really liked the ribbons!

 

Back at Jessica's house ....
She has been making baby food for Mabel with her baby food maker we got her.



Mabel loves to eat little finger foods too -- like "puffs".
Her daddy has a great name for her hands when they look like this ...
Slimey Grithers!

We celebrated New Year's Eve at Jessica's with Nate's parents -- Rick and Georgia
We had great food and played lots of fun games.

 


Forgot to show all the letters that Jessica has been collecting over the years.
They put them on their kitchen wall and they are really cute!
  

The Grandparents!



Nate ready for the party to begin!


Uncle Jacob and Mabel


The guys watching the game.


Great food that we didn't have to cook!


Mabel playing with an old keyboard we brought her so she would leave Momma alone.


New Years morning ... a feast of Aebleskivers before we leave town.

 

I decided that when we make them at Grandma Sherrill's house they will be called ...
Mabelskivers!


So hard to leave that cute little face!!!

 

1 comment:

The Tews said...

Great post! It was so fun having everyone, minus Kelsey :(, here to hang out at the new Homestead. We LOVE LOVE LOVE the "animal"....can't believe how much hair/dirt it sucks up. Nate just vacuumed the stairs yesterday and they look amazing. He was putting it away and looked at it and said, "This thing is awesome. I love it."

Mabelskiver misses her grandma Sherrill!

PS: Several of those pictures of me just gave me great motivation to get a haircut and lost my baby gut. Hideous!