Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Thanksgiving

My family had a very nice and quiet Thanksgiving (except for my Roll disaster, see previous post). We have so much to be thankful for.

New Additions:

The Martin Family got a new addition to the family, Kirra Ann was born to Jeff and Laurie. SHe was born a week before Thanksgiving. She is such a cutie. We can't wait to get our hands on her. My brother Jeff (Kirra's daddy) was able to call us from Iraq on Thanksgiving. He sounds great and is a proud daddy. So my parents are officially Grandparents, and they couldn't be happier.



The Norman Family got a new addition to the family, Benjamin Vaughn was born to Tory and Maria in July. We were able to visit Josh's family in August for Ben's blessing. They live in Provo, UT. I'm glad we were able to be there. Ben was my little buddy while we were visiting. I had to get in all the time I could because he may not recognize me the next time we see him (hopefully in March). He too is a little cutie. Josh's parents became Grandparents for the first time too, and are very happy!


Guitar Hero:
My sister Julie bought Guitar Hero as her Graduation gift to herself. So we played alittle. It is fun to play, even if your not good (like me). My sister is awesome. Josh is pretty good too. He played for an hour straight. I can barely make it through 1 song.



Poker Fun:
The Martin Family has adapted a Thanksgiving tradition that the Norman Family does. They play poker, much to Dad Norman's dismay. So a few weeks before Thanksgiving, we would play Texas Hold'em. The guys were nice enough to teach us girls. It took me a few weeks to FINALLY get the game (but I am still learning). I'm such a slow learner with stuff like that. We don't play for money or anything, we use the cheap set of Walmart poker chips. Even Betsy the dog played. I don't have any pics of Jared, he was still in Idaho. But he was with us in spirit.






We are thankful for our families and friends. We love you all!!

7 comments:

Thurbs said...

Hooray updates with pics!!!! I haven't played much guitar hero, but I'm pretty awesome at rock band guitar. I hold the majority of the high scores and Matt plays the guitar for real. :) hehehe. I love your mom's poker face. :0) And even pictures of Betsy- what a good dog. Her playing poker reminds me of that painting or whatever it is with the dogs playing poker. you know what I'm talking about?? Love ya!!!

Jeanette said...

I'm so glad we can keep in better contact now and see what each other is up to. I love to see what is going on in your life and your family's lives. Tell them all hi from me and Merry Christmas!

Thurbs said...

Got any Christmas pics??? :)

Thurbs said...

Cute new background!! I like it! But where are the updates???? :)

Jeanette said...

Oh I love your new background. So cute.

Thurbs said...

Ok missy-when are you gonna post some updates? A christmas picture, a story about how you made yummy ritz cracker chicken, or how you love Josh so much, or how you can't wait to come to Utah, something, anything! Love ya!!! PS- do you even check these comments?? :0)

Jeanette said...

You are definatly not stupid.It took me forever to figure out how and Aaron had to tell me. You click on the video you want and on the right of it it has codes. One says URL and the other says Embed. Highlight the whole code after the Embed. Right click the highlighted code and click on copy. (I'm sure you knew that part but I figure I should tell you everything.) Then you paste it onto a new post. Occationally I have to repeat the process several times because it doesn't copy quite right. I hope this helps. How have you guys been?