Gobble Gobble Man!!

Turkey Weekends Rock!!

Got to go play in Utah for an extended weekend! It was great! I think I gained 5 pounds! NO JOKE!!! I'm debating starting the New Years Resolution early (always the same - right? Exercise more, eat better...it would be nice if I could actually accomplish that & not have to start over every year!)

BJ blew in from Kansas to play with us for the weekend. Want to get off work? Have your mom call & talk to the boss - then he'll fly you to your family for the weekend. Oh wait - that only works with BJ's boss because he doesn't want to make my mom sad. :-) So we had BJ here to torture err... entertain the kids! That's why mom & dad had him right?

Uncle Fiji came in pretty handy with the kids too!

As you can see - dinner was great! After a Thanksgiving feast what else do you do but find a place to 'fat dog' it (That's when you're so full you can't do anything but lay around like a fat dog). Apparently it doesn't even have to be a comfortable spot! Way to go Rita's cooking! (and others that contributed)

My roommate has changed her living room around. We are going to be posting black & white pictures & I wanted some of the kids. I think they really love the camera because for the sake of a picture I was able to get them to pose for me & to tell them how to do it. I Love these kids!! We have a few potential models I dare say!

Some didn't even know they were posing - but still put on a great show! Koba is a doll!

Of course everyone has their limits. I asked Harper to pose one more time & this is what he gave me! Ok - enough!

Since we had everyone together we thought it was time for family pictures again. After all - we've added 2 to the mix (I say we like I had anything to do with it. Hey they're Cade & Koba are cute kids! I'll take credit for them! ;-)).

This just shows the effort we go to for us to get the perfect shot. Check out Dusty on Jer's shoulders shading the sun from the pict of the folks.

Can't wait to see Kara's picts! This is one Jer took with mine. It might qualify for the black & white wall.

Well I guess that is about it for now. So I'm signing off with a big kiss from the kids!!!

My Love to all!!!

We're Never Too Old!!

There is always time to go back and be a kid! For a friend's birthday we rented out the place called 'Pump it Up'. It had LOTS of fun air toys. Ummm.. I think we may have broke all the rules there were. :-) It was a blast! Sadly - since I was one of the few that had a camera I went home & realized (while viewing the photos) that I wasn't in a single shot! Thems the breaks I guess! I had to put this one on there.

There were those that had to patiently wait their turn before playing.

Found out my hula hooping skills aren't far gone! I can still keep it going!







After going through the obsticle course twice I was beat! Don't know how kids can do it all day! I guess this goes to show you we're not as young as we think we are. :-)

This is my friend Trever. He told me last year that he really hurt his back snowboarding. Since I take things really slow still I wondered how you could hurt it so bad. After watching him run around all night doing stuff like this I can understand how he could get pretty messed up!

Utah Trips

As you can tell from Mandy's post we visiting last weekend for Jacoba's blessing.

Man this girl is great! Jacoba is Such a snuggler! You can sit there all day an hold her! It was so fun to see all the kids & the sisters!



I even went shopping with the girls. Of course - shopping isn't what it used to be. They spent almost all their time in the kids clothes section - then we went to Costco so they could buy food & diapers. Hmm...shopping used to be more fun!! :-)








Cade is getting HUGE!! You wouldn't even know he was a tiny tike on oxygen! He has a 97% noggen! I don't think any of her kids made it that high in the overall average for babies!

Angie said he doesn't spit up anymore! Well if that's true then I still have the magic touch! My clothes are in the wash now!









WWF continues!!!



Pretty much every time we come - some kind of WWF breaks out with the kids!








Of course you can see who is the most popular!












I'd say Cade is a momma's boy - but you can see he is already starting to develop that Bumpa love!













Angie said he never snuggles - but I guess Bumpa just has the touch!










I still have 1 that gives me a little attention.





I think she just feels sorry for me.





Once Mandy was carrying something in & Grandpa Millar asked if he could help. She said "Nope - I got it." Grandpa said "Oh I forgot, you're one of Bryan's girls." I'm not really sure what that means -but I have an idea. :-) You can tell Paige is one of Bryan's girls.


The Jeep was having problems so she got out & popped the hood to see what was wrong with it. Notice the Millar tongue helping her work!





Is this what Grandpa meant?












Well - whatever it was- she got it working again.







Harper wanted to sleep downstairs with Nanna & Bumpa.



Mac says Harper is a very active sleeper! I came in twice & found him in 2 totally different positions. I liked this one more so I thought I'd throw it in. Imagine what he is like when he jumps in bed with you!








You gotta love all the work & effort it takes to get a family shot together. I think my thanks goes to Kara for capturing this moment. I have a few of these & love them!




















Here are the sybs - missing BJ. Man - we gotta get that boy out of Kansas!

I was going to try to be creative & photoshop him in, but I don't have any pictures of him in a tie that would work. Oh well. Not as good as the real thing - we all know that!








But over all - it was Koba that stole the show! She was such a quiet Angel for the blessing & didn't fuss when she was getting attacked by the kids & their parents. :-) She is a momma's girl!!





It was a bunch of fun - as usual. We go wrestle with them & then get them on a sugar high & then hit the trail while the mom's have to deal with it!




I love my job as the favorite single aunt!!

Halloween Recap

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! (Be-lated)
So - I don't usually put a ton of effort into Halloween, but lately I've been wanting to get some good costumes that can be reused. A few years ago, mom helped me with a Gypsy costume. Looked great! I decided I wanted a Jane Austin dress this year (pick which character - Elizabeth Bennett, Miss Dashwood, Emma - whatever). Since I know hardly anything about sewing (not as cool as Kara who sews her own dresses!) I recruited my mom to help. She is amazing! We would tell her what kind of dress we wanted in high school & she would have to combine 3 patterns to make it possible. They always looked great!
We started a little late - I ended up going over there quite a bit in the week before, but we did it! I help with the accessories while mom did the dress. Many late nights later we had the finished product! MOM IS AMAZING!!!!

Hilary went as a School Teacher - we needed to hit mom's jewlery to get some cool stuff, but she still looked good.
Even had a few cousins along for it! At one of the parties I had Jazz, Lex (from the Millars) and Ashley & Kaycee (from the Thompson side).
There were some pretty great costumes. Almost got attacked!

I'm not sure how I feel about Daisy Duke - but man - how would it be for a girl to have those abs??!!! He said he had been practicing on his girlish stance all day.

While looking for fabric at Joann's I found this costume almost ready to go. We had to add sleves to make it modest & we had to make the belt go all the way around - or it would sag. So of course mom did it again! I helped find the material - which normall wouldn't be hard -but I did have to go to 3 different fabric stores to find it (I know poor me!). Both costumes were great! & I had 2 different parties to go to. PERFECT!!

I Rule!!!

I found a little protection at the party. Only fitting they would be my slaves...errr bodygards.

So - I found my favorite costume at one of the parties. It's homemade! Way to go Scott! I heard Gabe went as a Dr - white lab coat and all, Heather went as a pepper. Together they were Dr. Pepper. He had Dr Pepper cans in his pockets. That is pretty clever as well!

Today we get to make that fun journey accross state lines! Mandy is blessing Jacoba & we're all headed to Utah. I don't think I would mind if they started the train line up again. I really didn't mind the ones in Europe - especially because there was room to kick back & relax or walk around.

Just Jaime

So - the purpose of these blogs seem to be to show off kids. Since I have none what do I do to entertain you? Wait - what do I do all day to entertain myself? It's a good thing I'm so easily entertained. :-) I'm mostly starting this so I can keep track of all of you (adds to the entertaining myself thing).

Here is what I do:

Dusty graduated from High School - CRAZY - I know! Being the old fart that I am - that means I'm responsible - right? Well - being that wise & responsible person, BJ & I were recruited to help chaperon the senior party. You can see how serious a job this was!

I also entertain myself with trips.

Spent 6 days on the Middle Fork of the Salmon this summer. It was AWESOME!!

We had a visitor come into our campsite the 1st night. A bear! He only took Croutons, Marshmallows & Chocolate Frosting. Talk about a stomach ache in the making!

I also took a trip to San Fran last month. It was a great trip! I didn't make a single decision- so it really was a vacation from life.

Insert Husband Here

I'm just enjoying being the favorite! You know - the favorite aunt that comes into town occasionally & gets all the attention - then goes home & gets a full nights rest.



The favorite kid - since I'm the closest one to the parentals.

Oh Wait - that title still goes to Dusty - somehow. It isn't fair! I know - fair is where you go to see the pigs.

The folks have been doing a little renovating. I know it's been a while since some of you have been there. I need some better pictures than these, but they give you an idea.

Favorite grandkid??? Well I'm still working on that one. I may have to go for bribery since I don't have any kids to win the affection. :-)

Well -there you have it. My first Blog. Hope all is well with you! Keep in touch!!