Christmas at the Askeroth's

It truly did come.  I mean Christmas of course!  Here are some pictures from our Christmas weekend.  Hope everyone had a great one too!

We are getting older and perhaps wiser, and here we are with baby Kinley Paige. She is 9 months old, and belongs to Elliah and Jeremiah.

With temps up around 60 on Saturday Christmas Eve, the four guys here decided to shoot some hoops and get a little bit of a game going.  Todd had to see a patient, so when he 

returned and found them just finishing up, he reminded them that he could take them all, even still at his age.

Maddox is 18 months old.

We used my Mother's glass plates this year!

Breya with the Wii

Clinton helping Maddox open his presents.

Ty's last Christmas before he leaves for his mission.  

The downstairs tree.

Lyla and Maddox like playing with each other.  They are exactly 6 weeks apart in age.  

Evelyn sporting her Christmas shirt.  

Nolan also downstairs with the Wii

Christmas Eve Program.  Maddox was dancing for us all!

Kylee was very happy with her gift from Santa (aka her husband Clinton)

There will be many cakes made at Kylee's house, even more than before.  

Ty wanted to get pictures with the sisters present.  They love their little bro.

Elliah and Ty in the kitchen

Lyla, enjoyed the jello a little to much.  It was all over in 

her hair as well on her face.  

November happenings round here!

Here are our hosts for the weekend, Todd's stepfather Ron and his mother Leslie, they are both 80 ish. Don't they look fabulous?
The Thanksgiving dinner was wonderful and looks the same as if we slaved over it all day!
Below are Todd's Brother Jess and his wife Larse.

This is what it was like having Thanksgiving in a Restaurant. After Dinner Larse and I looked at each other and were so excited that we did not have to lift a finger to clean it up! And we had a lovely brunch the next day on the golf course too in Surprise, AZ with brother Jess before they had to leave.

When we returned home on Saturday night, the very next day we got to do this. . . . . . . . . .

Isaac had training in Las Vegas, so it made sense for them all to come here and stay, so they would not be without Daddy for that long! I loved having them all here for 4 wonderful days. I did not get much done, but it was all worth it, and kind of relaxing after traveling for Thanksgiving.

Our sweet little Claire Elise. She turned 3 months at Grammy and Pa Pa's house.
Caleb helping Grammy in the kitchen, we unloaded the dishwasher and made chocolate chip cookies on a cloudy blustery day!
Caleb knew just what to do it seems like. He was so fun to bake with. Ella was taking her nap at the time.
Ella sure loves her baby, and she definitely connects with Pa Pa more than Grammy. When he is around she is the little shadow for him, and he loves it! I wish I had gotten a picture of the two of them together. Poor little girl, while she was here, she had the stomach flu. It was not fun for her or mom and dad, but no one else got it thank goodness!

October catching up! (in backwards order)

Lyla Jane was the cutest little Snow white for Halloween night!
Evelyn and Lyla came to Grammy and Pa Pa's house for Halloween, and I made her princess dress from a dress that Tara wore for homecoming royalty.
Evelyn and I had a Tea party, just the two of us!
i bought raspberries from Idaho and made my first raspberry pie for conference weekend!
We went to the new baby Claire's blessing in Enoch, Utah. Here she is with her family!
We had Maddox and Kylee for a visit for a week! Maddox loves to got outside and especially loves the cat!

Our 33rd wedding anniversary

For our 33rd anniversary, we just decided we needed a some time in one of our favorite places. We stayed over night in Springdale, Utah and a hiked in Zion National park and then onto Cedar Breaks National monument. We were lucky enough to hit both on one of the Free days for all federal fee areas. We had a great time and found a really cool very narrow canyon. Here are some pictures from our mini getaway!







Todd and I like to get away from the crowds in Zion and hike on the East side, of the tunnel. Where we went this day, we never saw any other hikers, and it was such a beautiful perfect day weather wise.

Her first white dress!

A very special project which I just finished, is the blessing dress for my newest granddaughter Claire Elise. She will get blessed on October 9th and so we are going to Cedar City for the event. I used the same fabric for this one as for Kinley's blessing dress, but the pattern is different. I have sewn several now and they have all been different. I have been so honored to be able to make these special baby blessing dresses, as they are all so beloved by Grammy!

More scenes from our summer!

Our baby Liam who is 8 months old now.
Caleb, almost 4, Maddox, Ella, who are almost a year apart and are about the same size) and Happy little Liam
A Cedar City trip to get Ty moved and visit Jacob and Kelli, before they took off for Michigan. Pictures of the grandkids there.
Our amazing Kylee made Lyla's special 1st birthday cake. She is so artistic, and makes everything by hand. We were astounded by her skills. Here cakes are as good to eat as they are lovely on the outside!
We celebrated Lyla's 1st Birthday in July right before we went to Minnesota!