Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving day we actually did not stay home. I think the last time we went somewhere was when
Ty was two years old. So it has been 14 years. That means I have cooked alot of Turkey! Here is the
Beautiful Table that my sister-in-law Larse set for us.

Here is Ella's great grandmother Leslie (Todd's beautiful darling Mother) She is not a very big person, so Ella looks like a big baby. (She is really not very big either)

Here is a picture of our Host and Hostess for the Day. Jess and Larse Askeroth. What a beautiful a warm inviting home they have. We had so much fun! Thanks for inviting us!

And our cute kid Caleb really really enjoying Grammy's Pumpkin Pie! Boy he was alot of fun that day!

pomagranate picker

On the weekend before Thanksgiving,
Nolan came to our house with Mom, Dad
and Breya. He decided he would explore
and he turned out to be the very best picker
of the pomagranates. He was so short he
could get under neath the branches where
the birds had not gotten to them and found
some really nice big juicy red ones. Way to
go Nolan! (He was so proud of himself)

Reflecting!

This morning I sent off Jacob and Kelli on their Cruise to Mexico. I love it when any of my children come home. Yesterday we sent Ty up north on the bus with the school for the Football state championships. Today Elliah and her family will bring Kylee home to me for a couple of nights and then on Tues. Tara, Trent and Evelyn will come and stay here with us for the week. There is nothing better than family!
I love them all so much. I am so thankful to my Husband who has gone along so willingly on this fabulous ride of raising 8 children with me. (I guess he did not have much choice), but he has been such a great support, hard working father who really cares for each one of them. He has always been so helpful and mindful of my needs. Don't know what I would do without him. He is such a great teacher and example, yet a very humble one. These are the only things that really matter in life, and this is what I am so grateful for this Thanksgiving season and always.

Happy Birthday to my Twins!

Yep, 25 years ago right now, (can't believe that!) I was in labor with my twin daughters, Tara and Kendra. I have been thinking all day about their unusual birth circumstances. They are in a group of a very small number of twins ever born, who are over 1 hour apart in birth times. Mine were 3 and 1/2 hours apart and born 80 miles apart and in different counties. Their South Dakota Birth was extremely unusual, and absolutely true. I can't believe I experienced it. Here it is in summary form. Lived in a small town with small town hospital which was not set up to do C-sections. 1st baby (Tara) born just fine the regular way, but then 2nd (Kendra) baby went into a transverse position and babies can't be born that way, so Doctor tried to turn her for two hours. When he could not do this, then knew he needed to transport to Rapid City, to the big hospital which was 80 miles away. Ambulance was waiting and transported both mommy and Tara to the hospital. It was a very wild ride in that ambulance, all the while mommy was watching newborn Tara in isolette flaling back and forth in the bumpi-ness of the ride.
An assembly of Doctors and nurses were waiting when we got to the hospital ready for an emergency C-section. It was a very difficult one and Kendra had to be revived when they finally got her out. Both twins spent time in ICU, but Kendra almost was flown to a bigger neonatal hospital in Denver. After a Priesthood blessing baby Kendra did a miraculas turn around and they babies came home after spending two weeks in the hospital. I am so thankful I got to keep both of them. They have been really fun to raise and certainly an adventure. That was an amazing night in the Askeroth Family.

Our beautiful twin daughters!

Okay this is one of the worst pictures of me, and it is kind of blurry, because I took this with
my camera. This is Tara and Kendra on the day I left the hospital without them. (Kendra has this
thing sticking out of her head, (IV) They were under 5 lbs. the day I brought them home, and they
were 2 weeks old! And the beginning of a wonderful adventure with twins!

This is one of them at about 9 months. You can see the difference then in the way they looked.
Can you tell which one is which? I was thankful they were healthy and so different and unique.
from one another.

This picture was taken in September. I sure do love these two wonderful women. They are both
great human beings, Both beautiful in personality and looks. and both pregnant I might add. I love you both so much.
And I am thankful to be your mother!

Halloween Party!

And The Award for the best costume has
to go to Tiffany's sister Lindsey, for her
poloygamist costume. It was great,
and very creative.
Micheal and Lindsey Peterson came with Isaac and
Tiffany.
Todd, Ty and I were there. Also, Jacob and Kelli
Clinton and Kylee, and lots of Jeremiah's family members.







Our hosts for the evening. Elliah and Jeremiah. Elliah with her halloween make-up
before her costume and Elliah with Pnemonia as well. She was not
contagious, and she is better now. Thanks for the great party!

Isaac's family

This little punkin was a cute cute pumpkin!

Tiffany would look good in anything!

Is the Dr. In? I had a hard time getting Caleb to give up the sucker, so I could get his little face.

Isaac as a redneck. This would have never suited him in real life.

Elliah and her kids

Miss Breya dressed up in her 50's costume.

Had to get Elliah's back side to show her fantastic wig. Whe was dressed up as the "Fairy protection'

The cutest little NERD ever. Nolan even knew how to act the part.

Wow, those are the most glow in the dark vampire teeth I have ever seen.

Love this Gal!

I have known this person, Linda Liddle for 30 years
now, and always considered her my best girl friend.
We only lived close to one another for about two years.
But we have had all our children together and since
we both had 8 kids at the same time, we have had so
much in common.
So many times we would call each
other on the phone from states away
and talk about our families, laughing
and sharing stories.
She has the most cheerful demeanor about her.
We were always going through the same
things at the same time. How many times
did we call each other up
and tell each other that we were pregnant
again. Linda Liddle has been such a big part of my
life. And our kids and husbands are good friends as well. We have had girls be roommates at school, and have shared at least 6 Thanksgivings together. Thankyou Best Friend. You are amazing!





These pictures were taken half way up to the "Y"
and just after these pictures were snapped, it started
to pour, and get extremely cold and windy, so
we had to come down off the mountain.

The splendor of Fall

All of these pictures were taken in my hometown of Provo.
the fall colors couldn't have been more prominent at this time
down in town. These particularly meant a lot to me, since just
before all these were taken, was when I devastatingly deleted
all my other photos taken from this trip.

Here is the true meaning of Fall.
You can actually see the leaves blowing off the trees.

Tara is good!

Tara Leavitt Photography has worked her magic
once again and made me her Mother, look pretty good!
I always was told I was not photogenic, and I knew it to
be true. But after I saw these pictures, I knew that her Skills
were definitely needed where I was concerned.
Thanks so much sweetie, for the great photos!