SILVER FALLS 2012

 Rane under the bridge.

 Rane and Taylor on the hike.

 Harper trying really hard to get the cookies.

 One of the falls.

 Rane, Taylor and Wil checking out the water hole.

 Harper in Grandma's kitchen sink!

 Guess who loves her Daddy?!

 Checking out the water on the hike.

 Rane

 The South Falls.

 Taylor, Wil and Rane.

 The 3 amigos again.

 Rane, Ali and Wil.

 Taylor on the hike.  You needed to walk over her the correct way or you did not get to go any further.

 Cousins!!!

 Beautiful!

 Taylor and Wil had to climb down here on one of our hikes.

 Wil under the bridge.

 Taylor under the bridge.

 Aunt Keli tattooed everyone with Grandma's Animal Planet tattoos!

 Imagine that! Wil hanging from a tree.

Uncle Aaron with the kids.

EARLY ARRIVAL!!!

Harper Louise Nichols

December 1, 2011

7 lbs.    20 Inches

THE TREE IS TRIMMED!!

The day after Thanksgiving we put up and trimmed the tree.  Okay, so Bob put up the fake tree,  the neighbor girls, Wil and Rane put on the ornaments.  Next, I rearranged the ornaments (way hard) and put the bows on.  It was an all day experience.  I'm thinking that it is time I do something different next year as this is the 5th year in a row that I've used the same bows.  I'm cheap.  Love having the tree up!!!

HALLOWEEN 2011!!!

So Much Fun in Texas!!

 

Well I selected 11 photos for my collage but "collage maker" needed 12 photos.  That is the reason my collage begins and ends with "The Statue".  Top Row L. to R.  This statue was at Little Italy's in San Antonio.  Because I was surrounded by immature people (certainly not me) this statue became a conversation piece.  We found this lost lady in the elevator and felt sorry for her, so we had to take her to our room with us.  We stayed at the historical Menger Hotel in San Antonio.  Allison and Aunt Linda at the Riverwalk.  Middle Row L. to R.  Katherine and Matt exiting the Temple.  Back in Austin for the reception.  Kat and Matt dancing.  Harm and Bregje got stuck taking us to the airport!  They were so helpful to Janice!  Bottom Row L. to R.  The oldest dance hall in Texas.  Janice handing out pedicures the night before the wedding.  The bride before leaving for the Temple.  Needless to say we had a wonderful time with family and friends.  I am so thankful that Allison and I were able to share in this great weekend with the Gee family!!!!

KATHERINE'S SHOWER!

Fun in Austin, Texas!  Attending Katherine's bridal shower was awesome!  Around 50 guests attended, put on by my sister's friend.  The food was great and it was just so much fun watching Katherine enjoy every minute of her special day!  I'm so lucky that I fly for free!

KIRI & KALVIN'S WEDDING!

Lucky me!  I got to spend 4 days with my nieces family in Idaho!  What a fun time it was excluding the fact that I didn't sleep much.  Loved spending time with Jolee's boys and Teenas family. 

LOOK WHO TURNED 6!!!!

It's hard to believe that on August 5th Wil turned 6 years old.  His dad took him to the Great Wolf Lodge for his special day.  We celebrated at home with a family dinner which he chose hot dogs and corn on the cob to eat.  We made Italian sodas which were very yummy!  It was great to celebrate with cousins, the neighbor girls and Wil was happy that Grandma Nichols was well enough to come.

JULY 4th!!

We had the 4th up at Eric and Linda's.  Part of our family could not make it.  We had a great time and what a miracle that the weather was nice!

GRANDMA CAMP!

Allison and I had a great week with the grand kids at Ft. Stevens State Park. The kids each earned their "Junior Ranger Badges". The weather was great! The high light of our trip was that finally all three of them were off the training wheels, so that made our bike rides much more enjoyable!

JUNE HAPPENINGS!!

Marlee turned 2 on June 29th!

The Fisher Family at Ryan's graduation.

Marlee, Ryan and Ashley

A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF SPRING!

Taylor just celebrated her 7th birthday and of course Grandma forgot her camera, so this picture is from my phone and not the best.

Bob and I go fishing every May up the gorge with family. I was impressed with my catch, but I showed this picture to my students and the kids were more concerned with what happened to my hair!

What a pretty day! Aunt Diana's trailer on the left, Grandma's motor home in the middle and our humble abode on the right. We had a wonderful time.

Our youngest grand daughter, Marlee decorating her eggs. She would dip them in the dye and then lick it off. She is a comedian!

Taylor has her Daddy's artistic abilities and takes time with her eggs.

Rane and Gabe!

Wil!

Spring break at the zoo!

My glass table bit Marlee in the ear and she had to have 3 stitches. It was so sad holding her down. Really sad for Bob as she looked up at him and said, "Papa help me."

Solill got a hair cut! So cute!!!

WELCOME SUMMER!!

Hooray! Today was the last day of school for me. As you can see I need to update my blog. I will be working on that next week. Looking forward to camping, sleeping in, playing outside and enjoying all the warm weather we will have (hopefully). Happy summer everyone!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We had a great Christmas!

We had a full house on Christmas Eve!!

Santa came to our house on Christmas Eve. Here is Wil with Santa!

The scary thing about having Santa over on Christmas Eve is that all the kids were asking for things that we knew they were not going to get. Risky! This is Solill.

One last package under the tree. What could it be? (Uncle Aaron got really bored)

Aaron called Layna up to open one more present. Solill thought it was soooo funny to be wrapped up!

Our son Aaron did a great job on the lights this year! He bought all new ones and put them up on Thanksgiving weekend when he was home.