Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's

Thanksgiving we were sick, but still had an awesome dinner thanks to Wes. Sunday we celebrated with Wes's dad-Mike, Whitney, Bruce, Aidan, and Izzy. No pics, though. Ooops. That's because I really dislike our camera. As you will notice, some pics are blurry, the lens is dirty, or they are just not great pics. Really, it's an operator error. I know, but I didn't have this many problems with out last camera!
Christmas we saw everyone. Wes's family and mine. We visited family and some friends before, during, and after Christmas. This meant we went from Lincoln to Eugene, OR, to Washougal, WA, and back in a short trip. It was worth it, as always. My Grandpa Kanooth passed away shortly after we got to see him for the last time. He made it just past his 88th birthday. It is hard to be sad, because he lived such a full and productive life. He was mobile up until just a couple weeks before his death. Most of all, he missed his wife (my grandma was such a sweet lady with a lot of spunk), and was ready to go and see her and his son, Leonard. I know he's happy to have moved on. We always enjoyed visiting him and ransacking the orchard. The blueberries were the best. He kept up his place until the end.

Whitny and Jade

Izzy and Jade, Aidan in the back. Jade has fun with Izzy.

Westin with Grandpa Mulligan and Shirley.

Grandpa helping Westin put his new tools in his new tool belt.

Sweet Jade.

Grandpa, Westin, and Shirley.

Jade and Reese. They are 2 months apart.

Tori, Westin, and Steven. Westin and Tori are 5 months apart, but he loves playing with Steven.

Us with Grandma/Great Grandma Martin.

Audrey and Westin. The smudges are like snow!

Audrey and Jade.

Wes, Jeremy, Aaron, and Dad.

Aunt Lairen and Jade.

Jade loved climbing the stairs.

Andrea and Kaitlyn.
Westin and Thomas. They really had fun sharing their trucks with eachother.
Lauren and Jade. They are exactly 10 years apart-both Valentine's babies.
Rachael, Audrey, Lauren, Ally, Thomas, Westin, Kaitlyn, and Jade
A Bald Eagle we saw on our walk on Christmas Day.

Grandpa pushing Westin. Wes with Jade on his back.


Lauren, Audrey, Thomas, Westin, Rachael, and Jade
Westin, Leona, Anneke, Jade, and Marieka
GG, nutty Westin, Papa Wayne, and Jade.
I wish we had taken a picture of Wayne and his rickshaw!
Wes, his mom, and Westin

3 comments:

BrooksBlog said...

Cute pictures!! Looks like you had a gay old time at mom and dads! Love ya!! ;)

Emily said...

You guys are seriously such a cute family! xoxo

Amanda Tippetts said...

I love your family pic at the top of the page. You guys look great! I can't believe how old everyone's kids are getting. We are just getting old, aren't we? It'll be crazy when our kids start school and we are really the older generation... oh man!