Christmas Party #1

  We got to go visit Grandpa Mark and Grandma Cindi.  As always we love catching up with everyone.  We enjoyed a yummy dinner of chili and played some Christmas games.  We feel so blessed to have them in our lives.

Keagan Ballin

  Keagan just wrapped up her 8th grade year of basketball.  Zach was her coach this year which she liked sometimes and sometimes she didn't.  But for the most part it turned out good :).  Zach enjoyed coaching and thought it was fun to see the girls improve.  

  As always Keagan loved all the girls on the team.  The high school basketball coach came and worked with the girls/ran some practices several times during the season.  The girls really thought that was great and they improved a ton this year!  

Thanksgiving

  For Thanksgiving this year we went to Heather's house and enjoyed a yummy dinner with her family!  It was so nice to be able to see all of her kids and grandbabies.  After dinner everyone helped clean up and then played some games, Flip 7 and Trivial Pursuit. 

  We had a second Thanksgiving dinner with Grandpa Vance an Grandma JoAnn but didn't get pictures.  We have enjoyed our tradition of cooking a small Thanksgiving dinner for them the Friday after Thanksgiving.  Just them and us.  Because our house is small for now we cook it at our house and haul it to theirs to eat :).  They have a dishwasher which makes clean up a little nicer ;).

  We had our third Thanksgiving dinner with the Tarbets at Grandpa Gary and Grandma Sally's.  Caleb and Skylar's families were able to come and it was great to see everyone.  Zach and I picked Grandma Monte up on the way so she could join us as well.  Caleb smoked the turkey and it was super yummy and the girls were very excited for Sandra's rolls!  We ended the afternoon playing Imposter.  

Light The World

   We were super excited to have the Giving Machines come to Pocatello and to be able to participate in using them!  We braved the cold one afternoon and went as a family.  The girls each used their own money to purchase things.  It was a neat experience to be able to use them and see all the volunteers and performers helping make it successful!