After the hay ride

Savanna wears her elf hat as mom and dad go outside to see the lights at Salem Pond. She was pretty silly and had alot of fun even if this picture doesn't look like it.

Joshua and Emma eat dinner with Grandma and Grandpa while mommy and daddy go on a date.

Christmas lights

On Saturday we went to see the lights in Spanish Fork and Salem. Karl hooked up the trailer and put hay on it so we could ride on it and see the lights. It was very cold but we all had a great time.

It's so nice to be able to just go out the front door and go sledding on our front hill.

Joshua, Emma and Savanna ride on the sled as Kendal pulls them back up the hill.

Amy and Emma prepare to go down the hill while Joshua makes his way back up. Savanna and Kendal watch what's going on.

Savanna opens her presents.

Korbin relaxes in our new love sack. It's so comfy!

Karl poses on his gift to Karen. A new microwave! We love it!

It's snuggle time for the cousins as we watch a movie.

Korbin models his new sweater.

Kendal and Alissa came later in the morning so we opened presents again when they got here.

Joshua shows his guitar that plays "Smoke on the Water".

Emma can make us cupcakes now.

Christmas 2009

Kristen, Karen and Amy model our matching pajamas. Kim and Alissa got some too.

Kacey helps Joshua put together his new space shuttle.

Amy and Emma open presents. Emma liked to take her time and play with each present before she opened another one.

Kristen with her new ihome that goes with her ipod.

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we went out to our barn and had our family story time about the birth of our Savior. It was very cold so we all had to bundle up. The animals wondered what was going on and came over to check us out.

Emma was the first to fall asleep and then Joshua. It was actually pretty cozy sitting in the hay.

Korbin and Kristen had a good time.

Amelia and Joel

I finally have a picture of Amelia and Joel to post on our blog. I love these pictures. Joel is already two months old and weighs 15 pounds. Amelia is a proud big sister.

I feel so bad that I am unable to post pictures from my trip to California but my camera is broken and I cannot download the pictures. I went to California for two weeks to take care of Kimberly and her family after Joel was born. Kimberly had many complications and needed a lot of help. Brad is a wonderful father and takes great care of his family, but he had to work and Kimberly needed someone with her for a couple of weeks till she got on her feet. I loved being able to be there and play with Amelia, hold sweet baby Joel and do whatever I could to help their family through a difficult time. It was fun playing play-doh with Amelia, going for walks (dinosaur hunts), and snuggling Joel while he slept or change his diaper. Kimberly is a great mom and I am so proud of her. I love being a grandma and feel so blessed to have the wonderful family that I do. I was even able to spend the weekends with Amy, Joshua and Emma. Such a treat! (Kacey was in Florida for the launch of the satellite he has been working on for the past couple of years.) We went swimming, went out to dinner, rode bikes around the block and played games. Thanks, dear family, for all your love and support of me while I was gone. I am so blessed! Love you all!

I love this picture of Joel and his daddy. It shows just how big Joel is. He weighs 9 lbs. 11 ozs and is 21 inches long.

Welcome little Joel Wilson to the family!

Kim and Brad had their baby boy at 7:11 Sunday morning on September 6th 2009. He wieghed 9 lbs. 11 ozs. and was 21 inches long and of course he has red hair. He had a very difficult birth with some complications. Kim was in labor 24 hours and then the doctors decided to do a C-section. Because of the complications Kim had surgery 2 hours after the delivery to make some repairs. They are both doing well now and are on the mend. Joel is our little miracle baby. We love you Kim, Brad, Amelia and Joel! The Wilson's have truly been blessed!

Here's the gang at the zoo and visiting the arboretium in Portland. They had a great day and Savanna loved the animals at the zoo. She pointed and laughed all day. So did Kristen but we won't make an issue of it!

We went to washington to visit Grandma Brinkerhoff a few weeks ago. While Kendal, Alissa, Korbin and Kristen rode scooters we took care of Savanna. We had a very fun day going to see "Jake" the alligator man, eating a donuts at the bakery, eating fish and chips at the "Bowpicker", and going to the tourist traps at Seaside Beach. We love going there and always look forward to going back again next year. Who wants to come and join us? Let's have a reunion!

Our Oklahoma Trip

Here we are posing in front of the Memorial for those who died in the Oklahoma City bombings.

Korbin and Kristen pose by the sign at the Oklahoma City Temple.

We stopped at some of the tourist traps and found this huge indian.

This is the largest cross in North America. It is in Texas of course. Don't mess with Texas!

More from our trip to Oklahoma

We took a week long trip to Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas. We camped the first night in Colorado at a beautiful lake.

Korbin and Kristen sit and relax by stream.

Here we are posing with the Hall family. Scott is my second cousin. His grandpa (Darrell Brinkerhoff) is my dad's brother.

Korbin and Kristen pose with friends from the Stockton ward in Missouri.

We stopped in Oklahoma to visit my Aunt Irene (my dad's sister) and Uncle Jack. We had a wonderful time getting to know them better. We spent the night with them and enjoyed their beautiful log house, 25 acre farm and lake. They were so kind to us, cooking wonderful meals and giving us a comfortable place to sleep. We were so sick of hotels that we felt truly blessed to have such a wonderful family.