Soooo Pretty

As I arose early yesterday morning ready to pack and leave from the cabin, I walked out onto our front porch and there was this beautiful view! This is why I love it there. No matter what season it is, it is always beautiful.

Tribute To My Father

Today is the birthday of one of the people I most admire in my life....My father. He would have been 80 years old today. Dr. Thomas H. Pettit left this life almost 4 years ago. He lived an exemplary life both in his professional and his private life. He was not perfect but he lived a near perfect life. I composed a song for his funeral and one line truly expressed my belief of his life...."The goodness you gave cannot be repaid, you showed how to love with each passing day, with your heart of gold, the success need not be told, your gift of greatness, my heart will ever hold." Thanks Daddy for being the greatest example to me..I Love You!

Weekend at Our Cabin

We had a wonderful time with family and friends on MLK weekend. It seems like we can't get away enough lately but we are trying to make an effort to take some more time off from our weekly grind.

Tate and the Boys

Garen and Bogey


Tubing!


Family and Friends!


The Place to Get Away From it All

Christmas Eve

Ya....we still want to dress up
and do the the Nativity. We love it!
We miss Tanner being the Shepherd!

More of the 12 Days of Christmas

Another 12 days of Christmas tradition is spending the closest Saturday night at a Hotel by Temple Square. We then go to Temple Square to see the lights. Then Sunday morning we go to the Christmas Spoken Word. It is just so amazing to hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sing live and also
seeing the prophet. It just adds the exclamation mark at the end of our Christmas Season. It really puts the "Christ" in Christmas.

Our 12 Days of Christmas

Every year we have a tradition called the 12 days of Christmas. It is primarily done to bring the family together through activities the 12 days before Christmas. We started this tradition 3 years ago while Payton was on his mission. So this is the first time he has experienced this tradition. So we have 12 different sized boxes that are stacked on top of each other. Each box has an activity inside for the family to do together that night. We have had movie tickets...eating out....puzzles...games...you get the picture. Well some of the things we do are the same every year as for the pictures below. The kids love the box filled with bubble gum. We have a bubble blowing contest and every year we have a different winner! This year it was Payton. It is always something that makes us laugh till we cry. It is so much fun. Our kids now look forward to the 12 days of Christmas as much as Christmas morning.

Elder Jeppesen Sharing the Spirit of Christmas

One of My "Top Picks of the Year" Movie!

I just recently saw this movie and loved it. The sad thing is that it did not have a wide release. Only a short time in most places and a little longer here in Utah. I would recommend anyone to see it who has teenagers especially ones who play sports or anyone who likes a good story. It has a great moral message and is a true story. I say it is up there with Rudy, and Remember The Titans. It is one that I will buy when it comes out on DVD. So if you can find it, see it!

Timpviews Competition Cheer takes 1st!

Jordan has been enjoying being on two cheer squads this year. Seen here with her lifetime friend, Chelsea, her Timpview competition cheer squad competed Saturday up in Ogden. They did well and took 1st place. It has been a busy season for these girls and I congratulate them. Jordan has worked hard with her coaching and gymnastic classes and has the battle wounds to show for it! She loves it though. They have several more competitions, then on to Nationals in March. She says she is living her dream since the movies "Bring it On" and "Stick It" are some of her favs!