Thanksgiving 2021

Some of us, not me but others, participated in the Turkey Trot this year. 

Brooke, Hunter, and Hannah 

killed it at the Turkey Trot! 

57 minutes flat… hehe

Some ran the whole thing and others walked the whole thing. But no judgement from me because I did neither. I did however prepare a delicious dinner for these turkey trotters so that counts for something! 

Love these kids! 

What a sweet couple! 

We usually spend Thanksgiving sitting on the beach in Mexico and eating Chicken Hut for dinner but Hunter requested being home for Thanksgiving and eating a tradition dinner. He gets to choose since we won’t be having Thanksgiving for the next two years as he leave in January to serve his mission in Oklahoma. 

It was just us and grandma Boswell and Jeff. Delicious food, fun company and relaxed atmosphere. Counting my blessing for sure! 

Prep Work for Thanksgiving 2021

Making pecan pies from scratch, pie crust and all, with my momma was the highlight of my Thanksgiving!  I love this woman with my whole heart! 

Pecan pie is my

Favorite!! 

Mr. Grant was such a stud helping me prepare the turkeys for the pit. He even turned down going with friends so he could help me. He’s just the sweetest! 

I bet this years turkey tastes a little better just by having his touch added!  

What a beautiful sight!!

So grateful for the Bingham’s always being so good to us and letting us out our turkey with them. 

Deep Sea Fishing

What a great morning we had deep sea fishing in the Sea of Cortez. 

Ella was a trooper!  She was happy to reel in one fish but could have went back to the beach after that. 

Hunter’s fish got eaten by a seal before he could get it reeled in. It was pretty funny watching Hunter have a tug of war with the seal. 

Grant is quite the fisherman. 

At the end of the trip the fish count was...

Mom - 5

Dad - 10

Hunter - 15 and by far the largest fish! And he caught two fish at once. This guy was on a roll!

Logan - 14

Grant - 8

Ella - 1

Not bad at all for 3 1/2 hours of fishing! 

On the way back to port the captain let Grant drive for awhile. 

Sure love these boys of mine!

Hunter’s two for one cast!  Way to go! 

Hunter’s big catch!Our captain was pretty excited about this one and he showed it to every boat we came close to. Guess this type of fish is really yummy and they can get huge! 

“It’s a SHARK!”

Took the kids to San Diego for fall break!

Boogie Boarding was a huge hit. My kids all love doing it. it was Alec’s first time swimming in the ocean and therefore his first time boogie boarding

He was GIANT fan of boogie boarding.

Such a good looking guy this Hunter boy!

Ella also loved boogie boarding. All the kids were out in the ocean boogie boarding together and one kid saw a fin sticking out of the ocean. My older kids thought it was a dolphin but they knew Alec is healthy afraid of a shark or whale attacking him. Haha! So Hunter yelled “SHARK!”

Alec saw the fin sticking out of the water, Ella being so little couldn’t see anything so when Hunter yelled shark to scare Alec, she went in to full panic mode.

Chaos erupted in the ocean and all I know is that Alec Judd was out of the water and on the dry beach all by himself. While Kiersten tries to help Ella hurry in from the unknown “shark.”

We will laugh about this for years to come! Alec didn’t think for one millisecond to help Kiersten or Ella. I told Kiersten this is good information for her to know.

Lesson learned… DO NOT expect Alec to help you if there is a shark around! 🤣

Oh. The. Fun.

Not a Coincident!

Ella has wanted to learn to whistle for months now. She has tried to learn a little bit but she get frustrated with it quickly. So she never has given it much time and practice. 

Well today, the year anniversary of my dads death, Ella learned to whistle.

 She is a whistling fool now!  

She is Her OWN PERSON!!!

Where did this little lady come from?!?

Ella Jane is such a character!  Her favorite thing to do is pretend to be a puppy or a kitty!  She has a style all of her own!  She has such funny expressions.  She is strong willed but funny at the same time!  We sure are glad she made it to our family!  We had about given up and our lives would not be the same without her!

Love You Miss Ella Jane!