Stephenson Family Ties

Alice laughed, "There's no use trying," she said,
"one cant believe in impossible things."
"I dare say you havent had as much practice,"
said the Queen. "When I was your age, I did
it for half an hour a day. And why sometimes
I believed as many as 6 impossible things before breakfast."
from: Through the Looking Glass
by: Lewis Carroll

I have the cutest, most outrageously lovely batch of nieces and nephews that anyone could wish for, and brother and sister in laws as well!!!
And we had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday together!!


In n Out was the hot spot for the late evening snack...as if we didnt feed them enough!!

the Hot tub was visited too.

THe Ute fans had the family room, and the BYU fans had the basement with the big screen. Not sure who orchestrated this division...or did it happen naturally?

Some of us sat in a movie line waiting for a viewing of THE BLIND SIDE...well worth the wait. Though waiting was no trouble at all, with the good company and all.

The turkey bowl on a neighbors lawn was a blast. The old men were very respectable out there with the young wippersnappers!! And nary an injury...not really. We wont mention all the torn shirts that fell prey to the enthusiasm of the moment.





it was also somebody's 60th, yes i said 60TH!! wedding anniversary too!! We LOVE you!!

3 turkeys, 40 lbs of potatoes-mashed good, yams with marshmallows; stuffing or dressing if your from the south, some of which had that delicious secret ingredient- clams!!! (thanks again dad!); green beans and corn, Costco rolls, pretty jello salad to feed an army; gravy and pies, pies, and more pies!! Nobody suffered from hunger.



basketball was the biggest hit of the night. or...could it be the 'playing' of jingle bells via screeching balloons....????? or maybe...it was the bean bag toss or pinning the feather on the turkey butt!!!???


animals were stuffed and a quilt tied for humanitarian purposes, and missionaries were told of our thoughts and feelings for them on pretty paper that will be mailed to precious spots around the globe.

a mission call was opened in front of us all....another Elder is headed to Chile!!!

a bunch of amo was left out in the desert for those that did target shooting.

we gathered coral dust between a LOT of toes as we hiked to Fern Gully in Snow Canyon State park. There were a LOT of good sports along for the experience. (can i just say how fun it was to share 'my desert' with my loved ones.)







we loved sharing our house, our chocolate chip cookies, pomegranates, and pastasicos with all that came by!!

But WAIT somehow...everyone left out with picking up a leaf rake and making a pile of our plentiful, bounteous leaves!! maybe we should get everyone back here and try again. ... remember many hands make light work ya know.....

I pray that Sharon and Cathy and Pam and mom feel that all their HARD work organizing such a reunion was well worth the effort!!! We sure think it was a grande time for all!!! And for those that werent able to attend....boy oh boy did we miss you!!! But now we have an excuse to do it all again!!!
And remember those outrageously darling nieces I was talking about earlier....
This if for them!!!
Go Club Jacob!!!