Grandpa Wakens Birthday

December 26th was Grandpa Wakens Birthday. We all went to Grandpas house. All cameras were on him. I am sure he loves his picture taken.

Sarah, Jody and Paul Lee

Grandpa opening his present

A nice new sweater to wear. Happy Birthday Granpap. Hope you had a wonderful day.

Christmas Day at the Lees

We Spent Christmas Day with the Lees. We had a really nice dinner and visited and played a new game "Would you Rather". It was a nice day, made even better by being at Jodies house and not having to clean up after the party was over. Here are a few pictures of us.

The Waken Family

The whole Group.

Phillip teaching Baby Logan to stick out his tongue. He was holding him and he likes to tip over backwards and started sticking out his tongue. He spent most of the afternoon this way. It was so cute.

Reading a story to Logan. We can hardly wait to be Grandparents and have our own little grandbaby. Thanks to Jody and Paul for having us over and for the fun day.

Christmas Morning 2008

Christmas Morning. After 20 years of being drug out of bed by kids, this year Diane was the first one up. Phillip and Jenny were coming over at 7:30 to open presents with us, so the girls and Phill all slept in. A tradition in Jenny's family is to have Egg Nog and Cinnamon Rolls so she brought some over for us all to share. It was a nice morning and everyone was happy. Here are a few pictures.

Phill got John Bytheway cds. It was a boxed set. He loves to listen to John when he drives to work.
A Lady at Phills work did pencil drawing of all the kids for me. They turned out really nice. This is one of Phillip and Jenny.

Connie opening a gift.

The Lee's got us this nice clock for Christmas. Now we have to find a place big enough for it.

Jenny opens a new High Chair for the Baby.

Phillip gets a shop vac. Now Phill can have his back.

Amanda gets a new Twilight Hoodie. "Are you afraid"

Megan loves Mustangs so she got a Mustang shirt.

Connie gets her Thunderbird.

Enjoying the morning.

We had a wonderful morning. We are so thankful for the Christmas season, and for our Savior Jesus Christ and the opportunity we have to spend time together as a family.

Christmas Eve 2008

Christmas Eve we always go over to Grandma and Grandpa Wakens house for the evening. Grandpa always reads the Christmas Story from the Bible and then Twas the Night before Christmas. It is always fun to spend the evening with Grams and Gramps.

Lindsey, Sarah, Connie, Amanda

Jenny and Phillip

Grandpa reading the Christmas Story with Jenny Watching

Aunt Jody

Trying to pose for a family Picture

Finally a Good Family Picture

Grandma and Grandpa Waken

Megan and Diane

Phillip and Jenny comparing belly Sizes.

Phill and Uncle Paul must have been hiding because they did not make any pictures.

Ward Christmas Party 2008

Here are a few pictures at our Ward Christmas Party

Connie, Megan and Brandi Eating. Brandi is the granddaughter of one of my Cousins way back.

Amanda sitting on Santas lap. Guess what she wants for Christmas. Megan and Connie had moved on to other activities so we did not get pictures of them and Santa this year.

Phill and Diane with Santa.

Santa is all done and heading back up the Chimney.

Our First Snow

One night I woke up and Phill was missing. I found him in the Loft taking pictures of the snow our our back window. It was so beautiful he wanted to capture it. Later that morning he caught a picture of the birds in our trees. I feed them and when the weather gets bad there could be 50 or 60 in the trees.

Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving 2008.

This Year we had Thanksgiving Dinner at our home. It is always fun to have the family over and spend time together. We had quite a crowd. Our Family Phill, Diane, Amanda, Megan, Connie. Grandma and Grandpa Waken and Sammy. The Lee's Paul, Jody, Sarah and her friend Justin, Lindsey. We had a really nice dinner.

Here is a picture of our Turkey, Phill was the Master Chef and did a great job on it.

Connie prepraing the Veggie and Meat Trays

Grandma and Grandpa and Sams arriving. Phill loves to take pictures of their trucks.

After dinner we played our new favorite game "ImagineIf". When Joe and Marie were here this summer they brought the game and it was so much fun that we went out and bought our own. Because we had to many people Auntie Jody and Megan were partners.

Lindsey and Connie contemplating their answers.

Justin, Sarah, Amanda and Paul. Waiting for Paul to pick his card.

After everyone went home we loaded up in the car and went to the see the movie Bolt. It was a really cute movie. Unfortunately I was so tired that I fell asleep. This seems to be happening more often the older I get. All in all we had a wonderful Thanksgiving.