Snow storm

8 days of snow!! We cleaned the driveway every day.

Heaviest snow day was Saturday December 20 - for the first year in 18 years we had to cancel our annual caroling party :(

Mt. Rainier replica for BT!

I sank to my shins in the back yard.

Snow build-up on the little shed out back.

Ice on the rhoddies.

Look at the ice on the branches! Amid the storm this is kind of pretty. (Mom thinks its scary!)

Zoolights!

Magical!!

Thanksgiving in Paradise '08

Daydre and Karly showing off the traditional way of eating olives.

Chowing down on veggies with Grammy!

Camie mashing the potatoes - obvioulsy to music

Shauna, John, and Gary making final preparations for a wonderful meal.

Papa's Funeral

Papa Wilson passed away on Friday October 3, 2008. We were so happy that each of the Turner children could attend the funeral in Paradise, California.

Grammy with Papa's flag presented by the military.












The 5 of us - it was great to be together!














Papa's six children and their spouses.

















Megan and Hunter

Jed and Carly

Zac and Brigg
with some of their cousins

24 of Papa's 27 grandchildren

6 of his 9 great-grandchildren

Birthday Plate

Dad here.

I wanted to include this picture of my sweetheart because she's so cute! I also want to prove to certain members of our sweet family that we did remember to use the red plate on her special day!!

Love you -

Kitchen Finale/Fruit!

We wanted you to see some of our last editions to the kitchen - which is now officially finished!

Here is an example of the wooden blinds we bought for the windows in the dining room and the kitchen. We also have a double blind over the sliding glass door leading to the deck.

We were very pleased with the way the backsplash tile turned out. It's also under the cabinets where we keep the cereal, etc. and also under the cabinets where we keep our dishes.

You've seen the sink before but never full of plums! (This picture represents about a third of our plum pickin' this year!) Our plum tree this year was very productive - we've spent many nights lately making plum jam and it's quite delicious!

While not as productive as the plum tree, we've enjoyed quite a few apples this year as well. We've really enjoyed eating fruit and veggies from our own garden!

Summer Fruit!

We've had a great summer for fruit, especially our blueberry plants. Here are a few photos of our plentiful crop!

First a quick view of the beans, onions and very healthy rhubarb!

Our apple tree has got quite a few apples on it this year - to the point of bending down some of the branches.

Though you can't see them very well, our plum tree is quite full (I was going to say "plum full" but decided not to!)

One of our very productive blueberry bushes.

We pick blueberries about every other day! Here's a typical result of a picking. This time we were able to pick a couple of peaches as well.

3 summer Wilson weddings

Ryan and Shannon Cooley, Brandon and Brooke Wilson, and Melissa and Brady Morris were all married this year in the temple! Here are a few photos of each.

Ann Arbor/Pittsburgh - Part 1

This summer we were able to fly back east and spend a week with our kids - part in Ann Arbor, Michigan and part of the week in Pittsburgh, PA. We spent the first few days of our vacation with Megan and Jeremy and their boys in Michigan.

One day we went to Independence Lake not far from their home and had a great time.





Mother and daughter had many opportunities to visit!










Near the lake there was a fountain park.

Thanks to Jeremy, Hunter was able to catch his normal nap!

This is the kind of mood you'll find Hunter in most of the time.

Ann Arbor/Pittsburgh - Part 2

After spending a few days in Ann Arbor with the Shakespear's, we all hopped in their van and drove the 4 1/2 hours to Pittsburgh to visit Zac, Joy and their family!

Zac and Joy's new house on millionaire row in Pittsburgh! It was built in the 1800's and was plenty big for all of us.

All of us, just missing Brigg and Havalah!

Fun in the backyard -

Anne was very sweet to her cousins and brother

The four kids had a great time together - of course a fun park was on the itinerary!