Christmas in Pittsburgh!

We finally arrived in Pittsburgh for Christmas the night of December 26! We celebrated Christmas on the 27th when it was 70°!! What a wonderful time to be with family - here are some pictures from our few days together.

The whole crew










Zac, Hyrum, Dad and Buddy trying out their new glow sticks from the Zoo.










Megan and Jeremy















Anne showing off her static head!












Brigg and Havalah with Hyrum, Anne and Buddy at the warm park












Meg, Hunter and Zac catching up





Hyrum playing ball with his Dad.













An old game of 4-square -








On the trek home after a fun day at the park - Anne, Dad and Buddy

Havalah brought beautiful scarves home from Germany for the 4 lovely Turner girls!

A tender moment between Marcie and her Mom

Happy, Happy Hunter

Joy's new Bosch!!

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!