day 355.

i don't know what's more fun,

actually playing the kinect,

or taking pictures of people playing the kinect.

day 354.

my brother got the complete set of "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey"

Him and my Dad were so cute reading them to eachother and laughing.

day 353.

Grandma and Grandpa Talbot's "Christmas Train"

this thing is cool.

its out every year, and the kids love it.

day 347.

Rain Forest Cafe, Ontario CA.

with uncle Ty, Mom, Bev, me, andy & jax.

this was one of the highlights of our vacay. hate to be a downer, but there weren't many.

day 330.

making christmas presents...

day 322.

happy thanksgiving.

i am thankful for LIFE.

let me explain why i chose this photo. its been a crazy year for me, and for my husbands side of the family, and for a dear friend of mine. LIFE has been crazy. many babies were born, but none of them being mine. 4 of my sister in laws had babies this year. this is one of them. my friend has two babies that were completely unplanned, and she is unmarried. this isn't a self pity post by any means. what makes this whole thing significant and ironic, is that this baby's daddy has cancer, and has been told he has a 10% chance to live. This baby right here was conceived ONE month before they even knew he had cancer, and before he started chemo right after, making him sterile. this baby was a miracle.

this baby was given LIFE.

LIFE is a miracle.

i am so very blessed to have LIFE, while some our struggling so hard for theirs.

day 294.

at the park with mom & bev.

it sure is fun when we get company!

day 293.

thriller!!

(with my mom, bro trevor, andrew, and emma& claire ( two ladies that came to visit from england ))

if you haven't seen thriller YOU NEED TO!

day 282.

Richfield Halloween Party.

Best costume goes to my uncle kellon!

day 281.

grandpa's pumpkin patch.

love it.

day 262.

i love this boy.

he is my brother.

he goes to college now, and it makes me terribly sad.

i mean terribly terribly sad.

i cried when he had to leave to go back to college this day.

day 227.

these are my beautiful cousins.

this was taken at my brother's homecoming lunch. I was SO horrible about taking pictures! agh!

but at least i got this one of these cutesies.

i wish i could steal them and use them as my models whenever i wanted.

i don't think they'd fight it too hard.

day 226.

gosh DARNIT.

this day i went on a way awesome long beautiful amazing fourwheeler ride with my mish bro, carson, and his comp. friends and our cousin & her bf. 

BUT you wouldn't guess what happened.

 Someone forgot their camera.

It was one of the greatest forms of torture I've endured to date.

There were beautiful sights to see, all to only be remembered in our heads.

sad.

So after the fourwheeler ride, in my gloomy state,

i took this picture of everyone just chillin in the living room (my parents house)

i have no idea what's going on at this exact moment. its fun to try to guess though.

day 224.

welcome home, carsy babe!

(aka elder gentry, aka my BIG little bro)

day 191.

painting the roses red.

thats all i could think of while painting.

do you know what that's from?

yeah, alice and wonderland. the original, from my childhood. the only one worth remembering.

my dad & i painted their fence.

the good old fashioned manual labor felt refreshing to me.

day 190.

eating ice cream with uncle bev at a

new deli in R-town.

day 170.

minersville park?

(i think it was called)

its up marysvale canyon.

it was beautiful.

day 148.

andy wants a daughter.

 (i'm tryin, i'm tryin!)

(baby mckenna, 10 weeks old)

day 138.

lil big bro graduated.

[he's the tall guy in the middle]

day 137.

little Bev. avoiding me.