5.2.12

see jane + family at fenway…

the red sox are celebrating fenway park’s 100th birthday this year. on april 20th we attended the game that was the official party. anyone who has ever played for the sox were invited to return + there was a patriotic-tear-dripping-jets-flying-overhead ceremony for the hour before the game started. it was beautiful. the sox were playing the nyy, and both teams wore vintage uniforms. it was very cool. a day in baseball history to remember. husband and i went with miss fourteen + danny.

before the game started, everyone was given sparkling apple cider to toast to another 100 years at fenway. cheers to our beloved team! there really is something magical about baseball games at fenway.

the next yankees game in the series, we took miss five. i just love her tagging along – she made sure to bring her straw handbag just like mommas. my heart breaks just a little each time i think about how fast the time is going to pass and she’s not going to be little anymore. she promises husband and i everyday she’s going to never get married & plans on living at home to take care of us. we’ll see if that pans out —

the only downer about these games, the sox broke our hearts. they do that. one of our friends called it, “fan abuse!”

but… they’re doing great now. we’ll see how the season goes, we’re just hoping it lasts longer than last year!

read husbands latest red sox martian post, here!

{photos by me.}

12.30.09

soldier hollow tubing hill

we, and seventy of our friends spent the afternoon of myla’s birthday tubing! i feared we would all freeze to death, but even with fresh snow falling, it was not too cold. once we started tubing and pulling kids on tubes, we all kept warm! including the little kiddo’s, sela was a trooper and lasted the full two hours, never once complaining!

this is definitely the way to go tubing, the luxury of a tow-rope!
















{click on group photo to see larger}


after tubing, a smaller group of us went over to heber to eat at this hot spot…

they serve some good ‘chicken fried steak!’


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soldier hollow tubing hill, click here for info.
12.28.09

on christmas eve

12.7.09

thaanum family christmas party

{with the howell boys!}

it’s tradition now to make gingerbread houses for
our family christmas party,

messy, sugary gingerbread fun!

this year our new addition was the princess castle for our two li’l princesses,

i found them at our local toys r us, but you can check them out online here.

11.28.09

trimming the tree

{not our bellies!}

you heard it here first!
there’s a new IN-N-OUT burger approximately one mile from our home.
who would have ever thought that orem, utah would receive such a honor!?!
this is good, and not good.

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dusty & danny were such great sports to make special runs to walmart for extra-needed white xmas lights…first they spent about 1 hour getting half the lights on the tree just perfect, then ran out of lights again and made a SECOND trip to wal-mart!

notice their outfits: do you think they coordinated this? xmas-colored gym clothes, with santa hats! they actually went to walmart looking like this! in the midst of their holiday cheer…

dusty was pulled over by a police officer on the way back home. for:

1- no mud flaps on his hummer
2- failure to stop at a red light, before turning right.
3- failure to signal before changing lanes.

BAH-HUMBUG!!! {take THAT you police officer!}

…Dusty was just excited to get home & eat his triple burger from IN-N-OUT!

so maybe he forgot to completely stop & signal. #*ou!!

we’re keeping this tradition alive!
as soon as the ladder was in the house, the kids started jumping!!!

this was a brand-new, exciting jump for sela…she didn’t participate last year.
she was just LOVING it! she just might have a little thrill-seeker in her after all!

11.28.09

oh christmas tree! oh christmas tree!

for me, the holidays officially begin when the christmas tree goes up!

© 2013 jane rhodes.