Wishing You a Merry Christmas!

...and a Happy New Year!

Love,

the Packer Family

(There... Consider this your Christmas card!)

(Thank You Briar!  We love you!)

Mess Makers

"Artist" runs in the family.... Am I happy about it???? That's yet to be determined!

 They look a little too happy...

Fall News Report

Reporter: Are you having a great fall yet?

Jocelyn: Yes, I am!





Reporter: What was your favorite part?

Jocelyn: Are you kidding me?  Burring Zanden of coarse!

Reporter: What was your least favorite part?

Jocelyn: There was this guy that wanted to give Alauna a haircut...

Jocelyn: We got outta there fast!  Needless to say,

from then on, we kept our distance!

Reporter: What did you dress up as for Halloween?

Jocelyn: I was a kitty!

Reporter: And your brother and sister?

Jocelyn: Well, Zanden was Iron Man of coarse!

(Jocelyn rolls her eyes)

Reporter: And Alauna?
Jocelyn:  She was Little Red Ridding Hood.



Reporter: What was your favorite part of Halloween?

Jocelyn: Is that a serious question? I mean, can you really not know the answer to that?

Reporter: Oh yeah, right, the candy.  And besides that?

Jocelyn: Well, there was the pumpkin decorating!

Jocelyn: Even though we weren't allowed to carve ours like Mommy and Daddy...

Jocelyn: Grown-ups have all the fun!

Reporter: Well, thanks for the interview Jocelyn. 

Is there any thing you want to say to our readers?

Jocelyn: Yes.  Does anybody know why Mommy wants to "dress the turkey" for Thanksgiving?

I hope she dresses it like a kitty too!

The American West Heritage Center

This year we had the really great opportunity to volunteer at the American West Heritage Center

(think "This is the Place" but smaller).

I did it for the Haunted Hallow... I got to play Dr. Jekyll; check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VJVi14AAZg

Pretty good, eh?

Some of my favorite Memories of the AWHC include:

 quiet time with my family,

seeing my creative boy's creations,

and picturing what my wife might look like in 60 years...

Yup, still hot!

Watching your boy become more and more like a man

is a pretty priceless gift!

Man, those were the days...

You want the definition of cute?...

It's Jocelyn and Alauna as pioneers!

Our wonderful summer has come and gone...

...like that beautiful elusive white peacock everyone tried so hard to capture a perfect record of.

If you haven't been, I "reckon" you should stop on by next year and give us a holler!

Later! 

David

I'm a Big Girl Now!

THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!!!

Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me!!!

San Diego Part:2

Hi Family!  We're back to tell you the rest of our tale!

 (......finally!)

Let's see... where did we leave off? ...

We went to the beach...

Took all the usual pictures...

Daddy even found a new hobby!

...so did aunt Shuree?

We took tours of some great big ships!

I even got to be the captain!

I told daddy if he got tools like these, he would never loose them...

The submarines were really neat...

 ...but we were all glad to be out in the open air again!

I love the sea!

Medieval Times was awesome!

There were real knights and everything!

We were having so much fun,

we almost forgot to stop and take a picture!

Ha, Ha!  I love that one!

Now, seriously, smile for the camera everyone!

We were all so glad to have Aunt Shuree.

Jocie really thought she was something special...

...technically, I guess she is. 

It  was her birthday after all!

And what's a birthday without cake!

What was my favorite part?

I got to ride a big boy roller-coaster!

No, wait, that was the worst part...

Jocie and I were confused...

Were we at Sea World or the farm?

I guess Alauna was too... is this a horse?

We definitely wore ourselves out.

...ever wondered what the result of Restless Leg Syndrome is?

See you next time!

Love, Zanden