The Francis Family

Monday, December 20, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010

We hosted Thanksgiving at our place for the first time this year. We had Skyler's parents and sister, C'era and her husband, Trevor staying with us for Thanksgiving. It was really nice to spend some time together as the Francis side doesn't get to do that very often.

Skyler's dad making his famous apple pie

Westin couldn't wait for dinner so he decided to try some dog food

Baily watching Skyler prepare the Turkey

Perfection

We'll end with Westin enjoying the olives at Thanksgiving dinner

Sittin' with Grandpa

Even though Westin hasn't seen his Grandpa Francis since he was 2 months old, he treated him as if he were his best buddy all along when grandma and grandpa came to visit. He loved to go to grandpa and sit on his lap. I just adore these pictures of Westin with Grandpa.

Skyler's tile work

Skyler doesn't lay tile anymore, but when my mom needed someone to redo the basement bath, I sort of talked Sklyer into doing it. He's pretty awesome at whatever he does and takes pride in his work so I knew he would do an awesome job in the bathroom. (He also layed tile in the Laundry). He worked on it some nights after work and a few Saturdays. It turned out quite beautiful.

A few before pictures after stuff was torn out

The lovely after

Lucked out

I've been thinking today how much I've loved my calling in our "new" ward. In July I was called to teach in Primary. I was called to teach the 11-12 year olds. I had been in primary before about 5 years back, but I was with the Sunbeams. I loved loved loved being with the Sunbeams so much. I didn't think anything could beat it. But I found that this group of kids were pretty awesome too. I guess it's just a different kind of awesome that are Sunbeams. I really lucked out this year with these kids. They are such a great group of kids. There are 4 of them. All of them pretty much always come. They all have totally different personalities. They make me laugh.

(today we laughed when one of the boys blew a bubble with his gum and got gum stuck to his mouth).

We have so much fun, all while learning of course. They remind me of the innocence of children and how to let loose a little bit and have fun. A few months back, the the last few officially reached the age of 12 and graduated from primary so I no longer needed to be in the Primary room for singing and sharing time after our class-time. I really missed that. I think that there is little better than to listen to kids sing. I look forward to being back in there at the beginning of the year with a new group of kids!

Sunday, December 12, 2010

In a meadow far far away..

Back in September, we had our family pictures taken by the wonderful Lindsey Stewart of Green Apple Photography. She is the one I was able to assist over the summer. I loved loved loved working with her. I love her style. She is fantastic at what she does. I knew I wanted her to take our family photos. She did a great job. We love them!

I can't believe how much Westin has changed even in just the last 3 months! Since these were taken his toddler face has continued to take set in, he's started walking, and he's also had a lot more teeth come in since these were taken. I'm working on getting these on the wall before they become obsolete!