Norah Jane Howard was born to Spencer and Jane on October 13th, making our 8th grandchild. Bruce and Jeri were able to go see her and the rest of our Washington families the first part of November. She is a beautiful and very good baby.
Wyatt loves his little sister and Jeri enjoyed playing with them both.
After they unwrapped Norah's present, Wyatt tried to wrap himself up.
One day we took Wyatt to get his first hair cut at the salon. He was so good and held very still.
Grandpa got a hair cut at the same time and they both looked very handsome!
Lee's family came to Vancouver to see us and especially to see Norah for the first time. Joshua is just two months older. Someday they'll be able to play together.
We all went to Chuckie Cheese so the kids could have some fun together and we got a bite to eat.
Later after we came back to Utah, we got dumped with snow a few times. This is our back yard when Bruce is shovelling a path for our dogs early one morning. Last Tuesday we had blizzard conditions and Jeri's Tabernacle Choir rehearsal was cancelled, which doesn't happen very often.
Bruce's 60th birthday landed on the day after Thanksgiving this year, so we had seven that day for dinner and five on the actual day of Thanksgiving. It worked out better that way for the married couples.
This is the group on Bruce's birthday. Somehow, I didn't take a picture when Andy, his friend, Liz, and Rick Garrard came on Thanksgiving Day.
Our little Sophie looked very pretty and had a fun day.
This weekend I got our Christmas decorations inside the house set up. Hopefully we'll have a warmer day outside to put up some lights. I couldn't resist turning Clark into a reindeer for a picture.
Raidon came over and enjoyed the decorations but had the most fun just climbing inside the storage boxes.
He wanted Grandma to put the lid on and stack Santa on top of him. Don't worry.... Grandma was careful not to keep him in there too long so he didn't suffocate.
Bruce's 60th birthday landed on the day after Thanksgiving this year, so we had seven that day for dinner and five on the actual day of Thanksgiving. It worked out better that way for the married couples.
This is the group on Bruce's birthday. Somehow, I didn't take a picture when Andy, his friend, Liz, and Rick Garrard came on Thanksgiving Day.
Our little Sophie looked very pretty and had a fun day.
This weekend I got our Christmas decorations inside the house set up. Hopefully we'll have a warmer day outside to put up some lights. I couldn't resist turning Clark into a reindeer for a picture.
Raidon came over and enjoyed the decorations but had the most fun just climbing inside the storage boxes.
He wanted Grandma to put the lid on and stack Santa on top of him. Don't worry.... Grandma was careful not to keep him in there too long so he didn't suffocate.We have talked with Sarah and Denis quite often on Skype and they are doing well. You can see her blog from my list above. I told them I would send my chili recipe that Denis liked so well when they were here, so I will include it below. Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are enjoying the Chistmas season. We will get a Christmas letter out sometime in December. Love, Jeri
CHILI
1 1/2 lb. hamburger (I used ground turkey)
1 large green pepper
1 large onion
2 (15 oz) cans red kidney beans
1 (28 oz) can tomatoes (I used frozen tomatoes, with the juice, from our garden and omitted the water below.)
2 cups (15 oz) tomato sauce (I used a can of tomato soup)
1 1/2 cups water
1/4 tsp. ground allspice
1 Tbs chili powder (I only put in half as much for a milder chili)
2 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbs honey
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dried basil, crushed
1/2 ground cinnamon
1 large bay leaf
In a large saucepan, cook ground meat with green pepper and onion until meat is brown and vegetables are tender. Drain off excess fat. Add the rest of ingredients and simmer 1 hour stirring occasionally.
As you can see, I made a lot of changes to the recipe, but it is good either way.
Lee's family flew in from Washington to be with us and here is Emily in her very pretty dress.
2 1/2 month old Joshua looks very handsome too! 
The sealing cermony was beautiful at the Salt Lake Temple and I was happy to help my daughter get dressed in her wedding dress we picked out just four days before. Look at those big smiles as they come out of the temple to greet everyone!
Lora Knight, my pretty niece, was our photographer for the day and she took over 1200 pictures! She is editing them back in California and will share them with us soon. She did a great job.
After our group pictures, the bride and groom went off for their own photos while the rest of the wedding party waited.
Here are a couple of friends from Ukraine, Surgeh (sp) and Natalia, who are going to school here.
My wonderful brother, Ron, flew in from California with Tran, his wife, and Lora, the photograper, his daughter,and Jayda (in his lap), daughter of Lora. Rick, the son going to BYU, came also.
My awesome sister, Linda, and her darling daughters, Deana and Beth (and 2 young daughters) drove all the way from Washington State to be with us.
The kids got tired of waiting, but lunch was planned for the Lion House a couple hours away. This is Emily, Whitney, and Zachary Howard.
It wasn't long before Sarah and Denis came back and joined us for lunch.
Denis was very nice to all and was easy to get to know. Emily was brave and spoke into our "open mike" how she loved Denis and "her Sarah".
A beautiful picture caught on the stairs.
