Thanksgiving with the Yohnson's!

I always bring my camera to family functions then usually end up borrowing someone else's camera for the best pics and think I'll get the pics later. But here are two:

Cooking Grandpa's fish. The kids (and Evan) were pretty impressed with how big it was. Playing piano with Riley, Hy, & Logan. Hyrum had it about right.

Pictures that were missed:

• Ev's dutch oven turkey



• The YUMMY food and Mom's beautiful decor
  


• Hyrum and his four trapped gophers



• Black Friday shopping for the first time in my life and the people running in at Target



• Zumba with the younger sisters

We had sooo much fun and loved getting away and spending time with family! Thanks to everyone :)

Yum-yum

For our wedding, someone gave us an icecream maker. Finally, after 8 years, we got it out this weekend and Ev made some icecream! It was delicious!! One of our family friends returned from his mission and spoke in Garrison, so we went there today. It was SOOO good to go back and see all of our dear friends there. It was definitely a highlight.
We also visited Jeb's grave. After our family prayer at night we put our hands in the center and say, "Sure do love you" (something I did growing up). So here we are putting our hands on Jeb's headstone saying "Sure do love you." We miss our little boy!

What in the world?

Does this look slightly disturbing to anyone else?
I asked Ev to get some potatoes for the upcoming week from the potato cellar. He didn't have a sack, so he used PREG CHECKING GLOVES (non-used ones, of course) to carry them in. Then he says, "Kind of looks like the arms Ammon cut off of the Lamanites, huh?"
I'm so glad to be married to such a creative, practical, "use-what-you've-got" type of man.

"Worst Mom in the World" Award

....goes to me. Hands down. I mean, who else would take this:

And destroy all the happiness and love? Me. We found this cute little white kitten where the dogs are and I let Riley love it. And she LOVES it. Like Elmira from Tiny Toons...remember her? JC will.

Anyway, after bonding with it for a half hour and "smooshing" it and kissing it and petting it and holding it by the tail, I decided it was time to leave. And I decided to just drop the kitten off at the owner's home. Even Evan told me to leave it in the trailer until the owners came. But no. I was being practical.

(Just look at that face).

After prying it from her hands, I let the little kitten run free. And the whole way home, all I heard were sobs. Lots and lots of sobs. Usually I'm not a softie. But this time my little shoulder people came on my shoulders and said:

Shoulder Devil: That's right. You're the mom. You're the law.

Shoulder Angel: Yeah, but over a kitten? Really?

Shoulder Devil: Don't be a softie. She'll get over it.

Shoulder Angel: Why say "no" when you could say "yes." She LOVES that kitty.

So the Shoulder Angel has won out and I talked to the owner last night. Sometime this evening, Riley AND Hyrum will both be getting new kittens.

Hyrum's one REQUIREMENT

Somehow the little "hon-yock" and I were on the discussion of his future wife.

He looked at me and said, "Mom, the one thing my woman needs is (and I'm thinking to be a good mom, a cute girl, a girl that goes to church....but no) to like John Deere tractors."

So that is it. It will be fun to see if it comes true :) That's my tractor man! (His latest game is to "fish" in my window well).