Can you smell gas?

Half way through our meeting block the church had to be evacuated because of a gas leak.

Winter Scenes

The snow is very powdery and light. It's just beautiful.

The chimney at Grandpa Whittles.
Big tree out front at Grandpa Whittles.Out side the front door at Grandpa Whittles.

Deer Park Post Office

Highway 395 between Deer Park and Spokane.

C Street in Deer Park

Our house after the first storm.
Our house many storms later.
The trees across the street from our house.
Tree at the hospital.
Icicles on the Church.

Another Deer Park Street.

There are several trees like this around Deer Park. The berries covered with snow made an amazing sight. Nature did her own decorating this year.

A new illness

While making my goody plates Jason came down with some new illness-gumdropitis.

Christmas Day

We had a great Christmas this year. We kept the expense down but everyone seemed happy with their gifts. Our biggest expense was the lettermans jacket we got Amanda. Not many kids letter their freshman year so we thought it was worth the expense.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight.

Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from our family to yours.
Jeff, Cheryl and family

Holiday Party

The after school program, Stepping Stone, had a holiday party for all the stepping stone kids. They also took free family pictures. Ours turned out really cute. Eric and Randy aren't in it. They didn't come because it was at the Elementary school.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Santa Fireman

Every year the local firefighters come around with Santa and deliver candy canes to all the good little girls and boys in Deer Park. Here they are delivering to mine.

Happy Birthday Todd

Todd turned 11 this year. It doesn't hardly seem possible. Happy Birthday Todd.

This is the only candle I could find. Instead of blowing it out, as soon as we finished singing, Todd clapped his hands and it went out. Apparently it's not cool to blow them out once you turn 11.

Night of Nativity

This was the 3rd year that the wards in our building had a Night of Nativity. There were lots of nativities displayed and it was beautifully decorated. Our Primary children sang on Friday night.





This nativity was amazing. It is from Africa and made of some kind of African wood. The carvings were very detailed.

Happy Birthday Kevin

We now have another teenager in the house. Kevin turned 13 this year. For his birthday we went to Red Robin.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving we went to Grandpa and Grandma Whittle's. Nathan and his family were there so the younger kids had some cousins to play with.

Are you ready for some football?

What a day of football. We started with the (rotten) Apple Cup. Cougars vs. Huskies. We have fans for both teams so I made a big batch of fudge and whenever your team scored you got a piece of fudge. Who knew that it would be a better game than the BYU vs. Utah. However we were BYU cougar fans to the finish even if it was a horrible one. Jason with Jeff's cougar helmet.