Our Gingerbread House Party!

The Nutcracker Ballet!

On Wed. Dec 3rd, I got to go with Ellie and her 5th grade class to the Nutcraker Ballet!

It was really fun to get to go. This is Ellie, and her McKinen, in front the Capitol Theatre.

McKinen, Ellie, and Vonya

Ellie & some of her classmates, Collin, Wyatt, (Ellie), McKinen, with the Nutcraker.
The most boys in her class were not excited to be there, especially since they had to be dressed up.

Ellie and Maria with the Nutcraker.

Here we are waitin' for the ballet to start. Ellie and I had been to see it before a couple of years ago, so we new what to except, but McKinen hadn't ever seen it, so it was fun to watch it with her. The boys in front of us were quite bored, and one of them even said he would NEVER come back. I think a little culture never hurts anyone.

Thanksgiving Day '08

A few days before Thanksgiving, my sister in law got the grandchildren together and made these cool Oreo Turkeys.
All the kids enjoyed eating them on Thanksgiving Day!

Grandma & Maylie

Here are a few pictures of the feast.

We had the dinner at my brother, Corey's new house, and it turned out very nice.

Charlotte, Kathryn, Susan, & Tyler

My aunt Charlotte & my sister, Krystalina just found out they both have Celiacs disease. So we had to make a few adjustments for dinner like Gluten free rolls, and cornbread stuffing. They both ate their pumpkin pie without the crust, which I think is better anyway.

Mandy had the tables all decorted very festive, and we just served dinner buffet style.

Emma, Rebecca, Sydney, & Ellie

At the big girls table

Mason

It isn't Thanksgiving without Olive fingers, is it?

Weston & Mac enjoying dinner.

My brother in law, Brian even offered to do the dishes, so all us girls let him.

Then it was time for Turkey naps & a little B-ball.

It was quite a game of 2 ball poison, they even got me to play a few rounds.

Then it was time for Pie & Thanksgiving left-overs.

After we ate pie, some of my brothers, and sisters taught me how to play a game called "Ticket to Ride". It was a lot of fun, and kind of a challenge to play.

All in all we had a great Thanksgiving, we were only missing my brother Jacob and his family, who live in Switzerland. We hope you had a Great Thanksgiving too.

The Epperson Family Thankful List~A to Z

We are Thankful for many things!
A~ Apples, Airplanes, Aunts, Air, & Angels
B~ Baseball, Beaches, Bugs, Bekah, Books & Brothers
C~ Cows, Cats, Comics, Cookies, & Camera
D~ Dad, Dogs, Dinosaurs, Daddy & Donuts
E~ Ellie, Eagles, Elephants, Eggnog, & Eyes
F~ Family, Fathers, Friends, Fish(Rainbow) & First aide kit
G~ Grandpas, Grandmas, Guns, & Grapes
H~ Horses, Heavenly Father, Holy Ghost, & House
I~ Inventors, Intellect, Ice cream, Imagination, & Igloos
J~ Jump ropes, Jack-o-lanterns, Jesus, & Jewelry
K~ Kola, Kittens, Kitchen & Kites
L~ Love, Lemurs, Legos, Laps to sit on, & Lyn
M~ Mom, Mommy, Momma, & Moms
N~ Nintendo, North Star, Nicknames, Nickelodeon, & Nursery Rhymes
O~ Otter pops, Olives, Opal(Ellie's birthstone), Oranges, & Ocean
P~ Pink, Parents, Prayers, Pie, Penguins, & Poppies
Q~ Quilts, Queen Conch, Quagga, Quarters, & Quiet
R~ Reptiles, Riding horses, Right Angle HVAC, Running, & Remote Control
S~ School, Sisters, Sleepovers, Soccer, & Space shuttle
T~ Teachers, Turtles, T.V., Tulips, & the Tipi
U~ Uncles, Unicorns, Utah, & U.S.A.
V~ Video games, Violin, Vets, Violets, & Vacation
W~ Weston, Watermelon, Whales, & Water
X~ XOXOXO(hugs & kisses)
Y~ Yogurt, Yard, Yo-yos, & You and you and you
Z~ Zebras, Zigzags, the Zoo, & ZZZZZZzzzzzzzz

The Twilight Movie

My sister, Annelisa and my friends Rachel, Teresa, & her daughters Sarah and Shayla all went to the Twilight Movie on Friday night. We had to stand in line(even in Heber) in the cold for around 45 mins. However, we did bring hot choc. to help us stay warm.


Here we are in the Theatre before the movie started. I even wore my "I Run With The Pack" shirt for the event.
Verdict:
I liked it. I didn't love it. I had a hard time with Robert Pattinson being Edward, but he tends to grow on you after a while. When the vamp family comes into the cafeteria for lunch the 1st time they do look beautiful! They left out a few key things that should have been in there for the next movie, but we will just have to wait and see. I wasn't too pleased with Jacob, but I always imaged Steven Strait in that role. However, I did love the Prom. It was my favorite part. So all in all I give Twilight **** Stars. The book, as always was better.
Now we will just have to wait until the NEW MOON movie comes out filming is going to start after the holidays.

Ellie & her Fiddle!

This last Sept. Ellie started taking violin/fiddle lessons, through the schools orchestra program. We have found out that she is quite good and really has a nac for playing it.

Grandma Susy promised to buy her a violin for her birthday,

but right now we are just renting it.

She can play quite a few simple songs, and has even tried to teach me to play a bit.

Her class is working on some songs for their Christmas concert, and are almost done learning their first book.

She enjoys the music so much that during cowboy poetry we took her to a concert to hear these girls play.

Here is Ellie with her new friends the QUEBE SISTERS. Ellie really enjoyed listening to their music and getting inspired to play. She even bought their CD and had them all sign it.

Cowboy Poetry!

This year we were more involved in

The Cowboy Poetry Gathering than in the past.

We always go to the kick-off dinner & concert, but this year we were able to go to more performances.

This is our Hometown Cowboy, Richard Lee Cody!
He is an Epperson Family favorite, and a good friend.

Ellie, Bekah, and Weston with Grandma Susy!
(Ray was to little to go, but he had more fun at Sam's House)

One of the many entertainers at the Horse Extravaganza
Ellie really loved his horse, her name is Rosa.


My favorite part of the whole weekend was the

Jam Session at the Claim Jumper.
We had a great time, got to be crazy, and met some fun new friends.

Richard, in middle of the Jammers.

Me, line dancin' with my girlfriends!

Everyone gets in on the act. The guy in the golf hat, could play one good song, but he said he learned a lot just by hangin' out with these great musicians.
Maybe I can talk Lyn into taking his guitar next year.

At the Sunday session of Cowboy Church
We got to listen to the great Bar J Wranglers

And a new comers to the gathering Miss Junie Fisher!

She has an awesome voice, and is a great song writer too!

All in all it was a great year!

The kids and Grandma Susy

Ray and Grandpa Blaine



So until next year, make sure you don't sit on your spurs, and we'll see y'all then!

The Epperson Family
(L~R Lyn, Heather, Chris Tiesha, Ray,Weston, Bekah, Grma Susy, Ellie, Grpa Blaine, & Klint)