Grandpa Snuggling Abby

Brian and Emily

Brian's girlfriend, Emily Lott, came to Thanksgiving dinner with the whole family . . . and she still is willing to hang out with Brian! Here they are at the Jazz game. Emily and Brian have been dating for about 8 months (long distance) but now Brian has moved up to Salt Lake. Emily is finishing up her Master's degree at the University of Utah. She's beautiful, smart and talented (she's an artist), so we're not sure how long she'll hang out with our kind!

Cousins & More

Julie's kids, Sierra (is this the right spelling?) and Jacob, were so cute with Abby.
Aubree Limb with David's wife, Taylor. . . . while Taylor was giving Aubree the pep talk on why it would be great to come to Dixie State College next year.

Thanksgiving Fun

We had a great time at Thanksgiving in Kaysville with the Barrett side of the family. There were 12 missing from the whole crew of 63 . . . and most of those were mine! Mike, Bri, Trent and Garret stayed in Hawaii, and Kenny, Christan, Bailey and Corbin stayed in Ivins (Christan and the kids were exposed to chicken pox and didn't want to put the whole Barrett family at risk!). So the other 51 of us had a great time eating, playing basketball, talking, eating, playing games, hugging babies, discussing genealogy and of course . . . eating. George treated the Smith gang + Great Grandpa & Grandma to dinner on Friday night and everyone went to the Jazz vs. Hornets game. It was great to have time to catch up with family - meet new family members (Brooke's new baby, Brandon's new wife), and listen to my Dad's war stories. I even heard a new story - all about how he survived a typhoon on an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific during World War II. It was a great trip. Shellie has some fun Thanksgiving photos on her blog page. Check it out: http://www.abittan.blogspot.com/