It's Thanksgiving Day

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with lots of good food and fun visiting with family and friends. Both of my brothers and their families were able to come from New Hampshire, my mother and her friend Bill, and we were also blessed with 4 missionaries to share our meal with us!! We ate tons of delicious food and played lots of fun games!

Thanksgiving Day Slideshow

All In A Day's Work

Here are some photos of a couple of really long days (and nights)with 4 poached deer, 2 moose, and what was left of a turkey!! Good job Game Wardens!

Jill's 40th Party

Well, Ben really went all out on this one! Those of you who know him well will not be surprised, he has a knack for surprising me and loves to celebrate birthdays! I spent the most part of my day on campus as Mondays are one of my busiest days, I did not get home until 5:30. We started the fun with chinese for dinner from my favorite restaurant....then Ben presented me with a black rose complete with "OLDER THAN DIRT" balloon. He also had a white cake made with black roses and a wad of 40 candles that looked like a stick of dynamite! Check out the photos below, it was a foot high flame on that cake!! As we were eating our cake, Ben really surprised me with the most beatiful RED ROSES and another balloon..."I LOVE YOU". This of course melted my heart and the black roses were forgotten :)...It was such a fun evening, complete with laughing, crying and lots of hugs. Ben may have really set himself up though...he is only 37 and he has now opened the door for me in a couple of years when it's his turn!!!!!!!

Jill Turns the Big 4-0

Well, I've decided to stop fighting it and just go ahead and embrace this milestone in my life!! Yes, I am turning 40, hard to believe, but here it is!! There is a lot of discussion about this in our house because I am the OLDEST person in the place! Ben is still a mere pup at 37....he really likes to rub that in! Thanks for the BEAUTIFUL flowers Anya!!!! :)