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On Christmas morning Santa came to us a little early with a new computer (why I am having a little trouble with blogging lately)! It is a lot of fun. We also got a new digital SLR Camera from Santa! I think my dad is a little jealous. We had a yummy Christmas breakfast (Finn and Hattie) spent some time with Grandma Pat and then went to My Mom and Dad's for dinner.

Christmas Eve

Every Christmas Eve we have a big soup party with Patrick's mothers family.  The soups were really good and the kids were cuter than ever.

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The weekend before Christmas Jason and Jenn's family came into town to celebrate Christmas with us. It was a lot of fun. Here are some highlights:

Patrick's Post of Heidi's Half Marathon

December 1st 2007 Heidi donn Longsroth Lowder completed the Las Vegas Zappos Half Marathon, what an incredible feet as it is with all running events that make you run further than a terrible parking spot at Smiths on a cold rainy day. But if that is your thing then so be it.




The excitement of the day and the Three trips to the all you can eat buffet at the Excalibur left me without a fighting chance when I put my ten pound cranium on my huge pilla.

























The chicks that ran the race where sooo hot. I picked these ones out of the 17,000 others that came across the finish. I am pretty sure the one in the middle wants me!




































After the grueling 13.1 mile dash the Hot girls we found wanted to take a ride in my sweet whip. If a carriage ride around the castle doesn't do it for them nothing will.

You may or may not notice, five girls in this picture are totally topless! Viva Las Vegas



















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The most Important thing I learned this weekend is that Elvis Lives and he is a Runner!

Benton

Benton Michael Blackman was blessed today! He was so good, he didn't make a peep. Grandpa Scottie blessed the "man child" and it was a beautiful blessing! Benton also got his first taste of icecream, I think he really liked it. We are so happy to have Benton in our family!

Ginger Bread Houses

On Friday Kortni, Quenton, and Braydon and I made some gingerbread houses out of graham crackers. We did the best we could. Kortni's turned out the best! On Saturday Jodi had her annual gingerbread house party. She is amazing! Jodi made all of these gingerbread houses and all of the frosting for us to make these neat houses. I think the adults had just as much fun as the kids!

Thanksgiving!

For Thanksgiving we had Jason and jennifer's family stay with us. They were a blast! We ate dinner at Michelle's house and it was wonderful. After we went to My Mom and Dad's and played with Kaycee and Jackson. (Kaycee took some of these pictures for me!) We are very thankful for our family and friends!

Ryan & Cami's Wedding

Today, my best friend since about the 8th grade got married. Camilla Traci Smith is no longer. She is a McAffe! We are so happy for her. I grew up with Cami, her parents all but legally adopted me and I love then dearly. Cami's grandma Idonna is amazing, she didn't skip a beat when I took her picture! Cami and Ryan both looked beautiful! Congrats!!

Sunday School Party

Last Sunday we got released from our calling in Sunday School. We will teach Primary, Patrick isn't too happy but I'm sure it's be fun. We will miss everyone from our class though. On Tuesday we had a party! We had pizza and played the Wii. Boxing was a HIT!! There were some really good matches. We had a lot of fun.

Hunting in Lewiston

This weekend we had such a good time. Patrick and I went with Jenn and Brandon to Lewiston, Utah. It was Jenn's Mom Cecille's birthday ( Happy Birthday!) and Brandon went with Patrick on his first hunting trip since he has completed Hunter Safety. We had dinner at Maddox's on the way up and I think Patrick will write in his journal about that. Brandon and Patrick both shot the pheasant, they saw 4 and 1 hen. I think they had a really good time, they got chased by a bunch of cows and were really scared. Anyway Thanks Brandon and Jenn, and Anthony and Cecille for helping us have such an awesome time!

The Shootist

Patrick is enrolled in Hunter Safety with Riverton City. He had his shooting test on Saturday and he scored 30/30! Good Job Honey!! On Sunday we went on the Pony Express Trail and shot some clay rabbits. It was a lot of fun.