November (Part 1)

Wow! It has been a fun filled month since I last posted. My mom came to visit us on the 8th of November. We had lots of fun with her here, including a Saturday drive, which ended up taking us to some wonderful waterfalls unexpectedly. Here are a few shots of Lower and Upper Mesa Falls, about 30 minutes from our house.

Jan saw a black dot up ahead on the road and thought it was a bear. It turned out to be a female moose!

We had such a good time with my mom here. Thanks for coming Mom!

November (Part 2)

After Mom went home, we had a couple of days to get homework done, then Eric and Sarah arrived on Saturday, November 17th. We quickly whisked them away to a ward thanksgiving dinner. On Monday, we decided to go to the tetons via Jackson Hole. Here are some pictures on the way there.














These are the famous horn arches in Jackson Hole. We just went through town on our way to the tetons, then stopped a little later to look around.




Our first glimpse at the tetons.
We wanted to go to Jenny lake, but the road was already closed for the season, so we decided to take the 2.7 mile hike to Lake Taggert. It was beautiful. This is Sarah and the kids at the trail head.

You can see how the weather changed by the time we got back.

This is back in Jackson Hole.

This is Kaile holding her new nephew William Christopher Peterson. He is Allison and Christopher's 3rd son.
John and Claire hugging.
Jan with his two buddies, Tanner and Garrett.
Nana holding Will as Claire gleefully inspects.
All the cousins - in order of age and height.

These were taken at a luncheon with Uncle Pat and Aunt Allison, and John and Emma and kids at Olive Garden.
This is Ron and Ginny. John and Matthew. Aunt Alison with Alison, Bekah, and David.

This is John and Emma's newest - Hannah. She is a doll.

And this is our very informal portrait, taken by a librarian at the Provo Library. :) We are hardly all together - in fact, it has been quite a while, so you have to take every opportunity given.