Thanksgiving

We had a nice relaxing Thanksgiving looking at the Black Friday adds and watching an interesting movie. Then we ate and then we watched a really cute movie. Then we ate dessert and boy, was it good. Chocolate pie, a rolled pumpkin cake with cream cheese filling, a raspberry cheesecake. Ummmm It was delicious! Then we watched another movie and went home at 9:30 p.m. It was great to be in Karina and Alan's newly remodeled home. It was beautiful.


Nick making cranberry sauce!


Karina loving Grant and Taylor watching


Alan looking at Black Friday advertisements

Tate, Landon, and Tanner looking at the computer

Lula with a cold

The beautiful table ready for dinner

All of us waiting to eat while the picture is taken

Norman carving turkey, Jeannie, Tanner, Michelle & Nick

Landons third Birthday

Landon's Birth Party didn't start out with opening presents...It's just hard to get the photos in the right places. They started Rocking Out then opened presents and then we ate and then we had Birthday Cake!


Oh Boy, this looks like a good one


Thanks for the guitar

Thank you for all the vehicles!

Holding Hands and Rock 'N Out

Everyone Rock out!

Everybody Rock Out

Happy Birthday Landon!

Rock "N Out

Look at me, I'm a Rock Star!


Grandma Collins, Tasha, Scott, Makenzie

Grandpa Collins and Timmy with babies

Landon's Cake

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy

Everybody watching Landon blow out the candles


Blowing out the candles

Tate and My Birthday Party

Landon, Grant, Lula, Nick and Michelle


Karina, Taylor and Alan



Landon in front of the ice cream

One of the cousins

Tate getting a candle to light

Tate and Gramma's tummy anxious to eat the cake

Tate and I shared our Birthdays since I was in Montana on my birthday! It was a fun party...we had lots to eat...Hamburgers and Corn on the cob, my Italian salad and Nicks Jello Salad, and chips. Michelle, Nick and Landon and Grant, Scott and Bethany and kids (Alan's brother and sister-in-law) were there. Grampa and Grandma Rigtrup came the day before. The big thing was Tate getting to blow out a candle and everyone tried to help, but the lighter didn't work. After we had eaten the cake, Nick got some toilet paper to fire up using one a the coals and Tate finally was able to blow out a candle!

Michelle and My Yard Sale

Landon in the aisles


Things on the driveway


Things on the yard and Grant

Well, Michelle and I finally had a yard sale. I made $81.30 and Michelle made $210. We sold lots of miscelaneous stuff. I want to have it a second time because there's still a lot of stuff that we could sell, but the weather is not assisting us!!!

My Trip Home to Montana

After the family reunion on Monday, I traveled home to Montana for a 3 week visit with my folks. It was very relaxing and great because I got to touch base with them and enjoy talking about everything and anything! I also got to go and visit with my great Aunt Mary and see her beautiful gardens. I stayed over for my Birthday and it was fun. We picked up Aunt Mary as she was in town for my birthday and to get her car fixed. We went out to eat at the Pink Cadillac. Then after we dropped off Aunt Mary, we went to Spotted Eagle and I waded. Then we went to a museum out at the Pumping Plant (water treatment plant). All in all it was a great trip.



My Dad just waking up from a nap (at Aunt Mary's)


Aunt Mary


The Rock Garden


Sunflowers

Strawberries

Side garden by the deck

Hollyhocks

Mom by the deck

Mom and Aunt Mary

More Hollyhocks (Aunt Mary had pulled out 3 wheelbarrow loads of them that morning)

By the front of the yard

By the driveway

On the other side of the driveway

Me on Sunday

The turkeys....they came every day!

The deer who came along with the turkeys one evening

The woodpecker...he woke me up one morning!

A Few of the many Birds that Mom & Dad feed

They sell cowboy hats here and it's a dollar store

Me wading on my birthday!

This is at the museum that Mom and I went to

Photos of Miles City and Indians from the area

A Western Chair

A statue at the museum

Dille Family Reunion 2009

Daveda and Leland (who was in charge of the reunion)


Basketball anyone? Emma & Pat (her fiance)


This year's reunion was fun! Here are some of the people who made it this year!


Shauna's daughter, Emma and Aaron's daughter, Carter


Taylor, Paige and Lorinda


Saturday potluck luncheon at the park!

Lorin (our oldest son)

Elaina and Jake at the luncheon

Some of those doing ceramics at the school

More ceramics

Marin and Alexis doing (guess what!) ceramics and Nathan

Emma and her dog, Pedro

Mark (Alison's son) and Carter(Aaron's daughter and Grandma Dille

Aaron, Daniel and Nathan and Grandma Dille

The reunion started on Friday and we went to the movies, I can't remember the name of it, but it took place at a museum where everything comes to life at night, oh , it's called Night At The Museum. On Saturday we had the potluck luncheon and one of Uncle Joe's daughter, Wanda and her husband came. We did ceramics and played a game and went swimming. Then Sunday we went to the Shoshone Ward (Grandma is now in the Dietrich Ward). We were in charge of the Sunday luncheon and had Roast Beef, left overs, mashed potatoes and gravy, a relish tray and Apricot Upside Down Cake. And then we had the family meeting and talked about Grandma and the fact that she's forgetting things, etc. Grandma decided that she wants to get rid of her car. And we asked Daveda if she could check on Grandma a couple times a day. All in all it was a fun reunion. Dad found a new talent: ceramincs. We talked a lot and caught up on what the year has brought each of us.

Elaina & Jake's 2 1/2 Day Stay (1/4 on Thursday and 1/4 on Sunday!

Elaina and Jake came to visit for a weekend jaunt! They went to see Michelle, Nick, Landon and the new Baby, Grant, after I picked them up at the airport. Friday, Norman & I and Jake & Elaina went to Puyallup where we visited with Karina and her family. We went to the mall to eat and then Norman, Elaina and Jake went to see Karina's new house (soon to be closing and moving into). Then we had a backyard BBQ. Then on Saturday Norman took Elaina & Jake to the Museum of Flight. They both really loved that! In the evening we met Michelle and her family at the Red Lobster where we enjoyed a fantastic meal. And Jake got to have lobster for the first time! On Sunday morning Norman took them to Seatac Airport where they returned home.


Elaina playing the piano


Jake eating Breakfast

Jake & Elaina just before they left to go home!