Nancy & Steve's clan!
Cher & Tre
Our crazy clan... normal picture to follow. Check out Connor!
There you go.
The Thompson clan (and thank you for hosting us at your home Layne & Carly)!
Awww... cute John and Tre
Nancy, Mom & Uncle Rick 
The movie Twilight premiered in November and Matt and I bought 10 tickets so that Kayla could see it with all of her friends. I think the photo's speak for themselves...
We liked the movie, too, but not as much as these girls!
We went downtown to Temple Square to see the lights while Bob, Suz and Ellie were in town, with all of the Stockwell cousins.
I love this picture...
In November my sweet dad underwent triple bypass surgery, and we are so happy to report that he came through it beautifully. They even took a picture of his heart while they were operating and brought it out to the ICU waiting room to show us. When I told Matt about this, he asked me if dad's heart looked beautiful, because to him, dad's is the most beautiful heart he's ever seen. When dad woke up after the surgery, with tubes in his mouth, etc., I told him what Matt had said, and he got these sweet tears in his eyes.
Here we are on the day after the surgery!
Amalia and Gordon were SO nice as to offer us their home while we were in San Fran. Look how darling it is! Thanks, guys - we love you!
These pictures are in kind of random order, but I'll just go with it... We spent some time in San Francisco in November and December, and had a great time with family and friends. This is my friend Kristen Anthony, obviously about to deliver her little boy, Charlie!
Cousins climbing trees!
Crazy cousins!
Chinese lunch (that was not that great, to be honest...). The company was wonderful, though!
More time with the Anthony's! Thai food...much better!
Matt, Sarah, me and Karen at Karen's house. Dave's not in the picture but he was there, too. We love you guys!
Sarah, Amalia (who's beautiful house is posted), me and Karen.
We are so happy for Whitney and Tom!!! What a wonderful weekend, and reconnecting with the DC girls at the same time was a blast (see all of their blogs)!! Whit and Tom were married in the Salt Lake Temple on October 24th and had a beautiful ring ceremony and reception at Sundance on the 25th. The girls all had a sleep over at Traci Rampton's in-laws home (not a lot of sleep that night...) and it was wonderful to be with Whitney again so much that week.
The girls outside the SL Temple: Adrienne, Jill, Mauri, Kathy, 
Inside the Sundance reception - sane group, adding in Whitney (gorgeous bride)!
If you haven't seen the movie Catch Me If You Can you may not be that familiar with Frank Abagnale, but I remember seeing that movie and being astonished that it was based on a true story. Matt and I attended a dinner at The Grand America Hotel with Matt's parents and were so excited to hear Frank Abagnale address the group as the keynote. We did not leave disappointed and I am now eager to read his autobiography, and am so inspired by what he's learned, what he teaches, and how he is so apply able to transfer that wisdom to others. His version of his life differed a little from the movie, but not by much, and he explained why there were some creative licenses taken with his story when it was made into a motion picture. 
First of all, the trees in our neighborhood look like this during the fall, and I wish this picture could do it justice because the streets look like they are on fire - it's beautiful. 
Dad carved the best pumpkin this year & took great pride in it. It was pretty cool - see below!
Dad and the kids at our carving-fest!
Kayla and some cousins picking out their favorite pumpkins.
No, that was not Matt's final selection - I think he knew I would decorate with some fun small ones, but it still looks funny that he's carrying that one around while the kids were carrying gigantic ones!
Natalie, Kayla & Lauren
The Stockwell gang!
Noah, Kayla, Sarah at Salt Creek
Nate, Kayla & Mira at RFD!!
Shaun & Matt
We love the Goodsells!! Glen, Faye, Tess & Noah (pictured here), we miss you!
Mira, Nate & Kayla at Universal Studios with Sponge Bob...
Matt & Cher at Salt Creek
Matt in his happy place...
Great Nate
Matt's favorite bird...the Great Blue Heron
We spent an afternoon with the Eichenberg's in Newport Beach. Such dear friends that I wish we could see more of! They took us out on the "Duffy" to the Cannery for lunch, and then back to their house for a few hours. Bob let Nate and Kayla drive the Duffy...they're pros!
