Dinner Feasts...

DINNER AT MCGRATHS!

They felt left out in the last picture... so here are the lovely couple! Ohhh, how cute!Sorry Kenzie, I caught you right as you were eating.

Our wonderful BIRTHDAY BOYS!

Daniel Tyler
Great gifts to warm our heads cuz all the blood is running to our stomachs to help digest ALL THAT FOOD!

Tyler was about to pop! He finished off not only his plate, but mine, and all of his ice cream! He was in HEAVEN!

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH MOM AND DAD FOR SPOILING ALL OF US ON DAN AND TY'S BIRTHDAYS! WE LOVE BEING WITH YOU ALL!

p.s. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY DANIEL!

A Stratford Thanksgiving...

What makes a PERFECT THANKSGIVING??

How about a GREAT FAMILY, with a few cute faces...

(sorry I didn't capture everyone's cute face)

We were all so happy that GRANDPA STRATFORD could join us this year.

LOTS OF LOVE....

a few FESTIVE DECORATIONS...

an AMAZINGLY SET TABLE...

...with a few special touches by mom...

...SOME HOLIDAY ART WORK...

...GOTTA HAVE THE TURKEY...

...and a SCRUMPTIOUS DINNER complete with turkey, gravy, stuffing, potatoes (mom), green bean casserole (Kenzie), homemade rolls, (Brittany, Melanie, Kenzie, grandma Waite), Jello ( Melanie), and yams with marshmellows (Deanne).

( I hope I got that all correct- change it if its not)

So what does one do after a meal like that?
JUST LOUNGE AROUND... SLEEP....

...or how about build a COZY FORT ON THE STAIR LANDING...
...GRANDMA THOUGHT IT WAS CHRISTMAS AND GAVE EVERYONE PRESENTS...

She gave the "grown-ups" some fun Christmas ornaments in the cutest box and gave all the grandkids the cutest matching (by family) pajamas. Mav and Slater got green, Madi and Kevi got red and Tracen, Tyler, and Tate got blue.

T3 was so excited about their PJ's they wore them that very night.

And then.... it was time for...

PIE!

Apple (Brittany), Pecan and Marion Berry (Deanne), Pumpkin (grandma Waite)

and Banana Cream (Melanie)

SO INCREDIBLY YUMMY!!!

BIG THANK YOU goes out to MOM for planning such a wonderful THANKSGIVING!

We are also so grateful to have a wonderful cabin available for all the family to gather!

It is always so wonderful to be with our family!

THANK YOU!

Halloween Fun

We has some fun visitors on Halloween.

Ty=Big Ugly Witch

May=Sweet little Dorthy

Madi= Adorable scare crow

Kevin= Cute little lion

Dan+ DEE Jacobs Family + Madi

Super Hero family + one little scare crow.

Shane- Surg Tech of the YEAR

Dusty Clegg RN- Manager IMC/OR + Shane [Big dude of the year}

We are very proud of Shane. He was voted by the staff at Intermountain Medical Center [IMC] as the Surgical Tech Of the Year. This is a great honor for him to receive. He has proven himself to be trusted by the surgeons, respectec by his peers and recognized by the managagement of IMC to be the best he could be.

He was honored Wed morning with a breakfast and a short movie about his life, made by Kenz, before the entire IMC OR staff.

[Greg and Karla, Keith and Janelle and Kenzie, were there]

Way to go Shane..............

Love your family

Christmas?

Yes, I am already trying to be prepared for Christmas. In fact I am happy to say that we are just about DONE with our shopping. Just one more gift and a few stocking stuffers and we're set. So... I just wanted to confirm that everyone is OK with trying this new way of gift giving. I believe we all decided to buy for couples instead of individuals and that we would follow the birth order each year to know who we have. Right? So this year goes as follows:

Dee and Dan Family: Bri and Britt Family
Bri and Britt Family: May and Ty Family
May and Ty Family: Shane and Kenz Family
Shane and Kenz Family: Dan and Dee Family

By doing it this way, it does not mean that you must buy something for every person in that family (unless you want to) it just means you find something that the whole family can enjoy. If you want to do each person in the family... go for it but I do believe it would be nice to have a budget decided so no feels the need to spend more than they need to. So how much should we say? Last year we did $15 per person. So if we said $30 total for whatever family you have, is that fair? INPUT, INPUT , PLEASE! Not trying to be bossy or add any undo pressure, just want to make sure all agree.

Now... let's get CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!

Just because we could

Color Me HAPPY :)

Must be something I ate.......

wOw Another Kiss......

Happy Are We.....

We Love You!

Just wanted to say how much we love you Grandma and Grandpa! Thanks for always being such great examples to us! Our prayers are with you!

Love your family...

We Miss You Grandma & Grandpa...

Hope you're feeling better Grandma!

We want to play with you! Love ya lots!

Love Madi and Kevin

Wonderful Windrivers Backpack 09

Windrivers Backpacking Trip: Memorial Day Weekend 2009

Friday night we drove to Elkhart Park, north of Pinedale, Wyo. Here we spent the night in preparation for the hike. Saturday morning we gathered and started our hike.

Here is our team; Landon and Dean Foust

Shane and Kenzie; fish un-named......

Wild man Wangsgard: Tyler

Scott Diamond and fish

Melanie Wangsgard and Adrian Diamond; doing what they do best=Smiling :)

The OLD man of the mountains: Grandpa, Dad, Keith Stratford, Jr.

First rest stop and first aid station; Mel got a few ouch es on her feet.:(

mile: 3

What we saw, beautiful lakes, trees
and

Beautiful Women..... wheres your make up Kenz???

Oh you don't need any in the mountains!

The weather was perfect. Mid 70's, light breeze and rained most nights from midnight to 2am.

Very few mosquito's, which was a blessing.

Is this really the Titanic??

How did you get this past the pack check?

After Eight miles we finally made it to camp at Junction Lake

[Who brought the Advil???]

After a good night rest [well sorta] we took a day hike up to Brooke lake.

Bolder hopping.

Landon, Adrian and Sue the wonder dog.

You might wonder why a normal, semi intelligent man would wade into a raging, 50deg, mountain stream..... well, he lost his favorite fishing lure.

[ya gotta be a fisherman to understand this]

After a long hike, a nice swim in a mountain lake feels great.

Are there any man [woman] eating trout in this lake??

Would you trust your stomach to this guy???

Scott our great fisherman.

Anyone hungry???

How about a Roasted Stocking sandwich?

Ok, this looks better.

Mushrooms anyone? Are these things eatable?

Shane will eat anything.... well almost.

How about a Hot Dog?

Well, we made it back safe and mostly sound. 25+ miles, a few sore muscle and feet, but not too bad. We had a great trip, weather was perfect and the company was great. Thanks everyone for helping to make this a great trip.

Happy Trails.