Cousin Dinner

I will try to post quickly about all the Christmas festivities and family fun. The first of which was the cousin dinner. We were so excited that Jill and her family made the trek out to Utah from Northern California to visit her husband Scott's family so we could all have an excuse to get together! Thanks Jill!

Me and Jill

Lisa (Jill's sister) and Jenny

Jill, Jenny and I were like the "3 Amigos" growing up! Jill and I are the same age and Jenny is a year older. We had so much fun together! There are so many memories from December trips to Bear Lake snowmobiling and skiing, to camping up Logan canyon or traveling to San Diego where Jill's family lived. Since Jill's family (my dad's brother Darwin) lived in San Diego, we looked forward to any trip when their family came out to visit or when we had the opportunity to travel out to see them during the summer. When our Grandpa Weeks passed away a few years ago it had been at least 5 yrs since we had all been together. We still didn't keep in touch as much as we should have until our Grandma Weeks passed away last year. We decided at that time to be better going forward. So when Jill emailed letting us all know she was going to be in town for Christmas we planned a dinner.

My dad grew up in a house of boys. His oldest brother Clair passed away over 10 yrs ago (Richard, Monica, Troy and Jeff's dad) his wife lives in UT, Darwin (Mark, Darren, Jill & Lisa's dad) and JoAnn still live in CA, Stan (Todd, Pam, Brian, Jenny, & Amy's dad) and Irene live in UT.

We don't get together as often as we should but when we do it is like no time has passed at all. We have a great time catching up and enjoy each others company.

Thanks for all the great memories - as well as those to come!

One end of the table... Chaselyn (Justin & Natalie's daughter)posed for the picture sooo cute!

The other end! :-) Left front - Scott (Jill's husband) Right front Charisse (Mark's ex-wife)

Jenny and husband Brad

Holly (Troy's daughter) & friend John





















Natalie, Justin (Troy's son) & my dad
















Kelsey and Brock (Troy's son)















Becky & Troy

Becky, Chaselyn (Justin's daughter) and Lisa's daughter Alex

Jamie and mom

Ryan (Jamie's boyfriend) and Jamie



Alex (Lisa's daughter), Ian (Jill's son), Shannon (Lisa's) and Madison (Jill's daughter).

Jason in front left (Mark's son), Torrey (Jill's son) back left, Jessica (Mark's daughter) back right, Kylie (Charisse's daughter)

Aunt Margie (dad's brother Clair's wife) & their son Jeff.

****Sorry for the big break between pictures and names... not sure what happened but I don't have the time to figure it out. Anyone know why this happens all the time? The spacing looks correct in the "entry" but on the blog they are all spaced out. Thanks!