MERRY CHRISTMAS!

What a fun Christmas party at Mink Creek! It was great fun. Thanks to Jennifer and Jeff for hosting it and thanks to Mom and Dad for all of their help - the Church looked great! I think all the cousins had a great time. The PJ's are so cute on them - Thanks Mom and Dad! My favorite part was the talent show (even though the Erasmus' did not prepare for it!) It was great!

Santa was CRAZY! I have never seen a Santa move that fast! Boy, I am glad he came he was a crack up. Here are a few pictures - unedited, sorry no time right now!

Thanks for the great pics Mary! I am SO GLAD you and your camera were there---mine didn't turn out so great! Thanks again for coming! It was so fun to have you guys come up. We had a great time----next time, tell Ryan we will definitely have to plan sledding into the itinerary! Some of my 'favorite' moments were:

*Joseph and Nathan's Jingle Bells version!

*Nathan's commentary----wow what a talent---watch out Jay Leno!

*Papa Joe and Leon's amazing speed knot tying ability!

*Everyone getting into the blanket tying business---I'm glad you guys knew what to do, I was a little perplexed, to say the least! Definitely am missing any of those basic homemaking skills!

*Papa Joe's HUGE bonfire---well, I guess it got bigger after I left, but the teensy weensy fire was SOOOOO cold!

*CRAZZZY SANTA! Wow, I didn't know Santa could move like that---hope he didn't have to find a bottle of oxygen after he left! I heard he visited others on his way back to the North Pole and they thought they're dog had killed something when they heard his "HO, HO, HO". I heard him say, "it was just a little friendly laughter!" He was amazing!

*Watching all the cousins watch each other perform---I thought it was a neat moment to see them all rallying around each other and cheering for each other! What an amazing group of kids these are! They are the best!

*I especially loved watching how tender and sweet all of Jacob's cousins were with him----he's a lucky boy!

Love you all!
Jen

December Activities

Well it's sure to be a busy month - please add any activities/performances that you know of since my mind can only remember a few things at a time!

December 5th-6th: Shelby has her first Drill competition at Davis High School! Good luck Shelby

December 12th-13th: Shelby's second Drill Competition at Jordan High School

December 16th-17th Nathan is performing in "The Curse of the Cobra's Kiss" 7:00 pm at Summit Academy Good Luck Nathan

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Dec. 17, 5:00 p.m. Joseph, Samuel, Benjamin, and David String Recital in Logan--The Book Table

Dec. 17, 7:00 p.m. Sam and Ben, Orchestra Concert; Preston High School

Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m. Jennifer, The Messiah Sing-In, The Worm Creek Opera House (Don't you love the name?) Preston

Dec. 19, 7:00 p.m. Joseph, Orchestra Concert; Preston High School

December 20th: FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!! in Mink Creek!

Every family brings:

Enough fleece to make 4 blankets (however big you want to make them)

Each child donates one toy

Your favorite soup in a crock pot and the fixin's to go with

A snack and/or drink to share

A board game or other type of group game

Warm coats, hats, boots, gloves for hayride and bonfire

December 27th: Christmas at Mom and Dad's

Have a wonderful December!

Please, please add any other activities/info - (and if you can't remember how to then email me and I will add them on!)

November Happenings

Happy November everyone! I hope you all had a fun Halloween.

Here are a few happenings for the Jarvis family this month:

It is with great remorse that Mary says good-by to the 30's.

Zach will be an official teenager on the 30th!

And of course Thanksgiving on the 27th

As of Yesterday I think the plan is to have Thanksgiving at our house. We hope you can all come. It will be so nice this year with Mom and Dad back home.

Have a great November!

THANK YOU

Thanks to everyone for coming and helping with Mom's Surprise Party - I know it was a very busy week for everyone with anniversaries, birthdays, soccer games, football games, work, etc. - It was great that we could all get together to help her celebrate!

October Events

Hi everybody here are a few things coming up in October:

Oct 5th - Joseph's Birthday

Oct 6th - Grandmother and David's Birthday

Oct 18th - Nicholas' Birthday

Oct 24th - Granny's Birthday

Oct 31st - Kirsi's Birthday

You are all invited to our house on October 19th (Sunday) for dinner and to celebrate Nick's Birthday - If any of you want to we could make it one big Birthday Party and celebrate all October Birthday's in our Family (maybe not Granny's - it might be too much for her to come) Think about it and let me know. Happy Fall

Family Blog

Dear Family
Jennifer and I were talking the other day and we would really like to still have some kind of family web site - the other one we had seemed a little hard to update and post pictures - blogger is SOOO much easier. We would love it if each family would set up their own blog (or if you already have one just put a link on this page - under Family Connections) and then have links on the home page to everyones. There is a small learning curve, but if I can figure it out I am sure all of you can - come on it will be fun to see what everyone is doing - you can even let your kids post on the blog or add pictures for you - it really is that easy!

Feel free to add what you want to this blog: Upcoming dates, achievements, invitations, etc.

To set up your own blog just click on the create blog tab at the top and your on your way

If creating your own blog is not going to work for you right now then feel free to add posts, pictures or whatever you would like to this blog