Quick & Fun photo shoot

While sitting in Sunday school, my friend Ali leaned over and asked me if we would do a photo shoot with her after church.  Of course I said yes.  I love getting pictures with my boys!  So after everyone got home from meetings and what not Ali picked us up and we headed to downtown Ogden.  The shoot was quick, fun and I love the photos.  A few samples.  Enjoy

Of course our goofy side…

I am truly blessed to have all these wonderful men in my life.  They are not afraid to show me love, kindness and they really do spoil me rotten.  I don't know what I did to deserve them but I will forever be grateful that they all chose me to be their wife, their mom, their biggest fan and their friend.  I love my guys!

So Much to be Thankful For

This year we gathered as a family at my parent's home ~ Heil Hill.  When we arrived my mom, Jo, had decorated the dining area beautifully.  It was simply simple and I LOVED it.  We all began to eat the appetizers and chit chat while we waited for Shane and his family to arrive, this year they were running late because Shane under estimated the amount of time it took to cook a turkey.  Sill boy.  I don't have many photos to show as my camera took a nose dive shortly after we arrived.
I feel so blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful people. Family is what matters most in this life and the life after.  I am not great with words, nor am I a poetet but I am so thankful this year to be with family and just feel loved.  I thought that with Wes being in El Salvador it would be hard but to my surprise it was OK.  I shed a few tears and my heart hurt but I felt so warm and fuzzy that I knew without a doubt my Father in Heaven was there with his loving arm around not only me but my family as a whole.

 Take a look at this bunch ~ love them ALL

 Quade is getting so big

Love this girl!

Let us Give Thanks, today, tomorrow and ALWAYS

Over this thankful holiday we also received a gift, a gift of a visit from my boys other older brother, from our fourth son, Sterling.

It just makes my heart so happy that he finds the time to include the Leatherows in his visits.  Seeing his smile makes all of us smile.  He is attending Dixie State and red-shirting on the Basketball team.  He is loving the college life and continues to make us all proud.  Love you, Ster!

Halloween 2013

This year was no different than years past, we gathered at the Heil's for a WONDERFUL party, the kids carved pumpkins, we dined on delicous soup and of course consumed far too many of Breeze's sugar cookies.  YUMMMM
The costumes were top notch and the Heil girls looked totally "dead".  I cannot believe how fast our family is growing up.  The little kids are the big kids and the babies are the little kids and well us adults just keep getting younger and more fun to be around.

No Heil party is complete without the fire ~ it is so relaxing to sit around the fire and listen to the chatter of the kids.

Thank you Dad and Jo from the bottom of my heart for keeping the tradition alive and well.  There is something about a family who works hard to keep traditions going year after year.  The love that is felt at the family gathering is beyond words and I am blessed to be surrounded by so many loving people who without a doubt are the BEST!

We also celebrated Halloween at the annual Trunk or Treak held down at the church.  Our ward family gathered for a Soup-er great night.  I took down my chili and not to brag but it went rather quickly.  :)  Garett and his bestest bud Landen Winterbottom decided to dress as their super heroes, Elder Wes and Elder Josh….

This gesture made Debbie and I a bit teary eyed and super proud of our boys!  

The boys also posed with the true "elders" serving in our area ~

And last but not least Halloween at Bank of Utah.  To keep with tradition our department got together to come up with a theme; the theme chosen was Duck Dynasty.  This was a hugely popular theme everywhere this Halloween.  It was a day filled with duck calls, ducks and of course ladies missing teeth.  And I as Ms Kay served up some mighty fine squirrel stew….(just kidding)

That wraps up Halloween 2013 for the Leatherow household.  I would consider this year a success.  Now looking forward to THANKSGIVING!

A Leatherow First …..

A friend of ours, Jeff Speckman, is the coach a local hockey team and as a fund raiser they were selling tickets to the Salt Lake Grizzlies.  We thought the price was right for a family night of fun.  Colton had bought a ticket to take a date so we cleared it with him first ~ after all we would be tagging along on his date.   :)  We went to Chick-Fil-A in Riverdale for a quick bite to eat and then headed to West Valley City.  The traffic was horrible due to an accident but we finally made it to the Maverick Center.  The game was LOUD and so confusing but we had a great time.  Thank you Jeff for the tickets and thank you to the Winterbottoms for joining us.

It was fun to see Colton and his friends ~ Hi Colton Bug :0)
Garett of course mentioned he didn't see any cheerleaders ~ to at half time some skaters of the female gender took the ice.

This was a great night and I truly enjoyed getting out with my boys and some great friends.

You make we want to roll my windows down and …Cruise

Tom and I were suppose to spend the day (Oct 12) with our pals, Ali and Brian gathering firewood up at Brian's property but we had a few days of rain and snow and we were worried about getting the trailer stuck in the mud so we decided to cancel the trip.  Since we had already cleared our schedules Tom suggested we take a drive.  I was so thrilled it.  It has been quite sometime since Tom and I had some alone time to chat about everything and anything.  We stopped at the gas station filled the car and of course grabbed some goodies and away we went.  We went up Ogden Canyon, over Trapper's Loop, towards Heber and finally arrived at the Alpine Loop.  We have never done this before and we had seen some amazing photos so we wanted to see for ourselves.  We found Sundance ~ yep lived here my whole life and didn't know where that was.  The loop is narrow, lots of switchbacks and this particular Saturday it was BUSY!  Enjoy some photos of our day date!

 Due to the government shut down the restrooms were closed.  

This is what we think of the government shut down

I love this man more than I can put into words.  He is my soul mate, my best friend, my mischievous companion and my HUSBAND.  I thank my lucky stars every day that he chose me.  Thanks for the perfect date Tom.  I love you to the moon and back and then some!