Thanksgiving Weekend 2009

This year, Thanksgiving was at my parents house. It was the year the Hone Family got together and celebrated as a family. We had a lot of fun! At about 10:30 everybody went out to a spot not far from my parents house and we did a bit of Skeet shooting. Everyone participated in the "Tournament". Cody Hone and Zach Hone were the winners, most of the time! There were a few people that this was their first time shooting at an actual moving target, so it was great practice and a lot of fun!! For Dinner we had all the usual Thanksgiving items. Thank you mom for preparing a great dinner :-). There were 16-18 people at my mom's house this year. It was great spending time with the Hone family.




On Friday, we took Cody to Bumblee Castle just outside of Cedar City. It is owned by Ree and Renn Zaphiropolous. My Uncle Chris works for them there. He trains and shows their Shire horses.

Here is Jordyn on one of the "Big Horses". She was a little scared, but then again it's a really long way to the ground!

Renn has a "Bentley House" on the property. And yes he does have a Bentley. Cody was in absolute love with this car. There were photos of Renn and Chris watching the process this car goes through to become a Bentley. The car took 4 mos to build, to his specifications.

Just a quick picture of Cody next to a Shire showing just how big they are!

Saturday, Cody and my dad took a Four Wheeler trip along the ridge looking over Snow Canyon. Cody said it was the hardest ride he's ever taken! They got rained on a bit, but saw some excellent scenery. Ashley and I did a bit of shopping while they rode. It was soo much fun just hanging out with Ashley, Jordyn, and Rusti.

Sunday we had Family pictures taken up in Pine Valley. It was windy so it was really really cold. Everyone was a good sport though and some great pictures were taken. We haven't had a family picture taken in about 13 years (not including weddings!) So it will be nice to have those up in frames soon!

It was great to spend so much time with The Family. It seems like we always have a good time, no matter what we do!!

Halloween 2009

Halloween 2009 started out a very busy Holiday. On Thursday Jordyn's preschool had a Halloween party for all the kids. I didn't let Jordyn wear her Tinkerbell hair to school that day. I just knew it would be off and torn apart before it even made it to Halloween night. She brought home so much candy I thought she may not need to go Trick or Treating!

Cody's office does a Halloween party for all of the Team members and their kids every year. This year, Jordyn got really involved! She was the first kid to "Bob for Apples"

She even got one! Without using her hands! Talented, I know!!!

Some of our friends from Cody's work dressed up! Christine and her husband, Brian, were (if you can't tell) Axel and Slash! Eunice was a Twister game :-). The office had hired a magician that all the kids loved. The food was pretty snacky and the kids also got a TON of candy from going from desk to desk within the office. Jordyn played tag with some of the other kids. One little boy kept chasing her all over the courtyard. I think he developed his first crush!! AWWE!

On Saturday evening, Taliah and Alan and their little baby girl, Lylian Jo came down to our house. We wandered over to the Fairgrounds where they were having a Trunk or Treat and other games. Lyli went as a baby Giraffe! She was sooo cute. Jordyn went through the Spook Alley twice. The first time she was fine, the second time, she was scared out of her Tinkerbell hair!! We hung out for a little bit, let Jordyn get yet more candy and headed for home. Once we got home we watched a scary movie and just relaxed for the rest of the evening.

Sunday morning was Baby Rusti's blessing over in Orderville. Ashley and Tanner had his Grandpa Rex give the blessing. He did a very good job. The blessing was beautiful. The blessing took place at Tanner's aunt Dott's house! My grandma Ann came from Vegas, and my aunt Sharon and cousins Lacey and Jace made it from Cedar City. Tanner had a lot of family make it! Following the blessing everyone gathered for yummy dutch oven potatoes and 3 different kinds of chicken! What would a Hone event be without those two things?!

Since all of us girls hadn't had a picture taken with just us for a long time, we all got to endure quite a Photo Session! It was fun though :-)

And here is the family minus Tanner (he was cooking!) We'll get him next time! We had a great time with family and friends! I'm so glad I have such a great family and good friends that we can count on to enjoy Holidays and events with!