So Much To Say!!!

This past month has been such a rollar coaster. A TON has happened. Some good, some bad and some things I wish we really could have skipped all together. I apologize upfront for this post being so long...but there is a lot to say.
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Shaelynn Rose Harrison has arrived!!!
December 6th, 2008 2:43 am
7 lbs 8oz
20 3/4 inches long
She is gorgeous! She defiently looks like she is a part of the family and fits right in with her brothers. She has really big feet and LONG toes. Andrew and Trevor are excited and have already given her presents. They both will be great big brothers and great protectors of their sister. Michelle is doing good and said that this was her fastest pregnancy. She came exactly on her due date...not Grandpa's birthday so we know that he and grandma were trying to keep her with them as long as possible. We are just so greatful that she is here and that everything went well.
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Oh Chrstmas Tree!Oh Christmas Tree
Christmas is almost here! I love seeing the lights and putting up the tree. I bought some purple ribbon that matches PERFECT with the bulbs we alrady have for the tree and some silver twirlies yesterday. It turned out really really cute. I still am looking for a tree skirt that matches....no luck so far :( Here are just a couple of the decorations that I put out yesterday. I still have quite a bit to put up. It is full having a FULL house to actually decorate. I don't have to cram all of the decorations into just the living room. As for Christmas....it has come way way too fast. We haven't even started buying presents. We do this every year and it always comes together though. This year is defintely going to be scaled down though....due to the house payment we have now. It definelty is worth it, but is making us be wiser with every dollar. I hope everyone has a great holiday! I wanted to send out Christmas cards this year...but it is too late now. So, consider this your Christmas Card :) __________________________________________________________
Thanksgiving Time!!!
We had the whole fam damily here for Thanksgiving...so it was really really nice. Ryan was able to come from Kansas. He didn't have the girls with him, but we are glad that he was at least able to come. The girls are in Germany right now with Ella and supposedly will be there for quite a few months. Mike and Karen flew in from Vegas. I picked them up and shuttled them right to grandpa's viewing. Kate has grown so much and it was a blast to be with them for the entire week. She was so cute going around asking "Where are my cousins?". All of them played so well together the entire time. Kate took a while to remember who we were, but within a couple of days she would come to us and play. She even went shopping with Lisa and I without mom or dad in her presence. :) We taught her how to say "shop till we drop." Michelle and Steve drove up from Pocatello and stayed for quite a few nights. Shell looked miserable and ready to done with the pregnancy. She even let me play with her belly....which she hates. I made 6 batches of sour cream potatoes and yep....we eventually ate them all. We had a ton of food and I am now officially sick of turkey for a while. Everything was perfect and we defiently ate too much the entire week. Lisa made her awesome huckleberry pie and pumpkin pie. They were both extremely delish! The holiday came and went too fast, but it was great being with family. We played lots of games and even made it through a game of Risk without fighting :) Here are a couple of pictures.
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Mom's Birthday!!! 21 Again!!!
Happy Birthday Mommy! Another year has come and gone. We decided to celebrate her birthday a couple days early...since people would be leaving before then. We all surprised her and took her to her favorite restaurant...Red Lobster! We had it all planned out and waited for her to get home from work. Then we loaded up and headed to Pocatello where Michelle and Steve were waiting for us. We had a very nice dinner and then headed to Michelle's for cake and ice cream. I didn't get a picture of her famous cake....but it was a huge flower made out of individual cupcakes. It was very bright and cute. She even make German Chocolate ones for the center. Mom loves these! And to top it off there was Praline ice cream which is also a favorite. Happy 21st Birthday Mom!!!
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TRISTAN GLEN SOMMERS has arrived!!!
December 4th 7lb 7oz Congratulation Travis and Bekah. We miss you a ton and hope to be able to come to the blessing when you have it. Hopefully we will see pictures soon though :)I am sure he is adorable though...just like Hunter. You guys make cute kids.
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Nate and I went and saw this on Friday night. He liked it... I didn't think it was that good. It didn't seem like it had as much action as the rest of the 007 series. Oh well.... I am not a movie critic. Next on the list.... Transporter 3!!!! _____________________________________________________________
Grandpa's Funeral
The funeral was beautiful and went very well. Eveyone that had a part did amazing. Michelle did fantastic with the life scetch and received numerous coments. It was really funny and informative. All of the grandkids and great grandkids sang a medly of songs which turned out really well also. I cried the entire time, but I guess that is ok. I did the same thing for grandma's. Megan and Nancy sang beautiful during their peice... as usual. The flowers turned out beautiful also. The grandkids purchased the heart shaped one for him. It is still really really wierd and just feels like he is at home with Lisa. The program at the gravesite was amazing and I know I will never forget it. The military did an amazing job. They did the gun salute and shot the riffles. They then presented an American flag to Lisa. Right before it started they asked Ryan if he wanted to be the one to physically give it to her...so of course he said yes. Luckily I got the whole thing on tape so we can have it as a memory forever. We love and miss him dearly. Now it is up to us to live our lives worthly to live with him again and to leave an amazing legacy just like he did. We love you grandpa!!!! Here are quite a few photos from the funeral....so sorry. I decided to do it this way so that everyone that wants can save the photos for themselves.


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