Annual Tubing Tradition

Ok so this is the second year that my family has gone tubing together. We went to Romer Park and had a ball. There are always to many pictures to choose from. If you want to see more go to Ruby's blog here.

Landon totally biffed it once and got a huge ice burn (if thats what you call it) on his elbows.
Dad was so nice to bring his cooking stove and we had chili and hot dogs along with hot cocoa.

My nieces and nephew had a blast going up and down the hill.

And of course... The boys are always a little wreckless. But they all made it out alive.

The Franke Life

How it would be to be a kid again? I would love it. I went to my sisters Ruby home over the break. Her kids had a good christmas. They got some really fun toys.
My favorite were the bill-a-bowl(?)... You can do all sort of things with them.
Thanks Ruby for letting us play with you 4 adorable kids and their toys.

I took more video than pictures, this is my other sister Ellie.

Bean Auction and More Fun...

For the Biddulph party we went bowling and had a Nativity Scene put on by Landon's little cousins. It was so cute to see these little rascals going from crazy kids to little angles and wise men.
Ally is Landons cousin, she and Jake have been a lot of fun to hang out with. We went to breakfast the other day and then swung over to see there new house they are building.
Bean Auction?? Ok, this is such a great tradition that we started last year and just had to try it out with the other side of the family, instead of trading gifts.... This is how you play, for every person that will be included you bring 3 items per person. Give these random gifts, unwrapped, to whose in charge. These gifts stay covered up and no one knows whats all there. Everyone is then given 35 beans, this is your money. The items will then be brought out one at a time. You then begin bidding on what you want.

This was the one wrapped gag gift, I think he payed like 10 beans for it.

A few gift that were auctioned off were.... Kid toys, clothes, tools, beach blanket, movies and everything for every age. The key is to look all year long so you can find things on sale and at a good price.

Christmas Vacation

Landon and I had a great Christmas Vacation. He got a some really fun stuff this year. We couldn't have had as much fun as we did if it wasn't for family. One of my favorite things is a good Christmas Breakfast. In the past I would have more of a pastry like the kind Wimmers would make for us. But this year this is what we got.

On Christmas eve we went Caroling to the neighbors and friends of Landon's parents in Mnt. Green. It was a lot of fun, the only other time I had done that was for the youth activities.

Griffiths Family Christmas Party

Wow, what a fun party. Instead of all trying to get together on Christmas we got together for my dads 52nd birthday and for our family Christmas Party. On Thanksgiving we drew names so when we got together, instead of waiting till Christmas, we opened them up.


Landon sang "Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer"........classic


I had played O Holy Night, a few hours earlier in church, so I played it again for my family.This is the first time I have heard Shari play the piano. She did a great job.

Ruby started taking violin lessons about 6 months ago, and has become really good at it.Jared sang the cutest version that I have ever heard of "Winter Wonderland"

Even Chaddy sang a christmas song as he jammed on the piano.
For my dads birthday he got a new cowboy hat. He has had this other one for years and wore it to many scout trips. It was time for a new one.

This was the day before, a pre-party. Our street never gets plowed so the boys decided to have fun while they could.

Ellie and Jared Mecham

November 13, 2009 Ellie and Jared were sealed in the Ogden Temple for time and all eternity. It was such a fun day. It was really neat to see all five siblings with our spouses sitting by each other in the temple.






Jared made the cutest song for my wedding when I got married. He sang that at his wedding along with another way cute song he came up with for he and Ellie.It didn't take Jared long to get that guarder off, with his mouth :)

Ellie and Jared are so cute together. Their kids will be adorable.

Everything Happens For a Reason

This isn't the easiest thing to write about, but here it goes. Landon and I went into the doctors for the 12 week appointment, he was doing the ultra sound to find out that there was no heart beat. The baby was measuring at 10 weeks. It was definitely something that I was not expecting. It was difficult to hear, though, my Doctor was really nice about the whole thing and made sure I knew I had done nothing wrong. I know several girls that this has happened to lately. Landon told me that maybe the 2nd coming is almost here so all these spirits need bodies. I know I can't see the whole plan, but I do know everything will be ok. I have good family and friend support and we have been dealing with it pretty well, although it still is not an easy thing to have happen.