Family Togetherness Thanksgiving 2016

Sooo - what a fun and wonderful week!:  pictures of all 19 of us (in 27 degree weather with 3 babies, 3 two-year olds, etc), blessing baby Dawson Jonathan Burrup (Jon and Nicole's) on Sunday the 29th, sealings in the temples, lots of food, games, new toys, movies, cartoons, etc.  Thanksgiving Day - included a wide Tingey family Thanksgiving dinner (with quite the spread!) at the Pittsburg Chapel and included Grandma and Grandpa Great (Tingey) and Great Uncle Marcel and Great Aunt Joy Tingey (and their son Christopher and Wendy's family - from Vancouver/Portland area).  It was preceded by a Turkey Bowl (flag football with Mike's ward), Tingey Turkey Trot (at Sunset Elementary School bike/running path).  It was a little cold, but made the hot chocolate and hot cider a big hit.

Updates:

Daddio (Grandpa Byron) - aging and getting slower, but still a tease.  Work is a bit of a challenge to get things done.  He loves his family and church work.

Susan (Grandma Burrup) - what a fun and wonderful woman of a faith, wisdom and skill!  She kept us organized and focused on important things.

Mike and Kirsten, Tanner, Austin, Weston, Abigail:  busy kids with creativity and energy, fun parents, smiley Aubrey.  Happy Birthday Tanner and Austin on 22nd.  Kirsten presented for a 5th Sunday lesson in her Union Ward re:  protecting our families and homes and selves from pornography.  (She did a marvelous job, and successfully fought off laryngitis!).

Steve and Janae, Nate, Aubrey, Ty (Tyler):  here from Washington DC (flew in to Seattle, Grandma Burrup picked them up.  Fun and busy kids, having a great time, except for a few hair pulling experimental activities, cool toys, including a new battery powered truck, etc.

Jon and Nicole, Clara and Dawson:  little pink eye, but fun on the grandpa coaster (Aubrey also) (Grandpa's arm swing), and fun games, new toys, etc., etc., and a little vomiting / gastroenteritis.   We even got to play Spy Fall, Spike Ball, etc.

Laurel - home from BYU, as lovely and fun as ever with patience and kindness toward those busy and sometimes loud nieces and nephews.  Life is exciting (but sometimes confusing)!

Christian - home fresh from the mission (Peru Lima East), active with lacrosse, friends, YSA, and even went on a date!, etc.  He is fun to be around!  And helps push us to be better.

We have so much to be thankful for!  There are lots of good things happening, exciting times now and ahead, and again, so many many blessings!

We love you all!

Daddio and Sus-Mom

Nate

For Dad to check on Nate's breathing

staying alive!!!

Family, ~i'm going to mexico! I just made my last payment today. i haven't been this poor since i was born. haha, not really but i can't remember ever being this poor either. Basically, if you want me to buy you a hammock or something rad, let me know. i'm getting way excited. also, i'm getting way excited for another wedding. jon and nicole came over and chatted with me for an hour the other day and i absolutely loved it! jonny picked a great one guys! Well, i sure love you. Thanks for always helping me be better and listening to me! sure think the world of you! ~Laurel Burrup

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREATEST WOMAN EVER!

Happy Birthday to our Mom!!!!!!  We love you.  Here's a few random pictures of her :)

She wears cools PJ's and plays guitar hero :)

 She's happy!  And takes us to Stadium of Fire :)

 We just can't say it enough...we love her!

 Look how cute she is at Bear Lake with her favorite daughter (hehe)

 She buys us little smokeys and egg nog for christmas!

And she's such a cute Grandma!! And look at how much Dad loves her :)

5 Weeks!

So it was fun talking to everyone yesterday and telling you all our happy news :) It's still very early, but you all know me...I can't hold a single thing in when I have exciting news! So hopefully it will all go well.  We are so blessed to have such a good family, we really are!  Thanks for being so wonderful everyone!

UTAH PARTY

We had an awesome weekend with Mom and Dad.  It was so fun to see them and to party with them.  It was especially fun this time because everyone was showin' off a special friend :)  I'm still showing off Steve and his wonderful self :)  Jonny boy was showing off his maybe soon to be bride (wink wink) and we thought Nicole fit in very well with the family.  And Laurel invited Travis along, which is fun to see him and Jon interact while he's got his arm around Lulu :)
Another fun thing about this trip is we each got to have our little alone time with Mom and Dad. I'm guessing it was special for Jon and Laurel because they stole Mom and Dad for HOURS (...haha, I'm just kidding) and Steve and I got them in the evenings/mornings when they are their fun loopy selves :)  We had some good discussions.  The finance talk was also fun and we learned a lot.  We are so blessed with a good family that has strong relationships between everyone.  Even though Jon and I want to punch each other during games, we love each other ;)  We sure missed Mike, Kirsten, Tanner, Austin, and Christian!  This summer will be fun when we can all be together :)  We love you all!

 YUMMY!!! Bread-sticks loaded with butter and parmesan!

 These two were made for each other...look at how wide they both can open those mouths!

 Travis is giddy about the bread and Laurel can't believe her eyes.

Us lovers in our own row cuz there wasn't enough room by the rest.  We were front and center though :)

Mom and Dad has to scope it out and make sure the newbies had a sense of humor :)  They definitely do!

This is a new thing for me

Ok, well, here I am Nae face...trying this blog thing out. Nicole's helping me out (i like her). I love you nae and lu and kirsty!

Jonny