Winter Formal 2010

Winter formal time already...right after the Christmas party Amber and Heather went to Carols and did hair. Thanks Carol so much. The girls had fun doing hair and being with you. And their hair looked AMAZING!! Sorry it took so long....we should have started during the party..next time. The girls had a great time at the dance with friends..the best way to go to a dance right....Hopefully I will get some pictures from them with their friends soon..for now here are the ones before they left the house.
HEATHER...First Formal dance ....

AMBER...Last High School Winter Formal..:(

They both looked BEAUTIFUL..Im so grateful for such beautiful amazing daughters. They mean te world to me and I love them soooo much...Thanks Amber and Heather for being so terrific

Brinkerhoff Christmas Party...2010

Christmas party already...oh my is time flying. It was so much fun to be with family again. This year we didnt exchange gifts with each other. Instead we all did service throughout the year and shared out experiences during the party. It was such a great feeling and so neat to hear what everyone did. We are going to continue with this which our family is very grateful for. There are so many ways to serve others every single day and in the simplest ways. It really makes us feel richer all the time. After that we did a white elephant gift exchange which is always very loud and exciting for the Brinkerhoffs. It was so fun.. this year the hot items that we argued over were...pliers, scissors, and tape measure..all from Home Depot...and John Deere hats and a John Deere waterbottle. Great stuff for the lucky people who ended up with them..next came Santa and of course we ate in there somewhere too. It was a great party and great tradition...let the Holidays begin..I feel a great spirit this year...Thanks Mom and Dad










Thanks Mary for the great job organizing the party...it was terrific!!!

SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

December 1st we woke up to TONS of snow and it snowed most of the day. As a result I think every school in the Treasure Valley closed for the day. It was soooo much fun. Heather and Craig stayed out pretty much all day. Corey lasted for a couple of hours which was great. Amber...well you will see pretty soon. She didnt have snow pants so wasnt very excited to be out. I love when the kids are home! I would have it everyday..but I know their friends like me to share them..it was fun to have the house full of cousins and friends...even if they were et and cold...lot of hot chocolate and hot soup we had this day :)

Tree Cutting

Saturday was filled with Thanksgiving festivites at the Romriells. Horribly I didnt take any pictures but it was a blast just the same. We cut down trees..Mc Michaels and Thatchers came to help Clint so he wouldnt have another accident :) They were tremendous help and made it that much more fun. Cousins galore were there and when we were all out there gathering, chopping, and all that fun stuff we got a LOT done. Many hands make light work...Grandma Carroll always used to say that...it is so so true :) I wish I had pics because it was a glorious site...Theresa took video of the huge tree falling....and there were no casualties! We also had a scrumptious dinner. Lots of hot chocolate and a warm fire as well. Once again it is great to be surrounded by such great family and friends. Life is GOOD!!!!!

Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving this year was the Brinkerhoff side of the familly. It was great fun and everyone was able to be there..except Sarah who had to work...bummer!! Lots of laughter and being together. I am so thankful for such a great family and great parents that brought me up in the gospel. I am so grateful for a loving Savior and that cares so deeply for each of us. We are truly blessed to live in these days.
ALL OF US.....

THE GRANDKIDS......

Pictures showing what a great time we all had


I got these pictures from Diane and when I posted this I realized there isnt one of John and Diane...darn...
What a great family we have..Thank you Mom and Dad for doing such a great job and for being such great examples to our kids..they all think the world of you and I love that!!! Thanks for the great day!!!

Quick update on Clint

Corey and Craigs Dentist Trip

WARNING!!!..Not for the faint of heart!!!!!

Ok...this post has not been easy for me to do cause I can hardly look at the pictures so you have had fair warning. Saturday Clint decided to cut down a limb from one of Grandmas tree to get her some firewood and some smaller branches for a bonfire for the kids. Well....the huge branch he was cutting came towards him when he thought it would go the other way. He threw the chainsaw and tried to get out of the way but the tree hit him on the way down. He was on a 10 foot ladder by the way so not too easy to get out of the way. It hit him straight in the face and then that far of a fall was not too easy on him either. Luckily Laena, our niece, Thersas daughter, who is also an ER nurse, had just gotten there 10 min earlier. Amber Heather and I were at a baptism. We got a call from Laena saying she was on her way to the ER with Clint. We were on our way home so we just followed them there. Laena was great to have around and she stayed and helped us all the way through. Clint was very grateful to her and was thankful she was a nurse. She is a very good nurse and we are proud of her. Ok...so her goes the pictures....

Clint got 30 stichtes all together...25 on the outside and 5 on the inside. It took an hour to stitch up but the doctor did a great job...he will still have a scar but hopefully not too bad..he is not excited to have a scar...the kids think its cool...

October stuff

Since October is gone...which I am in complete denial....I better hurry and get this post done. I didnt take pictures during Halloween at all but we had a great time. WE had Trunk or Treat at the church Saturday which was real fun and then we went o Thatchers haunted house and had a great time there. It is so great to have such fabulous friends!! Then Sunday night we hung out with the Romriells and had a big bonfire..which in an understatement..it was huge...we burned a whole tree at once..It was really a fun time and hopfully you can see from the pictures..I only had my cell phone. Life is good and we are gearing up for the holiday season!!

Thanks to Jamie for taking Corey to the pumkin patch.(also thanks Jamie for the great picture..I stole them:) He loves Jake and is always saying he is his best friend. They are great pals and are going to have such a great adventure in life together..I just hope the parents can keep up!!!!!

Clints Birthday.....

We celebrated Clints birthday Monday evening since we were driving all day Sunday, which was actually his birthday. What a great hardworking Dad we have...we are thankful for him and hope he has a lot more birthdays!!!!

Salt Lake Trip

The kids had Thurs and Friday of the first week of October off of school so we decided to go visit Robert, tour the University of Utah, and go to LAGOON. It was so much fun and we are so glad we went. We didnt spend a ton of time with Robert but we appreciated him letting us stay there and seeing him what little we did. Mary and Troys family were down there to so it was fun to see them a little bit too.


Amber and I toured the University from 1:00 until and little after 5 on Friday. It was well worth the time and I really think that Amber really got excited and is ready to head to college now. It felt so weird going through and campus for a daughter..really I dont feel I should be this old!!! Im glad we were able to do this for Amber though..she meet with a nursing advisor as well and that was very helpful to her. While we were doing all this Clint took the other kids to The Aquarium located in Sandy.. I really think Amber was greatful to see the van leave the parking lot..hehe!!!
Heather was instructed to take pictures...when they got back I asked if she did and she said yes....but....not of anyone...just the fishes and things....silly girl!!!


After that we all rode the trolleys and train and meet at the mall...Heather left the camera in the car at the train station...hence no Salt Lake pics..one from my cell phone..it was too dark so I didnt take many.

We headed back to Roberts by 9:30 on the Train...our favorite thing!!!!


The next morning we headed to Lagoon where I didnt take any pictures except for 1 of Corey from my phone. I didnt want to carry around the camera and since we didnt have to have a stroller this year I was selfish and didnt take it...I love riding the rides and ride as many as I can so who can be bothered with a camera. We had a ton of fun..It was all decked out with Halloween things and come night spooky people came out all dresses up to scare...Corey was thrilled with it...Amber and Heather were freaked out and wanted to stay in the kid section where they wouldnt scare you...silly girls...all in all we had tons of fun and stayed until 9:30..we waited for Corey to say he was done..he rode like crazy and wanted on the biggest rides he could go on..no little kids rides for him anymore...we love lagoon...Oh Amber was not feeling the greatest after a few rides so hung out with Corey most of the time..Sh was a good sport for not feeling great.

I stole these from Mary...Sunday morning we all just hung out at Roberts before we all headed home. We are so thankful for Robert. He has such a beautiful place and the kids love it there.




The trip home was lots of fun...Amber was in a silly mood and we were so goofy and had a great time....we stopped like 3 times before we were even 50 miles away and that seemed to be funny to us...maybe we were tired...nobody slept the whole way home though which surprised me...I really thought Corey would...We got home about 9:30 pm..unpacked..and headed to bed to be ready for school tomorrow!!!

We stopped at Shoshone Falls for some site seeing...

Corey