Lauren's Scrooge Play

There are lots of things we miss about living right in Jackson, but only one thing we HATE about moving......... WE MISS LAUREN!

Lauren has always been a big part of Aleah's and our lives and moving away from her has been really hard on Aleah and hard on us as a family as well!

This weekend we were able to watch Lauren in the Scrooge play at the Center For The Arts. She was a Street Urchin and she did a FANTASTIC job! Afterwords, we went out for dinner and then took Lauren home with us. Aleah and Lauren spent a good part of the evening out in the hot tub, we were getting quite a kick out of them............ It was only about 5degrees outside and the girls would jump out of the hot tub, run off the deck, lay in the snow and make snow angles, roll around and then get back in the hot tub! They did this over and over again! Of course screaming like girls the entire time! Crazy NUTS!

All About Jeans ~ Or is it Genes??

BLUE JEANS............................................

REAY GENES..................................................
NEED WE SAY MORE???????????????????????

P.S

Mom called and said "Is it the Reay jean cuz she's chubby or a Reay jean cuz she likes to eat?" I said HELLO MOM! LOOK AT HER FINGER......GEEEE TRY TO BE FUNNY AND LOOK WHERE IT GETS YA! Love U Mom!

Aleah's Great Christmas Program

We were quite the Lucky Duck's last night....... Aleah had her Christmas Choir Performance and it was FABULOUS! Ill tell you what, Aleahs new school knows how to put on a show! They all did such a great job! Each Christmas song that they sang had a little show that went along with it. They had a Santa, Frosty the Snowman, Suzie Snowflake, and Rudolph. Each of the kids had a Christmas inspired costume, Aleah was a Elf. We were so impressed! After the program Aleah took us on a tour of her new school and showed us all her classrooms.
For the holidays, each home room decorates their class door and then they vote to decide who's door is the best. The winner receives some kind of award. Aleah is adjusting quite well to all the changes she's had to go through as of lately and has already made lots of new friends. We sure are lucky to have her! After the concert was over we drove into Afton and shared a plate of nachos at the yummy Mexican restaurant there. They have the whole town done up so nice for Christmas it was fun looking at all the street lights and decorations. All in all it was a great evening. Thanks Aleah! We love YOU!

Ready For Snow!

Joyah received the cutest little gift today and just in time for our 1ST BIG snow fall! Our dear friends Troy and Melinda have a awesome daughter Samantha who makes the cutest scarfs and hats. She made 2 sets for Joyah! The story goes like this....................................................
Sam made the first little matching hat and scarf and mailed it to Joyah. Well Jackson's crazy mail system didnt recognize our address and sent the gift back to Portland. By the time it made it back to Portland, Sam figured Joyah had probably grown out of it so she went about making a larger hat and scarf. They sent both figuring the little set could fit one of Joyah's doll's. Guess what Samantha????? They both fit! What a GREAT gift! We LOVE them! Joyah looks like a little piece of Salt Water Taffy! SOOOOOO CUTE! We will keep them forever! There was also the cutest little snugly Jammie's, we love them! Thanks LeFevre's ! We love you guys!

Merry CHRISTmas To You All
We Love You!
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Our Three Jewels

Okay, so the move is over, we are kind of moved in (LOL)
And the craziness is dying down. I have had a few
moments to catch my breath which has been nice.
On the way out the door for church this morning,
I looked at my awesome little family and my heart
overflowed! So in our half unpacked house, with our
only reminder Christmas is around the corner - our
tree, I made the kids stay still for just a sec. and
snapped this picture. This is what its all about
and at this moment, I feel like the luckiest woman alive! This is the good stuff FOR SURE!

A Great Night Of Songs

Chance had his choir performance this evening. It was a little crazy getting there, we seem to be so spread apart these days. Eric wrapped up work around 5:00 PM, drove all the way back to Star Valley Ranch and picked up Aleah, Joyah and myself. Then turned around and drove clear back to Jackson for the concert. Chance stayed in Jackson after school and caught a movie. Normally we would have just taken two cars, but the roads were so bad we wanted to be together. As usual, Chance and his choir group put on a great performance for us. Joyah was cute, she loved every number, but when each song was over and everyone would clap, her eyes would open wide and she would stick her bottom lip out and start to cry! But as soon as the next song would start, she would stop, stare at the stage and start to coo! Chance had a great solo song..... He sang one of my favorite, which if you ever call me, you know well.... Van Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl! I LOVED it! He sounded AWESOME!
They also sung Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, that was great as well. Then of course a slug of Christmas songs which always sound great! I don't know if we told anyone, but a few weeks ago Chance and a few others were ask to perform in a state wide Concert in Cheyenne. We weren't able to go but Chance said it was a really neat experience.
Its been fun watching Chance grow into such a great Man. We like to think we had something to do with it, but kinda feel like we were just blessed with a amazing kid from the get go.
We made it home safe and sound about 10:00 PM. We get to do it all over again on Wed. night for Chances encore drama performance Fun! Fun! Fun! We Love ya Chance, you re worth every mile!

A VERY Important Day!!!

Today is a VERY important day! Why?? Because its my Dad's Birthday! I'm not sure how I ended up so lucky, but I really do have the most AWESOME Dad in the Whole Entire World! Not only is he the smartest man I know; He is also the kindest, hardest working and most honest man I know. I am posting this picture in particular because it is the perfect example of the kind of father he is. All who know me well know the awesome story of my 1ST marathon and know that the only reason I finished that crazy 26.2 mile run was because I am a NAYLOR! Thanks Dad for being such a great example to me. You have taught me how to work hard, follow through, never give up and to believe in myself. You have also taught me how to love myself. My whole life I can never remember a time that I didn't feel so blessed to have the Dad I have. Happy B~Day Dad!!

Our Biannual Spring Creek Get Away

We love the local specials in Jackson each year and have been looking forward to our Spring Creek get away since Eric booked it a month ago! We usually try to get away in November but couldn't find a weekend in November that would work, so we booked it for December this time. The beautiful view is always snow white even in November so not having ANY even in December was kind of weird! It was plenty cold though! Eric got a fire started as soon as we got in the cabin. We love the rustic little cabins with their great views. Snow or not, the views are beautiful! We were laughing about our little visitor (Joyah) this time round! This time last year we would have NEVER dreamt such a thing LOL!! Aleah spent the night at Rich and Sherrie's place. She watched Joyah while we went to dinner and got to hang out with Bryce for the night. She stayed the night there Saturday as well to babysit Bryce so that Rich and Sherrie could go out to Sherrie's work Christmas party. Chance was away at State drama most of the week and into the weekend. Saturday we spent the day in Jackson with Joyah and Aleah. Saturday afternoon Chance called us soooo excited, We could hardly understand him on the phone..... He won GRAND CHAMPION at State drama! No Jackson students have ever won this level so it was pretty exciting news not only for Chance but his whole drama team and school! We get to go watch his encore performance on Tues so we will post some photos then. Because Chance got in so late Saturday He stayed in Jackson at Rich and Sherrie's with Aleah. They were excited to do this because they could go to church in our old Jackson ward and visit friends. It was nice to be back home as a family Sunday night.

How 2 Change A Battery 101

We got a kick out of our predicament last night...... We have always had ladders, but when we moved into town a few years ago, we honestly had no place to put them so we gave them away to friends. Now we are in our own place we NEED them back. Hello friends, you know who you are!!! When we got home from Utah Sunday night, the smoke alarm in the hallway was beeping. It wouldn't stop!!! It was driving Eric CRAZY! Well, we couldn't get to the thing with a chair or anything else we had around so Eric called upon his little helper Aleah! Between the two of them they got the job done! I just had fun watching them!

The Reay Reunion

We were able to make it to the Reay reunion this year. Last year it was just Me and Aleah, so it was great to get the whole family there this time. I know it means allot to Grandpa to see his legacy and man there's a ton of us!! After the reunion we went out to the Pig farm, Man pigs stink! Seems crazy bacon smells so good! Then we went out behind Uncle Ardells milking barns and shot skeet. Or at least attempted to shoot skeet! Some of us were better at it than others. Seems like we went out and picked up way to many "unharmed" skeet! We also went out to Grandpas for a few minutes. Stacey and I took a wonder through the old farm house. Even though the house is old and worn down, you can tell that Grandpa put love into every detail when he built it for Grandma. I felt a wave of nostalgia flood over me when I walked into Grandpas bedroom and saw Thanksgiving pies on his bed! Man I would love to have one of Grandmas delicious pies right now!(actually one of every flavor!)




CANT HAVE A REAY REUNION WITHOUT CHEESE BALLS!!

MOM SHOWING HOW BAD THE LITTLE (NOT!) PIGGIES SMELL!!!

Our Untraditional Tradition for Thanksgiving

Because Eric and Rich both have to work the day before and the day after Thanksgiving. And because the day before is always double duty for Eric ~ We started our own Tradition with Rich and Sherrie's family several years back.
We drive to the "City" (aka: Idaho Falls), Eat out and catch a movie. Then we usually end up shopping some of the before the insanity sales and then head back before the roads ice up and it gets to late. So this year we kept with tradition and did just that. The only difference this year was that Rich and Sherrie took Bryce to a different movie than we took our kids to. They went and saw a Disney movie about a dog, I can't remember the name. And we went to Australia. Eric and Aleah really got into it, but Chance fell asleep ~1st time that's happened. And Joyah had me out in the lobby about 3/4's through the thing. Our meal was great and we all ate way to much as usual and the shopping was fun. And we had great weather, not even wind which NEVER happens in Idaho Falls! We always miss the rest of the family, but are grateful we have each other.