Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!!!

I hope everyone has a fabulous day and doesn't eat too much!!!! Don't make yourselves sick, remember, leftovers are almost as delicious as the actual meal!!

Love ya all!!!

Well, Thanksgiving is almost upon us. As this special holiday approaches, I am reminded of Thanksgivings past. This year will be vastly different for me than all the previous years, because I won’t be celebrating with my entire immediate and extended family.

This year I will be celebrating in Phoenix with Danny, Joanna, Josh, Becca, Zion, and all the kids. While I am looking forward to see how Zion’s family does Thanksgiving, I know that I will miss all my previous Thanksgiving traditions as well. I’ll miss uncle Vic’s prayer, Uncle Jim’s James Bond marathon, Melinda whipping us all in Dominoes, Aunt Deb’s noodles and Aunt Barb’s rolls…

Becca and I are attempting the noodles and rolls to try to recreate my aunt’s recipes… I’m not entirely sure how successful they will be, but they do look pretty good. My aunts have a little more experience than we do…

I’ll let you all know how this years goes, I just hope they have enough butter in the house for me….

Happy Birthday, Zion!!! I love you and I hope you have a great day!!! =)

Gone but not forgotten.

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Hey, Israel, is your rubic's-cube doing relatives name Tyson?

Last night (Wednesday) Zion and I went to a UofA basketball exhibition game with Josh and Becca. The Wildcats played a team called Victoria (Vikes) From British Columbia. The Wildcats crushed them, 111-55 or something like that. It was actually pretty boring for the most part because the UofA team was pretty much double the other teams score the entire time. Toward the end was fun because we went down to a section of really nice seats there were vacated (because of the blowout, no doubt) and sat right behind the team for the last 10 minutes or so. Zion and Josh seemed to think it was just the most awesome thing because we kept being on the big screen above the court and Josh even called a buddy on his cell phone and the guy kept seeing us on TV, too. =) All in all, it was an okay time. Go cats!! (Now, am I talking about the wild, or the bear? You figure it out!) =)

Sorry I haven't posted for a while; my internet has been acting kind of hokey. Here is what I have been up to lately.


On Friday evening, we were invited over to Brother Mark and Sister Tina Steinke's house for dinner. (They attend our new church.) Brother Mark Strohkorb(the pastor) and his wife Jenna were also in attendance. Sister Tina made a delicious dinner with grilled pork chops, yummy twice baked potatoes and some other savory sides, all without using butter, eggs or milk so that Brandon could have some of everything!! She was so sweet to have planned ahead like that!! After dinner, we all fellowshipped around the table for a while getting to know each other, before finally heading home. It was really a lot of fun!


The following day, we went to Elijah's football game. It was his team, the Wildcats, playoff game. While Elijah and his teammates did an awesome job playing, unfortunately, the other team came out with the victory to go onto the finals.

After the game, the 6 Ramirez and 3 Holsapples(that makes 9, Jariah... ((Inside joke) haha) present went out to eat at Applebees.


Sunday after church we went out to eat with another couple that we just met that also go to our new church. Herb and Anna... I can't remember there last name. They seem like a really nice couple and they crack me up. (1. He is a complete Jonathan Jenkins double and 2. They ride a motorcycle to church!!! LoL)

They actually own a little townhouse not very far from where we currently live, but far enough that it doesn't feel scary, and we might rent it when we get back from Ohio. =)

Rudy Giuliani just called. He wanted to tell us to vote for Jon Kyle in the upcoming election. Of course, it was just a recording, but still, we feel pretty special considering that the President has also called us. He called and left a message a couple days ago... We still have it on our machine and I will try to have the guys put it on here so everyone can have the pleasure of hearing it. =) Unfortunately, I answered the phone when Mr. Giuliani called, so there is no message for that one. =(