Winter Fun

Playing Frantic Catch Up

The girls are getting good at skiing I love taking them.
Luke took some lessons this year. Can't wait until we can all go together.

Jada got her hair cut short again and she got glasses that she seems to forget often.
She looks so cute with both.

Mia had a Birthday!
We had a huge bash at the rec. center.
more on this later.

I hate taking pictures
I think it has to do with how impatient I am
Lucky Mia got a camera for Christmas
because of Her I have at least a few to document our lives.

Girl Scout Cookie Time

If anyone is interested in getting girl scout cookies Jada is selling them!
Order by Jan. 30th
Pay when they get here

Merry Christmas!!
Someday I will find the time to do Christmas cards again. Until then this will have to do.

Jungle Adventures

The magical week came and went.
We explored, swam, and explored some more.
I really love this place.

Timp 2010

Left the kids
left the husbands
left all worries
spent the day hiking Timp
Kicked some Zoobies behinds
Hauled #$% to the top
We pretty much rock.

Zion 2010

Took a little break from real life and enjoyed the fairytale land of Zion.
Nothing to do all day but explore.
Good Friends
Fun Trails
Beautiful Weather
Lot's of laughs
Can't wait to do it again... One day I will cross Mystery off of my canyon list.

Rough Ride

Jada had a field trip today.
They went up to Strawberry to see the fish.
She rode in the back of the bus.
She puked on her friend.
Thank you nice Moms and bus driver who dealt with the mess.
Thank you nice friend who said "no big deal I've been puked on before."
She is now on the list to ride only in front.

Summertime for Luke

Bike Rides, big trucks, fast cars, speedy boats what more could a boy want!

He is my champion bike rider. He will ride for miles and loves dirt trails.
I worried in spring when he refused to get back on the bike saying " I lost my balance!" it took some gentle and not so gentle coaxing and then he was hooked.
He even upgraded to a bigger bike.

My Utah Girl

Jada came in 3rd in her age division!

Jada's summer has been full of
Boat rides, bike rides, beach days, her first race, and vacations.
She jumped off cliffs with Mia gave wake boarding a good try and kept up with the boys on her mountain bike.

Mia Summer Lovin!

The carefree days of summer are coming to an end.
We made the most of it.
Mia found a new love
Soaked up sun
Conquered cliffs
and became a good babysitter.

Trains Rock

So my friend called me two weeks ago to tell me about the library story time train day. I politely declined thinking of all the other things I had planned that day and of how horribly slow the Heber Creeper moves. The day of the ride came along and she just happened to have an extra ticket, the sun was shinning, and Luke looked like he needed something to do besides be my sidekick at work.
So we rode the train!
And look at Luke's hand ....
It rocked!
Thanks Monica and Ali for a fun day.

Birthday Bash

Jada turned 8!
It seems that Birthday celebrations drag on forever around here.
We had a family dinner on Tuesday then a Late Night friend party on Saturday and to wrap it up a extended family party on Sunday. Whew.... and we still have the baptism stuff coming up!
Oh well, any excuss to party right??

Bringing in Spring

We have been busy!
Birthday Celebrations, book reports, piano festival, vacation time have all come and gone and I haven't been a very good blogger. I can blame it on my camera but all I need to do to fix that is get a new flash battery. (I've needed one for almost a year)
I've come to terms that I'm more of a enjoy it and make a mental image type person rather than document everything with photos. But.... the kids love the pictures so I will try to be better and maybe next week I'll get a new battery. Maybe.

Oh the Drama of Student Government

Mia had a major life disappointment today. She didn't make Student Council.
This is my girl to which all things academic come easy (cartwheels, walking without falling, standing, etc. those are things she is used to failing at) but until today anything to do with school she thought was a sure thing.
She broke the news with a happy face but when I asked who made it the tears started flowing as she listed some of her best friends. I must say even though she is disappointed she is very happy for her friends.
Lucky she is like her mother and a good dose of ice cream or chocolate can help ease the sting. We are off to have a Mommy/ Daughter bummer I didn't make it treat after dinner.

The Timeout Bench

Luke spends a lot of time on this bench rethinking some of his choices. This time I was pretty mad and left him there for a while. He decided to make the best of it, climb inside and take a little rest. He looked so cute, I forgave him for putting the entire roll of toilet paper in the toilet.

Ice Skating

My goal for the Christmas break was to do one fun thing each day.
Most days the fun thing was playing with friends or cousins but we did see " Alvin and the Chipmunks" (pure torture for me but the kids loved it) We also attempted ice skating in Midway. Luke mostly just rolled around on the ice, Mia did great and Jada caught on towards the end. Luke wandered off (of course) fell over a snow hill and cried the whole way home as his frozen hands thawed out. The plan was to go for hot cocoa but the wet frozen screaming boy put a stop to that, maybe next time....
who am I kidding one skating trip per year is good enough!

Titan -vs- Bambi

A while back our truck challenged some local wildllife.
The Truck took a beating but won.
Rest In Peace Bambi
(Grown up Bambi that thing was huge!)

Jada's Day to Shine!

Yesterday was Jada's 2nd grade Christmas program. She has been talking about this and practicing her songs for a long time. She did a great job. She got to check out early so I took her to get a treat. Did she want a doughnut, brownie, ice cream??? No, she picked salad. If only I thought of salad as a treat.

One of those bleary kids is Jada.

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The theme was Cowboy Christmas. Of course!

Also...
Jada's piano piece for the Reflections contest went on to the next level. They had an award program and Jada had to play her song for everyone. She did a wonderful job. She had to play standing up because the seat was too low. Poor girl has my height genes.
All the good parents took pictures of the kids on stage getting their medals I just patted myself on the back for remembering to take the camera to at least one event of the day.