Snow,Snow & more Snow!!!!

We had so much fun the day after Christmas with my sisters Shannyn & Tracy and my brother Richard's families. We enjoyed some Christmas dinner, tasty breakfast from the cafe and tons & tons of sweets! We had a blast playing the game Sequence, telling old school stories of way back when and of course playing in the snow. The kids road the sleds while Brandon pulled them with the 4 wheeler. Some of the older kids made some serious snow forts that were awesome. We made some really fun memories and drank some good ole hot coco.

Madee glowing as she gets to go tobogganing

Jenna had so much fun with her cousins

SISTERS!!!


My sister and her husband

Brandon with some of the kids in tow.



she laughed so hard she had tears

Nate and Nick screaming that the TIPPED OFF!

Emily and pour little sick Josie

SNOW WARS (one of the forts they built)

The biggest kid of all.....Brandon got on his old snowboard and took it for a ride a few times behind the 4 wheeler. We all had a really fun time.

Christmas 2008

Christmas morning was so fun this year. The girls really just appreciated what they got and didn't complain that it wasn't exactly what they asked SANTA for. *just what we could afford after Disneyland!!* and Tucker was hilarious as usual. His little personality is HUGE. So animated, so vibrant, so fun. Here are a few pictures from Christmas Day.

Emptying the stockings


some new wii games to attempt.

Little pet shop animals for the computer

This picture got overexposed because I am an idiot photographer!!! Study Tuckers face though. He was SOOOOO excited for his real choo-choo train. He loves trains.

oh' and Hulky. That is what he calls Incredible Hulk.....Hulky!!

They got some other fun things from Santa this year including all the art supplies to last a year!! It was a very fulfilling Christmas this year. Spending time with each other was so fun and wasn't really stressful this year. We really relaxed and had a blast with my family too.

I am so very blessed to have a beautiful family that shares in my love for our Savior Jesus Christ. We are so blessed to have a Savior. What a day to Cherish His memory. We hope you all had a joyous holiday and tried to also remember Jesus on this special day.

Merry Christmas

DisNeYlAnd

We loved the idea last year of spending Christmas at Disneyland that we thought we would give the kids another opportunity. We went with the Story's this year and had an absolute blast. It rained on us the first day so I didn't want to get my camera wet. We were dressed to the tee with ponchos and all. FREEZING!!! BUT we loved it! Tucker was so funny this year. Wanted nothing to do with the stroller and EVERYTHING to do with the characters. He loved them. Madee was just excited to get to ride the BIG kid rides. She was able to go on California screamin!! Jenna, she just loves it all. She was such a great help to me with Tucker too.

This is over at California Adventures in the Jungle area. Kota & Kenine where his favorite. He got lots of hugs from Kota (even during the show......so funny).
This is Brandon & Tucker attempting to get across the ropes. They did it. Tucker loved this area!

So, even though it was freezing cold, Travis wanted to take the kids on a WET ride...duh. They got it too!! Luckily the sun came out for a little bit after that so they could dry. Silly Travis.

I had so much fun on the little kids rides with Tucker and Madee. These are the little version of the Tea Cups. I laughed so hard.

our little bugs

So exciting.........Madee's first BIG ride. Brandon is in the Green shirt with Madee next to him. Jenna is in front of Madee! Pretty exciting!

some of the characters we got to take pictures with. Tuck couldn't keep his eyes off of them! LOL

Christmas 2008

I am such the slacker these days! I tried so hard to do a Christmas letter along with our family photo and it just didn't happen! Trying to get my cards out was hard enough before heading off to Disneyland for Christmas....

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

I will be adding more pictures from Disneyland and our Christmas holiday with our family.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

NO SCHOOL!!!!!

YEAH....NO SCHOOL.....to much snow!! Yeah right! We sure had fun though. Making snowmen, sledding and snowball fights.

Madee, Tucker & Jenna ready to go sledding

Madee

Jenna


Here they go! ***that hydrant is now covered in the snow after a few more snow storms***

Tucker and his buddy Kennedy

Our amazing Snowman!!

Tucker thought he was pretty cool!

SLC....

So....Brandon was driving home from work yesterday and decided we needed to get out. Get away from life, work, problems, etc. so we decided to make a trip to Salt Lake City. Plan...to have some quality time as a family. To stop the hustle and bustle of December and really have fun with one another. That is what we did. We left Sunday morning and stayed at a dear friends home in Draper. We wanted to go to Temple Square on Monday to see the lights, but that plan was quickly ruined by a snow storm. So, we packed up and went to Thanksgiving Pointe. The kids loved the information about dinosaurs. Here are some of the fun things they did.

Tucker and Madee in a cave. It was pitch black in here. Tucker was pretty convinced there was a monster coming to get him.

This was a really fun activity for the kids. They dug for Dino's in the wet sand and had fun playing.


Jenna & Madee tying to divert the water over to them.

This was another really fun thing they loved. They were archeologist's. Uncovering the bones hidden in the sand.

P.S. Thanks Shylah for a fun time!