Happy New Year!

We have had a wonderful holiday season. Christmas is so fun with little ones. We had some friends over for Christmas eve. We ate lots of yummy appetizer (a family tradition), re-inacted the nativity, played the "left-right game", had a talent show (with children 5 and under it was quite entertaining), and watched Santa through Norad tracking. It was a fun and busy evening. Our kids went to bed great, with visions of Santa in their heads.

We left the day after Christmas to visit family. It is always wonderful to spend time with family. The kids loved playing with cousins and friends. They got to have some snow to play in as well. We had no snow in Colorado when we left. In fact on Christmas day we walked to the park and let the kids play. They enjoyed the "big" sledding hills at Grandmas house (made from snow plows piling snow of the road). Brea kept begging to go out, so I finally bundled her up and set her out. She loved it, and stayed out just as long as the big kids.


We also got to teach Jackie how to ski. My brother Tony took his daugter Hallie and I took Jackie to the bunny hill at Targhee. They have a magic carpet which the kids simply stand on and it taked them up the hill. It was so easy, much better than the old rope tow I learned on. Jackie has absolutly no fear. I tried to teach her how to "make a pizza" with her skis so she could stop, but she didn't want to do that. Instead she would simply ski down, and then when she wanted to stop she would just fall. I would have to make sure I was right behind her on the magic carpet because as soon as she got off she would head down the hill. I coudn't believe how "unafraid" she was. It was fun to see her skiing, and enjoying it. Unfortunaltly we were having such a good time that I forgot to take a picture until right when we were leaving, so it is just of her holding her skis. Then my batteries died right when I was trying to take one of her and Hallie together. Oh well. It was fun.

Jeff and I got to try out Cross Country skiing for the first time. We went up by Tarhee and it was so beautiful . I really enjoyed it. It is just like hiking except on skis and in the snow. The snow was gorgeous, and it was nice way to get a little exercise and enjoy it.

We got to see lots of family on both sides and even see and stay at one of my old roomates. I haven't seen her for about 5 years, since our oldest girls were only 6 months old. Jackie had such a great time playing with her girls. It was fun to catch up and visit with her and her husband.

Well, we are back home now and getting into the swing of things. I found Dallin asleep in his room in this box of dress up clothes yesterday afternoon. He was plumb tuckered out, but how he fell asleep in there I do not know. We look forward to the new year and all that it may bring.