We Had SNOW Much Fun

SIX inches of snow later and two days out of school [that will be made up....we're losing President's day ---> L-A-M-E!!] we had a ball. I dug out our snow boots/clothes and Corben insisted on shoving his feet into boots that were 3 sizes too small, but whatever, we loved every minute of it. I forgot how much I enjoy snow, I guess since it's been so long since I've "lived" in it.... Now I'm not saying I want to move to Alaska, but I really loved the sn0w and was very sad to see it go. We did all we hoped, except the sledding - just didn't happen, so we'll save that for the next time it snows! ;]

We made this guy the day after the snow -- he stuck together better! :)

Our front yard snowman....two days after the storm

[above and below] What 60 degree weather does to snowmen.....

This Is What We Woke Up To....

A winter wonderland! It has snowed here each year we've lived here, but NOTHING like this. So far it has dropped about 3 inches and will continue snowing all day. School was canceled - and looks like we might have a delay tomorrow as well since it will be icy.

What better day can there be with hot chocolate, sledding, snowballs and snow angels? :)

New Years at Robbers Roost

So after Christmas and everyone recovered from the "sharing of good cheer [sickness]" we packed up and headed out to our favorite desert spot in Red Rock. We spent six glorious days camping, riding dirt bikes [heaven for kids for sure!!] sitting around the campfire, amazing food, fireworks for New Year's, games and good conversation. Truly there is nothing better :) It was never dull, Corben was almost always the first up in the morning to be dressed and out riding - and the last in...no surprise there! Maddie loved to go on rides but would inevitably fall asleep if we were gone more than 15 minutes - must have been the hum of the bike.

We had some fun in the snow on a road trip we took after getting the Land Cruiser stuck sideways in a huge snow patch....we almost spent the night. Thankfully we didn't have to -- the prayers, hard work and 1 1/2 hours digging got us out.

The weather was amazing...it was chilly at night, but during the day it was in the low 60's with just a very light breeze. We couldn't have asked for better weather out there! We can't wait to go back - we LOVE the desert! :)

California Christmas

With Lester being gone, we spent Christmas in California with my family. We had an amazing time and enjoyed every single minute [well, maybe not EVERY minute.....I'll explain.] Here's a brief rundown of the week before Christmas in CA:

18th - Arrived in CA (late)
19th - Slept in, Sister-in-law Caroline came up with cousins Landon, Weston and Calder
Weston and Calder sleep over [Landon gets sick]
20th - Picked out new hens (chickens) for Meme's coop [Calder gets sick]
Corben's baptism rescheduled for Jan. 3rd
21st - Church at home ward, Maddie gives herself a haircut, Andy and boys sleep over [Madison gets sick]
22nd - Some shopping gets done, get Christmas tree, 1st trip to Pinkberry (YUM)
[Andy, Caroline, Weston and I get sick....sensing a pattern yet?]
23rd - Home for the day recovering [Corben and Poppy sick]
24th - I brave the crowds to get all shopping done even though still a little queasy
[Corben and Weston sick again]
25th - Merry Christmas!! Weren't sure if we would be having family Christmas, but everyone felt good and we had a wonderful day.

That's pretty much how it went - thankfully after Christmas everyone was feeling healthy again and then it was off to the desert, but that's a whole other post :)

Birthday Fun

So I have lots of posts coming soon and rather than doing one large post, I'm going to break them up into events and hopefully, in order. The first is for Corben and Madison and their birthdays... we just had a few close friends over for Corben (his "real" party is the 17th at a swimming pool, yes we're swimming in January!) and for Madison it was just the three of us. (Maddie's only request was for a very pink cake - inside and outside :)