Playtime with family

JOyce, Jon, Jennifer and Max came down before departing back to Encinitas to play a bit. We had no snow so had to be creative and went grass sledding. The kids had blast! We had lots of fun with Jon, Jen and Max we can't wait until Mexico in June YAY!!!!

Christmas #3 with the Snapp-Cook/Gill family

After driving home from Southern Utah we were able to have a little Christmas celebration with Leif's mom, his brother Jon his wife Jennifer, Max and Leif Aunt Judy and his cousins Jenny her little girl Fatu and sig. other Carlos and his other cousin Corbin. We had lots of fun together and of course the little cousins had a blast too.

Christmas #2 with the Heyborne family

The day after Christmas we went to Kanab to see my Uncle Lyle and Aunt Marj. My cousins were there too! It is fun to be with and see them. My cousin Bill's ( I guess he no longer goes by Billy) little one got super sick :( poor thing could not go sledding with all the other little cousins. It is funny to see us all with our kids it seems like just yesterday it was us running around in the snow like hooligans! How time flies. I LOVE being with my family we have lots of fun together. The kids had fun sledding behind the 4-wheeler and making s'mores afterwards.

Christmas #1, with the Worthen family

We drove the wonderful 10 hour drive to Cedar City Utah to be with my family this year for Christmas. It was a lot of fun we were all there except for my little brother ad his wife :(. We had a great time! Leif and I were able to take the kids to see Bolt and must see movie, play in the snow and my sister. mom and I saw Twilight!! My sis had already seen but saw it again with me so THANKS! We had a great time I was sad to leave.

Visit from the Cook family

Leif's brother Mac his wife Susan and their son James stopped in for a visit on their way to Florida. It was so good to see them and the cousins had fun playing together! We were glad they could stop in and see us. We can't wait to see them again hopefully sooner than later.

Christmas Sushi Anyone???

This year for our Christmas treat Leif and I got creative and made candy "sushi". I think it turned out pretty dang cute!

YAY, Lyndsey!!!!

My sis-in-law graduated with her college degree last Sunday, we went to her little party celebration and had a great time! Congrats Lynds we love you and are so proud of you!!!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree.........

Last weekend we went up to Leif's mom's house to help her put up her tree and to help my brother Jim and his wife Lyndsey cut down a tree. Ewan LOVED the tree and the lights.

White Elephants........

We hosted our annual White Elephant Christmas gift exchange. We had a good time and this year since we could not get it together toned it down a bit. We had a good time thanks all for coming.

'Tis the Season

Wow the Christmas season is full swing! Last night we had an amazing enrichment and it made me think a little about this holiday season. We are so lucky to live where we live but take SO much granite, I am so thankful we have a house, a job, and I am lucky enough to be able to stay home with my kids. We may not have the best of the best but we have a lot I am grateful for that! I am grateful for the gospel and for the friends I have because of it. Most of all I am thankful for my Savior and I hope that this Christmas I can try to teach my kids the importance of Christmas is not what and how much we get but how much we can give and to remember our Savior and celebrate his birth! I hope as we all get ready for this Christmas holiday we remember to give and remember to be thankful for we have, family friends and for our Savior Jesus Christ.

Happy Turkey Run, And Day

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving, we started the morning out running the Mile High United Way 4 mile Turkey Trot with our good friends Andrea and Chris. Andrea and I had a great pace, it is fun running with her she keeps me on my toes! This helped us feel better about being pigs later in the day. After we went up to Leif's mom's house in Conifer and had a YUMMY dinner. You would think we would have taken some pictures while up there but NO we did not :(. We even had our camera, boo us! My parents were here for the week and we had a really good time with them. Can't wait until Christmas now, this time will use our camera!

Happy 30th B-Day!! Okay 31 but who's counting?!

My day started out great running a 5k supporting adoption with some great friends, Kathy,Kelli,Anne and Tammy!! Thanks girls I love ya! Then a fun family party arranged by Noah, my mother-in-law Joyce was able to join in on the fun too!!! Glad she was able to come celebrate with us.
Last year when I turned 30 I had just had Ewan and he was a sad reflux baby. So Leif was not able to have the "surprise" party he wanted for me. So this year for my 31st he planned a nice surprise party and he did SURPRISE me!!! It was very sweet and nice to have my closest friends with me minus the Knotts and Ashcrofts.....don't worry guys I understand.....THANKS a lot T.K. :) Oh yeah and my bro and his wife who were in Boulder rooting for Curtis who plays football for CU.
Oh and my hat says 30 because leif was trying to make-up for the sad b-day last year so I guess I am 30 again YAY!!!
Thanks Leif I LOVE you!