Snapp-Cook Family

Girl/Exchange student weekend and one family day

2011-01-26T13:24:00.008-07:00

Cindy and I at Copper

Zana, Noah and Leif at Sol Vista

Me, Noah and Cindy in the lift line

Me and Noah Zana and Ewan playing in the snow tunnels at Sol Vista

Zana snowboarding

Noah and Zana on the mountain

My amazing friend Cindy Palmer and her foreign exchange student Lukas from Slovakia came out for the ultimate snowbaording weekend. They flew in Thur night and Fri morning we were up and off to A-Basin for some snowboarding and monoskiing for Lukas. It was a beautiful sunshine filled day with fantastic snow. After our great day there we went to Silverthorne and stayed in a hotel so we could avoid traffic and hit Copper Mountain the next day. It was a COLD snowy fantastic powder day at Copper. We had so much fun. The next we were off to Sol Vista this time Leif and the kids joined us.

Zana and Noah are so AWESOME and we had so much fun with them. We are very PROUD parents. Zana is doing great she is working on her turns and making it down the green runs now slowly and carefully (she takes after me.) But she is getting the hang of it and she is getting more confident each time she goes. Noah is just incredible he is going down the mountain like he was born to ski. This was his second time skiing EVER and he was going off the rails and jumps in the terrain park. Leif was all smiles!! Noah is so comfortable and is fairly fast and he reamins in complete control. We love our family!

Saturday Ski Trip

2011-01-16T13:13:00.004-07:00

Yesterday we took the kids skiing. Zana went snowboarding with Leif and is doing so AWESOME! She is linking turns and is looking so comfortable on the bunny hill maybe one or two more times on the bunny and Leif thinks she will be ready for a green run! Noah took Ski lessons for the first time and he loved it, he asked for a pair of skis for his birthday. Noah's instructor said he was solid and a solid level 2 now. Leif is excited to take them every weekend he can.

Ewan still has to wait a year but pretty soon we will be able to all ski/snowboard together, it is sad that kids are getting older at the same time we are loving this stage of being able to do new fun things as a family! For now Ewan and I will watch the kids progress from the lodge and then next season he will be able to join the full exciting fun.

Merry Christmas

2011-01-16T12:10:00.008-07:00

It has been a LONG time since I have blogged!! A lot has happened since last April so I am just going to start again with Christmas. We had a great Christmas, Leif's brother Jonathan and family came the week before and we had fun with them and stayed super BUSY. Then we had a nice quiet Christmas at home then two days after packed up and stayed a week in Utah with my family and had a fun time playing games, dancing it up, and riding the Rhino.

We stayed with my Granny and she is quite the party girl! She kept us up one night until 1:30am watching movies, she is so fun and makes me feel OLD. We had lots of fun.

Happy BIrthday Zana!

2010-04-19T15:29:00.003-06:00

Yesterday April 18th my little girl Zana turned 10. This was a happy/sad for me. It seems like yesterday she was my little baby girl and I was anxious for her to crawl, then walk, and talk. Now I am anxious for her NOT to grow up so fast.

Here are 10 things about our Zana we love.

1. She LOVES to be outdoors. Bike riding, climbing trees, crawling in the dirt if it looks fun she's up for it.

2. She loves music!! She is 100% MY girl. ;)

3. She loves church and EVERYTHING about it.

4. She loves to shop and looks amazingly cute in skinny jeans.

5. I love that she likes to try new things, volleyball has been her new thing and she is pretty good!

6. Even though she is almost taller than me she doesn't rub it in........YET. :)

7. She isn't trying to grow up to fast.

8. She is a great big sister and helps me out with the boys a lot.

9. She is still the most forgiving person on EARTH and is quick to do so.

10. She has BIG heart and genuinely loves and cares about everyone.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WE LOVE YOU.

Leif's Grandma, Lenore Snapp turns 90.

2010-04-19T15:23:00.002-06:00

April 8th Leif's Grandma turned 90. We went to Kansas to celebrate with all the family, we had such a great time. It was fun to be with family and fun to see old family movie's from when Lenore's kids were young. We loved to hear her stories and were glad to be apart of the whole celebration.

Lions and Tigers and Zana OH MY!

2010-04-19T15:21:00.002-06:00

Zana went to her friend Libby's birthday and had a blast when she left this is what she looked like.

Jungle Fever.

2010-04-19T15:13:00.002-06:00

Noah celebrated his birthday with his friends at Jungle Quest. They all had a great time.

Leif made his birthday cake it is the Omnitrix from his favorite show Ben10.

Happy Birthday Noah........

2010-03-22T20:54:00.004-06:00

Yesterday was Noah's birthday he turned the big 7. It really seems like yesterday that I was pregnant with him . He was a HUGE baby and was so happy and easy going. He has grown up so fast and I as I am typing this I am getting all teary eyed. Time seems to be moving swiftly along, does anyone know how to slow it down?

His birthday was on Sunday and Leif had to leave on a business trip so we celebrated on Saturday. He wanted to go to IHOP for breakfast so we did, it was pretty tasty. Then we went home and Leif, Zana, Noah and Ewan played outside in the snow and built an igloo then later friends and family came over for presents, cake and ice cream. It was a great day.

Here are 7 things I LOVE about my little Noah.

1. He still bounces EVERY WHERE he goes.

2. He wants to be a snake catcher or dinosaur bone finder when her grows up.

3. He is still his mom's best friend.

4. He is an awesome big brother to Ewan and protector of Zana. Don't hurt her feelings or he will have some words with you.

5. He loves everyone no matter what.

6. He has the most beautiful brown eyes they melt my heart when he smiles at me.

7. He is the most caring wonderful little man who really just wants to make every one happy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOAH WE LOVE YOU!

Daddy daughter dance.

2010-03-02T22:16:00.002-07:00

For activity days they had a stake daddy daughter dance. It was 1950's theme. Zana and Leif had a blast. They looked pretty cute all dressed up. They ate hamburgers and fries, danced, played games and the dad's even gave the girls manicures. What awesome guys! Thanks Leif again for being a great dad to our kids especially to our little girl.

*sorry the pics are blurry and huge. They were taken with my phone. ;)

Another ER visit for us.

2010-02-23T17:16:00.004-07:00

The staples. I know gross but had to post. :)

Zana was on the floor watching T.V. when Ewan decided to pick up a 8lb dumbbell and drop it on Zana's head. She was bleeding a ton so we took her to the ER to make sure she was okay. She is okay thank goodness but had 4 staples put in. She was trooper and did not cry or complain.

Thankfully Leif was in the area with a friend so they came home and gave her a blessing before going to the hospital. I am SO thankful for the priesthood and for the gospel!

Valentine's Day Craft

2010-02-11T12:45:00.003-07:00

Zana and Noah needed Valentine's boxes for their class parties today, so last night Leif helped the kids get crafty and they made these! Leif is such a GREAT dad and I am glad he is likes to have fun and help the kids with crafts. I am really going to miss him around here for the next month. :(

Just a little snippet

2010-02-08T21:10:00.003-07:00

As some of you know I have started sewing, I know weird huh?! I have started a blog to try and keep sewing and to not get it in a rut sewing the same things over and over. So if you would like to check out any of my projects you can at www.snappysewgirl.blogspot.com :)

New Year's Day

2010-01-08T10:13:00.005-07:00

Our first day of 2010 was a FANTABULOUS day! I started the day with a 4 mile run and then after we headed up Leif's mom's house where we met the cousins and Jon and family! We had so much fun sledding, then eating good food and more presents and then a family film festival. This year each family made a video about Christmas each video had to have three things in it a black bean, natural fiber and thunder snow. We had a blast making our movie and it was even better watching what everyone else had come up with! WE can't wait for next year's film fest!

2010 ALREADY?!?! Happy New Year!

2010-01-08T10:04:00.005-07:00

Popping in the New Year.
Zana & Liberty
Chris after finishing the run

Leif Running

We had a great New Year's Eve this year. Leif and his friend Chris ran a New Year's Resolution 5k at 6pm at Washington Park in the freezing cold on an ICY path. Andrea and I and our girls went to cheer them on and saw many people who were running fall on the ice so sad and scary! Leif and Chris managed not to fall thank goodness. We then headed to our house for some dinner yummy desserts and some RockBand! We tore it up! We hope to go on tour very SOON LOL! Somehow we managed to stay up until midnight and rang in the New Year with poppers the kids LOVED it!
Thanks Tyus crew for ROCKIN out with us!

The California Snapp-Cook visit

2010-01-08T10:00:00.003-07:00

Leif's brother and family came for a visit after Christmas for a week and we had a blast hanging our with them. We are glad they came for a visit and that we got to spend so much time with them.

Christmas 2009

2010-01-08T09:53:00.002-07:00

We had a very relaxing quiet Christmas here at the Snapp-Cook home. My parents were suppose to be here but my mom ended up getting very sick and they had to cancel their plans. :( Leif's mom however was able to stay the night with us and enjoy our relaxing morning. The kids were spoiled to say the least.
Later in the day Leif's Aunt Judy joined us for a yummy Christmas dinner. We are so thankful we have been blessed we great family and friends and that we were able to have a really nice Christmas.

Our celebration trip.

2009-12-11T15:06:00.002-07:00

To celebrate our 10 year anniversary Leif and I decided to go on a short cruise. We left the kids with my parents and flew to San Diego where we departed. We had a really good time except I got really sea sick. So that sucked! We had a great time in Mexico though and happy to say all of our trips will be taken by air now. :)
When we got back to San Diego we spent the day with Leif's brother and his family, now that was all around fun and good!

Trick or Treat Smell My Feet........

2009-11-02T17:53:00.004-07:00

The kids had a great Halloween. We started out Friday with two class parties one for Noah and one for Zana and then the next was some good old fashion trick or treating! We took Ewan around to a couple of houses and he was loving it, then Zana decided she wanted to go with a friend instead of us! ( we thought we would always come first) Then Noah and I headed to Highlands Ranch to my friend Anne to her brother's house. We had a great time! The kids got a ton of candy and so did we, we do have a parent tax you know.
By the way Ewan was a masked Dragon. HeI INSISTEDon the maske because Noah had a mask. He is one silly guy. Noah is The Dread Pirate Roberts from The Princess Bride and Zana is a Black Cat.

Our Spooktacular Halloween Party.

2009-11-01T19:34:00.004-07:00

This year we thought it would be fun to have a Halloween party for families. With the help of some AWESOME friends it was SUPER fun! We had a great turn out. We had a rad scavenger hunt, some fun pinitas and a great craft for the kids. Everyone stayed busy and were good sports with the scavenger hunt as there was a lot of snow.
Thanks to all came and helped and THANKS to Joyce for letting us trash her house!

10 YEARS!!!

2009-10-28T14:43:00.003-06:00

On the 23rd Leif and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary! WOWSER. We celebrated by going out to FABULOUS Sushi and then some yummy dessert at the Grand Lux Cafe. He surprised with some pretty flowers and a new band for my wedding ring. :) And then in November we are going on a Cruise to Mexico! YAY, I can't wait.
Leif and I started dating in 1996, we dated for three years and then decided to get married. Three kids, two dogs, three cats, a house all in 10 plus years together! I wonder what the next 10 have in-store for us?? Whatever it is I hope it's as good as the last 10. I LOVE you Leif and I LOVE the life we have together.

Happy 2nd Birthday Ewan!

2009-10-28T14:38:00.003-06:00

WOW my littlest one turned 2 on the 22nd. He is such a little joy to have around. He is loving, crazy and keeps us on our toes. He is my little blessing.

I'm crafty! Okay maybe not but I am trying.

2009-10-08T20:26:00.008-06:00

bag with liner in it.

This is my new "crafty" project. My mom bought me a sewing machine so I have decided to put it to use. This is my first "real" sewing attempt. It is a bit uneven but with practice and a few sewing lessons I hope to get better and move on to bigger and better things.
*added* a "bag" I made tonight for kicks and giggles. Not bad for my first day of sewing eh?!?!

Flu shots all around........

2009-09-30T16:43:00.002-06:00

Today I took all three kids to get their flu shots. Zana went first and didn't even flinch and was shocked that it didn't hurt. Noah went second and flinched a little but said "WOW that wasn't that bad." Ewan was last for fear he would be screaming and we could make a quick get away to distract him. The nurse gave him the shot and Ewan looked as if he was going to start screaming but what came out shocked us ALL! He yelled "YAY" and clapped for himself and then proceeded to give Zana a high five. He never ceases to shock or amaze me. :)

Autumn Colors Half Marathon Buena Vista Co.

2009-09-20T12:17:00.010-06:00

Andrea finishing.

Me finishing.

Andrea!

Me running, just 4 miles to go!!!

Yesterday I ran my first half marathon. That is 13.1 miles!!! I did great if I do say so myself, I finished 15 min. faster than I hoped for. My time was 2hours and 52 seconds. My RAD friend Andrea ran it with me and she kicked some serious butt. She got a new PR finishing 10 min faster than her last half marathon, even after battling some barbed wire!
It was a perfect day! The weather was gorgeous, our awesome husbands and kids were the BEST cheerleaders and really helped keep us going. The kids played in the park and then later we went swimming. THANKS GUYS. And thanks Andrea you are the best running friend EVER! Here is to more runs together!

Our new sweet niece/cousin Jocelyn Leigh Worthen.

2009-08-26T15:16:00.002-06:00

My little brother and his wife Lyndsey had their baby last Fri. the 21st. Jocelyn is such a doll. We are very excited for Jim and Lyndsey and Zana is excited to have another girl cousin on my side of the family. We love her lots and it will be fun to watch her grow.

First day of school.........ALREADY! :(

2009-08-24T08:59:00.002-06:00

Today is Noah and Zana's first day of school. It is a sad day for me. I am not ready to let summer go or to have my kids gone ALL DAY! Ewan and I will miss them a whole bunch during the day.
We started the day out with yummy raspberry chocolate pancakes, then we walked to school took some pics. chatted with friends and then waved goodbye to our kids. Zana is a big 4th grader and Noah is in 1st. They both were very excited to go today to see all their friends. Leif and I hope they have a FANTASTIC day today.

Conifer Pics.

2009-08-24T08:56:00.001-06:00

Happy Birthday Leif!

2009-08-24T08:47:00.003-06:00

Leif's b-day was on the 14th, ( I know I am a little slow). His brother Jon and his wife and son came out as well as his Grandma Snapp. We had blast. We went to the lake and hung out did some kneeboading, wakeboarding, log riding and played in the sand. Then we went back to the house for cake and presents. We had a great time with everyone and even made it up to Conifer for a hotdog roast and a yummy gooseberry pie.

OH, give me a home where the buffalo roam....

2009-08-10T09:18:00.008-06:00

Zana is a rockstar! (above photo)

This last weekend we went to Glendo Lake in Wyoming with some good friends of ours (Mike, Rene' and their 3 kids Abby, Ethan and Isaac) from our Sheridan, Wy. days. It was the perfect in between spot for us both. We had such a fun time. Full of camping fun, boating and some of the craziest weather ever! The best part about this lake is just how BIG it is, and the amazing white sandy beaches. AND this is was the first time I ever went wakeboarding on FLAT and I mean FLAT water, it was the most incredible experience! Zana got up on the knee board for the first time and loved it, she was proud of herself. We found some rad cliffs and jumped off them, and just had fun tubing, wakeboarding and kneeboarding all around.
We also celebrated our friends son Isaac's first birthday and then this week is Mike and Rene's 10 year anniversary. All in all is was a GREAT trip and we have decided it needs to be annual thing.

Tribute to The Knotts

2009-08-02T21:41:00.008-06:00

iPhone NERDS!

Our good friends Tyler and Lacey moved today. *sniff* *sniff* Yesterday we had them over for lunch and hung out with them a bit for one last time (as CO residents that is) I really hope to visit them and hope they visit us SOON! We are super glad to have met them and to have had the opportunity to be friends with them. We love and will miss them.

KEEP IN TOUCH GUYS!!!!

Who loves Uncle Leif???

2009-07-27T10:38:00.002-06:00

My little nephew Lincoln is in LOVE with his Uncle Leif. I tried and tried to get him to like me better but it did not work out! The little stinker. I still love him.

The Open Pit Mine

2009-07-27T10:25:00.005-06:00

Can you see the fish?

Close to my parent's house is an old iron ore mine. While drilling years ago they hit a spring and had to abandon it because it filled so quickly with water. It is 60 meters deep (196.850394 feet according to Leif). The water is so crystal clear, it is pretty incredible.

Momma don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys/girls

2009-07-27T10:16:00.002-06:00

My dad saddled up the horse for the kids ride Noah was not sure about him (still) and of course Zana is in HEAVEN!

Happy 24th of July

2009-07-27T10:05:00.007-06:00

Food Storage Castle!

The "Drill Team" hahah drills!

Jello Salad float....only in Utah!

We went to my parents house in Cedar City Utah this past week to pick up Noah and Zana from a wonderful week with the grandparents, and we wanted to see our new nephew/cousin Tristan Fawson. My little tiny sister Christine had her first baby june 13th and I LOVE him. He is so CUTE!
Also the 24th is Pioneer Day and in Utah that means parade time! So we packed up all the clans and headed down to main street to watch the parade. I have to admit some of the floats were pretty dang creative! We had a blast.

My new favorite summer treat!

2009-07-16T18:24:00.004-06:00

Watermelon Salsa...... yes watermelon salsa!! It is so good and I am in LOVE!

Kiwi-Watermelon Salsa

1 cup diced peeled kiwi fruit (about 2 large or 3 small)

1 cup diced watermelon

1/3 cup finely chopped red onion

1 tablespoon finely chopped cilatntro

2 teaspoons minced seeded jalapeno pepper

2 teaspoons lime juice

salt to taste

In a medium bowl, gently stir together the kiwi, watermelon, onion, cilantro, and jalapeno, until well combined. Add the lime juice and salt stir to combine. Serve immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to a day. Serve with tortilla chips.

Take me out to the ball game.....

2009-07-08T08:43:00.008-06:00

Chris and Andrea

Zana, Libby,Noah

Kisses for mom.

Ewan practicing "The Wave."

The Crew minus Leif

For the 4th of July we went to The Rockies game with our super awesome friends Chris, Andrea and crew. We had a blast! First stop was some delicious Mexican food, then on to the game via light rail. (The kids loved that) We were a bit worried Ewan would not like the game, we were wrong he LOVED it! The wave was his favorite thing, every time it came around hands went up. The fireworks were RAD! One of the coolest finales I have ever seen. Noah and Ewan were NOT fans, as soon as they started Noah jumped up and said "I think it is time to go home." The light rail ended up being a fail as we did not get on until after midnight. Tired kids to say the least, oh well they had a BLAST. And bubbles and WHITE keds will never be the same!!
THANKS TYUS FAMILY FOR THE INVITE YOU GUYS ROCK!

Lake Days

2009-07-08T08:23:00.010-06:00

Sam and Bella

Grasyn and I

Chauncey. I think the picture says it all.

Leif and Jim (a.k.a big sexy) :)

Lyndsey and Ewan

Some fun pictures at Chatfield with the Ellis family and then some with my brother and his wife. Good times!

So long farewell...

2009-07-08T08:04:00.009-06:00

Zana,Lia,David, and Ewan

Anne pregnant and all!

I did it! (crossed the wake that is)

Kelli water skiing, she rocks!

Lacey, Tyler, Leif and kiddo's on the boat.

Last week we had a boat day/BB-Q for our good friends Lacey and Tyler. Sadly Tyler has accepted a job in Houston so they will be leaving us at the end of the month. We had a great time and we will miss them.

Viva la Mexico!

2009-06-22T09:37:00.009-06:00

We just returned from our trip to Mazatlan, Mexico with Leif's family. We had so much with Leif's mom two brothers and their families and Leif's fun Aunt Phyllis. We enjoyed living the good life of food, pool and ocean every day. The kids loved stepping out the door and having the ocean right there. ( I loved that too) Ewan enjoyed our walks from the room to the pool daily it took us 20 min. because we had to stop and talk to EVERYONE help anyone who was sweeping or pushing a cart and chase lizards. Noah enjoyed hunting and catching lizards and crabs. Zana loved swimming daily and being with her Aunt Anita and the twins. Leif and I loved all the food!!!
We had a fabulous relaxing time and we can not wait for another tropical vacation with the family!

Field Day Fun

2009-06-08T17:31:00.004-06:00

Girls Trip.

2009-06-08T17:20:00.002-06:00

Okay so I know this is kind of out of order but I am soooo far behind and I am trying to get caught up. So some of these will just bit off. Oh well at least I am finally posting.
At the end April my friend Tiffany and I went to California. We had a really good time hanging out at the beach, shopping going to Disneyland and going to L.A. to the Walk of Fame. We managed to ride all the bigger attractions in Disneyland and California Adventure in one day! It is amazing how fast you can do things without kids.
Thanks for going with me Tiffany it was lots of fun!

Lizard Hunter

2009-06-08T17:15:00.004-06:00

While at my mom's house Noah became a Lizard hunter. Here are pictures of the ones he caught. He wanted to bring them home, but I talked him out of it, thank goodness. :D

Baby Shower.

2009-06-08T10:30:00.003-06:00

My youngest sister Christine is going to have her first baby any day now! Last month I went out for her baby shower. We had a lot of fun and I have to admit I am a bit jealous of the weight she hasn't gained. My other little sister Angie made her cake. (she should go into business)

Zana turns 9!!

2009-06-08T10:08:00.003-06:00

Zana is now a big 9 year old. She is growing up so fast and it is making me so sad. Here are 9 things about Zana.

1. Caring, she genuinely cares about everyone.

2. Aderaline junkie. She loves to rock climb, snowboard, climb trees and now wants to take on wakeboarding. :)

3. Shop-a-holic. I personally LOVE this about her. She loves to go shopping with me and we have so much fun together.

4. Pop star. She loves to sing and sing ALL the time. I love to hear her sing and to be so confident.

5. Wonderful sister. She is a big help with Noah and Ewan I am very thankful for her.

6. Chocolate Connoisseur. She loves her godiva.

7. Missionary in training. She always tells her friends about the church and is ready to invite anyone to come along. ( I wish I was that brave)

8. Beautiful. Each year as her personality blossoms she is more beautiful in my eyes.

9. Forgiving. She is the most forgiving person ever. She forgives her friends after they have been mean to her with out a second thought. She forgives me when I lose my temper. This trait is my favorite, forgiveness is hard and she doesn't even blink an eye to forgive someone if the apologize. I hope this remains easy for her for the rest of her life. :)

ZANA WE LOVE YOU!!!!!

Zana's first Science Fair Project.

2009-04-17T09:11:00.002-06:00

Zana decided she wanted to participate in this years Science Fair. Her project was on Crystal Growth. She did a good job and had a super fun time doing it. She is already thinking about what she is going to do next year.

Happy Easter!

2009-04-13T10:44:00.003-06:00

We started off the Easter celebration on Saturday with an egg hunt. Later in the evening we colored eggs with our friends the Ellis family. Then on Sunday the Easter bunny came and hid eggs and the kids baskets, we then went to church where the primary kids sang and beautiful song and we listened to some wonderful talks. For dinner we went up to Leif's mom's house where we met up with his Aunt Judy, cousin Jennifer, Jenny's sig. other Carlos, her daughter Fatumata, and cousin Corbin. We had a great dinner and fun Easter egg hunt!

It's a SNOW day

2009-04-07T18:10:00.004-06:00

We had one of our big spring storms and Ewan had his first chance to play in it and go sledding. He LOVES to be outside and LOVES the snow! Leif had to drag him in kicking and screaming after about 1 1/2 hours of playing. He is such a cute little guy! And yes he is in Zana's old snow suit! This will probably be a great picture to show his friends later on! :D

Happy Birthday Noah!

2009-04-07T17:59:00.003-06:00

Noah turned 6 yes 6!!!! On the 21st of March. We just had a small family celebration and Leif and I made him a snake cake. He loved all his presents and his cake. I just can not believe how fast he is growing up. :(

16 months, ER and Stitches OH MY!!!!

2009-03-12T11:03:00.012-06:00

Getting settled in at the ER, movie anyone??

Having some fun!!

The After photos all stitched up.

Yesterday Ewan was happily playing on the couch when his foot got caught he tripped and landed on the fireplace hearth. I took him to the ER where Leif met me and he received six stitches. The Poor guy! He was a fantastic baby in the ER and all the Dr.'s commented on how well he did at letting them check his wound and ears. They did however sedate him for the actual stitching up. He took a LONG time to come out of it and was a sad baby. All in all he did wonderful and we hope we do NOT have to make any more trips to the ER anytime soon! The problem is Ewan is sooooo full of energy and is fearless, I am afraid there well be many more trips to come! :D

Fun Weekend

2009-03-03T16:24:00.005-07:00

This weekend my best friend CIndy Palmer flew out with her two foreign exchange students. We had SOOOOOO much fun. Saturday and Sunday was snowboarding all around. I went with them all on Saturday and leif went with them on Sunday. Then Sunday afternoon we all headed up to Red Rocks, it was gorgeous. Monday we hit the mall for Luisa! :) It was a super fun fast weekend! We all enjoyed meeting Rahnan and Luisa and having them stay with us. We hope they come back to visit soon! I already miss Cindy! I miss her lots and lots she is more like a sister than anything! Thanks for coming Cindy, I miss you LOTS!

Valentine's Day

2009-02-17T14:23:00.007-07:00

Zana and Gracie with their cookie creations.

Sexy Weston showing off his chest!

Ewan and his double trouble suckers.

For Valentine's Day we got a heart shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's and had some friends over and made heart shaped cookies! Earlier in the day we went bowling and Leif took us all to Godiva's to pick out some yummy chocolate. :)
Leif and I celebrated our V-day a week earlier. My friend and I made reservations at a hotel downtown lined up baby sitters and were prepared to surprise the husbands at dinner. Well my friend Anne's husband is a firefighter and before we could surprise them he got a call to do an overtime shift and accepted before we could tell. :( We still had a great time at dinner and the rooms were fabulous! Leif just had to wake up at 5am to take Jerry to the station! We had a good time and the boys were surprised and poor Jerry felt soooo bad! I will have to post some pictures as soon as I get them from Anne! :) (and yes we got 2 different rooms down the hall from one another :0)!

How cute are they?

2009-01-28T14:56:00.006-07:00

Ewan in on of his favorite spots!

Zana and Lia having a "spa" day.

Ewan practicing for his passport picture.

Resolutions.....

2009-01-05T12:33:00.003-07:00

Okay so I have had some time to think about what my resolutions for the new year are going to be.
Here goes........
1. Be better with a budget (this is mine every year and most of the time it is an EPIC FAIL!)
2. Try to make it to the Temple more often
3. Just be a better (maybe nicer) person
4. Run the Moab 1/2 marathon in March!! NO chickening out here!
5. Spend more time with my kids
6. Get organized, I was super organized until my little monkey wrench Ewan came into the picture :)
7. Be less stressed out (if anyone has any ideas for this comment away)!
8. Quit the Diet Coke.... this is going to be the hardest for me as most of you know!!!

Well there are some I hope that this year I can be better at all of the above and accomplish all my goals. Wish me LUCK! I figure if I post them I have people who know what I am doing and can check up on me!

Happy New Year!!!

2009-01-01T19:04:00.003-07:00

To start the year off we headed to Colorado Springs to "hike" around the Garden of the Gods. Joyce came along for the fun too. We had a really nice time the weather was perfect! What a fabulous way to start the new year off. We hope that this year is filled with love and peace and that if 2008 was not a good year 2009 is better.
HAPPY NEW YEAR

Playtime with family

2008-12-30T16:20:00.003-07:00

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

2008-12-30T16:12:00.006-07:00

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

2008-12-30T16:03:00.002-07:00

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

2008-12-30T15:49:00.005-07:00

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

2008-12-30T15:43:00.002-07:00

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???

2008-12-18T12:26:00.003-07:00

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!!!!

2008-12-18T09:17:00.002-07:00

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.........

2008-12-18T09:12:00.006-07:00

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........

2008-12-18T09:07:00.002-07:00

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

2008-12-03T12:00:00.003-07:00

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

2008-12-02T15:32:00.009-07:00

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?!

2008-11-09T20:57:00.004-07:00

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!

Halloween

2008-11-01T15:56:00.003-06:00

The kids were excited to go Trick-or-Treating! We were excited to take them because for the first time in years it was in the 70's on Halloween. YAY! It was a wonderful night. Noah was Ben 10 (a boy cartoon who he loves) Zana was a corpse bride and Ewan was Dumbo, he hated to have his "ears" on though :). We now have a TON of candy, I hope it just goes away without me eating it. :)

Happy 1st Birthday Ewan!

2008-10-30T10:17:00.003-06:00

Ewan turned a year old October 22nd but we did not officially celebrate until Sunday the 26th. Here are some pictures of him eating cake and opening some gifts. We are happy he is healthy and that the reflux finally went away! People comment on how fast this year went by and I just smile and nod, to tell the truth I NEVER thought we would get to this point! I am happy he is a happy wild and crazy baby who actually eats now!!! He is a special spirit and he livens up our lives.

Knott's Wild and Crazy Halloween Party

2008-10-25T01:33:00.007-06:00

Our Friends Tyler and Lacey host a mean Halloween party every year! This year the costume theme was objects. Leif and I were Lego people.

Happy Birthday Ewan and Happy Anniversary Leif

2008-10-24T17:26:00.005-06:00

Ewan turned 1 on the 22nd and Leif and I had are 9 year anniversary on the 23rd! We celebrated with a super crazy Gish/Snapp-Cook Griswald type mini vacation. We had a blast and were happy to be with the Gish clan to celebrate both occasions.

Our Driveway is finished!!!

2008-10-24T17:22:00.004-06:00

So our driveway is finally complete, after 4 weeks of mud and dirt!! I am sure Leif is not going to be happy about the van being in the pic. but oh well, you get the point of how much nicer it is now.

I've Been Tagged......Here are 6 wild and crazy Quirks!

2008-10-21T10:08:00.008-06:00

I have been tagged by my friend Andrea so here they are in all there glory 6 of my QUIRKS...........

1. I hate to hear people chew....it stresses me out if you chew loud!

2. Diet Coke, I will open one and drink it at 7a.m. if I have too. I am not ashamed.

3. Trashy T.V., I can't stop myself. The Hills, America's Best Dance Crew, Rock of Love, oh boy the list goes and on. I also LOVE The Best Week Ever and Chelsy Latley. Once you watch one your HOOKED I tell ya.

4. PIles of Junk! I love my piles and if you try to mess with them I might hurt you. I know where everything is so just LEAVE it alone. I know this makes people crazy but I love them.

5. I can not stand if people do not close cupboards or shut drawers. It drives me insane and I will go behind you and shut them if you do not. This drives Leif crazy but it is almost like unfinished business just take care of it.

6. Finally DIrty floors. I hate when my floors are dirty, I have been known to get up in the middle of night to mop them. The haunt me if I don't.

So now you all know how crazy I am I will tag a couple of people! Leah and Tiffany you have been TAGGED!

Seriously, who said owning a house was a good thing??

2008-10-14T08:03:00.007-06:00

Leif and I decided it would be a good idea to fix our driveway so no one would break their ankle in our deep craters. We thought it would be done in one weekend, OH NO we are on our third week with no driveway!!!! Hopefully this will be the last weekend without a driveway or walkway. Don't you all just love the makeshift canopy we had to put over the concrete that was poured to keep the rain off!! I love owning a home really I do.......UGH

Super Fun

2008-10-06T17:19:00.005-06:00

We went wakeboarding with our friends Jerry and Anne again and had to post these pictures because Jerry and Anne are ROCK STARS! We had so much fun with them the end of this summer boating and "dirt" biking. I can't wait until next summer, we had so much fun boating at the beginning of the summer and the end we decided to buy our own boat! CRAZY....we bought one last Thursday, we hope there are a couple more nice days to go out before we have to winterize it and put it away for the winter.

Look mom no hands.....

2008-09-26T14:06:00.005-06:00

Ewan has been standing on his own in the middle of the room. We are sure he is going to be walking soon. The funniest was the other night when he tried standing up in the middle of tub, already he is crazier than Noah ever was. Heaven help us! :)

Our first wakeboarding experience

2008-09-24T12:16:00.002-06:00

That is me in photo above!!

Jerry and Anne took us wakeboarding yesterday and we had a blast! Leif and I both got up on our first try! YAY! Thanks to Jerry and Anne's good advice and Jerry's fantastic boat driving skills. The kids had fun just hanging out on the boat.

First 1/2 Marathon.....Good Job!

2008-09-21T12:37:00.005-06:00

Leif ran his first half marathon with his friend Tyler Knotts yesterday in Buena Vista. He finished with a great time 1:54:05 and got third place in his age group! He got a ribbon!! Tyler did great as well! Good Job guys!

Going, Going Gone!

2008-09-17T09:46:00.004-06:00

We went to the lake yesterday with our friends Jerry, Anne, Judd and Aubree. I think we are trying to hold on to every last bit of summer we can before it is over.

Start spreading the news, I am leaving today, I want to be a part of it, New York!

2008-09-06T07:43:00.014-06:00

Top of The Empire State Building

Zana at The Carnegie Deli

Meredith Viera

Michael Phelps!

John Lennon Strawberry Fields Memorial

I know this is a lot of pictures!! Sorry...... My mom, my little sister Christine, Zana and I had such a good time in New York! We loved every minuet of it. There was so much to see in 4 days and we managed to get in everything we wanted to do.
We went to The Lion King and LOVED it! We strolled through Central Park and we were amazed and the beauty and lovely peace and serenity in the middle of the bustling busy city. We walked along 5th Ave, and saw all the fancy stores Tiffanys, Fendi, Prada etc... We took a tour of the city and went to Greenwich Village, Soho, Little Italy (it is almost no more) Chinatown, The Statue of Liberty (amazing) Ellis Island, The Empire State building, Ground Zero and all over downtown. We even went to the Today Show met Meredith Viera and Zana was even on the show!! (that was her highlight) Michael Phelps was there too! WE went to The Hello Deli and met Rupert and saw Conan Obrien jogging down the street outside of the apartment we were staying at! We were able to stay in a fabulous apartment on 72nd and Central Park West just a couple of buildings down from where John Lennon was tragically shot. We were right across the street from Central Park! We figured out the Subway and we were all in awe of the amazing public transportation system!! We loved everything about our trip everyday was an adventure and so much fun.
I can not wait to go back!!! This time for straight shopping!!! :0)

How Sweet

2008-08-27T21:01:00.000-06:00

Leif and Ewan

After the 5k.......

2008-08-25T14:32:00.003-06:00

After the big run Leif took the kids to City Park and they had a great time swinging and playing with bugs.

5k

2008-08-23T13:41:00.007-06:00

Our Support Group in photos above!

So after committing to being a "runner" I have tried to run couple of 5k's with my friend Anne but ended up being a tard and ditching out. SO I finally ran one with her today!! I was hoping to get under 30min and when I got the "official" results I was SHOCKED to say the least, 27:18!!! YAY!! Anne rocked it with a 25:40 time GO ANNE!
We are glad we had a good cheering section, thanks Zana, Katlyn, Noah, Ewan and Leif!!!!

Better Together

2008-08-18T17:34:00.003-06:00

Leif and I saw Jack Johnson last night at Red Rocks and had a great time on our date! Dates are far and few these days so when we get the chance we don't hesitate!
Thanks for the tickets and great date Leif! I love you and for SURE it's always better when we're together!

Kids say the darndest things....

2008-08-16T22:10:00.004-06:00

Zana started the 3rd grade this week and one of the class assignments she had was to fill out a personal inventory sheet. There were several inquiries such as Places I have been, things I like,etc.. Well as some of you know my dad is VERY conservative and a big hunter man. Soooo when Leif and I saw Zana's response Things I dislike we laughed until we practically peed our pants.
"Things I dislike, hunting and people who pollute." Zana Snapp-Cook
We laughed then after thinking about it we felt proud that Zana feels passionate about things and is not afraid to speak her mind.

School Days, School Days, Dear Old Golden Rule Days!

2008-08-12T12:32:00.003-06:00

Zana and Noah started their first day of school today! Zana is now a big 3rd grader and Noah is in Kindergarten. Noah JUMPED out of bed at 7am and yelled "ZANA IT"S MY FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN WOOOHOO!" Zana said she was excited but a little bit nervous.
They were both pretty cute in their new school clothes! Leif and I had to try hard to keep from crying as they both went back we were not ready for summer to be over.

Baby on the run

2008-07-27T17:51:00.004-06:00

After two months of crazy army crawling and carpet swimming Ewan has finally started to crawl! He has been getting up on his hands and knees for awhile now but would always revert back to his carpet swim. Today he got up on his hands and knees and away he went!
We are in trouble now :)!

A night with The Police and...... Elvis!?

2008-07-23T08:39:00.008-06:00

Yesterday Leif scored four tickets to see The Police with Elvis Costello at Red Rocks!!! We asked our friends Tyler and Jacque to join us and had such a good time. I remember in my younger years loving The Police and being sad that I would never in my lifetime see them live. I was excited when Sting decided to re-group with The Police and go on tour. I never thought I would get tickets to see them, and never at Red Rocks! So needless to say I was very GITTY yesterday when Leif called with the good news that he scored last minute tickets. My gitty factor when from 10 to 15 when I heard Elvis Costello was opening for them! I will use my '80's lingo to sum it all up............ it was RAD!!!!!

OH, those hot summer days!

2008-07-20T14:39:00.005-06:00

More yard work, does it ever end???

2008-07-19T08:37:00.003-06:00

This weekend we are trying to do the last of our yard work. Last Summer we laid new sod and made a "playground" area for the kids. This summer we are putting some finishing touches on what we started. We put a "picket" fence to separate the kid play area from the nice grassy area and to keep our dogs off the grass too. Leif decided to put crushed granite and river rock in areas as well.
Ewan thought the tractor looked fun so Leif took him on a ride and he loved it! He made this hilarious monkey face and did his funny little happy squeal while sitting on the tractor. He was very sad when he had to get off and come inside with boring old mom.

Ewan's first camping trip!

2008-07-14T14:59:00.004-06:00

This last weekend we went on our first camping trip of the summer! Before we left on our trip we looked down and noticed we all had our flip flops on! I guess the longer you live with people the more you start thinking alike. This was Ewan's first camping trip he did fabulous, we were scared that he would not sleep but he surprised us. The first night he woke up a couple of times for a brief minute but the second night he slept through the whole night!
We went with some of our good friends Tyler and Lacey Knotts and their two kids Ellie and Avery. We got there Friday night and then Saturday we rented a boat and hung out on Boyd Lake all day. The kids did great and the adults had some fun as well. I tried to water ski and after make a huge fool out of myself tried knee boarding instead. I LOVED it! I had such a good time. Lacey of course was a pro at it and tried a 360 she came so close and then last minute let go of the rope. Leif tried both and got up on both the water ski's and knee board, he agreed with me knee boarding is our thing. Zana tried as well and got a little freaked out by the speed of the boat. Tyler had some amazing boat driving skills!
The little ones had fun swimming, Ewan and Avery both had a hard time staying awake on the boat. You would have thought one of us would have been smart and would have brought a camera along to document our fun but nope! We all forgot our camera's, I was so sad. :(
The kids al had a great time climbing tree's, playing in dirt and making smores. We are blessed to have great friends to share these fun times with!

Worthen Family Visit June 2008

2008-07-14T14:41:00.002-06:00

My little sister Angie had her first baby on June 11th so 10 days later we gathered up the Snapp-Cook crew and headed out to Southern Utah to surprise her and see our first nephew Licoln on my side of the family.
We had such a good time there! Our nephew is adorable and we were so happy to get to see him while he was still so tiny and sweet. Ewan looked so big compared to little baby Licoln.
Leif and I were able to go on our favorite hike in Southern Utah and it was the first time EVER leaving Ewan while he was awake for more than one hour at a time.
Zana, Noah and Leif went camping with my dad and they all had a great time. Although Zana and Noah are sure that grandpa tried to kill them by taking them on a 6 mile hike!!! They managed to stay alive. :)
We love visiting and being with our family!

4 Wheeling with Dad

2008-07-09T05:30:00.000-06:00

This whole summer Leif has tried to get us to go 4 wheeling with him and we FINALLY agreed! Noah was the funniest little guy about the whole trip, he kept saying "Dad this is not fun, this the worst day of my whole life." By the end of the day though he did say "This was fun, it was the best day of my life." Funny little guy.

Ewan has no complaints he LOVED every minute of it.

Update on Life

2008-07-02T11:34:00.000-06:00

Okay, So I thought since it has been 5 months since I have done anything on this site I would give a hopefully brief update on our lives.

Zana turned 8 (yes 8) in April and was baptized! It was a good fun filled day, my dad game out from Southern Utah and was able to confirm her. Joyce joined us from Longmont and it was fun to have her there to support her. Jim and Lynds were there along with all of our amazing friends here!
She just finished the 2nd grade and had an amazing school year. Her grades were FANTASTIC! She is good reader and reads whenever she gets the chance. She is a an adventurous girl wiling to try anything. She recently climbed the rock wall at REI and did really well, she does better at bouldering. She loves to hike and just did a 6 mile hike with her dad, brother and Grandpa. She is a joy to have around and lot of help with her baby brother.

Noah turned 5 March and does not let us forget he is a 5 year old. He just finished pre-school and is looking forward to Kindergarten and homework :)
He is a pretty wild a crazy guy! He just recently got caught climbing on the roof, and escaped from our back yard and tried to go to Gunthertoody's all by himself. I swear I need to get a GPS put on him. He is a loving little guy and loves to be with his dad and grandpa.

Ewan is 8 months! Time sure flies by. He is getting cuter by the day. His acid reflux is slowly going away and he is finally eating! He refuses to crawl and just rolls everywhere chasing the cat and dogs. He is smily little guy full of energy, he has to be constantly moving

Holy Cow I SUCK at this!!

2008-07-01T19:54:00.000-06:00

Okay it has been 5 months since I have added anything to this crazy blog. I figure it is time to add some more. :) Every 5 months is okay right??!!!
Life is good in the Snapp-Cook house hold! Ewan is growing like a mad man and his acid reflux seems to be slowly going away.Zana and Noah are crazy kids keeping me on my toes!
Hopefully I can start keeping up on this bi-weekly instead months!

Blog bandwagon we are jumping on!

2008-01-16T14:49:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I guess it is time to jump on this crazy blogging bandwagon. This technical world is killing me! I suppose it is a good way to keep in touch with friends and family who are far away.

I am new to this blogging business so try not to laugh to hard at my attempt to be blog savvy!