Monday, December 31, 2012

December Mash up

Why is it that everything is scheduled in December?  Every concert, performance and party gets crammed into a few short weeks.  At least it's a fun kind of energy!  We took the youth up to Temple Square to see the lights and we had a great group.

Tornado stole the show in his kindergarten Christmas music concert...

... and Sunshine wrote a very ironic poem about Wilbur the pig.

We rode the new Frontrunner train for the first time!  Very cool.

Tornado excelled on his basketball team, scoring in nearly every game.

We visited a live nativity put on in Alpine.  There were live animals, Roman soldiers and long lines.  We didn't make it til the end, due to the long hours in the cold.

Thunder had a great birthday!

He loved his presents from the kids the most.

We took our trip to see the lights on his birthday, so some of the leaders surprised him with cupcakes.

The boys really loved the choir-side our youth sang in.

A little bored one day...

... and a sweet project on another day.

Sunrise's preschool class got to visit the post office.  How fun!  I had never visited there before either.

The cabin has the best sledding.

We went down to Provo for their huge New Year's Eve party! The whole mall was transformed into kid fun stations and demonstrations.  We had a great time.  But we were still home by 9:00  :-)

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Christmas

We loved our first Christmas at the cabin and were so excited to go back.  We love being able to relax and have a slower pace for a few days.  At least, it's slower after Christmas.  Pre-Christmas is just crazy, no matter where we are!  We enjoyed having family come to visit.  We played games, ate good food, slept in (when the children permitted), went snowmobiling and sledding, and just talked a lot.


Thursday, December 20, 2012

Catch up!

Prepare for blog overload as I try to recap about half of the year...yeesh.

Friday, November 30, 2012

November mash up

We cheered on the Cougars...

... got cold...

...got warm again...

...got crazy for a fun movie with friends...

...got all lovey-dovey...

...got naked for dinner?

...got excited by physics down at BYU...

...got bored of trying to wake the sleeping tiger at the zoo...

...got to tour the new City Creek in Salt Lake.
Not a bad November!


Monday, November 05, 2012

Baptism day!

The first Saturday in November was a very special time that our family had been looking forward to.  Sunshine was old enough to be baptized and a lot of family was coming to visit!
Since a few plane schedules got delayed, we all ended up in Salt Lake City for a few hours.  We ate at the Roof restaurant near the temple.  They let Sunshine release a balloon out of a roof window into the sky.  It was pretty neat.
My brother Robert brought his girlfriend Marissa.  The kids loved wrestling with her!

We waited for a while at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, but they had lots of fun activities while we waited.
On Saturday morning, the big event arrived!  Sunshine was baptized by Thunder and I sang a song I had written for him called "Your Baptism."  Everyone wrote notes to Sunshine on small notecards.

Sunshine had several football buddies come to support him.  He loved seeing them!

We had so much family support, considering most of them live hundreds of miles away!  We loved it!!

After the baptism, we headed up to the cabin.  Marissa was an excellent shot with the AirSoft gun, and a great teacher!

We so enjoyed everyone's company.  We really miss living away from family and relish these times when everyone can get together.

Several of Sunshine's friends came up to the cabin for the day.  He loves those guys!

The cake tipped just a bit in the car...

I think we wore Papa out a bit!

We had such a wonderful time with family.
Thanks for making it such a special day for Sunshine!