Skiing

A few days ago Mitch and I were able to go skiing for the day by ourselves. What a great day. It is so much fun to take the kids up and go as a family, but oh how nice it is to just be able to take off and ski and not worry about who is where and doing what. We were even able to do a little bit of exploring. It was a snowy day, but probably one of the best ski day we've had. I only wish that we could do it more often. (just the two of us on a week day I mean) This year we got season passes for the family to the local ski resort. I think that we have been up about a dozen times and plan to go up several more before the snow is gone. The kids have all turned out to be quite the little skiers. Even Dallin (4 1/2) can keep up with the older kids. No more bunny hill for us. We have even ventured on to some intermediate runs. It is so nice to have something that we can do together outside in the winter.

Flashback Friday

I am dreaming of some place warm....


Fiji summer 2009

Hardware Ranch

Earlier this month I went with Makayla and her class to Hardware Ranch. What a great field trip. All of my kids have done it, but this was the first time that I was able to go. (I am getting a lot more freedom with only one preschooler at home) Hardware Ranch is a wildlife management area that is not to far from us. Makayla's class was able to visit the visitors center, play games and go on a sleigh ride out to where they feed the elk. I think that they said there were about 300 elk there that day. Her class is absolutely adorable and they had so much fun. Other than the bus ride that almost made me sick, I would love to go out there again. Fun place to visit.

Presidents Cup

For Valentines/Presidents Day weekend we headed down to St. George for Hanna's Presidents Cup soccer tournament. What a nice break from the cold. We had a great time. Her team won 2 games and lost 1. They almost made it to the semi-finals. Hanna had some sweet goals. We were actually able to wear short sleeves, play outside without being bundled up and swim outside. It's always fun to sneak away for the weekend and just play. I see many more trips like this in our future.

Someone is getting older

Happy birthday Mitch. Mitch turned 32 on Sunday. We celebrated with family and had a great time. Having your birthday on a Sunday with 9:00 church kind of puts a damper on the activities for the day. We enjoyed a fun evening out on Friday and then a party on Sunday. Mitch is planning a trip to Uganda this summer so his gifts centered around that including a camera, TOMS, money to put towards the trip and most importantly my sister gave him a haircut. It was well overdue. Mitch did say that this was the last birthday that he is going to celebrate so I guess he will be 32 forever. Happy Birthday honey, we love you.

I'm Back!

After a long break from blogging I have returned. A few highlights of the past oh seven or so months

* Mitch and I took a trip to Fiji in June.

* I turned the big 30 in August

* In September Tyler turned 10. My how he has grow up. He had a great birthday with lots of family

* We had a wonderful holiday season with friends and family

* We have been loving the snow and going skiing

* Ty just finished an exciting basketball season


A few things that we are looking forward to are:

* Birthdays... Mitch-tomorrow, Makayla in March, Hanna in April

* Warm weather... Spring please come soon

* Soccer season starting for the kids

I am going to try really hard to up date my blog weekly, so check back soon.