New Years Eve

We went south for new years to hang out with my family. They have some serious snow, which was perfect for what David wanted to do.We went to the Dude Ranch for some snow shoeing.
This is the Hurst's cabin the kids could just climb on the roof without any trouble. Klea thought it would be good to shovel the snow off the roof. So that is why they got up.
Abi and Spencer on top.

David and Kade
Spencer trying to get up. Such a cute little snow bunny!

Spencer found the horse swing to play on.

Lizz and my dad.

William after tubing for a while. He was covered in snow. Some how we got all the way to b-town without his winter coat. He survived with his BYU hoody.

My dad and Trevor helping David make a snow cave. David wanted to try making a snow cave in preparations for a winter snow camp.

Trevor helping get the snow out of the cave.

David inside the snow cave. It was quite spacious, but I rather not be an occupant.

Abi lookin' in the cave.

Me, Trevor, Lizz, My dad, and Spencer right before we headed up the big hill. It actually wasn't too bad climbing the hill with the snow shoes. I think this is just the beginnings of our snow shoeing adventures.

Christmas Eve and Christmas day

Here we are on Christmas Eve. We have a very yummy Prime Rib dinner. It was so tasty!It is David's family tradition to open all the presents under the Christmas tree Christmas Eve. Spencer got an electric tooth brush and PJs. He was very excited!

David showing off some of his new clothes.

My kids have fancy posses. William sportin' his new BYU attire.

Our dad got Snow Shoes. He is very excited about these!

Abi got a iPod touch and couldn't be happier about it .Christmas morning after Santa left some surprises.
The kids all got Santa'a coal in their stockings.
It is really bubble gum. William thought it was cool!

Santa left the family a small gumball machine. Spence was thrilled!
For some reason I didn't get many pictures of Christmas morning, but we are very spoiled with all the gifts we received.

William on Christmas day ready to go sledding.

Random

I got to go help with Spencer's Christmas party as school.
We made these cute little snowman heads.
It was also Polar Express day hence the PJs and he got a elf hat.
So cute!
My baby isn't going to be little too much longer.

William found this leaf on the way home from church.
They are funny boys!
So animated!

We grew this huge potato in the our garden!
It fed us all for dinner one night.
Love Red Potatoes fresh from the garden!!

David heading to scouts to work on the music merit badge, can you tell?

Abi made these ever so cute ginger bread people at activity days so cute!!!

Happy 13th Birthday!

David turns 13!
Abi was so sweet to get her brother some of his favorite subjects on posters.
Abi is quite thoughtful!He got a cord to hook up the new pickup for his guitar to the amp.
He was very excited and surprised to know he had been playing his guitar with the pickup in it for 3 weeks. Now his playing can be amplified!

He has been working on some merit badges and needed to visit some government or state buildings. SO we all went to the state capital building.
It is an amazing building!

The is some beautiful rock walls throughout the building!
Everyone should go check it out. It is a great place for photo shoots too.

Can you Tell I have a 13 year old??

David is a funny boy! I tried to get him to just look nice for a picture,
but he is so excited to be a TEENAGER!!!!!
So he had to act like on too!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!







He is a funny kid! He makes us laugh lots!

NJHS

David was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society.
This picture is a little blurry, but glad to have captured the moment.
We are proud of David and his determination to have great grades!For his first 2 quarters of Junior High he is a 4.0 student! Way to go!

The whole group. Notice not as many boys and girls.
We are glad david is taking advantage of clubs like this that will help him for years to come!

Thanksgiving Talent Show

On Thanksgiving we had a Talent Show. It was very fun. The kids were very excited to share one of their own talents.

KC and Michelle sang a fun song about MILK. Very good KC! Loved it. Abi shared some card tricks. And they were very tricky!

Abi also shared one of her new found talents of making balloons. A kid favorite!

Spencer and William did a fun song. William is behind Spencer with his arms in the sheet as the arms in the dress. He put lipstick on Spence and had him eat a sucker. It is pretty hilarious!

Tim showing off some of Abi's balloon creations.

Jace with a very fancy crown!

David playing his guitar.

Spencer doing a little dance/gymnastics. He has quite the MOVES!

Tim and Abi taking a turn at the sheet talent. It was really funny!!!

The couple I didn't get picture of was Tim singing his very own and very creative version of the 12 days of Christmas, and Jace did a cute little skit about doggy droppings. Grammy also talked to us about some ancestors that had some great talents.
Here are the awards that everyone received.
You all did a great job and we will definitely have to do it again.

David took David and KC to the temple to do baptisms for the dead.

It was a neat experience for them.

We also went out to Green Canyon Springs and swam in the Hot Springs. On our way in we saw this oh so very interesting car. I don't think I have ever seen anything like it.
Somebody has been very creative!

I like the shark fin on top and the teeth on the very front.

Some seriously random things glued to the hood of the car.

This is Abi inside the hot springs pool. It was very warm and they had an even hotter but smaller pool in the other room. We had a good time swimming and playing!