Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Christmas Break Volume 3

Sometimes Christmas vacation can be tough.  It's not nice enough to play outside most days, although we did anyway.  All I have to say about that is thank goodness for snow pants.  We went sledding again, this time at Pioneer Park.  And except for the parents on the next hill that were smoking, it was a great day.  Grace was the first one down the hill.  She went fifteen feet, then promptly hit a tree.  She wasn't going very fast, and the tree was smaller than her, so no problem there.

We were excited when one of our favorite families came over.  Joey and Kourtney played for hours!  Kaitlin and Andrew played, too, including making a cool fort in the basement.  We were especially excited that their little brother, Keegan was able to come this time, too.  He and Matt had a great time.  Their parents brought over breakfast -- Joey safe pancakes and sausage (our favorite!), and we dined on Costco pizza for lunch.  It was a great day that we will hopefully repeat sometime very soon.



This is not a new haircut, she just played so hard her hair did weird things.







You can tell it's been a great day when they just fall over at the end of it.


The next day, Daddy got the kids working on some projects around the house.  The big boys got their own tool boxes and tool belts -- and REAL tools -- for Christmas.  They were more than happy to break them in by helping Daddy.  This is my new favorite Saturday morning sight.  And, of course, Gracie had to be where the boys were.  She was a big help.



We also said good-bye to a really good friend.  Janelle is headed down to St. George for nursing school.  She has been one of the funnest people in our ward.  The boys had tears when they found out she was leaving.  They keep saying how much they wish she could stay.  We will definitely stay in touch, and hope all goes well for her!