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New Years Party

Scott had a sleep over with Brayden at his Grandma and Grandpa’s whilst Toby, Kristy and myself enjoyed the company of Kari, Wade and Linzy (their little dog). Even though Toby missed Scott we had a wonderful evening playing board games and lastly on the X-Box until a few seconds before the ball dropped. We [...]

Christmas Party 2004

Scott was the Donkey / Shepherd and Toby was an Inn Keeper / King. Alyson was ofcourse Mary (since she was the only girl present). Toby remembered his lines like a rock star! Scott got the donkey sounds down (even though he sounded like a donkey with a kidney stone!). Alyson Kissed Baby Jesus, laid [...]

Santa_suprise!

I was in need of a few dental repairs and afterwards we all met up to see santa. I’m actually surprised that my kids were not afraid of him. This santa sacred me! I have pictures to prove it! But it reminded me of the unconditional love that children show. To scott this guy was [...]

Thanksgiving

This year we had the oppurtunity to have a great meal will Marc and Sharon. WOW – what a fine meal that was. Pretty much everybodywas there, apart from Danna, Donnie and Hayden. We had Turkey galore and ate till the tryptophan kicked in! Thanks for a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Halloween capers

Halloween was on a Sunday this year, so all the trick or treating was done on Saturday, which turned out the be the best day for it anyway!. Sunday was snowing pretty much all evening and into the night, so Saturday was a really good day. Scott and Toby were both Spidermen, Alyson was a [...]

Fire Safety FHE

Our Family Home Evening today was focused on fire safety. Our Local fire department had given Scott a paper for him to define the escape routes in our home. Scott is 5 and the paper said to draw a floor plan – So I did – took me about an hour and didn’t finish it [...]

Family Picture time

We ventured upto Sqaw Peak (an overlook over Utah County) for our latest family picture, which turned out B E A utiful. The Girls wore Pink and the boys wore Blue. The weather was perfect for taking pictures and the hike was just long enough to drain the energy from the boys. The Uinta Forest [...]

Antelope Island

We ventured to 1 of Utah’s 10 islands today, Antelope Island is the biggest of them all. It costs $8 per vehicle and is a host to a multitude of Brine Shrimp! I’ve never seen them so BIG before! I was going to take some home for my fish to eat! but I think the [...]

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