It snowed in St George!

And we got more this year than last year! What a great way to end Winter Break for the girls! Today was their last day off before returning to school tomorrow... and they loved starting their day playing in the snow. The girls were able to get in a snowball fight and a pretty decent sized snowman (especially compared to last year's model).

Amber wasn't quite sure what to do with all that white, cold stuff in her backyard, so she did what any puppy from California would do... she ran laps through it, ate it, and then came in and shook it off and kept a watchful eye on it from inside the house.

Here are some pictures....

Snowball fight!:

















Happy kids!:















Crazy dog exploring this new stuff in her yard:















Running laps through the cold:

















More snowball fighting:















Snowman building:




















Happy kids with the finished product:





















The finished snowman:

We met baby Norah!

Last week the three girls in our family made our way over the river (the Virgin River) and through the woods (San Bernardino National Forest) to Grandmother's (and Grandfather's) house for Christmas celebration part 2!

And while we were there, we got to see Tangled, play games, go to the park, and meet our newest baby cousin Norah! None of us could leave her alone and when Aunt Kari wasn't holding her, or her mommy wasn't feeding her, we got to hold her! :)

Here are some pictures of Kara & Brooke with Norah:

Catching up on Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas! Relaxing and full of fun! :)

Our tree with the presents underneath on Christmas morning before the girls got to them:















The stockings full of stuff from Santa:















Milk & Cookies remnants from what the girls left out for Santa:















The girls with some of their presents:















Amber with her new blanket & new chew toy:
















Our Christmas dinner (eaten at 10:30am!):

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Kara's first basketball game

Kara is playing basketball this year (and Brooke is too, but she doesn't start until January).

Kara's team had their first game today... Here are some photos!

Kara is excellent at defense and even though she is a full head shorter and a year younger than some of these players (her group is 5th & 6th graders), she wasn't afraid to go after the ball. She even dove for it and sacrificed her knees then held onto the ball and got dragged and elbowed down the court. But she never let go and made her coach (and her parents) proud!

Merry Christmas!

While at the mall wandering around and waiting for the choir performance to start (see previous post), the girls made a mandatory stop at Claire's. We saw these little santa hat clips and I knew we had everything we'd need to make them. So last night I did, and today both kids are enjoying their new clips! :)

Keeping us busy

Our kids' activities have filled the December calendar... just one of the many activities this year: school choir. These are a couple of shots taken at the mall performance last night.