January Part Three

Austin loves to dance, and I think he is a really good dancer.  He is very macho in how he does it.  We were watching Alvin and the Chipmunks and during the music he felt like getting up and dancing.  I love this boy!

As a 5th grader, Jayden got a Utah Ski Passport for $35 which let him ski 3 times for free at all the resorts.  We thought we had my old skis for them, but they had been sold at a yardsale.  So, I picked up used skis for him, and splurged on some for me.  We went to Sundance and had so much fun.  At first he was really frustrated that he couldn't remember everything and had to work at learning to ski again.  But after a little while, he finally got the hang of it again and it was so much fun spending the afternoon with him.

 Austin and Lauren have been having fun drawing pictures for me and then we have been displaying them on my bedroom door.

More basketball going on at our house.  Here is a breakaway drive from Jayden.  So far this season, both Dylan and his teams are undefeated.

Looking back on this whole month, January was a rough month health-wise.  We seemed to have someone sick every single week. Often it was multiple kids and different sicknesses kept coming up.  Luckily, everybody didn't catch everything. Here's to a better February!

January Part Two

The kids got passes to  ride the Ferris Wheel from doing Jr. Jazz LAST YEAR.  We finally took the opportunity to go ride it.  The line was so small when we first got there, but then we learned we needed to go get tokens for it.  While we did that, a few groups came in before us.  So, we had to wait for a little while.  We had fun looking at all the chairs on the ride, and guessing what one we might get.  Ashlyn wasn't allowed on it because she wasn't tall enough.  I ended up being the one staying off, and taking pictures.  We also spoiled the kids and got some fudge to bring home and enjoy. Yummm!

Austin came up to me to show me he was a walrus.  Ashlyn and Lauren decided to join in too.  And of course, they wanted a picture.

Ashlyn loves peanut butter.  She has started to get into the pantry and help herself to some spoonfuls. With this cute little face, its so hard to get mad at her for it.  I just might have to put a babyproof lock on the pantry door soon.

And to keep the cuteness going, once she was done with the peanut butter, she started to help me do the dishes.  She asked me "where 'dis go?"

Ethan is also playing basketball.  His team is coached by our neighbor Matt Kjar, and almost all his team are kids in our neighborhood.

January Part One

New Years was a little bit of a downer.  Dylan was sick yet again.  He was so bummed to be sick for New Years.  He had been looking forward to spending time with all the Gibson family.  He wanted to go so badly.  I stayed home with him on New Years Eve.  I had thought about playing a game with him, but we both decided he needed to just go to bed.  He hoped to wake up and play a game later, but of course that didn't happen.  The next day, he hoped to feel good, but still didn't.  Everyone else went and had fun sledding at the Gibsons.  

Lauren (and Ashlyn) love Karli's baby, Brielle.  Here is Amy, Lauren, and Brielle.

Lauren's preschool had fun playing with "snow."  It was actually aftershave, so she came home smelling nice and fresh!

Ashlyn love, loves, loves her babies!

Ashlyn and I went to get our vacuum serviced at the Oreck store. She loves Minnie Mouse and told me she wanted to bring the vacuum with us.  She was so sad it had to stay at the store.

Dylan has been loving playing basketball.  His team has been a great team.

Jayden ended up on a team with a whole bunch of his friends (David, Cameron, Brendan, Max, and Tyler).  They play really well together.  Jayden and David really make a great team.