Sad Snow

This is from our last snow storm, the snow didn't last very long but we still managed to get some sledding in.
It took me a long time last night to add a post, plus update to the new version. So I'm posting again to keep up my skill. (Brent's at the temple with the YM, the kids are asleep, so I'm alone with nothing better to do :)

Not much is new in my life but I've been


promising


to write something


on the Tidbits.


I put it off because nothing really eventful


has happened in my life lately. But today


I saw something that


I don't think any of you have seen.

It was pretty dang cool if you ask me!




So I snuck into Mom's room,




stole her camera




tried to be




secretive




and




"click."

Early Christmas Anyone?

I want this

If anyone is feeling generous or philanthropic.... Eldon, are you satisfied?

Mike's in the background making "office" jokes to that last sentence, anyone seen the sexual harrasment episode of "The Office?"

Christmas Morning

Grandma had drilled the plan into the boys heads; first knock loud on Melanie's door to get her up, go jump on your mom and dad's bed and then come knock quietly on grandma and grandpa's door. Christmas Eve the boys knew exactly what they were going to do the next morning. Surprisingly before the sun was up Christmas morning, Melanie was jumping on their beds. In a daze Logan started running for Melanie's door. Mason simply pulled the covers over his head. Melanie finally got them out of their confusion and we had three kids jumping on our bed.

The kids were all so happy with what they got, it was fun to watch.

Brent was hoping Logan would be disappointed that he didn't get a 4.10 shot gun. He didn't even say a word about it and was completly satisfied with his presents. So Brent made Logan look too see if he had missed any presents. Low and behold behind the couch there was Logan's gun. Ya, he was verry happy.

Lucky for Melanie she could sneak back up to bed after opening presents, while the rest of us dreamed of being in bed. Of course the kids had no intention of taking a nap or going back to sleep.

Must Read Book

This is one of the best parenting books I have read because it comes with very specific ideas and examples, which I like much more than concepts or principles. I still haven't started doing any of the suggestions, but... Watch out Paige and Kate you are going to learn to work and be independent!!

A must read, especially Glenn and Melissa (older kids)

Get it here or on Amazon.

Christmas 2006

It was GREAT to have Brent and April come down for Christmas BEFORE the holidays... we all went to the Mesa AZ temple square and saw the lights with cousins on Christmas Eve. We even watched a movie... and we were ALL attentive and quiet during the 6 minute movie called "Luke 2."

Then, it was GREAT to have Eldon and Mindy come down AFTER Christmas... we had a BLAST playing at the park, eating oranges and riding around all over the place! (Thanks Jeff & Melissa!)



How many kids can you fit in and on and around a dune buggy???

It is going to be so dang hard to go back to school next week! AUGH!

Christmas Highlights

Going to the Temple for a choral concert. It was probably only 50 degrees but it felt like 30 to us.

Opening up the Christmas Eve gifts, which always happen to be PJs

Trying to open the presents for the kids to play with on Christmas

Rosas. Enough said.

Kids making Sourdough Waffles with Grandma

Breakfast at Grandma Moffat's house

Playing with Jeff and Melissa's toys

Getting to see and hold Rusty. The happiest baby of the year.

My big New Year's Eve activity. Playing Uno with the kids

Celebrating New Years at 9pm thanks to a New York feed. The host of the party we were supposed to be at got sick, so we moved the party to our house.

Here's to more sleep in 2007.