Ward Picnic at Pine Valley

Our annual Ward Picnic at the Lion's Lodge in Pine Valley. Great food and fun. The kids look forward to this every year.

Football

Studying Math - there weren't many people Brett's age there so he pulled out a math book.

Unfortunately Kylie ended up with a tummy ache and we left early to get her home.  She was fine after a while but her face shows her disappointment.

President's Day Snow Trip

We didn't get very many picture of our snow trip because the camera battery died.  We had to go all the way to Pine Valley to find enough snow to play in.  It was funs but had its ups and downs.  Kim wasn't feeling the best and was wiped out by the end of the trip.  Brett was tired and didn't want to play at all.  It took us a while to find a good place to sled but we did end up on a great hill and now we know where to go for next year.

Pirate Island Pizza

We have a tradtion of going out to eat on Christmas Eve.  This year we choose to go to Pirate Island Pizza.  We used to do dinner but now do a late lunch because A) it's cheaper & B) my aunt and uncle have a buffet at their home on Christmas Eve.

 $40 worth of tokens later we had a lot of tickets to spend.

We even snapped a family picture.  I was searching for a family picture a week ago and realized we hadn't taken many this year.

Swimming at Sand Hollow

Friday meant Forced Family Fun. No friends, just the kids and me. We went to Sand Hollow Aquatic Center for some time swimming together. We spent more at the snack bar getting nachos, pizza sticks, pretzels and candy than we paid to get in to swim! At least everyone left happy.

Staheli Farms

We took our annual trek out to Staheli Farms for a Family Night. We usually go with the elementary school but the night they had scheduled got rained out so we went on our own. Pizza at Hungry Howies followed by a couple hours spent having fun on the farm.
Redneck Trampoline

Bull Roping

Brett didn't like the "farm" smell.

The kids love this horse ride.

Pig Races

Then out to the Corn Maze.

Bradley's Baptism

What a wonder day we had yesterday. Bradley was baptized and confirmed by his dad. You have never seen a child as excited to be baptized as Bradley! Congratulations Bradley we are so proud of you.

Yesterday afternoon we had quite a surprise when our front door opened and in walked Mike, Wendy, Spencer, Preston, Tanner and Emily. They had driven down from Highland for Bradley's baptism. The kids were so excited!

Following the baptism we came back t our house for treats. We had a snack buffet and Mike made a chocolate buttermilk cake! YUM!

We put together a puzzle and sat around a talked until 11:30. It was an enjoyable evening.

Hiking & A Trip to Wendys

Grandpa came to spend a couple nights with us on his way back to California (to be here for Bradley's baptism). We decided to hike to the top of Webb hill and then go to Wendy's for lunch. Wendy's is a tradition when grandpa comes. He always takes us to Wendys and we get to order whatever we want (and eat until we're stuffed).

CELEBRATE!

We had a goal in 2009 to read the Book of Mormon as a family. We finished last night at 11:00 pm. Today we went to Fiesta Fun to Celebrate!
Unlimited passes aren't cheap and we only get them when we finish the Book of Mormon.
We had a good time together.

4 or 5 Go Kart rides for all of us!

2 Bumper Boat rides one of which was really, really long.

Kim, Brad & Kylie were too short to actually drive the Go Karts but they could drive the kiddie cars which were SO SLOW!

Lots of holes of minature golf and a bunch of arcade games rounded out the day.

All in all it was a great day. We took a break mid day and got hamburgers at McDonald's for lunch. It was quite cold in the morning and those first couple of Go Kart rides were not only thrilling but chilling too!