Snow Snow and still more snow

Hunter, Makenna and Mikey built this slide with a ramp, that runs the full length of our back yard and through the backyard of the home below our home.

Blake & La-Shana visit

We are completely filled to the brim with moms cooking, the best we could do is to watch movies and sleep.
There is so much snow outside, we were not leaving the house, not even for all the sales that were going on.

La-Shana and Bo, the new addition to our family.

Here are our eldest children. Just glad that they made the trip home this year.

A couple days after Christmas the kids were able to travel home for the holidays. Always eventful when we are all together.

This year we spent more time relaxing at home.

And more relaxing

Christmas Eve

Well it's that time of the year, where we should have the birth of Christ on our mind and all that transpired cause of his coming. Instead we are so concerned with what we are going to receive from our loved ones. Anyway this Christmas Eve we decided to have each family bring their favourite soup, then have game night the rest of the evening. The evening was a blast and went relatively well for our family.

Puzzle assembly

Here we are attempting use your facial muscles to manuever a cracker from your forehead to your mouth

Lounging around and relaxing consumed the rest of the evening

It's a boy

A week ago somebody decided they no longer had a need for a dog and discarded their dog in our driveway. So we called around to see if anyone was missing a puppy and didn't have any luck. So it was off to the veterinarian to have the health of the puppy examined and to see if the dog had been chipped. For those that are not familiar with electronic chipping is just a chip that is inserted under the surface of the skin that has all the dogs information.

After determining the puppy needed some TLC we after much discussion we ultimately decided to adopt him into our family. Which also meant he had to have all his shots. $40.00 dollars later, that was accomplished.

After all the dust had settled we finally named him Bo.

Now Max has a friend to play with and share his home. Don't think Max really likes the idea, cause the kids spend more time with Bo. So the kids bathe both dogs and here they are drying off.

The Veterinarian determined that Bo is about three months old and a Lab mixed with a Perriness. But how cute is that. How do you say no to that face.

Here we have another snow storm, that like any other we're constantly digging out off.

Hunter has really stepped up to the plate this year, with the snow removal. He's out there every hour trying to stay ahead of the game. Thanks Bear. With everybody working it has been really nice to have the extra help. This year is no exception to any other, there is always an abundance of snow.

Mikey's toys

Well this summer Mikey decided to purchase a four wheeler, that we were not excited about. Quick little piece of Jap. crap, but we seem to spend more time fixing it.

Then he grew tired of removing the shell from his truck so he bought a trailer.

He also got a deer this year, so we have a lot of deer steaks and roast meat.

He has a goal of returning to the Cook Islands next summer, some how we don't see how he'll accomplish the task at hand when he keeps spending.

Thanksgiving in Colorado.

The week of Thanksgiving the weather fore cast was for a lot of snow, infact the weather man called it the biggest blizzard in Utah. So Mom bought a few things just in case we were snowed in. But we were blessed and the snow fall was minor so we made the trip.

We decided this year we were going to travel to Colorado for a few reasons.

1. We were able to attend Blake's Basketball Tournament. It's not to often that we are able to watch Blake play, but now that they are only 3 1/2 hours away maybe we can make the trip more often. (Oh and La-Shana has a friend that can get us cheap rooms at the Sheraton).

2. We wanted to spend Thanksgiving with the Francoms. This year Mom did something a little different and decided not to cook but to go out to dinner. That was all good till we saw how long the line was at the restaurant, not to mention how cold it was, so Mom and La-Shana stood in line while we found a Wal Mart to roam around in. Overall dinner was great and we spent the rest of the evening at the Francom's. Before we travelled to Colorado, La-Shana asked us to bring the Wii system and the game Just Dance. So you can imagine what consumed a lot of our time.

Here's the old man and Makenna.

3. We were able to spend time as a family away from everything. We had a lot of fun and our host weren't that bad either. La-Shana and Blake dominated Just Dance, we didn't stand a chance. The weather was cold so there wasn't much we could do outside, but Hunter and Dad braved the weather and went hot tubbing. We also spent a lot of time at Chucky Cheese got lucky a few times.




Blakes family also made the trip.

How cute is that.

Max and Keila were unable to make the trip, But we did have Mikey's girlfriend with us. She's been nick named "Cub"



La-Shana and her Elf, Makenna setting up her Christmas tree.

Hunter & Blake playing the Wii. (while Blake is watching football)

Because Mom had bought a few things before we made the trip, when we arrived home mom started cooking up the food that she had bought before we left, that was yummy

Visiting Ma and Pa

A few weeks ago, the stars aligned themselves and our schedules worked out to where we were able to visit Grandma and Grandpa in Salt Lake City. For those are unaware they are serving a LDS mission in Salt Lake City at the Church History Center. We have a hard time getting up there to visit cause we all work at different times. But it was nice to see them again, it just seems like it has been a while. We bought dinner and ate at the apartment. Had the opportunity to show Grandpa how these blog sites work and really wish we had done this sooner, like when their mission started. Lots of memories that could have been posted but later is still better then never.

La-Shana's Visit

So Blake's first game was suppose to be against UVU Nov. 3, but UVU backed out. Heard they were fined a large amount of money. Anyway La-Shana made the trip, so it was fun to have her home for the weekend. Below the kids are having a dance off, if i'm not mistaken Makenna and Hunter dominated. The girls all got manicures and Dad had some touch up work done. (eye brows waxed). Of course Mom & Dad payed for it.

Makenna's Birthday

Makenna's 12th birthday was a blast! She and all her friends had glitter toes done ate tons of pizza and junk food then made some yummy carmeled appels. Makenna got lots of great gifts, but one gift they could not get enough of.... JUST DANCE! They played that game all night and all morning. They had dance off's and made a winners and losers bracket. Then they started making up their own dance's and made it a talent show. They finally crashed around 3 or 4 in the morning (Keila was out around mid-night 1ish).

St.George

We were invited to a wedding in St.George and we are always looking for a excuse to leave Utah County, so we left Saturday morning at 5 am, cause dad had to work Friday Night. We had Keila and Tadd with us and we we able to stay at the Francoms summer house. Cute little place. Well it was also the same weekend of the St. George marathon and that caused some drama trying to get to the golf course in time for the wedding. It all turned out well and the wedding was short and sweet. Funny thing was Keila and Tadd showed up to pick us up and people thought they were wedding crashers, the bride even approached them to ask who they were. Awkward. We spent a lot of time swimming and talking it was fun just to sit and talk with Keila and Tadd. La-Shana and Blake were down from Colorado for conference weekend, yes if you weren't aware Blake signed for two more years at Mesa State, which will be only 3 hours away. Yeah. Anyway they watched Makenna and Hunter for us cause Makenna had a sleepover birthday party to attend and chose not to go with us. They had a witches party and had a costume party, La-Shana help Makenna and Makenna won best costume. Another great weekend in the books.