Ringing in the New Year

This year our family rang in the New Year at the Sharp's. Jacci always throws a great party and her parents were nice enough to host us. Thanks Hal and Julie! We had a great time playing games, laughing until our bellies ached, and eating tons of yummy food!Tom and EastonAunt Jacci and JaceDad and Jace playing Snorta, if you've never heard Corey's version of what a snake says you better ask him!Tori and Camry (notice they're both holding their cell phones in their hands...you never know when an important call might come in!)Seriously Studious SophieWe played a White Elephant Game. Jessica won the item that Jace was coveting. He made me ask her if he could have it...thanks for giving it up Jess, I know it meant a lot to you!Uncle Corey really wanted the Bill Clinton Biography that Jace won...so we let him have it.When I got home I realized I had accidentally forgotten some of our White Elephant gifts. Oops! Never fear! Look what I found frozen to the hood of my car last night! Thank you so much Jacci for giving up your prized gift for me! You are such a good sister, I'm sure I'll Laugh everytime I see this!Happy 2009!

2008 Year in Review

January

~I spent 8 relaxing, fun filled days with Laura on a Hawaiian Cruise

~Easton turns 9 yrs old!

February

~The boys get a new Karate room

~Camry takes 5th place in the Spelling Bee

~Rochelle and I start a our book group blog

~I finish my first pieced quilt

March

~Bryan and I travel to Hawaii for a week with his siblings and parents

~Grandma Gail comes to stay with our kiddos

~Bryan turns 36

April

~The kids and I travel to St. George to visit Grandma and Grandpa Great

~Emmy goes on a diet :(

~I print my first blog book

May

~Jace graduates from Preschool

~Grandpa goes back to the Huntsman

~Easton competes in the Pinewood Derby

~Camry's musical group goes to the Hope of America at BYU

June

~I flew to San Diego for Sharley's wedding

~Camry and I go to Activity Day Camp at Jeremiah Johnson

~Father's Day at the Huntsman CenterJuly

~Grandpa gets his Bone Marrow Transplant

~~Bryan and I celebrate 14 yrs of being married

~7 Peaks with the Hallidays

~4th of July in BlandingAugust

~Midnight with the girls to buy Breaking Dawn

~Jace goes to Kindergarten

~Camry enters 6th grade and Easton enters 4th grade

~Back to work for mommy

September

~Jace turns 6

October

~Annual Girls Night Out to Thriller

~Grandma and Grandpa go back home to Blanding

~Murder at the Juice Joint at Corey and Jacci's

~80's night with friends

November

~Easton makes the SWAT team

~Midnight Twilight Premiere

~Thanksgiving with the Halliday's

December

~Polar Express and Christmas in Arizona

~Camry turns 12

Goodbye to a great year! Welcome 2009!

The Weather Outside is Frightful...

....but the Snow is so delightful!

We found a great place to go tubing near our house. What a view!

Camry got the award for the most injuries~I think she even beat out Garet!

Easton got the award for bravery!

Jace gets the award for having the most fun!

Going down was awesome....walking back up was lots of hard work!

The man made jump. Every time anyone went off this they crashed....hard!

Here is the train. Uncle Jeff in the lead, Easton, Kaleb, Jace, and Dad bringing up the rear
We were so cold but had so much fun!

Arizona Christmas

Seriously....could they be any cuter???

Thank you mom and dad for having us for Christmas...hope your house is recovering! We miss you! Thank you Doc for the Christmas clothes! They look adorable don't they? Love you guys!

Cute story...tonight we were watching Back to the Future and Jace said "Hey the guy on there is named Doc! WE have a Doc too!!"

Wii Love Santa!

Look what Santa brought!!!! A Wii!!! Just what we wanted!!!Doc and Nemi playing Tennis
Have you ever been Wii sore?? I have!!! Ouch!!!
....and Colby....even though you got lucky and beat me....I can still kick your butt in Connect Four!

The two little guys boxing
Thank you Santa for the best Christmas present ever!!

Gingerbread Houses

Keeping with tradition we built Gingerbread Houses on Christmas Eve. The kids love this...I have to admit it is actually really fun! Maybe I'll do my own next year! Thank you Grandma for supplying the kits....much easier!

Nemi and her house before it completely fell apart :(

Cams and her masterpiece

Next year Sage needs a whole bag of peppermints....that was the only thing he wanted to put on his house!
Easton and Uncle Colby

Good job little buddy!

Christmas Eve

The girls started the day off making rolls with Grandma. They love helping, and Grandma is always so good to let them!
The trees outside were great for climbing
Doc and Sage playing with Grandma's awesome marble game

The kids in their Christmas jammies and with their ornaments from Grandma and Grandpa

We Believe!

In 2007 Grandma and Grandpa bought tickets for everyone to hop on board The Polar Express 2008. We all met at The Grand Canyon Railway Hotel in Williams, Arizona. Our adventure included dinner, tickets aboard The Polar Express, hotel, and breakfast the next morning.The kids warming themselves in front of the fire in their new Christmas jammies from Grandpa and Grandma.
Easton, Sage, Camry, Jace, Nemi, Grandma and Grandpa

All of the cousins in their matching jammies
Nope...not the engineer....just the wanna be engineer!
Aunt Autumn and Sage waiting to board the train
Aunt Lynn and Uncle Colby aboard the Polar Express
Jace was a little nervous, so he was glued to me the whole time...this didn't make me sad!
Sage LOVED riding the Choo Choo!!
Santa's elves served us hot cocoa and chocolate chip cookies. Yummy!

Arriving at The North Pole
The real Santa came aboard the train at The North Pole and handed out bells to the kids. They were so excited!

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for the memories....we had a great time!