SNOW DAYS- VERY RARE OUT IN OUR DESERT!!

We finally had a big snowfall come our way last weekend! Where we are, the storms swing around our house and we rarely have snow stick in our yard. We had a blast sledding and building a snowman. We did one in honor of BSU making it to the Tostitoes Fiesta Bowl!!

I took about 5 shots in a row trying to get one where the dog was cooperating! These are snapped in order- Vader is looking at Kaden.....

BIG WET SLOPPY KISS RIGHT IN KADEN'S FACE-

YUCK!!! KADEN WIPES THE SLOBER OFF! Vader acts like he did nothing wrong!! oh- and excuse my dog- he seriously needs SNIPPED... IF you get my drift!

Brooklynn wanted to pose for a Santa Baby picture!!

Special Birthday for Jordan! 8 years old!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR LITTLE "JOE"! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND ARE SO EXCITED FOR YOU AND YOUR SPECIAL DAY!!
Jordan's baptism fell on Oct 31 this year! We made that joke that she was getting baptized on Halloween and really was receiving the "Holy Ghost"!!!
I can't believe that Jordan is old enough to be baptized! The time really goes too fast!

I just want to share some things that we love about Jordan:

-She is very hard working and determined

-She knows exactly What she wants and When she wants it!! Sometimes we can really go the Mother/daughter rounds on things.

-She is an excellent reader (I believe that comes from her Grandma Dayley- they both LOVE books)!!
-She is a wonderful sister to Brooklynn and Kaden- she reads stories to them almost every night before bedtime. Brooklynn loves to sleep with her big sister Jordan!

-She is learning the piano! There is a lot of tears as far as learning the notes and new songs- but WE, YES WE,are surviving! For her recital they wanted her to memorize her song- she was so frustrated and felt like it was impossible- we said a prayer and two days later- she nailed it! She is learning that prayers do work!! So am I---

-Thank you Jordan for being such a wonderful daughter! I love you very much!! Happy Birthday!!

Dad, Grandpa Jon and Great Grandpa Stan! He is 85 years old here and still clicking like he's 65!

Uncle Scott talking to Jordan about her baptism.

Great Grandma Myrt and Great Grandpa Stan.

I love this picture- James parents- Grandma and Grandpa Dayley! Thanks for all you did that day!

Jordan and her cousin Alli! They came all the way from Utah for the baptism. After the program we all rushed home to get ready for the trunk or treat!!

Fall Break!! Yellowstone National Park-

Old Faithful!
So- during our kids fall break we thought it would be fun to take a road trip to Yellowstone! We planned on doing this several months ago..... and as our luck would have it......the week we had scheduled just happened to have an Arctic BLAST sweep down in from Canada!! ahhhh! If you remember, our Lake Tahoe vacation had the exact same weather luck! So in the middle Oct we spent 3 days in Yellowstone, snow, wind, ice, and temps in the teens and twenties, having the time of our life!

This is so funny! We drive all the way to Old Faithful telling our kids how cool it is. We get out and the wind is blowing, it is probably barely 20 degrees outside. We did get lucky and only had to wait ten minutes for it to blow- the problem was it was so blasted cold- that when the hot water shot out of the ground, all you could see was steam!! Listen to what Jordan and the kids were saying during this video shot! Typical family vacation!!

Beautiful waterfall just outside of Idaho Falls.... Brooklynn was on a roll making funny faces everytime we took a picture. She is really funny!

Fun highlight of the trip- we took the kids to Bear World. We did a Curator Tour where you ride on top of a feed truck and throw food down to the big Grizzly and Black bears! I bought the kids fling camaras so I don't have digital shots of the big bears from the Tour! The bears came right up to the truck and waved for scraps of food. The kids loved taking their own pix and getting them developed. They all took some really fun pictures.

Little fawn at Bear World- They had a fun petting zoo. Jordan loved it until a baby billy goat rammed her! Ha Ha

Photo op....been to the divide and back!!

Elk in Yellowstone right in the center of the shot.

Another highlight- giant ice cream cones at the Old Faithful Lodge. It is never tooooo cooooold for Ice Cream right?

Hiking through the snow to check out wildlife and hot pots in the park! Can you believe all the snow! What luck- it was really pretty though!! The kids didn't know any different, they had lots of fun.

Great big bison just off the side of the road!

NEW YORK!!! NEW YORK!!!!

Times Square!! People everywhere 24 ? 7---

Hitting all the Hot Spots on a beautiful Saturday! Christen and her friend Kristi flew in from Utah and Leilani and I flew in from Idaho. We were gone from Thursday through Monday- It was a great time. Thank you Jeff- you are the BEST!!

Street along Central Park and 5th Avenue-

Jeff giving us a tour as he walks his two dogs in Manhatten. Everybody on the street stops Jeff to ask about his dogs- they are really popular.

Fun pix of some buildings--

A view of Central Park from the home of a developer in Manhatten-- it was incredible. Jeff is friends with him. We ate lunch with him and his spunky 4 ft mother! She twalked lwike a twotal Nwe Yowker--- After lunch he gave us a tour of his home floors 15 and 16!! The view was amazing!! Only Jeff can get you into a place like that!! Oh the places and people he knows.....

One of many of Donald Trump's buildings---

Just a small purchase I made while there-- I just couldn't fit it in my bag!

Temple located just minutes walking distance from Jeff's apartment!!

Heading to Billy Elliot, my first real Broadway show in New York.

Statue in Battery Park- Immigrants coming to America!!

Lady Liberty!! She is beautiful!!

LABOR DAY WEEKEND!!

Just wanted to share some pix from our fun Labor Day weekend. It started Thursday with the football season opener, Boise State vs Oregon. James bro Adam and his family made the trip from Ut to watch the Broncos defeat the Ducks!! Horray for us!! James parents are season ticket holders so they came and stayed as well. Friday we all went camping and boating - to Owyhee Res. We had a lot of fun! It is always fun to have family or friends come stay with us!
Zayne and Jordan dressed in "game day attire" for school-- they love it!! Brooklynn- not so much!!

James, his mother Carole, and Tangie, Sis in law eating breakfast!

Zayne spent the afternoon trying to hit the bad miton birdyyy--

Brooklynn resting on the boat- the rocking boat puts her to sleep every time-

Smiling cousins- they don't look related at all do they???

Kaden getting in some wakeboard time with dad! His favorite thing to do.

Okay--now that is one great shot!! I took this-- believe it or not- click on the picture to get a closer look!

James and Kaden getting reading to ride the wake...

Zayne started waterskiing this year! Check out the one hand pose for the camara! He practically skiis the whole lake!

Jordan and Grandpa Dayley- she adores him!!

Chilling on the tube with cuz Peyton