Hiking Silly Mountain

Here they are up at the top of Silly Mountain.

With Bryant and Madi in FREEZING weather and here in AZ, we were enjoying weather in the 70's. We decided to go on a hike of Silly Mountain with the Rapiers, Wolfleys and Scotts. It was a great time and the kids did great. It was a beautiful day and we can't wait to do more hike. The picture of Max and Maya are at the being of the trail - the hike was about 1.8 miles.

- 22 degrees - Yikes

How do you prepare your child who has lived in Arizona all of her life for -22 degrees in Minneapolis?

I have not idea but I am trying my best. Madi and Bryant are going to Minneapolis for a cousin's baptism and I am really worried about the 2 of them. The high today in Minneapolis is supposed to be 5 but right now at 10:45 AZ time it is -7.

I was going to dress up madison like the little boy in the christmas story who can't move his arms but I told her not to stick her tongue to a flag pole even if Bryant dares her to.

Hopefully, when they return late Sunday night - I won't find 2 popsicles at the airport waiting for me.

New Years Day Fun

On New Years Day, we went quading with some families from our ward. It was a lot of fun. Maya liked to go fast, Max liked to shoot BB guns and Madison loved to steer the quad while Bryant was driving and liked to go on long rides! It was lots of fun to get out of town for a few hours!!

Riding the Light Rail!

On Wednesday Morning, we went to ride the light rail. It was free and we got there early enough in the morning that there were no lines. After the ride we went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast!! Yum Yum

Christmas Activities - Sorry No Pictures Yet

Christmas has come and gone with a lot of fun activities. Bryant parents came in on Tuesday the 23rd and the party began.

On the 24th - we headed out to the Wolfley's for the Annual Gingerbread house party. Wolfley's. Rockwood's, and Rapiers were there. The Allens got a late start from LA and were not able to make it.

After eating too much at the Wolfley's we went home for a delicious Christmas Eve dinner. Maya fell asleep before dinner and slept all the way until Christmas Morning.

We read Luke 2 and read a story about the Greatest Gift of all that someone had left on our doorstep.

Christmas morning came bright and early at 6am with the usual flurry of activity. Santa was very good to us this year and the kids had a great time playing with their toys.

At 11 am we headed over to the Rapiers and then on to their stake center for a all out Nerf Dart Gun Fight. We decided that we need to be the test group for Nerf and let them know which of their products work and which ones need some work. It was a ton of fun and a grear way to run around. We then went back for a delicious Christmas day dinner with the Rapiers, Allens, and Wolfleys and everyone ate too much as always.

We hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas and now we are looking forward to the New Year and all that it will bring!

Saturday Night Fun with the Halls

On Saturday Night- Drew, Lydia and Timmy came over while their mom and dad had a hot date. They had fun swimming in the hot tub, eating pizza and watched Horton Hears a Who. We had so much fun. You can see by the pictures that everyone loved being in the nice warm hot tub! Let's do it again.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

We decorated the tree last night. I guess it would be better to say that the kids decorated the tree. They were so excited that they did it all by themselves except for a little help from Bryant. As you can see Pepper also got in the mood. If you come over to our home, you will notice that the ornaments are all in one clump. But it doesn't matter - they love it!