Science Fair

Science Fair is a family event since me and my friend Jeni are the ones that started it and continue to be in charge of it. Braden & Chad both had fun entering in their projects. Braden did a bunch of stuff with Diet Coke and Mentos and Chad experimented with water balloons.

Happy Birthday!

It was Birthday week for me and Mark. The kids spent the night at mom & dad's house then we went out for Mark's birthday.

We were excited to eat at a new Indian restaurant here in town. To our disappointment it turned out to be a huge disappointment. After that we went to Best Buy to look at video cameras. Then we went and saw the movie Leap Year with Tom and Adriane.

On my birthday Mark got me my favorite Cookie Cake. We had a nice celebration at home and then later that night a bunch of my friends had a party/baby shower for me. It was a great day!

Braden Spelling Bee

Return from Spokane

When we got back from Spokane it snowed on that Saturday and Sunday morning so church was cancelled. I miss not going to church but it was nice to have the day to recover from being gone to Spokane. The next day school was cancelled and then it was cancelled again on Thursday! It has been so cold that all the ponds around here are frozen. Braden and Chad had fun walking around on the frozen pond at Nana's house.

Snow Skiing

Monday & Tuesday Mark & Eric and the boys went snow skiing up on Silver Mountain. Brian and his family joined them on Tuesday. They all had a ton of fun and no injuries!

Coldest Polar Dip Ever!

The Annual Polar Dip was not as well attended as it has been in the past. Most of the adults that would have normally done it (Mark, Brian, Eric, Pat, Myron, & Frank) didn't participate due to the frigid conditions. It was windy and super super cold. There was even ice up on the edge of the water. So Jackson, Andrew, Jon and of course Braden were the only ones to go into the frigid water. Braden was so crazy he went out far enough to put his whole body and head under the water. He was frozen by the time he got back up the the cabin and into a bath tub.

Christmas!

All of the kids sleep up in the loft so they are ready to go for Christmas as soon as the sun is up. The adults make them wait until everyone else is up (7:30ish) until they can go and see what Santa brought. Santa brought our boys Air Soft guns and stocking stuff and Hadley got her big pink piggy bank.Chad got some more toys and games for the Wii and Hadley got a lot of girly pink stuff and a new doll. Austin got some clothes and electronic stuff and Braden got a lot of science stuff. Mark gave me a special gift. He scanned my old scrapbook from High School and all of the scrapbooks that I have done since we have been married. Then he had them all printed up into nice books. I loved it! I got mark some running gear since he has been training for his marathon.
Grandma got a trip to Hawaii from Grandpa. We all knew about it and when she was opening up the card to tell her she jokingly said, "It's probably a trip to Hawaii." She was totally kidding because she probably thought it was some kind of electronic thing that Frank wanted. To her suprise when she opened it up it was a trip to Hawaii!
We spent the rest of the day hanging out in the cabin eating, playing with our new stuff and just having fun with each other. It was great!