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!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
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!
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!
Friday, December 25, 2009
Christmas Memories
The Christmas Eve activities included---Lots of baking for the big meal that night. I think we (when I say we I really mean mainly Deanne) made 18 pies! That is almost 1 pie for every adult. I made 4 pecan pies. Yummy. Kids decorated cookies. I took some time to blog and scrapbook. Cousins played. Movie watching. Got ready of the Christmas Pageant, had our big dinner and then did Christmas carols with the "boom whackers." Lots of fast talking and fun.
It didn't take long for Hadley to figure out that she wanted to be an angel with Natalie. We decorated her costume making various things out of foil. Chad and Braden were sheppards and Austin was a wiseman.
Yummy dinner thanks to Eric. Prime rib and ham and rolls and Yorkshire pudding and baked potato. It was all delicious!!! Yum-O!
Christmas Carols using "Boom Whackers" led by Aunt Carol.
It didn't take long for Hadley to figure out that she wanted to be an angel with Natalie. We decorated her costume making various things out of foil. Chad and Braden were sheppards and Austin was a wiseman.
Yummy dinner thanks to Eric. Prime rib and ham and rolls and Yorkshire pudding and baked potato. It was all delicious!!! Yum-O!
Christmas Carols using "Boom Whackers" led by Aunt Carol.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Year of the Guns
The boys were in heaven when they opened up their gifts from grandad! They each got their own BB gun specially sized for each one. They spent the next 4 hours shooting outside even though it was dark and freezing outside. They stood in the garage and shot stuff out in the driveway. I finally made them stop at about 11 pm so we could go home. The guns are to stay there at Granddad's house and be used there. That is good. I remember when I was a kid we would shoot guns with my grandad and go burn the trash.
Hadley got princess dress up clothes. She loved them! And mom....well she also got a gun too. I'm not sure how excited she is about that. Dad wants her to take classes etc...we'll see how that goes.
I love this picture of Hadley and my sweet sweet Grandmother. My Grandmother has got to be the sweetest and nicest person ever. She never complains or is negative about anything. I love her so much and am glad that my kids have gotten to know her and will remember her.
Hadley got princess dress up clothes. She loved them! And mom....well she also got a gun too. I'm not sure how excited she is about that. Dad wants her to take classes etc...we'll see how that goes. 
I love this picture of Hadley and my sweet sweet Grandmother. My Grandmother has got to be the sweetest and nicest person ever. She never complains or is negative about anything. I love her so much and am glad that my kids have gotten to know her and will remember her.
The Week Before Christmas.....
So.....I think a lot of our Christmas traditions revolve around yummy food. After church we made Christmas sugar cookies. The kids really got into the rolling out of the dough and cutting them out. Then they really got into the frosting--of course.
We had Christmas parties at school. These are some pictures of Hadley and Colten. Their nickname at school is "The Mr. & Mrs." They are inseparable.
Vandergriff school parties started in the morning with a big Christmas sing-a-long. Then there were classroom parties later in the afternoon. Chad is with his friend Lauren. And Braden is giving the magnum look?
We had Christmas parties at school. These are some pictures of Hadley and Colten. Their nickname at school is "The Mr. & Mrs." They are inseparable.
Vandergriff school parties started in the morning with a big Christmas sing-a-long. Then there were classroom parties later in the afternoon. Chad is with his friend Lauren. And Braden is giving the magnum look?
Chad's Kindergarten Play
Chad made his acting debut in the Kindergarten play. He got to be the snowman and actually wore the same snowman costume Austin wore when he was in 1st grade. 
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