January 2017

January was a good month. The new toys have not lost their magic yet and keep kids entertained still. We also had Will's sister and her family come visit everyone here too! Catherine does great doing puzzles. She got a few new ones for Christmas and loved putting them together both the 24 piece ones and the 48 or 50 something ones too. She does it all on her own! Julia Will's sister gave us a bunch of sprinkles and such because she was getting ready to move overseas. This inspired Elsie to make a cake and decorate it of course. Elsie got some perler beads for Christmas and then we got her a big tray to make them on. She and Adah made the parrot design this new tray came with. Catherine has been terrified by this rope bridge for a while but this was her first time across it and she did great!

We had a lot of fun With Charity and her two boys and husband! They came for a long weekend and we were able to do lots of fun stuff. It snowed a lot again and that Saturday they were there we crept along on the roads all over the place in order to hit all the fun spots. The highlights included the ice castle and the natural history museum. 

We have been making it to the library story time more often which has been fun for Catherine. Adah has also started a sewing block of the month class at a local quilt shop. She gets the fabric and pattern for four small new blocks each month and by the end of the year she will have enough blocks for a quilt! The only other thing going on is Will's new job. He and his dad, step mom and brother bought a business here! It is  a lot of work getting started and organizing things but it is going great. He is also working part time on his hotel job still so life has been a little crazy! But we are excited for the change and hopefully the opportunities it gives us.

Christmas 2016

Christmas was great! We basically did most of the usual things with a few adjustments from past years. Adah usually makes a yummy meal on Christmas Eve and we have Will's mom and siblings over. But this year we went out to eat at our favorite Chinese restaurant and then went to look at the lights down town. That is where we saw Sister Zeller, Adah's old Primary student. This might be a new tradition...even though Will hates traditions. We came home and read the Christmas story in Luke 2 and had the kids move the nativity around as we read. Then the kids got to open their (matching this year) Christmas pajamas and I believe one more gift of their choice. It was off to bed after that. 

Christmas morning was very white because it had snowed 8 or more inches over night. The only down side was the roads were a mess! The girls got up and snuggled for a bit while we waited for Grandma Flora to get ready since she spent the night. We did not wait long and started to open stocking and and presents too. Will's siblings came after awhile and it was a fun morning. The girls made it outside to play in the snow too. We had a big breakfast and then packed up to go to Will's dad's house. We opened presents there and and hung out at grandpas house and had a lovely dinner he prepared for us. We spent the night and enjoyed time with the family. It was relaxing and fun.

Decamber 2016

As always December was busy. With Church parties and Christmas fun we had a blast. We have been really having fun with our friends the Marlows who moved here from Hawaii last August and will only be here another year for school. We decorated cookies with the Marlows and on another occasion the girls decorated a ginger bread house too. On Christmas eve we went tubing with Will's cousin and his kids and wife. We dove up a canyon near us and there is so much snow to play in! It was so fun to see Sister Zeller who is serving a mission here since Adah taught her as a young kid in Primary! We just ran into her on a rainy Christmas eve night when looking at the lights. Then there is Christmas which deserves its own post...coming soon. We also mostly finished our guest bathroom which is so great. All that is left is a little calking and trim painting to do! We love it. So that is December in a nutshell.