More Ice Castle...

The Standard Examiner did a "story" on Jared's ice castle!  The kids thought it was pretty cool to get their picture taken and see themselves in the paper.  We sure love our Daddy!

You can read the article here.

St. George Get-Away

We went to sunny St. George this past weekend because Jared and my sister, Kaydi ran the St. George Half.  It was a beautiful day; no smog, fog, snog, or nasty air:)

After the race.  Jared claims it was horrible - his worst race ever - but he still can beat me by a long shot.    This was Kaydi's first race and she did awesome - 2nd place in her age group.  She loved it and can't wait to do it again.  Go Kaydi! 

 Me, Paige, Camille, Mason, Garet, Dallin, Grandpa C. waiting for the runners to come in.

After the race we went on a little hike and then went out to lunch. 

 Grandma, Daddy, Paige, Camille, Dallin

 Our fam!

Grandpa and Garet and Camille

 Daddy and Paige

 

My three boyz!!  We stayed at the Toquerville house and enjoyed some time in the big backyard and treehouse. 

 The kids were in heaven.

It was a quick trip, but so worth it to soak up some sunshine!  The kids did great in the car, especially Paige!  Hopefully the trend continues.

Ice Castle

As most of you know, Jared can never just "do nothing"!  He is always up to something.  So, what do you do when it is super cold?  You build an ice castle, of course.  He tried it a couple years ago, but it just wasn't cold enough.  So when we had that cold spell right after New Year's he decided to give it another try.  He started out with our Christmas tree and a neighbor's Christmas tree and rigged up some sprinkler sprayers hooked up to some PVC pipes which are hooked to a hose.  He has spent quite a few hours building more supports and moving icesicles.  The kids love going out to help him build on it.  They make cement (slush) in a bucket which hold the icesicles in place.

Jared, Mason, and Garet

 We got about 14-15 inches of snow on Thursday and Friday last week.  The kids didn't have school on Friday because it was the end of the term, so it made for a super exciting day.

They each built a snow fort.

Camille in her fort.

 Jared working on the last tier.  I can't even watch.  It scares me to death.

 Garet in his snow fort.  Notice the icescicles on top:)

 Smoky was wondering what they were doing hiding in their forts.

 Mason's fort.  Garet helped him.

 Jared spent lots of time pulling the kids behind the truck on the sleds and building a sledding hill in the back yard.  What a fun Daddy we have!

 We had to run out and snap a few shots when it was dark.  It looks really cool!

For some reason it has a bluish tint to it.  We think it's because it is culinary water?

 Paige and Mason.  Someone gave me this little outfit for Paige and I just love the bright colors in the middle of a dull winter.  She looks so bright and happy.

Paige's Blessing Day

We blessed Paige on January 6th.  She was a little angel and never made a peep the entire Sacrament Meeting.  We loved having our family come and support us for her big day.

 Their were too many cute ones, I couldn't choose just one!

 The kids with Grandma and Grandpa Taylor.

 Our family!

 The girls.  I'm sure Paige will always look up to her big sister.

 Grandma and Grandpa Homer!!  I sure love these sweet Grandparents of mine.  I'm grateful they are getting to know my children a little bit.

 Grandma and Grandpa Cable.  We are both so blessed to have such good families!  Thanks everyone for coming.

The Lego boys!  Daddy got Legos for Christmas too.  Mason got his Legos for his birthday.  The could play for hours with their legos and all of Daddy's "old legos" that he saved from when he was a kid.

Christmas Season!

We started out the Christmas celebrations by going to Camille's first school choir concert!  Now that she is in third grade she could be in the choir.  They practice twice a week before school and she absolutely loves it!  We've been listening to her sing Christmas songs since the beginning of October.  

She is on the second row from the top on the end.

 We had our Cable Family Christmas Party and Taylor Family Christmas Party on the same day!  It was double the fun:)  We went up to Bailey's Elk Farm for a horse drawn sleigh ride and then headed to Grandma and Grandpa's house for yummy food and fun.

 Mason waiting patiently to go on the sleigh.

 Cousin Addy and Dallin on one of the horses.

 Elle, Aunt Kaydi, and Camille.  They LOVE her so much!  We are so glad she lives closer for now.

 The Taylor Family Christmas party was at Aunt Terra and Uncle Nate's house.  We acted out the Nativity, exchanged cousin presents and ate a tasty ham and cheesy potato lunch!

Hailee - angel, Me - Shepherd, Taylor - Mary, Paige - Baby Jesus, Garet - Joseph, Luke - Shepherd, Camille - Wise "woman"

Aunt Terra made all of these costumes/props.  She is so talented! 

Ava - Star

Now on to Christmas Eve....with the Homer clan.  For as long as I can remember we would get together with the Homer's on Christmas Eve and have a dinner, act out the Nativity, and Santa would come;  so it is really fun to see the next generation participate in the same things that we did.  Garet got to be Joseph again (what a good sport!, DeLynne's triplets were the wisemen, and we had a host of Shepherds and Angels!

 Dallin and Mason did not want to dress up, but they did want to come up on the stage:)  We're keeping our fingers crossed for next year.

 Camille was such a good lead angel!

 Christmas Eve PJ's!

 Dallin loved his monkey jammies!  He thought it was the best thing ever and cried when he had to get dressed the next day.

 Christmas morning!  Paige woke up to eat at 6:30, so Jared and I got up and waited for the kids to wake up.  Finally at 7:30 we went and woke them up because we were so excited.  We thought for sure the would be up super early!!

This is what little Paige got from Santa.

 Camille's stash... a new sewing machine/book, American girls doll clothes (she got the doll last Christmas), clothes, skip - it, book, sewing kit, beef jerky.....and we got walkie talkies as a family gift, which she loved!

 Garet was a good boy too....Legos with tackle box to keep them in, new coat & gloves, skip-bo, book, clothes.

 Mason is too funny with his cheesy grins lately.....Scooter, tractor, clothes, books, wooden airplane, bubble bath.

 Dallin boy was the most excited about his stuffed tiger, and flashlight tractor.

 For New Year's we went out to Duchesne (or in other words, to the deep freeze).  It gets so cold there.  One morning it was -10.  Grandpa Davies has a couple ponds on his farm so we brought the iceskates and did a little skating.  We couldn't get the camera to work because it was so cold, so when I finally did get it to work we were leaving.  We had a good time though.  Camille's getting to be quite the little skater.  At least the sun was shining so it didn't feel quite as cold.

 Some of Jared's cousins and there kids came and skated/sledded with us.

 This has nothing to do with Christmas, but I had to get a picture of Paige in the tubby!  She is such a sweet little thing.  We love her to pieces.