Sledding videos

Here are a few videos from sledding. One of them is Matt's sister and the other is, of course, Jackson.

Sledding

Since we have had quite a bit of snow - we went sledding Christmas day. It was a lot of fun. The kids loved it. Maggie would carry the sled back up all by herself and just go down again. If we asked to join her she would say "No, I am just going to go by myself." Jackson found a jump and went over it again and again. Hailey gets bundled into her little sled to keep her off the snow and warm. she would grin a little about sledding too. It all brings back a lot of memories of all the sledding I did at home with my siblings. We were pretty crazy. I'm not sure how we all came out of it in one piece.

Cool stuff

In Family Fun I saw a recipe for making these cool drinks. You can layer different drinks on top of each other and they stay seperated. We also did red/white/blue for 4th of July. All you have to do is find drinks that have different sugar content. The one with the most sugar goes in first and so on. Usually it's juice, then pop, then gatorade or something with really low sugar content. Sometimes it makes for interesting flavors depending on what you use. This one is cran/apple juice, then 7up, then koolaid lemonade (tinted green) I didn't plan ahead enough to get green gatorade. Anyway, make sure you have ice in your cup and pour slowly so you don't mix it when you pour it in.

Christmas

It's always fun to watch the kids opening presents. They always want to play with whatever one they open - they don't even care about the rest. It was a good, quiet Christmas at home. It was nice to not be traveling through any mountain passes or busy airports. It was sad to not be with more family though. I look forward to the upcoming family reunions so we can travel when the weather is better.

Let it snow!

We have gotten quite a bit of snow over the past few days - about 8 inches I think. The kids are lovin' it. Even Hailey gets out in it but I'm not sure I would say she is lovin' it. She tolerates it - for a little while. She like her little sled as long as it is moving.

Holiday lights

Williard Bay - a campground near here - puts up a light display each year. You drive around the campground to see all the lights. The kids really enjoy it because we let them get out of their buckles and stick their heads out the window. There are also some funny displays.....

In this one they crash into the tree and get all hung up in the branches.....

This one says - Reindeer Flight School - as you can see he hasn't quite gotten the hang of it.

The kids love to look around and see if they can figure out the different groupings - which generally means 4-5 trips around the loop (much to Matt's dismay). They also had a couple of real reindeer that we got out to see but I didn't take any pictures of those. I should take a picture of the lights on our house..... although they are pretty sparse.

Mouse House

I was cleaning up the other day and the mouse ears from the dress-up box happened to be out so I put them on Hailey. Maggie thought that was great so she wanted to be a mouse too. Maggie also had her "princess" shirt from the dress up box.