Welcome home to ?

Welcome home to ?

We pulled on to the street where we live and realized that we were going to have to 4x4 up our driveway as there was so much snow. School was canceled the first day back after winter break and with another impending snow storm they canceled for Wednesday too, and then Thursday and Friday. So winter break now ends next week and school doesnt' get out til the very end of May and that's if we can stop having snow days, but winter just started so I'm not holding my breath.

The kids really enjoyed playing out in the snow for a couple of days. They even built a small igloo on the rocks in the back yard. Today however the snow has blown so much their igloo has been buried. Today with the windchill it is much too cold to play outside. However we have found other things to do to keep us warm and busy.

Sure missing that warm weather in Vegas!

Vegas!

Vegas!

We spent the week after Christmas in Beautiful Las Vegas! We stayed with the Holladays and rang in the new year with them. The weather was beautiful after stomping around in the snow up in UT.

Christmas

We spent Christmas in Salt Lake City this year with my parents. It was the first in 5+years since we had all been together for Christmas. The drive was quite long on the way there, but the way home was so peaceful quiet that I wondered if we had the same three kids we had driven there with. Dylan asked the question "are we there yet" about every 3 minutes on the way there. It started about the time we left Kansas City city limits. On the way home he didn't even ask once. He was too busy playing his DS that he got for Christmas. What a blessing those were.
Kendall got a "DS" too but hers looks more like a leap frog. She didn't seem to mind the difference as hers was pink. Christmas was great visiting with family all over the area back there.

Family Picts

Family Picts

We finally made it in to have another family picture taken. The most current one before today had Kendall at a year old. As you can tell from this first picture we all had a great time. We are very happy with the results.

Randomness

This would be a picture of Trey just relaxing in the kitchen while I was doing the dishes and the girls decided he needed some sunglasses. Super Cool kid
Ben helping work on a wall with his buddy Dennis. They have a huge dirt mountain in the backyard right now so they were making a ramp around the mound to use for the wheelbarrow.
Brody getting ready to play with left over pie crust dough. Strange little face
This is how I found Takoda one afternoon right before we had to leave for church. She was curled up on the kitchen rug and sound asleep. What a Cutie
I found Shelby at nap time one day asleep on the desk while watching big brother play on the computer. She just couldn't fight sleep any longer. Silly girl

Kendall's 1st Hair Cut

Kendall's 1st Hair Cut

*Before we left.

*my camera quit on me so I only got a few pictures.

Yes, she is 3 but I have not yet cut her hair until last Friday. The ends were getting to be a little ratty (is that even a word?) So I called a friend who cuts my hair and set up an appointment for the two of us to go get a hair cut. Kendall was so excited until we got there. Then a little shy, but quickly warmed up and loves her hair. You can't tell much of a difference as we didn't cut much off but it sure makes a big difference when doing her hair and how well it lays.

This is the next day as my camera quit during the hair cut

Power Play

Power Play

We went down to Power Play in Kansas for a friend's birthday party. The kids sure had fun at this indoor amusement park.

I think the rocket was Kendall and Dylan's favorite, Carter's was riding the go Karts, (Dylan and Kendall were too small for them so we had to do something else while Carter dove hence no go cart pictures, They loved the bumper cars too.