More Family Pictures

As promised, here are some more of our family pictures that we took over the holidays!

THANKS again Les for sharing your amazing talent with us and braving the cold!http://crimsonlilyphotography.blogspot.com/

Happy Valentine's Day!

Things You Should Know:

• Sidney has had her outfit planned for over a week.
• The valentine socks from Grandma and Papa were the prefect addition to complete her outfit.
• Yes, I did consent to let her wear her pajama pants to school today.
• We spent 1/2 an hour curling her hair today.
• This is the first Monday in a long time that Sidney woke up in a good mood and did not complain about going to school!
• I bucked tradition today and made heart waffles instead of our usual pink heart pancakes...the kids seemed okay with the change.
• Brent officially proposed to me 16 years ago today, a lot has changed in those 16 years, but we are still very much in love!

Last Race of the Season - Part 1

Riley's last race of the season.

This race was a JV Classic and each racer raced against skiers in their grade level.

Riley was the only 8th grader respresenting ISD 196.

This is the START of the race!

Last Race of the Season - Part 2

Almost at the END!

The FINISH!

Riley's time was around 28 minutes,

about 5-6 minutes better than his last time on the course.

(Varsity skiers can ski this course in about 18 minutes.)

It was fun to see Riley race this year and he still loves this crazy sport!

Late Night Studies

Jamie had lots of homework this week,

on this particular night she was finishing up her pirate journal

and I actually caught her falling asleep!

Complete!

3 parent teachers conference with 6 different teachers -- CHECK!
3 children who are succeeding in school -- CHECK!
3 children who are great at math and science -- CHECK!
3 children who need to work on their writing, mostly editing and revising -- CHECK!
3 children who have lots of friends -- CHECK!
3 children who are a delight in their classrooms -- CHECK!
1 son registered for High School -- CHECK!
1 daughter registered for 7th Grade -- CHECK!
2 children that registered for Band and Foreign Language instead of all the other fun electives they could have taken -- CHECK!
2 busy days with children home while Mom attempted to work -- CHECK!
6 extra children visiting during some time over the past 2 days -- CHECK!
1 messy family room and kitchen -- CHECK!
1 Family 'Date Night' -- COMING UP!

We are very blesssed and grateful for Riley, Jamie and Sidney.

Kids Say the Darndest Things

This is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time!

Bye, Bye Cougars

It is a sad day when our BYU Cougar watching days end....

we went to our favorite website (channelsurfing.net) tonight to watch the game and found this!

Something to Look Forward To

Today: High of 6 degrees, with a 'feels like' temp right now of -23 degrees.

Sunday: Predicted High of 41 degrees!

That is something to be excited about!!