Hailey!!

I love my niece Hailey!! She is such a sweet loving girl. She is always happy and silly. Today I called to talk to my sister and Hailey answered the phone. I talked to her for a minute and asked how she was and she was telling me all about it. I told her that I missed her and that I wished she lived closer so I could see her and squeeze her more. She replied, "Yeah, I figured." I just laughed and laughed. Kids are so honest! I love it. Thanks Hailey for making me laugh!! I love you!!

Sleigh Riding!!

We went down to Manti on the 29th of December to spend some time with my Mom and Mark!! We weren't able to make it before Christmas so we went after because Conan had to go back to work. The kids love to go to Grammies and especially to go sleigh riding!! Their is a place just South of Manti where the dump used to be that has a huge hill. It is at least 2-3 miles long. We don't go up that far but we all pile in the back of the truck to get to the top and then we slide down. You go so fast it is sooo fun!! We had a great time and even got to cheer on the Snow College basketball team for a win!! Thanks Grammie and Pa we had a great time!!

Christmas!!

Ok, so it has been quite awhile since I updated our blog. I guess we have just had so much fun that I haven't had time. We had a great Christmas. On Christmas Eve, we met Troy and went out to Mimi's for dinner. We came home and drove through the festival of lights. Then we opened some presents and read the Christmas Story. It was a great night. Then on Christmas morning we tortured the kids by making them wait until after breakfast to go downstairs to open their presents. It think everyone was pleased with their loot. Zac got a rip stick, Brittan got her baby alive and barbie house and Jaxie just loved everything. Our family got a Wii this year and we have been having a blast with it. Our favorite gift this year was given to us by Joe. He returned from a 15 month tour in Iraq in July. He is a crew chief on a Black hawk Helicopter. On the 4th of July, 2008 he took a flag up in his helicopter and flew it for us over Bagdhad. It was very special to us that he would do that for us. Thanks Joe!! We love you!! Our other great gift was talking to Tyler in California. It was so great to hear his voice and how great he was doing. I can't believe it has almost been a year!! We are so proud of him. He is now training a new missionary. He is still in Ojai and doing great!! We love him and miss him, but know that he is doing the right thing. We were so incredibly blessed this year!!!