Here we go again!

We had so much fun sledding that we decided to go again with friends.  I almost had a heart attack as the boys went down the slopes with their friends because my goal was to bring back their friends..........alive.  Well, mission accomplished!

The Classic toboggan!

Yes, I think I'm Ansel Adams.  :)

Anthony and Preston

Brady and Oakley

Yep.......they crashed.

Does this lighting look a little different?  Well, it should because it was taken in the morning.  I left my camera hanging on a fence post that night and the next morning when I went to download the pictures--no camera.  So, I said a prayer and went up the canyon again.  There in the freezing cold was my camera and video camera.  I am grateful for tender mercies! :)  There was only enough battery left to take this beautiful picture in the morning when the sun was just coming up over the mountain.

New Beginnings--"We Believe"

We just had our New Beginnings and our theme was "We Believe" from the 13th Article of Faith.  I was so happy for our YW who received their awards--way to go!!!

We had a simple night for New Beginnings.  We wanted the focus to be on the Savior and not anything else, so we put pictures of the Savior around the room.

My 1st Counselor put words from the 13th A of F around the room--cute!

We gave each girl "We Believe" necklaces.

Sydney is a Beehive and received her medallion.  Her parents called her their "Spiritual Energizer Bunny" because she keeps their family on track by always initiating FHE and Scripture Study.  Way to go Sydney--you are amazing!

Shanda and her Laurel Leaders

Shanda was our first YW to receive her Honor Bee.  Shanda is probably one of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life.  She truly lives what she believes and if I could be her....I would.  :)  I only wish she would wait for my boys to grow up so they could marry her. 

Emily is also a Beehive who received her award.  I appreciate Emily so much because she truly looks out for "the one."  She is our Beehive President right now and she is doing a fabulous job including the YW and making all of them feel loved.

I know I look like a huge beast standing next to Crystal, but spiritually, she towers over me.  I use Crystal as an example to my children all of the time because she is who she is and she loves it.  She honestly doesn't care what anyone thinks because she is happy and confident with herself..............and everyone loves her because of it.  I can't say enough about Crystal and I will miss her so much when she graduates in May. 

My AWESOME YW Presidency (from left to right):  

Beth, Chrissie, Me, Kim and Andrea

I need a freezer.....

 Every year I say that I want to freeze my kids at the ages they are..........but this year, I'm serious!  :)  Someone once said that when your kids are little, the days are long and the years are short.  I am finding that to be true, so I am now going to freeze my kids.  :)

Park City swimming at the Newpark Hotel while Daddy was there for business meetings.

Living the life--Kneaders was right underneath us.  Yes!!!!

Cate feels bad for Sammy right now because he can't talk.  She always says in a high pitched voice, "Oh, Poor Little Sammy, you can't talk to us."

Always my comedian.  Life is always "good" with Anthony.

Brady loves to read.  I took this picture when he was reading on his bed (his favorite place to read).

Brady at basketball.

There is nothing cuter than a 3 year old in a swimsuit.

Cate's first french braids.

FYI-for those of you who are wondering about my blog book--I love it!  Thanks for the tip, Debra!  It condensed everything for me with the touch of a button.  The only thing I might do a little different is enlarge some of my pictures.  Besides that, it's great!

Snow Day

We went sledding with the kiddies on Saturday and it was so fun!  I loved watching their faces as they came barreling down the slopes.  Cate went down a toboggan with Chad and at the end of the ride, she was covered with snow and was screaming.  I ran to her frantically trying to get the snow off of her face because I thought that was the problem.  She said, "No! No!  My bum hurts!"  They had taken a pretty hard jump and they both landed on their keisters.  Chad can barely sit down today.  Good thing Cate has a little cushion on hers (just like her mommy ;).