Snowshoeing

My friend Lonnie & I started a Relief Society side organization called "Renew You." We wanted to do some fun things together that we never usually do. Last week we went snowshoeing. It was really fun! I was a little surprised by what a workout it was though. My hat, jacket and gloves didn't last long. We each got a chance to lead the group in fresh, thick snow. That means we are cutting our own trail...and it was hard! My heart was pounding! Here are the ladies that went...

Stripping our layers off!

Stopping for lunch. Linda has food in her mouth even though it looks like some strange disease! She was concerned about that in the picture, so I'm just laying it out there!

Annie. She didn't want a picture either, but she looks great!

Smiley Monica

One of our fearless leaders on the left, Trudy with Cheryl and Vickie

Thanks girls! That was so fun! We look forward to going again!

This is pretty cool!

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Weird Houses

I was looking for strange houses online the other day for an object lesson...here are some of the strange things I found!

For anyone who has always wanted to live in a shoe!?

Or, a boat!

I don't think I could fit in this house!

Very interesting...sunglasses?

Oops! It tipped over!

A kids' fort to start with? Maybe the parents thought it was cool and just added on to it?

How about this one? They did make use of a lot of scrap lumber!

We already miss you!

We were lucky enough to have the Warner family come to stay with us for a few days, but they are gone now and we already miss them! We had so much fun!

All the kids this morning before my kids went to school
Paige and her buddies!

Grace and Sydney at the mountain...we went sledding that day. Grace and Paige were so brave. Grace even went all by herself a few times. She started out by saying that she only wanted to go once, but then at the bottom of the hill she said she wanted to go again. Paige did the same thing after she had went a few times, but she was giggling at the bottom and saying she wanted to do it again.

Paige and her lovely, posing smile

Beth and I in our very nice beanies. Check out those snow pants over that belly! Kyle commented during that day telling us that we were "somethin' else in those beanies."

You go girl!

Paige, all decked out for her first time out in the snow here.
We spent a lot of time in the snow while they were here. The girls even learned how to ski!

Sydney was baptized on Saturday! She looked beautiful and it was so nice to have Beth & Kyle's family here along with Curt & Vonnie, Brett & Julia and Rick & Dianne.

Syd & the girls before her baptism
Syd & Makenna afterwards. They were so excited to get baptized on the same day!

We had everyone over for dinner afterwards...lasagna, french bread, and caesar salad. Yummmm! Vonnie even made 3 pies!

The girls gave out massage coupons for everyone and we all took our turn back in the office getting massages. Paige & Sydney rubbed our feet while Gracie used her elbows on our back. She said she learned how to do it on TV. We all wanted seconds, of course!

Paige...posing for us.

Beth and I today before she left

We love you, Warner family! Thanks for coming to visit. We had a blast!

Dax and Winter Carnival

Yesterday I got to go to Salem to spend time with my aunt Lori and cousins, Julia and Cori...and of course, Cori's son, Dax! Lucky boy...he got to go shopping with us! He is so cute and fun to play with. Grandma Lori put a nylon sock on his head in the shoe store. He didn't like that too much!

Nice hat, eh?

Flying on grandma's lap. I am really having a hard time calling Lori that (grandma). She's not old enough for that!

Dax at lunch. Right before this he was slurping up noodles. The noodles were so long he would have to take a break and take a big breath before he continued to work on the noodle. Too cute. And, yes, Dax was the highlight of the day, so I don't have pictures of all of us together. Just him! We did find some great shopping deals though, just don't tell Nyle!


We also went to Winter Carnival on Saturday at Hoodoo. It was beautiful weather and we had a blast. We missed Mr. Incredible this year, but as you will see, others made up for his absence. The McLoughlin family came again this year to celebrate with us...it was great!

Katie McLoughlin

Jed & Louis

The man taking the place of Mr. Incredible this year! Nice hat!

A bunch of our youth were a part of the pie eating contest. This is Mandi, Mackenzie, Brooks and Jeremiah. My neice, Mackenzie took the prize for this group!

Sydney and Hallie McLoughlin...they are inseperable whenever they get together!

Nyle even participated in the pie-eating contest. He did not win and was very disappointed. He just got to smell the pudding for the rest of the day. Yuck!

This is Ethan Morgan with pudding all over his face. He and Nyle had a strategy that didn't quite work, but they gave it a shot anyway. It was: Put as much pie on your face as possible and then you won't have to eat as much.

Rick & Dianne and Vonnie came too!

Syd thought she would tie a balloon to her helmet for the day. It was a fun idea, but she took it off before the first run because it drove her crazy!

Nyle and Tracy Hendrikson. She works there, so she is all dressed up as a ring leader.

This is Tracy Foteff, our neighbor. She is all dressed up & looking beautiful too...there was a bunch of them in prom dresses! Only at Hoodoo!