Sledding on Christmas Eve!

In my family on Christms Eve we have gone sledding or playing in the snow up the canyon since I was quite small. For the last few years Marc and I have done the same with our kids. This year we went up Spanish Fork Canyon and had a blast! The snow was DEEP and the road was slick, but it was still a whole lot of fun! There was my mom and dad, my brother Ross and his family, and my cousin Scott and his family. After sledding we went to my mom and dad's house and had hot chocolate, and then clam chowder to warm up. Here are some pictures from our afternoon of fun!

McKinley being a cheeseball for the camera!

Shaylie being a goof!

Shaylie coming down the hill!

Marc and McKinley coming down the hill!

Marc and Shaylie

Even our dog, Princess, was having a lot of fun!

Marc

McKinley sliding on her butt!

This shows how deep the snow was................it came up to Shaylie's thighs!

We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas tomorrow! After things settle down we'll post pictures from Christmas day. Merry Christmas!

New Jiu Jitsu Belts!

Well on Saturday December 6 both Shaylie and McKinley tested for their new belts in Jiu Jitsu. McKinley tested and received her orange belt in the Samurai Kids class, and Shaylie tested and received her low yellow belt in the kids class. That same night Marc tested and received his purple belt (leaving only brown and black not conquered). Here are a few pics from that night, ENJOY!

Shaylie and McKinely warming up on the heavy bags.

Shaylie throwing McKinley

McKinley doing a throw!

Shaylie doing a throw!

Shaylie

McKinley

Taking a rest with Daddy!

Sensei Pease putting McKinley's new belt on her!

Sensei Pease putting Shaylie's new belt on her!

Our Beautiful Girls!

We had these pictures taken at Kiddie Kandids in October, and I'm finally getting around to posting them! LOL Oh well.........ENJOY!

Thanksgiving

Here are some of the pics from Thanksgiving in Arizona with Marc's grandma!

Marc, Leon (Grandad), Shaylie, McKinley & Winni

Lake off the side of the road on the way to Show Low, Arizona.

Playing at the AWESOME park across the street from Great Grandma Winni's house!

Not only was there a WONDERFUL park, there was a skate park hooked on to it as well!

Shaylie and McKinley with Great Grandma Winni!

Happy (late) Thanksgiving!

I know it's a little late but I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We had two this year, YUMMY! The Saturday before Thanksgiving we had our early Thanksgiving with my family at my mom and dad's house. We then left for Arizona the next day (Sun. November 18) to spend the holiday with Marc's grandma and family down there. The girls got to spend time with their Great Grandma Winni, Great Grandpa Leon (Grandad), Uncle Chip, Aunt Lilly, cousin Natasha, and Grandma Jerri (mom and dad don't really count). We spent the week in Eager, Arizona and boy is life different down there! Hopefully this weekend I'll get around to posting some pics of our trip down there. Have a great weekend!

hAlLoWeEn FuN!!!!

Well the post is a little after Halloween, but we still had a fun evening! On Halloween both girls wore two separate costumes (one to school/preschool and one for trick-or-treating). Marc and I took the girls around to a few houses in our area, up to the "safe Trick-or-Treating" on University Ave. in Provo, and then around my old neighborhood, ate pizza with Great Grandma Messick, Grandma & Grandpa Messick, and Ross, Suzanne and Caleb, and then went to Grandma Jerri's. We had a very fun and long night, and scored a BUNCH of candy! Hope your holiday was as fun as ours, enjoy some of our pictures!

Shaylie's pumpkin!

McKinley's pumpkin!

School costumes, Shalyie was a Ballroom Dancer and McKinley was Snow White! Trick-or-Treating Costumes - Shaylie was HANNAH MONTANA and McKinley was ARIEL (who would have guessed)!!!!

The many poses of Hannah Montana........

The many poses of Ariel.................

And last but not least..............the past couple of years we have dressed our dog up as Darth Vader (she is not the happiest with it but we have a lot of fun doing it to her). This year was different, while at the store the girls found a new costume for the dog...............since our dog's name is Princess and she is in fact a girl not a boy, Shaylie and McKinley found her a princess costume. Enjoy!

Halloween's past, as Darth Vader dog!

The new and improved..................PRINCESS DOG!

Pumpkinland!

For a fun activity my mom and I decided to take my girls and my nephew, Caleb to Pumpkinland in Orem. McKinley went there on a field trip with her preschool class earlier in the week, and Shaylie went there last year with her kindergarten class. There's a corn maze, play ground, light alley, animals, and of course.......PUMPKINS! The kids had a blast and we had a lot of fun watching them! Here are some pictures!

Shaylie, McKinley & Caleb

My mom with the kids! LOL Grandma's rock!

Cute pumpkins!

DiSnEyLaNd!!!!

FINALLY...............I'm actually getting around to posting some of the pics from our vacation. I would love to post all of them for everyone to see, but I was PICTURE TAKING MAD WOMAN and there are WAY toom many. Hope you have as much fun looking at the pics as we were having while they were being taken!

These pics were taken right after we told them where we were ACTUALLY going for our VACATION! (The crazy hair is due to a 10 hour car ride.)

Inside the front gates of Disneyland on our 1st day!

On the Buzz Lightyear ride we got to shoot the bad guys!

Just some cute shots of the girls!

DAY 2

DAY 3

On day 3 we took a break from the parks and instead took the girls to the Aquarium of the Pacific, Santa Monica Beach/Pier, and a Dodgers baseball game in the evening!

McKinley is petting a baby sting ray!

DAY 4

We surprised the girls and took them to lunch at Ariel's Grotto where we got to eat with the Princesses! They got to meet and talk to Ariel (of course), Cinderella, Belle, Sleeping Beauty, and Wendy (from Peter Pan). They had a blast and loved every minute of it!