Kortney and Friends.

Kortney has an appointment on the 28th to get glasses. She is very excited. This is something we should have done a while back. She also got to have a small sleepover with friends. Here they are doing "Dance Dance Revolution". They had a lot of fun and stayed up pretty late. We ate pizza and played games. I like to see my kids having fun.

Good & Bad...I get to stay home.

I get to spend the next couple of days home with my boys. The bad part is that it's because Kruz isn't feeling well. I hope he is feeling better by Wednesday because I will have to return to work. For now I will just enjoy my time with them as much as possible considering the circumstances.

Snow Angel

Here is the snow angel that Jalynn made in our snow. I asked her to make it to put a picture of it on our Christmas cards. (Which I never got around to making!) I wanted to share our snow angel with you anyway. Have you ever tried to walk away from a snow angel without messing it up? Not easy! I tried to lift Jalynn out, and she nearly pulled me in.

Reality Check

The view from our room.
This month Kelly and I celebrated our 14 year anniversary. We went out to Daniel Summit Lodge. We spent about 24 hours away from "it all". The lodge is nice, but I was disappointed in it. We have stayed in much nicer places for about 1/3 the price. Sometime when we are dressed warmer, I would go again to ride snow mobiles. (Snow machines for those of you in Wyoming.) The food was awful. So for breakfast we went to Heber to eat at the Hub. That was good food! From there we went to Provo and did a little shopping. I got spoiled at Bath and Body Works. I got to restock on my favorite lotions, perfume and soap. We bought stuff for each of the kids. Kelly bought a new receiver for our sound system. All and all it was a great trip. My favorite thing was having Kelly's undivided attention. It was nice to talk about life, what we want for our future both near and far. There was no work, school, sports, homework, ice fishing or other things to interrupt us. I really enjoyed it and really appreciate Dad, Mom, David & the Mounteers who helped out with our kids. Especially with Kruz getting sick! Here's the reality check... We get back from our trip and go to Jalynn's basketball game. We find out that the game was delayed and we are already at the gym. We sit in that gym for over 3 hours. I was pretty tired by the time we get home and fell asleep early. I realized how badly I needed that small break and that I really miss Kelly's undivided attention!

Hey...I'm still here!

Okay... So I have been really bad at keeping up with my blog. Understatement! It feels like we run from one thing to another. I am really hoping to have a little more time now that Jalynn's basketball season is wrapping up. It has been fun watching her play, but I look forward to relaxing an evening or two. Kelly is always busy. If he isn't at work, he is sitting at Bottle Hollow running the Tribes ice fishing contest, in class, or doing homework. It has been quite an adjustment for us. The kids miss him and so do I. We are glad we only have 3 more years of this.
There is a CTMH sale I wanted all those interested to know about. It starts on Monday, January 26th at 8:00 am. It goes on while supplies last. There will be stamps, paper & accessories. Hope you find something you like.

Contest to win free CTMH products.

If you go to my CTMH website, you can enter a contest to win free CTMH products. January is National Papercrafting Month. For details, check out my CTMH site. Good Luck!

Trying hard to get back into the swing of things...

I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I know we did. It was very busy and I did have to work a lot, but now things are slowing down and can get back to normal. Santa was able to find our house and apparently my kids were good enough this year, because they didn't get coal in their stockings. Gift highlights: Jalynn and Kortney got a Nikon Coolpix camera from Santa. Kruz got a remote control truck from Santa. Kolby got a big bouncy "cars" ball as big as he is from Santa. All of the kids got Guitar Hero World Tour from Santa. We have tried to play as a band, lets just say it will take a little practice. Other gifts include clothes, books, Dvd's and games.
Our New Year was nice, but quiet. Jalynn and Kortney went for a sleepover at their friends house. Alina and Camilla are sisters that are friends with Jalynn and Kortney. I ended up feeling sad because the girls weren't here and had a hard time being excited. But I did get to spend New Years Day with them and cooked them a huge meal. We feel very blessed and hope you all do too.