Winter Wonderland!

This is what we woke up to this morning!!

Yikes! Winter is here!

So happy that my husband put the Christmas lights up last weekend! Thank You Sweetie! :)

 

 Mike mentioned that snowblowing is NOT as fun as it use to be.

Especially when it takes 3 hours!

 

The kids were so excited to finally play in the snow again. (But, I'm not looking forward to all the mess of wet winter clothes laying around my laundry room.) The snow was so deep that Ty was hoping like a deer through it. He came in with snowballs stuck all over him.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Even after 3 hours of snowblowing, Mike still made the kids a sledding hill. What a nice dad!

 

Trip to California...

In October Mike's work asked if he could go to California for the Charger vs. Patriots game with some clients. Well, us being the sports fanatics that we are....immediately said YES!

Who are the Chargers and the Patriots? :)

We didn't care, we just wanted to get away for the weekend. We had all day Saturday to do what we wanted, so we decided to go to Sea World. Kind of felt guilty that we didn't have the kids with us.

At the game....

...with 69,000 of our closest friends. ha ha

While we were in San Diego, my parents took the kids to Idaho. They had a great time with Nana and Papa. They took them to Red Robbin where they got their faces painted.Stopped by and visited GG

And saw Grandma Heaton too.My kids get spoiled when they go to Idaho. Stay up late, make rolls and cookies, visit family, go out to eat, watch movies, what's not to love.

Day Ride!

About a month ago, we decided it was such a beautiful day we should head to the sand dunes for the day. We got to the top of our favorite bowl and ran into Adam there. Who would've thought? He was there with his brother and some friends who happen to have a razor. Mike couldn't resist when they said, take it for a ride.

Going around the bowl! SWEET!
I have to admit, it was fun.

Carter and Jaxson doing what they like to do best...diggin in the dirt.

Hailey has a thing for climbing trees.

We had a great time going as a family and being together. I don't know why I didn't end up with a picture of Josh, but he learned to ride Mike's machine... shifting and everything.
My kids are growing up way to fast.

Volleyball!!

This is what has kept me EXTREMELY busy this fall. At the charter school they would like you to volunteer 35 hours a year. Well, I definitely exceeded 35 hours in 2 months!! When I found out that they were going to have a volleyball team, I contacted the Sport Director and asked if I could volunteer. What a great way to get my volunteer hours in, by doing something I love!

The team consisted of 7th, 8th, & 9th graders. I feel like the team improved so much. Towards the end of the season, they were actually doing bump, set, spike instead of just a bump over the net.

I want to thank my family for the letting me participate in this. I had to be at the school from 3:30-5 every day, plus games. It was a very crazy and hectic schedule at times! My kids still had to be at their activities too...piano, dance, karate, scouts, soccer, and making sure homework was done!!! PHEW!
But, I did have a great time. It's kind of fun to be called Coach S! :)

Last trip...to winterize!

You know Bear Lake season is over when it's time to winterize the trailer. We were entertained by teaching Cal and Ann how to bowl on the wii. Is his tongue helping him concentrate?


Ann's turn. She knows how to do the approach...now, if she could just figure out how to release the button. :)

Surprisingly the weather was beautiful for it being October. But not warm enough to actually swim.
We enjoyed throwing the frisbee around. Carter still pushing the dump truck everywhere he goes!

Mike tormenting the dog....again!
The boys were entertained by getting buried!

And Ty is King of the Mountain!!

Cousins...

All the cousins on my side:
Josh, Bridger, Carter, Lexi, Logan and Hailey
(there is another cousin on the way, due in December) Can hardly wait!
They only get to see each other about once a year. Hopefully my brothers will move closer when they are done with school.

My sister in law went to visit my parents while she was here this summer, so I asked her if Carter could tag along. He loves being with Lexi. It's so cute how they hold hands and get along so well.





Carter made good memories! He still talks about how he went all by himself, without me.

LAGOON!!

Lagoon was always a tradition when I was little, and now it's a tradition for my kids! My mom and dad came down for the day and Jonathan and Daija and her family were also there.



Josh, Nana, Carter and Hailey on The Tidal Wave. They did this over and over. It turned out to be Carters favorite ride. There were a lot of rides that Carter wanted to do, but he was an inch too short for the big rides. He will have to wait until next year.
On the ride before they got wet....
WOO-HOO! Man, that feels good to cool off!

Dad, your not on the terror ride. It's just a little water! :)

We had so much fun with everybody.
Has anybody been to Lagoon when it's "frightmares"? Think we might try that next year.

12th bday party!

These girls partied so hard, that by the end of the night they were getting very silly!!

Even dad getting silly...wearing Hailey's new purse as a hat!
Hailey enjoying her cake...

We had planned to roast hot dogs and s'mores, but since it rained liked cats and dogs, we ended up playing games inside. The girls still had a great time together.

I can't believe Hailey is 12!! Jr. High, Young Womens, cell phone....so many life changing things happening to her right now. Boys, zits, cramps. :) (She's going to love me for saying that)
I remember shopping for clothes for Hailey when she was a baby and thinking it will be forever before she is into those "big" clothes. I'm now shopping the Jr. department. WIERD! It did happen, and actually it happened quite fast!
Happy Birthday! You're turning into quite a beautiful young lady! We love you!

Hailey - The BIG 12!!

We spent Haileys bday....where else....Bear Lake...Of course!!


My parents and Jonathan & Daija came to celebrate as well. We had a fun time in the boat and
Mike enjoyed giving my mom an awesome tube ride! If you think your going to go on a nice kiddie ride when Carter is on the tube, YOUR WRONG! That kid loves it so much. He's my little thrill seeker.
Then we had more company stop by to visit. GG, Leon and Pam! We convinced them to stay for dinner and really enjoyed visiting with them.
Thanks for all the candy Leon!

After dinner, we rode the 4-wheelers to the beach. Looks like my dad is having a great time playing in the sand. I think we still are all kids at heart.

Cute little family! Jonathan, Daija and Bridger!

After the beach, we did cake and ice cream and surprised Hailey with a cell phone for her bday! It was funny! Mike actually gave her his dads very old flip phone first, then gave her the "real" phone. All along Hailey has said she didn't want a flip phone, so the look on her face was priceless!

Happy Birthday Hailey!