Fresh Air

In the valley we experience a horrible thing during the winter months called an inversion. The high pressure in the upper atmosphere holds down all of the bad air until we have a lovely smog hanging around every day all day. The only way to get around the ick is to go up into the mountains and enjoy the fresh air. We have been pretty lucky to only have a week or so of the smog this winter, but it is still gross and makes it hard to breath. We decided to go for a drive up the canyon to get our clean air. It was georgeous up there. We love Snowbasin, so we went up there to watch people ski and enjoy the sunshine and blue sky. When we got there all the lots were full, but we managed to find a spot to park. They have a fun tubing hill. We sent Emma down just once to the tune of $5 each ride down. She had a great time though and we hope to go spend a day up there letting her go up and down the hill till she's ready to fall over. We had a great time there, looked into lessons for Emma, it costs about $65 for a 2 hour lesson and $15 to rent equipment. A little much for us to afford right now. A full day lift pass costs $68 dollars, we considered Miland getting a lift pass and teaching her himself, but they recomend getting the lessons.

Anyway, it was a good afternoon! We can't wait to go up there again!

Bubbles bubbles everywhere!!

Ever wonder how they get so may bubbles in the tubs to cover the actresses in the movies? I know one way. All you have to do is but a lid full of bubble bath in the tub and turn on your jets... before you know it you have 10 inches of bubbles on top of the water and children getting lost in them. The girls thought that it was a great thing and now want to take the super bubble bath all the time. (it takes forever to wash all the bubbles down, so I don't recomend it unless you have half an hour to wash the tub out after)

Ahh... a New Year!

We had a New Years party that was going to be a few people to play games and hang out (by few people... I mean Gary and Dana and fam, as well as my mom and dad). Well, turns out that a few others had no plans for the night so we just kept inviting and ended up with 22 people at our house! We had a blast! We ordered chinese food from Dragon hill and it was yummy! I was afraid that we would not have enough food, but we had so much left over that we have been eating it for four days. We played games ate tons of junk and had a great time. We still can't believe that 2008 is over. We are grateful for all that we have, for our jobs, for our health and for our family and friends. We are so glad that we were able to fill our house with so much love with our family and friends. We only hope that 2009 will be better than the last year!

Naughty Christmas Kids!

I don't know if it is just me, but did you ever notice that children get naughtier as it gets closer to Christmas? One would think that with all of the threats that happen from parents to children... promises that Santa will get a call and Christmas will be canceled, kids would be on their very best behavior?... I think not. I am certain that the sheer expectation is eating away at them every second not letting them behave, it's all they can do to be still once in a while! My little Emma changes her mind every 3 minutes as to what she wants and has told half a dozen Santa's something different each time she sat down on a lap. If you were to ask her what she wants for Christmas today, 2 days before the big day, who knows what her answer would be. As parents, we just hope that her wish list from 2 months ago will do, because that is what she gets! We hope that you all have a Merry Christmas and a better New Year!

New family pictures!

Miland and I were planning on taking these great snow pictures this year with all of us in our cute puffy vests and boots... well, no snow is in our forcast any time soon... so we took our indoor, mock studio pictures instead. They are not really our style, but they will do for christmas cards and updated pictures for grandma... but we are still hoping for the snow in late December or January to take our great photos! We did manage to get some picutes of my girls and their cousin Victor. They are pretty cute if I don't say so myself ( i took these pictures, still learing the new camera) Hope you like...

Thanksgiving for our life!

We are getting excited for the holidays that are coming up. We go to the Kurt Bestor concert every year, this is my 10th or 11th year out of the 20 years that he has been doing it. He has a song that he sings every year called "Prayer of the Children". I couldn't find his version of this song, but I found a version that is ok. It always reminds me how lucky we are to have the life we have. I am grateful for my children, my family, our home, our friends, our jobs and all of the wonderful things that we have. I put the song on the blog for you to hear, listen to the words, it is a great song.

Butt Glue?

Pagents, pagents, pagents....

I never thought that I would be involved in placing glue on another persons butt and blowing on it to make it tacky and then gently placing their swim bottoms in the proper spot and then rubbing to stick in firmly in place. Confused? I was a contestant chaperon, along with my sister-in-law Dana and mother in law Kathy at the Miss Utah USA pagent. We thought that we had signed up for helping the girls with zippers, hair and reminding them to smile and wear their sash. Boy were we in for a suprise. We had to escort them to the bathroom when in public, tape up boobs with duct tape ( no kidding 1001 uses!) and butt glue their swim suits on. Those girls used spray adhesive to hold shoes on, swim suits in place, dresses from falling off and all kinds of crazy stuff. I have never been exposed to so much hair spray! It was crazy and fun! We had a fun time getting to help these girls. We were exhausted at the end of each night, but what a fun experience. I want to thank Marie for the chance to experience a little of this crazy world. Miland's cousin Julia was Miss Utah USA last year and gave up her title during this experience. She was in the top 15 at the National contest last February. We have had a blast rooting for her and supporting her in the pagents that she has been in. Next time anyone needs some butt glue or the creation of cleavage, let me know... i'm your gal!!