A Quick January Update

It's hard to believe January is half over.  We've been plugging along, enjoying all of the fresh snow we have been getting lately.

I believe Abby put herself in "time out" here.  She is full of atti"twoed."

Our sledding hill is up and running!

This is our basement bathroom that is in serious need of a remodel/update.  I have already started doing a little demo. work!

 Emma is taking ski lessons every Saturday until mid-March.  Drop-off is at 9:15 a.m. and pick-up is at 3:45 p.m.  This little girl is exhausted at the end of the day!

Lessons are at Canyons so we have to take the bucket to get her to her lessons.  Abby loved it!

Abby put her friends down for a nap.  I love how she included her little ice pack and REI sticker.

I have slowly been printing off our blog into books, one year at a time.  I just ordered 2012!  Now I am only 3 years behind.  I figured I wasn't going to ever get caught up on scrapbooking, and blogging has been our way to document our memories, so why make more work for myself?!  I also order one for Emma, as a keepsake for her.  Once I get around to ordering 2013, I will start ordering 3 of each book:  one for us, one for Emma, and one for Abigail.  It's been really fun to watch the girls look back at the photos and memories (and us, too!)

Winter Break Week #2

The fun continued during our second week of winter break!  Even though the girls didn't ever sleep past 6:45 during our break (sigh), it was so nice not to have to be any place at any certain time.

Our first family snowshoe...Abby got snowshoes from Santa.

sisterly love...

 Emma's snowman

 We had a  little "daycare reunion" with an amazing group of parents and kids.

 I hope these girls (Katharine, Emma, and Barbara) stay friends for a long time.  It's hard to see, but their friends, Hudson and Asher, are way down on the end.  

 Abby and her friend, Halle--Hudson's sister, are such little cuties together.

making headbands with Katharine

 We went to Uncle Ben's house to celebrate New Year's Eve.  We only made it until New York's NYE but even that was a stretch for me!

Of course, Ben had to show them how to celebrate!

This is what happens when Uncle Ben gives the kids too much sugar...Abby twirls around on the table.

It's a good thing there was room to roam because these kids had some energy!

 Even the dads had to get in on the action.

After a 2-month hiatus, I finally brushed the dust off of these old friends.  Ahh...it felt good to pound the pavement again.

Another family snowshoe...

 Abby insisted on using a pole.

After our snowshoe, we had dinner at the Wasatch Brew Pub.  

Abby decided she liked onions.