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.

Winter Break Week #1

Andy's mom, sister, and sister's family were in town for Christmas.  We had a wonderful Christmas filled with laughter, fun, and food!  His sister, Whitney, has a 9-month old so Emma and Abigail loved entertaining her while they were here.

 decorating Christmas cookies at Grandpa and Grandma's

Andy and I got out to ski with Whitney and her husband one day.  

Now that Park City and Canyons is one big resort, they put in a gondola connecting the 2 areas.

 bath time with Kennedy

Abby's hair is finally long enough for pig tails.

We had a 3-day storm that brought lots of snow!!

We held on to our tradition of seeing Santa at Zoo Lights.

Abigail was not a fan of Santa...

While Abby's hair is growing longer, Emma decided she wanted short hair.  One day, while she was up in her room having quiet time, she snuck to get a pair of scissors and gave herself a hair cut.  It could have been worse.  We took her to Great Clips to get it to look somewhat even.  

The Tullis Christmas party is always held on December 23rd.  Andy's dad's side of the family is so large it has to be held at a LDS ward.

 We took part in a project for refugees--stuffing bags with toiletries.

Abigail found a friend and started playing catch with an orange.

Santa came to our house!  

 Andy had a Santa suit so my mom made the girls and I suits to wear over our ski gear.  We just had to test them out on Christmas day.  

We went to Uncle Jim and Aunt Robin's for dinner on Christmas day.

cousins

 Emma got a lot of crafts for Christmas so we have been crafting up a storm.

Finally, Andy and I went to see the new Star Wars movie!  It's awesome!  

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!  Stay tuned for "Winter Break Week #2!"