Jack is 5!

Have we mentioned that it has been snowing-ALOT!

Hopefully this will be our last snow blog post!

Here is a look at the crazy amount of snow we have been getting-
It is taller than our car-
(and it has snowed at least 15 more inches since this picture!)


This is me, sitting on one of the piles-
Last week I shoveled and operated the snowblower for 3 MAJOR snowstorms while Chris was in Reno.

Mountains!

The kids love it!

Expecting several more inches tomorrow-

Looking forward to spring!!

Brad Paisley-YEE HAW!

Hands down, best day in 2008 so far-

Chris and I went to the Brad Paisley concert last night in Salt Lake.
I am a huge fan, so Chris bought me tickets for my birthday and came along-
Here are our happy mugs...


And here is Brad Paisley-

And here is where I gush about how talented, entertaining, amazing and, well, handsome he is (from my point of view).

We had a blast!

He puts on a great show, and comes highly recommended from the Findlays!

The white stuff...

We have had a lot of snow lately. And it is REALLY cold!


But it is also beautiful-especially when you're in a warm house looking out-

We took the kids skiing last week and they braved the 9 degrees in some great Utah powder.

Cameron and Kaitlyn are getting really fast-

And this year we decided to get Jack on the hill. We were so excited to ski, we forgot his coat (he is wearing mine). But he didn't mind at all and had a blast. He was skiing the bunny hill all by himself after a little while.

Here he is coming off the "magic carpet."

It is supposed to "warm up" to about 30 degrees tomorrow-but I don't think we'll be seeing our grass anytime soon!

Have a seat- December was a busy month!

December was a great month for our family. We apologize for neglecting our blog-we've been really busy. So here are a few of the highlights....



The month started off simple enough-time to bake some cookies!



(Gingerbread is a Findlay favorite)






The kids were a part of a stake creche display at the church


and got to dress up for the nativity...

Our Sweet Kaitlyn turned 13!!!
Her birthday gift was a bedroom make-over...

She was really happy with the outcome. She is definitely a teenager now!

She celebrated with family for dinner and-
had a fun party with her friends and went to "National Treasure 2"

Jack had a really fun preschool Christmas party where he got to make a gingerbread house with Grandma

And he entertained all of us with some cute holiday songs-

Jack is the guy in the red chair-FUNNY!

We had a FAMILIAR Santa Claus surprise us the week before Christmas. (Jack still thinks his Grandpa is the real Santa!)

Thanks mom and dad for the happy memory!

Christmas eve was spent at Grandma and Grandpa Findlay's house for a delicious prime roast and a sweet nativity with cousins...

This is Chris and his Grandma Fern who is turning 90 this February!

As tradition will have it-everyone opened up new PJs on Christmas Eve-

And you be the judge, but we think Christmas was pretty good at our house this year....

We had our friends the Hansens visit us from Reno, and then the Evans family came from Seattle for a 4 night sleep-over! This is where the boys slept-or were supposed to be sleeping! (that's Mason)

Jack and Lydia got to sleep in kaitlyn's room-

Jack (who has red lips from a lollipop) and Lydia played polly pockets all weekend-

We went bowling, to an arcade, played in the snow and had a great time just being together!

On Christmas day we woke up to a lot of snow and it has pretty much been snowing ever since-

This is Jack being pulled by the quad...



Using the 4 wheeler to sled is a favorite winter activity

(this is Cameron and Chris)

Cameron and Jack on a big snow pile-

Here is Kaitlyn coming down the mountain!

This is Portia, Audrey, Kaitlyn, Cameron and Jack getting ready for a fast ride-

We picked up another 21 inches of snow today, so Jack started working on a snow cave

And this is what it looked like at sunset.

We are so thankful for all of our family, friends and blessings.

Wishing everyone the best for 2008!