Hovenweep

Today we enjoyed the free National Park entrance week. We invited the Owens family to go with us to Hovenweep and we all had a good time hiking around and looking at the ruins.



The most excitement came with the siting of a large and colorful lizard.



Of course there were a few falls and scrapes. Both girls had a great time, Jaycie made a new friend in Hannah and Jim and I enjoyed getting to know Jessica and John better.

Sheep

Toward the end of January Trena took us out to see some new lambs. They were so cute!! The girls loved them, Saree hardly left Trena's side - Mom who? We couldn't keep Jaycie from picking them up either. Then we were supposed to go see some baby goats the next night, but we couldn't find them, I did get some awesome images of the mountains at sunset though!

Ice Fishing

I went ice fishing this morning, with no luck. I had one bite in 4 hours. After running a few errands, I took the girls up to another lake. Of course, when I take them fishing, they always get at least a few bites. We were there probably 2 and a half hours. They had several bites and they each caught a fish. Jaycie had fun sliding down a hill on her back. Saree stuck close to dad and had fun watching her sister slide down the hill.

The girls were afraid the fish that they caught were going to get cold flopping around in the snow. But they were excited about the idea of having fish for dinner. Sorry, but no pictures of our outing. The girls had fun, till it started getting cold and the snow started to fall.

Arches

Over Christmas break we went up to Moab. Off course the two days that we were there, it snowed. But it was still nice to go. We had fun up in the park, even though it wasn't the best of times do go.

While there in Moab, we took the girls bowlinng. Even though we were using bumpers, the girls both did really good. I think Jaycie bowled a 150 something, while Saree did well, and even wanted to do it by herself.

We hope everyone had a good Holiday season.

Christmas 2009

Christmas is here and we're all tired and cranky. Some of us more so than others. However, we enjoyed a wonderful meal on Christmas eve with Brother and Sister Honaker at their house, where we also were read the story of Christmas from the book of Luke. We got home and the girls went to bed as Santa was being tracked over New York City. This was about 9:30 or 10:00 last night. Jim and I made it into bed at about 1 this morning. The battery to our drill has died and so we can't get all the screws in on Jaycie's Santa gift (humongous doll house!) I knew it was big, but this is unreal. I'm not sure that we will be able to get it into the toy room. The girls woke us up at 6 this morning, hence all the cranky people in the house. I think the favorites so far are the baby doll and care set, the doll house, and the scooters from Papa and Grandma. Jaycie knows just how she's going to spend her Christmas money from Grandpa and Grandma-grandma (doll house furniture).

I was happy with the way the scrapbook turned out, for the most part. I hope everyone else likes it. Lisa gave us a Pizza stone with handles and I LOVE IT!!! Very excited. Jim and I decided not to really buy much for each other this year and wait until after the new year to buy a wii and wii fit plus for Christmas. I think that we're both excited for that. Especially since our insurance will pay for it.

I was saddened to hear of the passing of Jerry on Christmas Eve. I'm glad that he is at peace now and no longer in pain, but he will be missed by family and friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time.

Thanksgiving so far. . . .

Yesterday Jaycie's class had a Thanksgiving Program. Jaycie enjoyed this very much, she's never been shy about being the center of attention. They sang Albequerque was a Turkey (she's been practicing this at home and I have, consequently, been singing it myself. It's been stuck in my head for over a week now!) They also danced the Turkey Trot (Hokey Pokey but with Turkey parts). Then they fed us sandwiches, Jello jigglers, chips, and chocolate chip cookies.





In other news. . . We received a package for the girls' birthdays today from Mom and Dad - Thank you! I took the box in Jim and I's room to open and got the wrapped presents out, luckily I hid the the unwrapped one, because. . . .

Halloween 2009

This year both girls were butterflies. Luckily Jaycie doesn't seem to mind that whatever she wants to do/be so does Saree. They were both so cute, but I've since decided that I'm not going to put makeup on them for a while, they both acted like I was torturing them with the oil free Mary Kay eye makeup remover I was using. Give me a break!