January 2011 snow fun

PLEASE NOTE: Beth did not write this post. I screwed up and put the post on her blog instead of mine. I'm going to try to put a link on my post so I don't have to do the darn thing over!

Since there has been alot of snow up on the rim since the first of the year and the boys have a three day weekend, we all decided we should go up to the high country and play in the snow. The weather cooperated with fairly mild temps for the middle of January.

Lots of snow on the north side of the cabin.

Wipeout!

High flyin'!

Goin' really fast!


Even Dev hauled his sled up the hill!

They saw 5 deer in the yard and were able to get pretty close to them.

Haulin' snow to the front yard......

The boys were in a cooking mood. Logan was in charge of the hash browns. Not TOO many went down the burner.

Time for washing dishes and little Mr. Dev wanted to help!

A new Lego Buzz.


Logan is the organized one of the bunch and made an itinerary for the next morning:

7:30- wake up

8:00- start breakfast

8:30- eat breakfast

9:00- put snow clothes on and go outside

Everyones clothes were laid out with their names on, which made everyone stay on schedule. Logan made pancakes and I was in charge of the bacon. They were outside by 9:00 on Sunday.

This was the day that Logan mastered standing up on the sled, going down the hill and over the speed bump!

The deer came back to visit across the street and back over to our side yard.

Our friends, Pam and Steve, just happened to be in the neighborhood so they couldn't resist a little snow fun!

Dev did a "face plant" into the snow and got a scratched up cheek.

Time to cook again. Dil was scrubbing potats to bake and looked out the kitchen window to see...

the deer again having some supper in the back yard!

And here is Logan mushing up stuff for meat loaf! They all ate it....in addition to lots of oatmeal cookies and "roof bare floats".

They were so busy having fun in the snow that they didn't take time to shoot their new BB guns. Maybe next time.

Christmas 2010

Happy New Year 2011, Friends and Family! Here are some pictures of what we've been up to the last month!

Here are the Boys playing in the snow up by the cabin just before Christmas. The snow didn't last long so they had to hurry to build a snowman!

These are cakeballs! I probably made 50 dozen of the darn things the month of December! Many friends and coworkers put their orders in and I dipped and dipped and dipped away!

We made some special food to attract Santa's reindeer! It consisted of oatmeal, sprinkles, glitter, and popcorn kernels! The boys sprinkled it in the front yard so the reindeer could find us and of course have a snack while Santa was doing his duty!

We went on our annual Christmas light tour around the neighborhood Christmas Eve. This house we stopped at was amazing! The entire garage was set up with a village of miniature houses, actually an entire town. I can't imagine the work that was put into this. It was really awesome!

And while we were out looking at lights, Santa came! How come he comes while we are gone every year?

The boys were of course all smiles with Santa's loot!

One of the "hits" of Christmas presents were these Beyblades! All the boys love them and even Grandpa and Papa got a lesson on how to play them! For those of who are clueless as to what Beyblades are, they are little metal tops that have interchangeable parts. The boys use their own special strategy to build their Beyblade and then they battle in a plastic stadium. The last top spinning is the winner!

These giant candy canes Santa brought kept them busy for a couple days. I think even Toni got ahold of one at one point and enjoyed a few licks herself! Imagine that!

A couple days after Christmas, Arizona experienced some very cold weather. We are not used to multiple days of below 32 degrees at night! In fact, it got down to 22 degrees New Years Eve! It even snowed in the greater Phoenix area. We were not fortunate to actually see any of it but we were sure this funny looking cloud was a snow cloud!

And here we are bringing in the New Year with our neighbors! Usually we sit in the driveway and huddle around a nice warm fire. But this year it was a "No Burn Day" which means it's illegal to burn even wood outside in a firepit. So we had to celebrate inside and ended up having a few dart and pinball competitions! We sure love our neighbors!

That's all for now! Happy New Year!