Manti Temple

Traveling up US 89 through Utah takes you past a lot of small towns - ones most of you have probably never heard of. But, I bet most of you have heard of Manti. We stopped and got a look at the temple.

Jason had to jump the fence and run up the hill. He then had to roll down the hill. He said it was the funnest hill he ever rolled down!
Of course, on our way home we had to take pictures of the Temple with the new snow - and while it was still snowing!
Another view.

More snow?

Before leaving for the Sunday afternoon session of conference - Jason took a few pictures. This is the Suzaki that Debby and Gary use to travel in - when they don't want to get wet or dirty.

This is a view from their balcony. Isn't it beautiful!
Now, Monday morning, as Doug and I were getting ready to leave - this is what we saw outside. It had snowed overnight - 6 inches!
Here is the Suzaki now!
This is a picture of another snowstorm heading our way from the valley.
When we got down to the parking lot - this is what we saw. More snow covered trailers and vehicles.
Here's Debby and Gary - and their snow monster truck!
Here we are - first time our vehicle has seen snow! Good thing we brought it instead of the car!
It's still snowing on us!

Debby and Gary said they got at least 6 more inches of snow after we left. It doesn't look like they will be driving their car up to the cabin anytime soon!

Thanks again you two for letting us stay!

Snowtime Fun!

Can you believe all this snow? This is what we say while staying with our friends, Debby and Gary Black in Mt. Pleasant, Ut on our trip to General Conference. Debby and Gary live in a cabin all year long. In the winter (and obviously part of the spring) the only way up to the cabing is on snow vehicles. Behind their cabin is a big Boy Scout ranch - which is where the first picture is taken. We had permission to go snowmobiling on their property. It was a new experience for Jason and Kendall, but they sure did enjoy it. Thanks Debby and Gary for letting us stay at your cabin and for a great time!

Here's Jason enjoying his turn.
So is Kendall.
And the big kid - Doug, who loves his toys - and Gary's toys.
Here's Doug and I going out together.
Jason patiently waiting for his turn.

Mikel's Family Party

Sunday night we - finally - celebrated Mikel's birthday (only 8 days late!) Thanks for being so patient Mikel. It's hard to find a time when our whole family can be together - which is usually always on Sunday nights.

Here she is opening her presents - with help from Carson (and EmmaLee playing on the floor by the chair - waiting for the paper!).

Her Haul! (Hey - she asked for her own ironing board and iron so she can have it in her room!)
The cake with 20 candles!
Trying to blow out those 20 candles (she didn't do it)
The cake! Can you tell what it is? You can't tell it's an Ipod or mp3 player? Not even with those earphones?

Carson's door?

Since I am on the subject of Carson - here is some more about him! He found Oscar's doggie door - or should I say - he figured out he can go out Oscar's door. He's been playing with the flap for a couple of weeks, but Friday he discovered that he can go through it too! Kristi caught him on camera Saturday going through the door - Thanks Kristi!

It's a good thing it our back yard is all fenced in! I'm not sure how much longer he will fit through the door - as it is the smallest of doggie doors since Oscar isn't very big!

Now what do I do?

Today is my day to babysit EmmaLee. I had both Carson and EmmaLee asleep (I thought) when I sat down at the computer to put pictures on the blog. Well....I could hear Carson in his bed moving around. Since he had only been in there for barely 1/2 hour - I though, he'll go back to sleep - NOT! He started to really scream, so I went in to get him. There that little stinker was with his legs straddling the top bar of his crib, hanging on for dear life. He had started to climb, but I didn't expect this yet! (and no - I did not go get the camera. Safety first!) His crib is as low as it will go. So - where do I put him now to sleep?

Here are a few pictures of Carson. He does love to climb. Loves to get on the fireplace and dance - or just try to climb into the fireplace! If the chairs aren't pushed in at the table - he's climbing on them, and learning how to push them out to climb on them. If he isn't strapped in to his highchair - out he gets. He loves to have his chair next to the table - so he can climb right onto it. He likes to dance on the table!

Dancing on the table at my birthday party. He loves to have an audience. I have the cutest vidoe of him dancing - but haven't figured out yet how to put it on the blog.
On the dining room chair. Notice his shirt? That's from the Carson river of drool. He can't have a dry shirt - and hates to wear bibs. So, he gets his shirt changed quite often! By the way - this is only after having the shirt on for a very short time!
This is just him getting into his toys in the family room. Loves to dump them out. Notice the red toy container - it's almost empty too. Loves to pull the toys all of it too!

Slacker

Yes, I admit it - I have been a slacker on getting my blog updated! And - I even have a lot to add, but no time to do it! We went to conference in Salt Lake (which was amazing), stayed with friends and played in the snow- lots of it, Mikel's birthday party, baseball games, well - like I said - a lot of stuff and lots of pictures! Here it is - 11 pm and I am beat (which is unusual since I am generally wide awake and up till at least midnight or 1 am!) So - I promise - I will post tomorrow - hopefully, quite a few posts! Happy blogging everyone!