Christmas and Post...

 Christmas Eve, we had a wonderful get together at Dan and Sheri's house.  They had everyone choose a part for the Nativity Story and hosted a fun dinner.  Here are a few of the shots...

 Brett was a shepherd...

 The kids all dressed up...

 Our family...(Minus Colton - he was at Dave's party)

 Merry Christmas Morning!  Brett and I were the first ones up and we had to wait for the kids to wake!

 We got a wonderful Christmas Eve snowstorm.  While we shoveled the driveway, the boys built a snowfort.

  Both boys are in there!

 Christmas Day, The croppers hosted a family get together and dinner. Lily was so excited to have everyone play Pie Face!

 I received a special surprise from Brett... My Unicorn picture framed!

 A few days after Christmas Grandma Cindy and Grandpa hosted everyone up in Soldier Hollow for tubing.  It was a BEAUTIFUL day and the kids had a blast!

 We had a few more wonderful days left of the break - it's gone by so quickly but I am grateful for the memories that have been made!

Recent Stuff - Pre Christmas

Here are some memories from before Christmas...Life got busy and the camera was left behind on many excursions.  Here's what we were able to capture!

 Alex was a bobble head ninja for Halloween - He wasn't allowed to wear his HUGE mask to school, so he opted to go with the ninja headband.  Here is The Crew he hangs out with.

 We managed to carve pumpkins - as usual dad is the carver/gut puller and mom takes the pictures.  The boys researched what they wanted to carve and got to work.

 We ended up with a googly eyed pumpkin and a spidey one

 This year we held a service project for Samaritan's Purse Christmas box with the Myers side of the family.  Everyone did their own family shopping for the shoe boxes and then brought their stuff up to our house.  We packed all of the boxes and had hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls. It was a great project and motivated the kids to give instead of get.

 We've hardly had any snow this winter - i'd say almost none!  But we got quite a storm on Christmas Eve - Enough for the kids to head out and get some sledding in.

 And, Thanks to Grandma Deb - we had Gingerbread houses to put together.  Here are the kids getting ready and brainstorming their creations...and the finished products.

 Gosh, when you don't stay on top of it, life speeds ahead!  I know we had so many activities going on and were going in many different directions, but i'm glad that we had a few special moments with pictures to document!

Moab - UEA 2016

 We decided that we would take the trailer down to Arches National Park for the UEA break this school year.  We were really excited to see all of the sites and have a fun break.  We missed having McKaleigh with us...It's definitely not as fun without the whole family! We found petroglyphs, dinosaur bones, dinosaur tracks, hiked, bouldered, climbed the dunes, went horseback riding... all in 2 days!  We really know how to pack it in!

Here are A LOT of the pictures from our trip.




We began our vacation with a trip into Arches National Park.  The hike to Delicate Arch was pretty high on everyone's list, so we headed out - along with a ton of other people.  It was a really busy hike!  Here are the Petroglyphs in the background and another close up.  They were really cool and detailed!

 All of us at Delicate Arch...We waited in the long line to stand under the arch, but we look like specks in that picture!

The boys climbed everything that they could climb!

 Arches for days...

 Having a bit of fun at Balanced Rock!

 Near our campsite there were The Dunes!  The boys wanted to head over there every night after a full day - and they wanted to stayed till dark.  Here is a picture of "THE HILL" I challenged the boys to...I made it to the top!  However, it was WAY after they did!

 Here is mommy, pulling Colton down the dunes, while Alex rolled down - getting sand in his eye, nose, mouth and every pocket of his pants!

 One morning we followed a map hunting dinosaur bones and dinosaur tracks.  Here we are pointing to the bones encased in the rock - We found about 10 sites of dinosaur bones.

 And there was a site of about 100 tracks.  Alex took pictures of them, but I like this one best.

 The horse back ride was my favorite!  It was the boys first ride!

Here is Colton saddled up and ready to go.

 Heading off on the trail!  Alex rode a 33 year old mule named Honeybee. He loved that guy!  He even went kind of fast sometimes!

 We had so much fun and can't wait to go back and visit more National Parks!  The trailer is such a success for our family.  Every night we would go back, play games, watch movies and have a great time!  I am so glad that we have the opportunity to make these memories!