Ski Day!

Thanks to President's day the girls had the day off of school.  So we decided to hit the slopes (so did most of the rest of Cache Valley).  It was a beautiful day and the kids had a wonderful time.  This was only Sierra's second time on skis and she did a great job!  I was so impressed with her skills.  Although she kept telling me to go faster because she liked to go fast and didn't like to wait for me.  Bailey was able to take her friend with her and they had a blast snowboarding.  All in all it was a great day--new snow, sunny, and not too cold!

Tumbling Competition!!

Bailey Had her first tumbling Competition today, and she did so great!!  She competed in Floor, Double Mini, and Tramp.  Here is a video of her tramp routine and some pictures of the day!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We had a wonderful Christmas at our house.  The girls had a great time, and enjoyed every minute of it.
They each got what they wanted for Christmas and have enjoyed the time off of school.  We also got to go to Rexburg and spend a few extra days there with Grandma and Grandpa and the Aunts and cousins.
The girls got their PJ's on Christmas Eve as usual and looked super cute!

Bailey wanted a new coat and a snowboard and she got exactly what she wanted!

Sierra got a Nintendo DS, an Easy Bake Oven, and a Bed for her American Girl Doll!

Then we got to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house and the girls got more presents there!!!  They had so much fun, the boys had a great time opening gifts, it didn't matter who they were for they just wanted to open!

We celebrated my sister, Brook's birthday while we were there and got to have a sleepover at their house!  We then got to ring in the new year with a wonderful group of friends!  We are excited to see what 2011 holds for our family.  We love and appreciate you all!!

Christmas!

We are getting so excited for Christmas at our house.  This is the first year that we have had our basement finished at Christmas time, so we not only got to decorate upstairs but we got to decorate downstairs as well.  In fact we were able to put the Christmas Tree downstairs this year and it was the first year we did not have to move furniture around to make room for the tree!  My favorite part is that we finally have a mantle to hang our stockings from.  Charlie made the mantel himself so that makes it even more special!  We have been having a great holiday season and are ready to celebrate more with family and friends.

Sierra's B-day

I have been so busy making bags I have not taken the time to blog about Sierra's birthday.  Her birthday this year was on Thanksgiving day, so we had her party the Saturday before.  She wanted to have it at High Point, we already have to go there three days a week, but she does not get tired of the Gym so we had her party there.  The girls had a wonderful time, and wore the coach out with their trips on the Rip Line. 
We had Thanksgiving dinner at Charlie's moms house and it was wonderful.  After we ate we had birthday cake with our pie.  Sierra got just what she wanted for her birthday, an American Girl Doll!!!!  I can hardly believe that she is already nine, the time has gone by so quickly.

Fall Work!

 On Saturday we decided we had better get some leaves raked up before we get snow.  So we all went out and got to work.  Bailey and I raked while Charlie ran the leaf blower.  Sierra of course was swinging, but after a while I even got her to Rake!!!  It was a miracle, she didn't even complain.  She had an ulterior motive, I think.  She wanted a big pile to jump into.  After we had the leaves all in a huge pile we got some cute pictures.  Enjoy!!

Happy Halloween!!!

We had our annual Halloween party on Saturday, and it was great!!!
Everyone was supposed to dress up, but none of the other guys made it over with a costume on.  At least Charlie was a great sport!  We went with a theme for our costumes again this year---I think Charlie's was by far the best.  The kids had a great time and got a lot of treats!  Thanks to all our friends for joining us to make this year great!