Happy New Year!!

We love our tradition of spending New Year's Eve with our friends, the Shirley's.  It is the perfect end and beginning to the year.  We started the tradition a few years ago when they lived out our back door.  (We even bought a gate to connect our two yards and paid some day laborers to install it for us.)  Well worth it.  That gate was the wormhole to years of friendship development.  We really miss having them in our back yard, but are glad we have been able to keep the 30 minute distance inconsequential.  

This year our typical frivolities ensued.  We played games, chatted, laughed, and ate and ate and ate.  Ash had to bring her Guitar to show Madi and hoped Lauren would show her a chord or two.  Carter got a "Hoverboard" for Christmas and all the kids, including BJ, took a turn roaming the rooms on it.  Carson especially enjoyed it and actually became pretty good! The bad thing, is now everyone, including BJ, want one of their own... and the cheapest one we can find is about $350!  We'll just have to get our fix on Carters when we feel the need to roam. 

Thanks for your friendship Nate, Michelle, Lauren, Carter and Madi.  We love you guys!

Nappy New Year

I am always so exhausted on New Year's Day.  This year BJ worked on New Year's Eve and had plans to go shooting with his dad and brother's in law on New Year's Day.  So, I decided to take the kids to my parents and have a sleep over. They were ecstatic.  Especially AJ when he was asked by Grandpa if he wanted to go skiing...at an actual resort.  Dad took he and Camden to Brighton, rented snowboarding equipment, and entered them in lessons. 

Can we say cloud 9???

AJ couldn't smile big enough.  He quickly got all the gear he needed and got right in the truck (Before Grandpa was even ready!).  I was a little jealous I was going to miss his excursion but knew he would tell me all about it when he got back. 

While they were on the crowded slopes, Mom taught me how to knit. I started a hat and a washcloth. Ash and carson fought consiousness until after lunch then crashed...as did mom and I.

Around 6:00 Dad and AJ got back and AJ was limping.  Dad then told me about the "Last Run" of the day where AJ went full speed off a berm and flew about 20 feet up in the air and landed right on his back.  Thank heavens AJ started writhing (and screaming) in pain or dad would have assumed he was paralyzed.  My stomach was lurching just watching dad's face as he told me what happened. He was so scared. After AJ thought about what a great story it would make he was able to calm down and make his way down the slope.

We cleaned up @ my parents and headed to Kellie's house in Tooele for dinner. 

What a great and memorable New Year's day.