It looks like the beard Won.

Most of you seem to like the beard more. So it looks like it
will be staying for awhile. I am getting use to it.
I will say he is handsome either way, but I am certainly bias.

With or Without Beard?

Kyle decided in late November early December he was going to grow a beard. I thought it would last a week or 2 but he really likes it. He keeps getting compliments. I think he looks good with it but, it sure is poky to kiss. So I want your opinion? Do you think he looks better with the beard or without it?

Bravo Night!

Last Saturday Kyle's work had a Bravo Night. They rented the Convention Center and t all the employees are invited and they talk about how the company is doing. They also have awards they give out. They had a nice dinner and desserts. It was a fun night for just Kyle and I. They usually have it in December and its a Christmas Party. I kind of liked having it in January. The bad thing is it was Miley's Birthday. Grandma Hoisington came over they had a party and we rented a movie for them and they had Miley's favorite Spaghetti. We all had a nice night.

Happy 10th Birthday Miley

You are a joy to our lives. We Love you!!!

Happy Birhday!!!!!

Late Night Snow Adventure!

A couple of Days ago it started snowing around 6 and by the time Kyle came home from Young Men there was 2 inches. So all the girls decided to go and play in the snow. We ended up measuring 3 1/2 inches. They sledded, built a snow man and played some more coming in around 11:30pm. The snow was perfect for both building snowmen and sledding. The last few times it was either sledding or snowmen. After they came in and had hot chocolate Kyle decided they should go out in the tent and sleep. So Miley and Belle and Kyle slept in the tent in the snow. The Tent was already set up from Kyle putting it up over the weekend.

There was no school the next day thank goodness. By the time my girls were up the rain had already destroyed the snowman and the snow was very slushy and wet. That doesn't mean they didn't go out in it and play. It just wasn't the same as the night before.

Georgia Cont.

We love history and asked a ton of people where we might see some civil war or revolutionary war sites. We ended up spending most of our last day exploring such a site. It was a mile walk up the hill. I don't know how they dragged up all those cannons up the hill with out any roads with trees and everything in the way. They definitely were determined. The confederate army was the one who occupied this spot. The museum they had there was wonderful. I wish my kids would of been with us to learn so much about the civil war. Six flags was so much fun Kyles only complaint was that the lines were super long. It was nice to go to amusement park and not be worried about the kids.

Georgia Get Away!

I am still catching up from the months without a working computer. Back in October Kyle had two photo shoots one in Georgia and one in South Carolina. So I decided to go with him and we had a wonderful time!

When we first arrived we found our hotel got something to eat and then went and watched a movie I remember it being good, but I couldn't tell you the name. We woke up next morning and went and did a photo shoot. Then explored on our way up to south Carolina where the next photo shoot was. The people in the south were so friendly.
We went to 1 civil war site, Highest place in Georgia, Found some water falls, Went to a Norwegian town during Oktoberfest and to top it off we went to 6 flags. We had a fantastic time. I have a ton of pictures.



We went looking for some waterfalls and this is the only one we found.



The highest place in Georgia is Brasstown Bald we got there right at dusk so we started climbing to the top. Let me tell you I am so out of shape. Kyle went ahead to take some of these pictures before it was too dark. As you can see it was pretty dark. We then started back in the dark with just my cell phone for light. My cell isn't that bright and of course Kyle had to keep making bear sounds to freak me out. I was freaking out a bit. It was such a beautiful sunset. On our way up to the highest place in GA. We saw a ton a leaves turning unfortunately it got too dark, for me to take some good pictures, but I have a couple of pictures I took from the car window.



As you can see I didn't do those trees justice. In the top picture look at all the reds I had never seen anything like it. This is what I get when I take pictures in a moving car.



Here we are at October fest. The music was loud and fun! Kyle lived in Germany as a child and Heidelberg is where he lived. It reminded me a lot of Leavenworth. It had a ton of cute shops.



We had decided before we left that we would attend the Georgia Temple while we were there. We planned our hotel and everything around us going. It was Kyle's first temple he went to when he was 12 for baptisms. After we were in our hotel the night before Kyle went to look up the temple schedule and we found out it was closed. It had been for a year. If we had known we could of went to a temple in South Carolina. So if you look closely in our pictures you can see men up by Moroni.

New Years Day to Snoqualmie Pass

On New Years day Kyle,(Gabby, Miley,Belle and Lydia) Tj(Bryce, Connor and Kyla) and Steve(Simon) decided to go and play in the snow at Snoqualmie Pass. They went sledding had hot chocolate and lunch. It turned out to be a great day of fun. Lilly and I stayed home and rested.