Happy 7th Birthday Lilly

Happy Birthday my sweet girl. We are so thankful to have you in our lives. You bring such joy to our family. We love you.

Christmas Break Snow Trip

We decided at the last minute to check out the camp Zarahemla and play in the snow. So a couple days before Christmas we packed up ready to leave. We had a big storm but left anyway. We packed our chains and all. We take a ferry across and head on our way. We get up into Snoqualmie pass pull over to put on our chains. We get started and they closed the pass with us being the 2nd car in line. We wait there for 30 mins the police said it might not be long. She then came back and said it was going to be hours and hours so we turned around and came home. It ended up being closed for 8 hour plus hours. We then saw the pass reopened so we got up at 3am and tried  again and we made it through. We went the long way because 18 was closed taking 6 hours to get there. The camp is  near Yakima. It was a beautiful drive. The road into the camp wasn't plowed yet and we made it with our chains.

We then found our small little cabin. To get to the cabin the snow on the sides of the path was past my waist. Kyle and I had never been where there was that much snow except for skiing.

The cabin had a loft and 4 queen sized bunk beds. It had a microwave and small fridge. We brought our kettle to heat up water quickly. We also brought a electric burner to cook on.
It also had a propane heater like woodstove. It kept us nice and warm.

The sledding hill was just a little walk down the road. The hill was lighted for night sledding. The first night it snowed all night and we woke up to everything covered in 5 more inches of snow.  We walked down to the lake and checked it out it was so pretty.  The kids sled most  of the day. We played games inside when they got cold. We had a fantastic time.
We also did a service project for the missionaries while we were there. We shoveled a walk around one of the cabins. When it was time to leave we were a little worried we wouldn't get out but we made it and 18 was open again and it only took 3 hours to get home. We came home just in time for Christmas.  We had so much fun We booked it again for next year.

Mud Puddle fun

It has been raining a lot here lately. So there was a huge puddle so I told the girls they could go play in the rain. They ended up having a mud war. Water and mud everywhere.  They had a lot of fun!

St Patrick's day fun.

The kids woke up on St Patrick's day to a leprechaun visit over night. They were so excited to eat Lucky charms. We then read the story of St Patrick day book over breakfast. We also read a book about leprechauns and the mischievous things they do besides guarding the gold at the end of the rainbow. The leprechan also turned our milk green.

Christmas Visitors 2015

This year for Christmas some of my family came home.  My parents came home from California and my Sister Chelsea came home from school and my Sister Alisa and Harry and their new baby and their new puppy Paris. It was so fun to hold them.

Grandpa Evar

After 2 days of long driving  we arrived in La quinta, CA.  We got there after midnight. Chelsea was waiting for us she had the place all ready. Air Mattresses for everyone. The next morning the kids got up early and went for a walk with Chelsea. We went to breakfast and then spent the next 6 hours swimming in the pool. The kids  love Grandpa's pool. We then brought dinner in and ate with grandpa at home. He wasn't feeling up to going out. We then stopped at shields and had a date shake. The next day Uncle Kirk came into town and we all went in the pool. We went to breakfast  again and then for dinner had dinner in it was so yummy. We spent time with grandpa and asked lots of questions about his life. It was wonderful.  I went on several might walks with  Chelsea. It was wonderful to visit with her since we haven't been able to do that since she came home from her mission. Chelsea spent the last few months taking care of grandpa.
The next day we left for San Diego.
There was also this hummingbird  who just kept sitting in this branch. I figured  out that he was protecting the hummingbird  bird feeder. Another bird would come and he would chase them off. At first  I thought he might be hurt but no he was just a selfish little  bird.

California Drive

When we went to cali to visit my parents, Chelsea and Grandpa Evar. It was at first  just a trip for Belle and Lydia and  Carlee's oldest kids. One of Carlee's  kids didn't want to go without her so my Mom decided that I should  go too. It was so much fun. We drove down. My Mom had foot serjury
And couldn't  drive very well. So Carlee and I took turns driving. We stopped at my Aunt Jinny's to stay the night at the last minute.  Spring was there with her girls. It was a great visit.