Pictures from Utah

Okay, so I don't really know how to add the pictures very well yet so I am just doing my best. The pictures are out of order because I don't know how to put them in order yet. I know there are a lot but these are the best of the best that I had to include...

The one above is Grandma and Grandpa sledding on Old Main Hill at Utah State. I want to sled when I'm their age!!!!!

The one below is Uncle Glenn "looking up" to Douglas!

This was a BEAUTIFUL scene that we saw just down the street from Uncle Glenn and Aunt Ruth's house on the 26th! Something right out of a picture book like most of the area there!

Aunt Ruth, Mommy, and Uncle Glenn enjoyed our evening sledding session on Christmas Eve down the street from the house. Take note of the nice view Mom is enjoying (the inside of her eyelids!)

For some unknown, insane reason, Josh, Uncle Glenn, Aunt Ruth, and Michelle decided it would be a good idea to do face first snow angels in unison in 2 feet of snow. CRAZY if you ask me!

Josh, Daddy, Douglas, and Uncle Glenn posing for a fun picture during our cross country skiing expedition. This was a beautiful area of the path covered with snow-covered trees.

Aunt Ruth, Michelle, and Uncle Glenn after enjoying a fast trip down the hill on a sled.

Grandma showing all of us how it is done on the Wii! Fun for everyone!!!

Happy 79th Birthday to Grandpa!!!!!!! He enjoyed an evening of lasagna and chocolate cream pie (as he does every year for his birthday)!

Josh and Jen posing next to the sign at the top of the Old Main Hill on the Utah State campus. We definitely had plenty of fun at our own risk!

Home Safely

Well, we are home safe and sound from Utah! We had a wonderful time in Utah with so much of our family and so much snow! Josh and Douglas drove home on Friday so they could enjoy the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco on Saturday evening. Unfortunately, they had seats in the nose bleeds (even though I swear I got bleacher seats) but I think they still had a decent view of the field. Josh got another surprise while at the game when 7 of his family members joined them! I think it's safe to say they both enjoyed the game and were glad they got to go!

We're home now and back to the same ole, same ole which we love! We are definitely enjoying the Wii Fit and having a new fun way to work out and track our exercise. Hope everyone had a great holiday!

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas to all of our family and friends!!! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas full of family, friends, and good times. We had a wonderful day here in Utah. We had a true white Christmas with about 2 feet of snow on the ground and it snowing all day. For the first time, we ate breakfast this morning before running for the stockings and presents. (I guess we're maybe growing up a little.) Michelle was the lucky one to find the pickle but it was on the Christmas palm tree upstairs instead of the Christmas tree downstairs but she still found it!

We all got wonderful gifts this year! Thank you to everyone!!! Josh was surprised to get tickets to the Emerald Bowl with Douglas in San Francisco on Saturday. That means that Josh and Douglas are leaving to drive home tomorrow morning. I think they are bummed about the drive but looking forward to the game. (They kept looking for the airline tickets under the Emerald Bowl tickets but couldn't find them!)

The afternoon was enjoyed by watching Mama Mia, playing Wii, watching football, doing puzzles, cooking, and just relaxing. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We wish we could be everywhere to enjoy the holiday with all of our family and friends!

Cross country skiing!

Utah continues to be beautiful as it continues to snow. We slept in this morning because we were once again up way too late last night playing Wii but having a great time doing so. This morning all the girls, except me, headed into town for a shopping trip for food and snow pants for Mommy. I joined all the boys to the sports store to rent cross country skis. After a yummy lunch, Dad, Uncle Glen, Josh, Douglas, and I drove a short distance up to Green Valley Canyon for an afternoon of cross country skiing. It was beautiful being in the middle of a winter wonderland with it snowing and great company. Josh was a great sport trying something new and did a great job! Unfortunately, he decided it wasn't for him but I'm still proud of him for trying something new. (And lasting another day and another activity without any need for a bandaid.) I got some more great pictures which I will have to share when I can download my pictures.

We spent a relaxing afternoon hanging out at the house working on puzzles, enjoying showers, playing Wii, and just spending time together. We are all about to head out for a delicious dinner at Cafe Sabor compliments of Grandpa. (Thanks Grandpa!) Everyone keep your fingers crossed for me that my car battery will charge (as we've been trying to do all afternoon) and will start without a problem tomorrow! (Unfortunately, we forgot to unplug the ice chest when we got here and COMPLETELY killed my battery! Oops!)

Winter in Utah!

As many of you already know, we made it safe and sound to Utah yesterday afternoon. It was a long drive, separated by about 4 hours of sleep in a beautiful Motel 6 in good ole Wells, NV. The long drive was made even longer by NO Starbucks for over 300 miles; definitely unheard of for a Californian! But it was worth it when we got here with everything covered in snow and absolutely gorgeous. Mom, Dad, and Douglas arrived a few hours later, just in time for dinner.

Last night I got an early Christmas present from Josh... a Wii!!!!! So, of course, the whole family stayed up way too late last night playing Wii and having a great time! Mom does great with the sound effects, especially when knocking Douglas out in boxing, and we got some great pictures. (Unfortunately, I didn't bring my camera cord so I can't put them on the computer yet.)

This morning we woke up to it gradually snowing harder and harder. It's a true winter wonderland! (Thank goodness we drove in yesterday afternoon!) The whole clan drove over to Utah State to do some sledding before lunch. We got lots of great pictures and lots of exercise walking back up all the steps for each trip down the hill. A few highlights...
- Grandma and Grandpa went down the hill 3 times (I want to do that when I'm almost 80!),
- Josh took a while learning how to steer and enjoyed several trips down backwards,
- Douglas throws way too many snowballs (especially at people's faces, including Grandma's),
- Seven of us went down on 5 sleds all holding on to each other,
- AND... no one had to go to the hospital (way to go Josh!).

This afternoon was taken up with games, naps, picture viewing, puzzle doing, and, of course, more Wii! Tomorrow morning we are looking forward to some cross country skiing and more outdoor fun. We'll try to keep everyone posted of our fun here and try to add pictures if I can figure out how.

Welcome!

So... I have been thinking of starting a blog for a while because I enjoy reading other people's blogs and seeing what they have been up to. A few weeks ago, De Ette finally convinced me that I should actually start one because she was going to start one and we could do it together. So, here is mine, and this is De Ette's motivation to publish her first blog too!!!

So, I guess I'm supposed to talk about what Josh and I have been up to. Here's the brief synopsis... work. But that's okay because we are leaving for Utah on Sunday for a whole week which we are very excited about! It may end up being an interesting trip because quite a bit of snow has been falling so we are hoping for the best and bringing chains. I am also excited because we will probably have a white Christmas which I haven't had in a few years and Josh has never had! We will do our best to take a bunch of pictures to share when we get back.

Okay, so we have been up to more than work. Josh got season tickets to Cal football this year which he has truly enjoyed and is already working on me to get them again next year. Anyway, he enjoyed the first 5 or so games with friends which means there are no pictures. But, I got to join him to the last two games so I took a few pictures. The picture at the top is us at the last game vs. Washington.

I guess that's about all for now. We'll have to see how this goes and hopefully I will make a post more often than Ashley whose last post was in June!