Christmas 2007

We have had a very busy last few weeks.  Two weeks before Christmas Brent and I went to NewYork City and then to Quebec Canada for a week.  While in New York we saw the famous Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center, time square, all the millions of other people who were also there in New York, great food, and the best of all.... three broadway plays.  We saw Wicked, which was fabulous, Grease, and then Mary poppins.  Brent is now a fan of Broadway, it only took me 15 years to get some culture in that boy!!!!  Canada was beautiful with all the snow and Quebec city was very quaint and fun.  It was like being in Europe but much easier to get to.  The down side of the trip was I started to get very sick and by the time we got home we went right from the airport to the urgent care center.  I ended up having bronchitis and couldn't breathe along with terrible pain.  I was very upset cause we were planning on leaving in two days to head out to SLC to ski with the kids.  The doctor gave me two shots in the bum and sent me on my way.  By the time we headed out to SLC , I was still feeling yucky, so I didn't ski the first day with the kids.  This is our 4th year in a row to go to Solitude and we loved every minute of it.  It is a great place because it is never crowded and the ski school is great.  All the kids tried snowboarding this year and decided that it is way more fun than skiing.  Brent tried it too, but changed back skiing saying that he could snow board but just didn't want too.  OK, whatever you say.

After four days of skiing we headed off to Brents brothers house for a one night sleep over with cousins before heading home on Christmas eve.  Once home Brent and I went our separate ways to get last minute stuff done, load up the trucks and head to the cabin.  By the time we got to the cabin it was past 9 pm and we still had to eat, watch a christmas show, write a note to Santa,and get the kids to bed.  Unfortunately, mom fell asleep during something due to lack of sleep and still feeling sick, and so Santa was a bit grouchy at 2 am.  Note to self, chill out!!!!

Christmas morning came and went way to fast.  Ashlen still doesn't get the christmas stuff but thought all of us being together was fun.  The kids all got extremely spoiled as well as the grown ups.  Brent loves Christmas and goes way over board.  We got two new four wheelers for the land so now we can all have fun at the same time.  The motorcycles are a bit dangerous out there, so I prefer the kids to ride the four wheelers and keep the motorcycles for the track.

After Christmas Lauren's best friend from Dallas came down for the week and is leaving tomorrow.  This is the fourth Christmas that they have gotten together and they love it.  It is New years eve today and I am typing this as I am listening to fireworks going off.  Out street usually goes a bit wild with the arsenal.  I usually find lots of fireworks in the pool the next day.  I can't believe it is almost 2008.  I don't ever like a new year to come cause it means the kids are growing up.  Lauren will be 13 in a month, Austen will be 12 in the summer, and I will be 25 again.  

Here are some of our fun Holiday pictures.

(we got a new computer for Christmas and I can't figure out how to get the pictures on the blog)

random photos again

You can't see Lauren very well, but she is serving the ball in this picture. The other pictures are when Peytens football team won the superbowl for is league. It was an awesome game. As you can see, Ashlen didn't make it the whole way through.

Weekend at the cabin

We decided to spend the weekend out at the cabin and the weather was great. I decided that winter is a great time to be out there due to less bugs and shorter grass, tall grass hides critters!!!! There are also cows out there now and they tend to eat lots of grass and keep unwanted things away as well. We rode our 4-wheeler all around and Ashlen loved looking at the cows as we cruised by. She loves the 4-wheeler. Brent took lauren for a fast ride and she came back splattered with cow poop all over her. Fun times!!!!

We love going to the cabin just to hang out and eat food, play games, watch movies, and be together. We decided that it has been a great investment for our family. We took a few pictures of the place in case any of you are interested in heading our way for some fun times!!!!

Brent and Roger Clemens golfing. Brent said it was a great time, wish I could have been there to see it.