The Skiing / Flying Bros

C in the Half Pipe

The Flying E - The kids going big

LOOK MOM..... No Edgie Wedgie

O has only been skiing 2 times this year but has made huge progress each time.

-The first time I didn't take her little backpack with attached ropes that I used to control her speed as I skied behind her. She made a huge leap that day and learned to control her speed on her own.

The second time...

- I left her Edgie WEdgie at home. An Edgie Wedgie is a device that ties the front of the skis together for those learning. It allows kids to make a "Pizza" with their skis and keeps the skier from doing the splits. It is diffucult to break kids of this, kind of like a binki (Cinda).

As you'll see in the video, no ropes, no edgie wedgie, lots of smiles and giggles. A great combination.

PS- This is also a test for the video camera for the new phone, "The Droid". How did it do?? Looks like I held the camera the wrong way. Guess that's my fault not the phone's. You'll have to tilt your head for a minute or so to see the video.

The CFO

Dog....what have you been getting into?

I saw this wrapper hanging out of the mascot's jowls

can't say that I blame her,

chocolate is good.

Snow Cone Anyone?

This morning we awoke to SEVERAL inches of new fresh powder snow. The boys were so excited. They quickly dressed in their snow gear and went out to play. After a couple of hours, they came into the house to share with us their new use for the fresh powder. They had made snow cones! They had filled a cup with snow and poured root beer soda over the top. Voila, snow cones! C has proclaimed them to be "delicious" and has eaten three today.

Decking the Halls makes a mess...

Yes, I am one of those who doesn't look forward to dragging the boxes out of the basement and decorating for the holidays. But, I usually get over it quickly when I see the excited looks on my kids faces. And, when all is said and done, it is worth it to have a festive looking home.

Here is a little peek:

In honor of Great Grandma Evelyn, here is the ceramic Santa's boot she made:

This is a miniature village I bought through the ABC Distributing Catalog YEARS ago. I am surprised it has lasted this long. It is one of the kids' favorites to assemble. And, since it only cost $12.95 I don't have any problems letting them.
This year, I swear, I am going to put names back on those stockings!

The Ornaments:

And finally, if you have never seen a toilet seat cover Santa before, Santa covers his eyes with his mittens when you lift the seat up...you know, allowing you some privacy. This was one of my favorite decorations as a kid. A little pervy as an adult, but still a must have.

Happy Decorating Everyone.

A Thanksgiving Post

Thanks to our family and (their) friends for having us this year for Thanksgiving Dinner. It was yummy and the company was great.
The best part of our Thanksgiving 2009 occurred when we were making the 1 hour 23 minute and 20 second drive down to Payson. (The boys got new watches with a stopwatch feature...they "stopwatch" how long it takes us to get places now. That's right...."stopwatch" is now a verb.) Our family was crammed in the Ford Fusion, listening to some new music we have recently downloaded from iTunes. We were singing along to Foreigner's 'Jukebox Hero' (if you aren't familiar with it, you can hear it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOilJZbUZwY ) And then, we realized that C, who was singing right along, was singing "juice box hero". Poor kid, too young to know was a jukebox is. Well, we had a good laugh.
The worst part....leaving Payson without our leftovers. Oops, my bad. The next day we were sure hurting f0r some turkey sandwiches.

Now on to Christmas...

Gentlemen...Start Your Engines

PINEWOOD DERBY:

the activity that turns grown men into boys... C with his first ever pinewood derby car.

She wasn't the fastest car on the track this time,

but she made us proud.