January 2020

Happy New Year!

Fun sledding again on New Year's Day - a little more fresh snow came

Sledding all the way to our car :)

Trip to New Mexico

Eddie wanted to go to research more about a George Carter
who was charged with assault many years ago.  It could be his
great great grandfather, but we're not sure, since there were other
George Carters in New Mexico.  Eddie like the story of this one shooting at someone.

George Carter's tombstone

George Carter's daughter was named on the back of the tombstone

Where Eddie applied for a clerkship in New Mexico years ago,
before he got the clerkship in Santa Barbara instead

We got to do a session in the temple, and we were the witness couple

Flat horizon sunset - somehow I took it a bit crookedly

A charming bed and breakfast place, antique-style

A fun deli by the University of NM

Nice architecture around downtown Santa Fe

Back to Utah - where the most beautiful sunsets are (and some sunrises, too)

 

We had fun making colorful slimes from kits that were on sale for $1 each

Fun times at "Hang Time" in Orem

Stella is on a billboard, advertising her company! Beautiful!

Zachary playing with the band at a basketball game

Our biggest YM/YW group in our ward, ever!

At a fun mentor bowling activity :)

Emma and her friend started a new gymnastics class together - fun!
Emma is learning back handsprings, etc. :)

December 2019

Remembering Canyon on his birthday

We all love our kitty!

Rocky loved being under the tree, or climbing in the tree :)

Christmas craft Megan and I made at our reunion

We had fun at Kenny Parcell's Christmas party at Classic Fun Center

Megan and Eddie enjoyed skiing a few times over Christmas break

Emma and I made stockings for the homeless with treats and
gloves, hats, sanitizer, etc., and passed them out at store parking lots

We went to a nice creche festival in Payson, where Emma's friend sang

The smallest creche - unbelievable!  We also enjoyed Star Wars creches,
and all kinds of other nativities that were beautiful

An amazing art piece made completely from beads!

Our cute elf and kitty :)

We were in charge this year of the Copa charity gifting for Christmas,
so I got several "Angel Tree" gifts for our ward with Copa donations and our $$

Nativity at our ward Christmas party

Zachary's drawing on the table where we ate at the ward party - he's talented!

Family Christmas party at Angie's - cute kid nativity :)

The kids made gingerbread houses, and Zachary's was great,
until I got my camera out - then it started falling down...

Our tree, with kitty in it :)



Rocky loves going on top of our cars in the garage :)

Zachary passed his Board of Review and is an Eagle Scout now!
Just in time, before the Church stopped the scouting program.

Christmas with Joshua and Catania before they headed to CA for Christmas

I got matching Christmas gifts for Emma and her friend

Christmas gift for Stella - it took a lot of work to make all the sugar
cookie stars, but she really wanted this, so I made it for her. :)

Trying to get a photo with kitty and a bow, like we did with Kit Kat before

Zachary's Christmas concert

Merry Christmas!

Waiting on the stairs to come see Christmas - these kids
made a fort in a room in the basement and slept there together
Christmas Eve night - fun times! :)

Fun Christmas waiting for the kids!

Zachary's big gift - a Raspberry Pi 4, for programming stuff
he wanted, including to help build a remote-control car

Megan's big gift - a GoPro 8, which is something she needed,
since she wants to record fun adventures like Uncle Canyon,
and using her phone was a bit hard to make recordings on,
especially while skiing :)

Holding their big gifts - Emma's was a new Amazon Fire tablet,
since she likes to watch YouTube videos of how to draw or craft
things, as well as games, etc.

Emma's cute 18" doll with carrier and loft bed behind her

Zachary loves penguins, so he got a new one - the
bigger one on his lap

Emma got a cute large unicorn :)

Fun gingerbread house these kids made together :)

Rocky's Christmas gifts :)

We had fun sledding on the Christmas snow - for the 4th year in
a row, we had a white Christmas, after not having much snow :)

 

Merry Christmas to Canyon!

Megan and kids made this snowman and tried to film
it being demolished by hot water from the shower -
it didn't melt very fast, though, haha! :)  It's not going to make
it to America's Funniest Videos, but it was a fun experiment!

Rocky is so cute in the hole, haha! :)

Megan and I tried out "Fish Kiss" in Provo, where the fish
eat at the dead skin on our feet - so fun! :)

Our fun Mario puzzle that the kids put together in record time all at once!

Fun time at Lowe's Xtreme with cousins :)

Happy New Year!

Fireworks from the Rec Center, as seen from our front porch,
on New Year's Eve :)