Lake Powell in March??

The boys went on a boys trip to Lake Powell to check out Renald parents and sisters houseboat. They also went there with Renald's cousin Gary and his son Ryan. I'm not to sure what they did but the kids had a good time. I stayed in Richfield with the women and was completely pampered. I brought down my levi quilt that I had been working on for the last 3 years. Linda showed me how to tie it and binded it for me.

Austins classical recital

Austin had his third piano recital. He played a Minature sonatina. He did an excellent job.

Happy Valentines Day

On valentines day, it is a tradition to make sugar cookies and this year was the first year all of the kids were able to roll and cut their own cookie dough all by themselves. I was actually pretty amazed how well Tyson and Sydney did. That night Renald suprised us by coming home a little earlier and suprising the kids with some valentines!

Christmas

On Christmas Eve, we went to the annual Christmas Eve dinner at Grandpa and Grandma Folkman's. After dinner the grandkids got to open their present from the grandparents. All the kids got bouncing balls, and they all loved them. We we got home, they got their new pj's and went to bed. Tyson was so excited for Santa to come. Austin was so good to read Christmas stories to Tyson before bed. Watching the kids open their presents on Christmas morning is about the funnest thing for us to watch. Sydney didn't care what she got as long as it was pink! We decided not to go to Richfield until New Years weekend, so we were able to really relax and play with toys on Christmas Day! It was great. On Saturday, we planned to go skiing, but Renald ended up having to go to work that morning. The boys really wanted to go (and so did I), so I called up Danielle (my favorite babysitter) to ski with Austin, and we still went for a half day.

Christmas Programs

On Thursday the 18th, Tyson had his preschool Christmas program. He played a shepard and was very happy to hold the big stick. He did a great job! After school was the boys had their last day of swimming lessons. That night was Austin's Christmas recital. He played We three Kings of orient. He played it flawlessly. I was so proud of him.

Just so you know........

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Gingerbread Train

Seeing that our children are more into trains than houses, we decided to make a Gingerbread Train. The kids had a fun and messy time! The also enjoyed the candy quite a bit!