Sedona & Strawberry

On the way to Sedona.

Snoopy Rock. Do you see it? We liked this rock!

At Grandma & Papa's house.

The little bit of snow left was covering a pile of rocks. Just enough left for snowball fights! We had a fun mini-vacation but I was happy to have our big comfy bed back. My cell phone died while on the trip so if you call, I'm not ignoring you. I hope to stop at the Verizon store tomorrow if I have time.

Hannah starts theater again this week. The kids have 2 football games left. Last week they each had a touchdown. Hannah pulled 2 flags & Joshua pulled one. The week before that, Joshua had 3 touchdowns in 2 games.

Flagstaff Sledding

We went to Flagstaff last week to search for snow. I had heard there was snow left and that there wasn't much left so I was a little concerned about our annual snow trip being a letdown. As you can see there was some snow left but it was hard and icy. We went up on Todd's birthday and spent the night in Flagstaff. Friday we went to Strawberry to visit my parents but we took the scenic route through Sedona. The kids had never been to Sedona. We took a few pictures and walked around for a little bit before getting off to Strawberry. We came home yesterday. I had a sore throat and still do but it was still fun time with my family.

Here is yet another Joshua "moment". After we got in the motel room after dinner Joshua needed to use the bathroom for awhile:) He came out and looked around the room and declared that he was glad there weren't video cameras in here like there was in the bathroom. What is that boy talking about??? After checking it out I find the "video camera" was actually the heat lamp light bulb which did look a lot like the video surveillance cameras on the ceiling of Target or Walmart. I love that kid!

I'll post the Sedona pictures next.

January Birthdays/Happy New Year!

Well, Happy New Year! A little late I know. We spent a quiet new year's eve at home playing games and setting off a few fireworks. We didn't even make it to midnight because Todd got scheduled to open the next day. So as you can see we haven't had an exciting life to update you on.

January birthdays:
Todd-I love you hubby:o)
Fred-Our brother-in-law. We hope your day is blessed.

Hannah was in her first Spelling Bee last night. There were only 6 kids in her age group and she's mad at herself for going out in the 3rd round on an easy word. I can't console her with how hard it is to get up in front of people and spell (correctly), how it's never the same as practicing at home, or how nerves just get the best of you. I hadn't signed her up at first because of money and because I knew how she'd take it to lose even though spelling is her favorite subject. I was asked to take the pictures for the yearbook and my fee would be waived so while she had over 3 weeks to learn the words she didn't have as long as the others. I don't think it would have mattered as it is just different up there on stage actually spelling the words in front of everyone. She has said she'd do it next year. Now that she knows what it's like I think she'll be a little less nervous and next time I'll get the list sooner. I put up a picture but she was not smiley. In fact, I don't think I took a picture of any smiling kids. They all looked nervous.


The kids are still playing football and Hannah starts theater again at the end of the month. The play will be Robin Hood. We're looking forward to a quick visit with my mom this week and later this month will be our annual snow trip to Flagstaff with an overnight visit to Strawberry.