Sunday Afternoon

On Sunday morning Blair asked if I wanted to fly to St. George and visit my Grandparents. I thought it might be something fun to do and of course the boy's wanted to go.

I really wanted to get out of the snow and maybe see some sunshine and warm weather.

Well........ It turned out not to be sunny in St. George, but there wasn't snow and that was
just fine. The boys loved being outside and not having to put on coats, snow boots, gloves,
and so on.

While we were at my Grandparents house Shawn kept saying he wanted to go back in the airplane and "go fly". He loves every minute in the plane. He has to look out the window when we take off and land. Dylan and Carson love to go flying too.
Here's Hurricane Utah, that's actually where my grandparents live. Its nice cause the Hurricane airport is right by their house. The only thing I don't like is that the airport is really small. Blair teases me by saying "It's like landing on a sidewalk". Not what I want to hear! He thinks it's funny though.

Zions with snow. It's kinda pretty.Then we're back home in the snow and cold. If you can't tell I like the weather in St George better.

Swimmimg in the Winter!

Dylan and Carson are taking swimming lessons at Layton Surf and Swim. It's really nice to be able to do it in the winter because our summers are so busy.

After swimming lessons on Wednesday we all went swimming together. Shawn loved it! He has no fear of the water. He was trying to swim like his brothers. When the waves turned on Shawn would laugh so hard. The waves would almost knock him down when they hit him. I was laughing so hard I was almost in tears.

Dylan and Carson would go out into the deeper part with their tubes and ride the waves.
P.S. Carson lost his second tooth! (I didn't even know he had a loose tooth.)

Shawn is getting potty trained and almost has the hang of it.

Dylan is loving scouts and will be getting his Bobcat and a bead towards his Wolf at the next pack meeting.

The Holidays

Christmas was a busy time, lots of family parties and Dylan’s birthday. I think it was one of the best Christmas's. We had all our family come over to celebrate Dylan’s birthday. Brett was also here visiting for two weeks. The whole family was so happy to see Brett home after being at Boot Camp. It is going to be sad to see him leave again. We won't see him again until May. Here are my boys listening to all of Brett’s stories about his time at Boot Camp. It's really neat to see one of my family members serving our country. Dylan turned 8 this year.

He is starting scouts and he decided to be Baptized. I just can't belive how fast he is growing up!

On his birthday I made him a special dinner and then we opened up presents. We gave him his new Scout shirt and Scout book, some shoes, a movie, and a couple other things. Later that night we watch a movie and ate his birthday cupcakes. On Christmas morning Blair had to wake the boys up at 8:30! Dylan told me they were too tired. We even put them bed early! Since when do kids sleep in on Christmas morning!? Dylan wanted to learn Lacrosse, so Santa brought him the stuff for that. Both Dylan and Carson got mp3 players and little remote controlled helicopters. Carson wrote Santa a couple of letters this year. He was asking Santa for a guitar, so that he could give it to Dylan. How cute is that! My Mom bought Dylan the guitar for Christmas so Carson was able to give that one to him. Santa brought Carson a Kung Fu Panda sword. He was so excited for that sword, he also got a big Legos set and Transformers. Shawn is really in to the movie Toy Story, so I found him a Buzz action figure. When he opened it up his little face was stunned. He was so excited to have Buzz. He was making Buzz fly all around the house. Shawn also got some little airplanes and motorcycles. Christmas day we went to Blair’s Mom's in Ogden for breakfast, my parents in Bountiful for lunch, and then Blair’s Dad's in Sandy for dinner. It was a very busy day and I don’t think we could eat any more, but the we loved every minute.

Flight to St. George

We all flew down to St. George for the day and had Sunday dinner with my Grandparents. It only takes 2 hours so it was like going to Grandma's on a Sunday afternoon. We had dinner, played outside at Grandpas pond and at the Virgin River, and visited for a while. The weather was perfect. Then we flew home that afternoon. It was really cool cause we got back to the Salt Lake Valley just after dark so we could see the entire valley lit up. Dylan said it looked like we were in a Christmas tree, lol. Then when we got back we went straight from the airport out to dinner with my family for Justin's 21st birthday.

Blair is building up hours for his Commercial license so we will have lots of fun opportunities to fly places. Next week I think Blair and his Dad are flying to Lake Powell for the day.

My boys love to go flying with Blair. At least one of them goes every time. Me on the other hand, I get a little nervous when we go. Luckily this was a great day to go. There wasn't a breeze and it was a smooth ride. I still try to keep my mind busy by watching movies or taking these pictures. These pictures don't do justice to how amazing it looks from up there. I will have a lot more pictures of us flying in the future. My camera wasn't working on this trip, so I used my cell phone that’s why the pictures aren't very good. Anyway, It was really fun and it didn't even feel like it was a short trip. Probably cause we were actually down there for most of the day. Definitely worth the trip!

Now we'll see if my Mom is brave enough to go down with Blair next time to visit Grandma Sandy, lol ;)

This is Salt Lake!

Dylan said that it looked like we were in a Christmas tree.

Weekend get away!

We spent the weekend up at Powder Mountain in a condo. We had such a good time. We mainly just relaxed. We did a lot of swimming and we played in the snow. Blair made us go "exploring" and any who knows Blair knows what that means, he just about killed us. I was so tired after. We also played some board games together and we had a killer game of Mario Party 3. Blair won and of course he rubbed our faces in it. He is not a graceful winner. lol :) It was so much fun cause it snow quite a bit while we were up there and it felt like Christmas.

Dylan and Carson both like to snowboard.

Even Shawn had a good time in the snow, he mainly wanted to eat it.

The condo we stay in had two bedrooms downstairs and a loft upstairs. This is a view from upstairs.

This is the room Dylan and Carson stayed in.

All about the boys!

Shawn is 2 1/2 years old. He has such a cute personality. Shawn has to do whatever his brothers are doing; whither it is playing video games, playing with their friends outside, doing homework with them. Shawn makes the family laugh all the time.

Carson turned 6 in September. He started kindergarten this year. He loves to take the bus to and from school. Carson is now starting to read a few words. He will come home from school and read to the family. Carson cares so much about other people. If he gets a treat from school he will ask for more to give to his brothers.

Dylan will be 8 in December. He is now in the second grade. He is doing really well in school. It is amazing to watch him grow up so fast. (He is going to be just like his dad.) Dylan likes to hang out with his friends and family. He also enjoys playing video games, and writing letters to his uncle Brett who’s in boot camp.

Halloween

Halloween was so much fun! Blair's family all came over to go trick or treating (except Brett of course, he's at boot camp). I made vegetable cheese soup, hmmm delicious. The boys and their cousins were so cute in their costumes. Dylan was a zombie, Carson wanted to be a pirate, and Shawn was a little spider. It was nice to have a night that wasn't freezing, although they did get sprinkled on a bit.