Family Fun

With 5 days of family in town I sadly don't have many

pictures to show for it. I think I might have been a little busy!

Some of the fun activities we did...

-Santa pics. 

-Mermaid at the Silverton.

-Frozen 2

-Played Games

-Great Conversations 

-Black Friday Shopping (Jen & Heather)

-Danny took, Max, Hanna, Van & Clark to play in the snow.

So grateful for family time!

Greg, Heather and I took the kids to get pics. with Santa.

I tried sitting Jane on Santa's lap and ran.

We I turned around, Santa was holding her in a football hold 

and her dress was pulled up showing her underwear and she was

throwing a fit! I ran back and saved her, haha!

First pic. without Jane.

 Second pic. with mom. You can't even tell

she was just throwing the biggest tantrum! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

The dinner tables.

Little kids, teens...

 and adults.

 Kurt paid Hanna and Baxter to do the dishes after Thanksgiving.

 All the grand kids (cousin's) in their Christmas jammies.

(Grandma and Jim sent them early).

 Michael, Greg, Kurt

Mary, Rebecca, Heather, me and Danny

 The cutest little Reindeer.

Some happy then others.

Decorated the Christmas Tree

Grandma Susan & Jim Bird

My mom and Jim are serving an LDS mission

in Virginia (Baltimore, Maryland Mission). 

But they got permission to go to Jim's grandson's

wedding in Mumbai, India.

I just loved seeing the beautiful ceremonial clothing they wore'

each day leading up to the wedding.

Doesn't my mom look beautiful?

 The wedding day.

On their way back to the states they got to stop

in Rome, Italy for a couple days. 

They were able to go to the Rome Temple.

I'm so happy for my mom! She loves to travel and always 

dreamed of serving a mission. She has had her share of trials

in her life and it's so wonderful to see the blessings in her life!

Max Got His Wisdom Teeth Out

He was up the next day with no problems.

He cleaned the garage, helped decorate the tree

and went thrift store shopping with his friend Sam.

Volleyball Banquet for Hanna

It was so fun watching Hanna play this season!

Volleyball season has ended and flag football has begun.

Air Show With Clark

Clark wanted to see the air show at the Nelis Air Force Base.

Happy 13th Birthday Van

Not 31

 13

Van is 5'11 and weighs 140lbs.

My baby is growing up!

Podunk Cabin

We rented a small cabin behind Bryce Canyon near Panguitch, UT.

It's actually an old ranger station. The daytime was beautiful,

but the nights were FREEZING (10 degrees)!

The first night we got there at 11:00pm and had to pump up the air

mattresses from the car, it was so cold! We almost hit 3 dear crossing the road.

No electricity, running water or WIFI was neat for a day, ha!

We stayed 2 out of the 3 days we had planned on.

I had brought homemade potato cheese soup, rolls, chili, cornbread,

biscuits and gravy, sausage, eggs, hot chocolate and cookies. 

All made before hand. It 2 days to cook, two night stay and 

2 days of laundry after getting home. 

Oh the things we mom's do to create memories for our families! 

*You rarely see Hanna in any pics, because she was behind the camera.

 Clark with his stick "Jimmy"

 Hanna and Van helped build the fire.

 The cute cabin.

 Sweet Jane.

 These fire pics Hanna got were awesome!

 The kids loved playing on this iced over pond.

Only 2 of them fell in, ha!

Jane and Daisy

 Mom and Clark

 Mom telling Daisy a story.

 Mom and Daisy

 Van

 Going on a family hike.

 Bryce Canyon

 Clark taking a break during the hike.