A Day on the Mountain!

The boys decided to spend the day at Snowbird for their birthdays. We are blessed to live in such a beautiful area with so many family friendly things to do.

They bought the All Day Activities Pass which included 8 different activities that you could visit as many times as you wanted.

The Alpine Slide

The Ropes Course

 The Bungee Trampoline

Riding the Ski Lifts

They were celebrating Oktoberfest so there was some wonderful German food and entertainment going on as well.

The boys had a great time and it definitely made this mom realize the "little boys" are not so little anymore!

Snow Day!

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin


Kindness is like snow--it beautifies everything it covers.

A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together! ~Author Unknown

Snowmen fall from heaven... unassembled. ~Author Unknown

When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels. ~Author Unknown

"A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship." — Markus Zusak -The Book Thief

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.~ Doug Larson

"I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas: It brings people together while time stands still. Cozy couples lazily meandered the streets and children trudged sleds and chased snowballs. No one seemed to be in a rush to experience anything other than the glory of the day, with each other, whenever and however it happened " — Rachel Cohn

Our New Years Eve Celebration 2010 Edition

We always try to do something fun for the kids on New Year's and this year was no different. For the last several years we have done New Year's bags (see here and here) but decided to switch it up a bit this year.

We all made our own pizzas!

The boys made Cheese and Pepperoni

and some people just ate the ingredients


or entertained everyone

Mom & Dad made White Pizza.

My all time favorite! Yum!

Next it was time for everyone to bundle up and go outside for some fireworks. It was a mere 4 degrees at the time. Brrrr!

Can you feel how cold it is???

Josh doing "Mr. Roboto"

Rider waiting patiently for Icecream Sundaes!

The kids love making their own sundaes.

Last but not least, Sparkling Grape Cider to ring in the New Year

Watching the ball drop

Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011!

Bring it on!!!!!