The Best Things In Life Are FREE...

This box has some serious art work on the outside...you should see the inside:) It's a good thing crayola makes washable, non-toxic markers!

What more could a girl want?

Mission...

She is getting into mischief- can you tell?

We have ourselves one heck of an outdoor girl!

Grandma Shirley spoiled her great-grandaughter with fun new toys:)

We stayed at this great cabin on Mission Ridge this weekend. Toddy, Kathy, Tyler & Grandma Shirley were there as well. We ate great food, enjoyed the mountains & the beer at the lodge:) On Saturday while Todd & Kathy skied and the Tyler's snowboarded, McKinley and I snowshoed up a trail. We met some nice fellow shoe'rs and had fun watching the skiers and boarders. After lunch at the lodge, we headed back to the cabin for naps (yes, me included!)

Pool...

Stacy & I took the kids to the pool yesterday. They (and we) had a great time. The water was warm and there was fun music playing in the background. We hope to make it a weekly play date as the little ones need some action.

2008 in Pictures...

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Our friend Becca posted a year in pictures on their family blog. I loved the idea, so I am copying it! Thanks Becca!

Riggin'...

Happy New Year!*!^#&!!!

Dan, Miranda, Garrett, Tyler and I went to our family cabin for New Years. What is normally a 40 minute drive took us over 2 1/2 hours due to the HUGE snow drifts. Luckily we all have jeeps and put the wenches to the test. The WARN wenches for all of you hillbillies!

We wish you the best in 2009!

Jeepin' to the cabins...

McKinley driving home.

Enjoying oreos. Imagine that!?!

Blizzard!

We plowed through the drifts, literally!

McKinley and Claire on and in the igloo.

Claire hardly fit, Unky had to shove her inside:)

The girls. Miranda, Rachel, Claire, McKinley and I.

Unky, McKinley and Claire throwing snow balls.

McKinley playing in the snow.

We went jeeping yesterday. We went to Tyler's family cabin first, built a fire, played in the snow & had lunch. After we had enough of that side of the canyon, we went to my family's cabin. We had a great time jeeping in the snow. McKinley loved going fast- duh. I on the other hand, rode with Garrett. He's a great driver, but I still gasped and screamed quite a bit. I think poor Garrett is going to loose hearing in his right ear:) Oh well, I had fun. We hope to go to our cabin for New Year's. Good thing we made a trail yesterday- we'll be glad on Wednesday when we drive up there again.

These are McKinley's new irrigation boots from Auntie & Uncle Sparky. They are perfect! :)

Christmas Pics...

Giddy-up Coops. Hold on tight! Yeeeee Haw!
McKinley's kitchen. She loved it!

Opening the kitchen.

Playing the piano with Coops.

Lunch on her new table. Don't worry, the beers were Daddy's & Grandpa's.