Family Dinner Fun

Muscle-woman Whitney doing a double piggy-back!
Kelli, Chelsea, and the camel wars!

Christmas Lights at Temple Square

Colin and his sister Kathy took the older kids to see the Christmas lights at Temple Square in SLC. I stayed home and got the triplets bathed and to bed. It was one of those sort of last minute plans and with early morning church, I wanted to get the little ones to bed. So, I'll go next time. The lights are beautiful, and all the nativities from around the world are a wonderful sight!






I know the pictures of the kids is dark, but I love how the temple glows in the background!

Here's wishing everyone a happy holiday season, and enjoy the spirit of Christmas that surrounds us all!

Ducks on Ice

We went to one of our favorite spots...the duck pond!
Emily got to feed a Canadian Goose out of her hand. That was her favorite duck out of all of them!

The twins walking with their duck food.
The boys were throwing rocks across the ice. It made the coolest sound ever! I don't think the fisherman at the opposite side of the pond was too pleased with loud noises scaring the fish away! Can you find Emily in this picture? She is very camouflaged with the back ground.
Have you ever seen a duck try to walk on ice? They slip a lot because they don't have much traction on their feet. They slipped and slid to get the bread we were throwing at them!

Head Stand

The twins love to stand on their heads! Tameeka is demonstrating. That purple thing is a head band. The girls love to wear head bands around their tummys, and lots of clips in their hair!

Hogle Zoo

A friend told me that it was free day at Hogle Zoo, so we quickly packed lunches, and about an hour later were off to the zoo! This monkey was hilarious. He was vigorously chomping on some kale, and his little jaw muscles moved so quickly as he chewed with great gusto.
Mama and her cub (there were 3 cubs). Hard to tell who is who!
Tiffany getting a close up look at some prairie dogs.

Baby elephant. So cute! Ty loved it!

Thanksgiving

The backwards blogger has struck again. No, we didn't play dodge ball before we ate dinner, but it might not have been a bad idea. It was a great work-out!
Mike Royal explaining the rules of dodge ball. He takes the game pretty seriously.
I don't think Colin was paying attention.
The triplets love their second cousin, Sarah!
"Help, I'm surrounded!" Sarah is such a cutie, and I wish I would have gotten a better picture of her!
Devon getting attacked by dodge balls.
Nicky and Ally- gorgeous girls!
Chris and Lisa played some nice Christmas music.

I love this picture!
Grandma and Grandpa.
Kedra and Jeremy.
Brad and Whitney.
Me and Tiffany...not sure what I was saying, but it looks like I'm having a good hair moment, so at the risk of being vain, I decided to post this picture. :)

Colin was enjoying his role with home made strawberry jam.

Tiffany was collecting garbage. She thought wheeling around the garbage can was great fun!
Why do all kids do this? I remember doing it as a kid. It must be an innate thing.
Olive fingers!

Turkey Bowl

Kathy, Maralea, and Ray enjoying a slight bit of sun while watching the Turkey Bowl.
Colin must have been playing Quarterback because he seemed to have the ball a lot. This park is just around the corner from our home. There were many boys/men from our ward, and also quite a few from our family: Colin, Calvin, Devon, Mike, Jordan, Dan, and Brad. Nobody got hurt...just sore after it was over!

Basketball

Here's Nicky on her way to her first game as a Pleasant Grove Viking! The team played at Springville High School. Grandma, Grandpa, and our family went to Springville to watch the game. It was fun, and Nicky did great! Tiffany and Tameeka spent the majority of the game roaming around the bleachers where we were sitting, in search of stray candy and pieces of gum that were stuck to the ground. I kept running to where they were to stop them from consuming the dirty tasties. Finally, toward the end of the game, I got the brilliant idea to give them a piece of gum from my back pack. They were no longer interested in scavenging! Now, why didn't I think of that sooner?!

Lost Lego

It was a sad week when Lego disappeared. We didn't know what happened to him! Colin sent out a mass email to people in our neighborhood. We had a few kind people respond saying they hadn't seen him but they would keep an eye out. Colin printed out several "missing cat" signs, and he and Em posted them around our neighborhood. Our neighbors stopped by our house one night saying they saw a cat that looked like ours down the street hiding under a parked truck. I sent Nicky, Calvin, Dev, and Em to go see. It turned out it was not Lego, so more sadness, especially after getting our hopes up. I took Emily back to check one more time, but there was no Lego, just some other cat. When we arrived home, Colin was on the phone heading outside to our car with a big smile on our face. It was our neighbors from Highland! Lego had gone all the way back to our old house! He was living in their barn and eating whatever he could find! What a highly intelligent feline! So, we drove over right away, with big smiles the whole time, and we brought Lego home. The next day Em and I bought a cozy cat bed that came with cat nip, a mouse toy, and more kitty litter. Now Lego is back living in our garage for the winter. I had banned him from the garage which is most likely why he ran away in the first place. He was just too cold! It had snowed a few times. Lego is quite warm and content now, and our garage is his palace.