Sledding

When we first decided to buy our lot the developers told us we would probably have an 8 foot wall in front of our house. Well that 8 foot wall ended up being much bigger! Not only do we have a big wall in front of our house but the neighbors have a pretty big hill in there back yard.  When it rains in the spring it makes for some interesting time, but in the winter it is a blast!

In the front we had to build up a little rim so the kids didn't go off the rocks.  A couple of them still managed to go down the front side.

 From the hill in the back the kids could make it all the way down and almost all the way across our yard! It was pretty impressive!

It snowed a lot this year and the kids went sledding a lot!

 And the best part was that me and Bensen could sit inside and stay nice and warm and enjoy watching them at the same time.

Bensen doesn't love the snow as much as the other kids, but he was pretty good about helping us shovel as long as it wasn't still snowing.

Snow Fun

We had a really big snowfall this week!

 The kids could hardly wait to get outside and play in it.

 Amber came over with her and Spencer's kids and they had fun sledding on our hill.  Wesley and Colton had a blast!

 Bensen fell off a chair at Grandma Lulu's. It looked really bad for a couple of days. 

 Josh Woodruff gave us some Arnicare to put on it and it looked much better a couple days later.

 On Christmas Eve morning we went sledding up in the retention pond in Silverleaf. 

 It's a perfect size hill for our kids.

 Earlier this week we went sledding at Romer Park by Emily and Josh's house but it was much colder and the hill was so big the kids didn't last very long.

 Mike even got in on the fun.  There was a little jump at the bottom of the hill that everyone was trying to hit.

Now we are ready to party tonight! :)

Christmas Catch UP

First I want to say how much I love Mike, he is amazing and I'm so glad that he is mine! Second, this is a super long post, just be warned.

Us in 2005.

 We had such a good anniversary.  He took me to Salt Lake for the weekend. We saw a couple movies, ate at some new places, the Lion House being one of them. We went to the home show and a gun show, and to the Off Broadway comedy show. That is always fun.  Then on Sunday we went to the Spoken Word. It was such a good weekend.  He had planned to take us ice skating, but it was way to cold. I also got a really nice pair of sapphire earrings. Who wouldn't love this guy!?!

 

It seems like Christmas always flies by. We had fun with the 25 days of Christmas.

 

We made our very first gingerbread house.

The kids loved it!

Santa and Mrs. Claus made a special house call. Boy were we lucky!

We went and saw the Zoo lights.

 It was so cold. And we didn't see any real animals. The lights were pretty good.

Even though it was super cold Jaycee had to ride the carousal. 

 Wesley only likes to sit on the ones that don't move up and down. I think he might get motion sickness. :(

 For my family party this year Jaime was in charge.  We did a bunch of minute to win it games.  It was a lot of fun. Everyone enjoyed themselves.  It was good for the young and the old.

 On this game you had to shoot a rubber band through toilet paper and break it.  I won in my round and Mike won in his. So don't mess with us, we have good aim.

Wesley is Mikes little shadow. He's so cute.

 Most of the Bailey cousins.

 My dad won this one.

The kids really loved this one.  They put Vaseline on there noses and transferred a cotton ball across the room.

 The Borgstrom party is always on Christmas Eve. This year the kids did a little nativity. 

Look at my cute little Shepherd (Jaycee) and Wise Man (Wesley).

 The whole crew.

 Then they sang some Christmas Carols.

 

 Grandma LouLou made all the kids pajamas.

 They love them.

 Cute cousins.

 

We had such a good Christmas. Lots of food, family and friends.  That's the way it's supposed to be, I think.  The day after Christmas we went sledding, after we found out that Emily (Mikes sister) got her mission Call.  She is going to Birmingham Alabama, Spanish speaking.  We are all so excited for her.  The kids are already praying that she will come back safely.  So that was exciting.  Later we went to the movies and El Matador with Mikes siblings.  It's always fun getting together with them.

We took a trip down to Salt Lake to see the Temple lights. Once again burr! This is the coldest winter I can remember ever!

Here we are waiting in the Joseph Smith memorial building for the rest of our group to show up.

Some of the lights.

Our future missionary.

Wesley doesn't look very happy in most of these pictures. I promise Wesley is a happy kid, he just doesn't like being cold.  We bought him a new coat so he has done better.

  We spent New Years Eve with Mikes family. It's so fun to see the kids play together. They all get along so well.

 Midnight!

 The fireworks scared Wesley.

In this picture I had just told him to smile and his reply was "I am!" Funny kid. 

 Happy New Year!

 On Friday the 11th of January we had a huge snow storm. Jaycee had the day off of school, so we played, and worked in the snow. I swear me and Mike shoveled snow for 3 hours! Next year I think Santa will be bringing us a snow blower.

 This is Jaycee's snowman.

 About an hour and a half after we went outside Wesley decided to join us. 

 They played on the swings, and went down the slide.  The snow was up to my knees.  It was so cute watching them try to walk in it.  Jaycee was trying to make a path for Wesley. 

 She is such a good big sister.

We are so blessed to have these two in our lives.  They are happiness! I can't imagine life without them.

After we shoveled all the snow we took the kids to Trevor and Katie's for a sleepover. And we went with Emily to the Salt Lake Temple, such a neat experience. Then on Saturday morning we went back to the Salt Lake Temple to seal Mikes mom to her family. That was also amazing. The gospel is true, families are forever!

Amen.:)