Playing in the Snow

Grandma came to visit so we decided to go play in the snow.  We went sledding and walked on the frozen lake.  

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Grandma was here on her birthday so we got to have a fun celebration.  After hiking the Y we had birthday pancakes for lunch.  We love birthday pancakes with the works - strawberries, whip cream, homemade syrup, sprinkles and candle.  The kids had the works too - except the candle that is. 

 

That night Amy, Todd and the kids came over and we had a bar-b-que then finished with birthday cake.  We sure did love celebrating grandma's birthday with her!

Hiking the Y

While Jan was here with the whole family she really wanted to hike the Y - it's a bucket list item and this was perfect timing.  So for her birthday we headed up the mountain.  The kids were great as long as we stopped at every switchback for them to drink and have a candy.  Sophie walked the entire way up and back - she's getting way too big for me!  She was also hilarious and kept telling me she had to stretch her legs and she would just put one foot in front of her then change.  Classic Soph.    

Most of the kids at the base of the hike.  Don't they look excited?

Off we go

The whole group at the start of the hike

Taking a quick break

Here we are on the Y - we all made it!!

The girls

Hooray!!  Check it off the list!

The boys at the top of the Y

Grandma's Hotel

While grandma was here we went to Salt Lake to go to dinner with her and swim at her hotel pool.  The kids had so much fun.  The only bad part was that Todd wasn't with us.  Luke kept asking grandma if it was really her hotel.  It was hilarious.

I love that Sophie's swimsuit is totally see thru!!

A visit from Grandma

Grandma came to visit us!!  We love visits from grandma.  Some of the things we did over the weekend were go to see the Lorax, eat ribs at Goodwood, go to the Home & Garden Expo and the kids spent lots and lots of time playing board games with her.

Happy Birthday Jan

We went down to Cali to celebrate a very important b-day. Todd's mom turned 60 and his sister Amy threw a big bash. It was great to be there to celebrate with everyone. Sadly, I didn't get any pictures at the party! It was so fun because we sent the kids over to a babysitters and I put Sophie down for bed an hour into the party so we could really enjoy ourselves and relax.

This is how I will always picture my wonderful mother-in-law. Sitting on the beach enjoying herself and being with her family.

Claire, Amy, Jan

Happy Birthday!!!

The Dinosaur Museum

We had a fun filled weekend with Grandma Johnson this past weekend. The kids were so excited for her visit and Tayson and Luke even got to go to the airport to pick her up Friday night. They played lots of games (Sorry, Monopoly, Twister) and ate toast for breakfast (if you ask Tayson or Luke what grandma likes they will say "toast") and the big outing was going to the Dinosaur Museum.

Todd and the boys building a dinosaur


Grandma helping the kids do some dinosaur puzzles


Claire playing in the erosion room


Luke in the erosion room


Tayson digging for bones


Luke in his sweet 3D glasses getting ready for the IMax movie - he and Tayson didn't wear the glasses very much during the show because it was a little too scary