Saturday, January 1, 2011

Swimming & Snowmobiling

Happy New Year to all! I love that today was 1-1-11, so neat ! This week has been so fun week having Carl home...minus being so sick and not wanting to do anything:). But, I will be so sad when we go back to reality again on Tuesday. We are so lucky to have such a fun dad & husband!

This week we got a pretty wicked, and I mean nasty, snow storm. We have had a foot of snow before, but this time it didn't go away. And, then, all the roads turned to ice because it kept getting colder, and colder, and colder, and it is still getting colder. Our street still has a couple of inches of ice. Carl wants to ice skate on our street. Needless to say, I have not been out much this week. So...
We made one of these...notice CJ finally succumbing to the candy that I had been trying so hard to have it not eat while we were making it.

Then, on Thursday, I was ready to go here! After being sick and so cold all week, this just sounded so fun. There were three slide areas. This was the medium one. There was a 3 story tube slide too. It was a blast!
Emma Jane & CJ were so happy to be swimming again. Emma Jane just couldn't stop swimming...even when she would be in a foot and a half of water, she was determined to get all her swimming in.

Then, today, we went to Roosevelt, UT (2 1/2 hours up into the mountains) to visit an aunt and uncle who were leaving to go on a mission to Russia.
The kids loved seeing all the animals.

Their favorite part was this cat. Why do my kids love cats so much?
The snowmobiling was Carl's favorite part, minus the fact that it was negative 2 degrees. And on our way home, our car read that it was negative 5 degrees outside. It is no wonder that my feet felt frozen even with the heater on high. This Bama girl just isn't used to that kind of cold!

6 comments:

brookeisacrazylady said...

dude where is that pool? It looks awesome. We miss you. Sorry you've been sick, thats the pits.

ajensen said...

I started crying when I haerd you were all going to Lehi pool together (along with all of the fun things you all did together over the break). Sure love family! Im glad that it has been so fun and carl was really and truly HOME for the holidays!:) I love Roosey! GOod times in that town! Fun!

bro said...

Cute photos thanks

Heidi Smith said...

Man, and I have been complaining about our Michigan weather--we haven't had to be out in the negatives yet though. Such a cute little family; we enjoyed getting your Christmas card and look forward to meeting your kiddos one day! I sent a little card (New Year's) your way too...it should get there soon!

Nancy Jo said...

It looks like you have been having a fabulous time even though being sick. Darling pictures of the kids. I was impressed with the gingerbread house! Miss you!

Lindsey said...

Awesome pictures!! Love CJ's face looking at the gingerbread house. That pool is so amazing! And I am glad to see where you went in the -5 degree weather! So fun snowmobiling and glad Carl could be home for a break!