Skiing at Grand Targhee & Family Time at the Cabin

In January we had a week off so we took some of it and went to the cabin. We decided to go to Grand Targhee one day and ski. The only problem was that Jack has never skiied and we wanted to go as a family. So we decided to all go and we put Jack in ski school for the morning and then in the afternoon I stayed on the bunny hill and skiied with him. He loved it and didn't want to stop when it was time to go home.

The next few pictures are of the kids having fun at the cabin with all the snow and just playing outside. They love to pull each other behind the little snowmobile around the cabin.

Christmas Vacation In Las Vegas

We headed to Las Vegas after Christmas to go to Kayla & Trents wedding. We had a great weekend spending time with the family. It was nice to be there with Kayla & Melissa as they went thru the temple. Congratulations Kayla & Trent!

Jack dancing with Mom at the reception

Heidi with a few of her cousins during the reception

New Years Eve! I sure hope that is just sparkling cider they are drinking! Brianna had a fun time going to the New Years Eve dance with her cousins. The rest of us spent a great night at Doug & Kris's for a party.

Another year has come and gone. We have had a great year and are so grateful for all that we have been blessed with. I'm grateful for my family and for an awesome husband that supports us and especially puts up with me!

I love you Jon!

Christmas 2009

Christmas Eve the kids wanted to go sledding so we headed to a park that is close to our house that has a great hill to sled.

Christmas Eve dinner

Our Christmas program was fun as usual. Some of our kids think they are getting too big to do the navtivity but we still do it! Poor Jack is getting sat on by Heidi!

The kids always sleep in Brianna's room on Christmas Eve

Brianna surprised Jon with this picture frame that she made of some of his pictures from him doing his LOTOJA races the past three years.

The girls made the boys blankets for Christmas this year. They made Coco one also!

Thanksgiving 2009

We spent Thanksgiving at the cabin this year. Part of the Robisons were there and we had a great weekend. It has been a few years since we have gotten together for Thanksgiving and the kids had a great time. Caleb even got to go get a few stitches above his eye from sledding. There wasn't much snow and he hit his eye on a piece of wood!

Caleb waiting for the Doctor to come in and start stitching him up. He was pretty calm here but it didn't last long! It took three of us to hold him down while the Doctor was working.

Mom, Jon & Dad carving the turkey!

One afternoon some of the older kids went with their Dads and went shooting. Steve had his guns and some clay pigeons. I'm not sure it was the safest activity but they had a great time!

Sadies Dance '09

Brianna and her date Brady Spackman

The whole group came to our house and had dinner before going to the dance.

Happy Halloween!

We started a few weeks ago celebrating Halloween by making sugar cookies. The kids love to make them and help with all the cutting out and frosting. Jon likes to eat all of them! We made 110 cookies on a friday and by Saturday night they were gone! Now the kids had a few but I think Jon ate almost all of them!

Here we are all carving our pumpkins! Brianna & Heidi weren't too thrilled to have to clean theirs out.

They kept asking Caleb & Mallory to do theirs for them!

The finished projects! What cute designs each of them came up with!

Jon even had to carve a pumpkin that had the LOTOJA symbol on it. We got more comments on that pumpkin than on all the others.

Caleb, Mallory & Jack all ready to go trick or treating for the night. Jon & Grandma Robison took them trick or treating while Grandpa Robison & I stayed home to handout the candy.

Heidi dressed up to go to school for the day as a pirate.

Family Pictures!

Oh the joys of family pictures! I don't know if there is anything more stressful for me than this. I decided we needed to try and get a family picture before the weather turned bad so we hurried and got us all ready one afternoon after school and drove to a park near our house. We decided we would just take the pictures ourselves since it is so hard to get all of us looking at the camera and we have a few children who still don't like pictures taken! I have to say that the pictures we got are better than I expected. I'm just glad to have it over with!

As you can tell in most of the pictures Jack is a handful and is goofy in each of the pictures we tried to take!

Again goofy Jack!

We have three girls who love to pose for pictures!

Jack was afraid he was going to fall into the river below during these pictures!

Red Ribbon Run 2009!

Heidi, Mallory & Caleb decided they wanted to do the red ribbon run this year. Heidi & Mallory have done it in the past but this was Caleb first year doing it. They had a fun morning doing the run with their friends.

The Robison's and the Goldman's all ready to start the run!

Way to go Caleb! He did the 1 mile by himself and was able to finish it. He got seperated from his friend and still went on to finish the race.

At the finish line with their medals.

Heidi and Mallory did the 5K and Caleb did the 1 mile.

We are proud you!