Wrestling

Kolton started wrestling this season. This is a very big decision for him because he is a very claustrophobic kid. He has wrestled in two tournaments already. The first was for fun and he won his first match and then lost his second and third. He was so concerned about why they would want to choke him when they had him pinned. He just wrestled in his second tournament and took 2nd! He won his first two matches and lost his third by points. We are so proud of his hard work.

Spelling Bee

Hannah made it in to her school's Spelling Bee this year. She was so worried the night before. She kept saying "Mom what if I miss my word?" I told her Hannah its a spelling bee if you miss it well you miss it. All you are going to do is go sit down. There is no reason to be embarrassed. The next day she came home and to her surprise was first in her class! They took the top 3 out of each class to compete against each other. She ended up missing her first word which was chocolate. We are still proud of her for making it that far. She is a good student and has done well.

Sledding with Tony and Em

Tony and Em came to visit us. It was so much fun to have them here. We have no family up here in Idaho so its always nice to have visitors. One day while they were here everyone went out sledding.

Sledding

Christmas Day

Christmas Eve we decorated a ginger bread house, had a nice dinner and opened our pj's. We had a friend over who is from Israel. She worked in the mall here and just new Christmas as everyone running around crazy shopping. She wanted to understand the real meaning of Christmas. It was nice to remember the real reason we celebrate Christmas and to be able to share that with someone who had no idea about it. Christmas day was a bit different because I had to be to work that morning at 5. We let the kids stay up until 11:30 the night before hoping they would sleep in. Luckily they slept in until about 11 and I was home by 11:45. It was different then the usual tradition but we made it work. Mylee's favorite part about her stocking was the orange.

Christmas Party

We drove down to Vegas for our family Christmas parties. Ty's family has a tradition where Santa comes and delivers each child a gift. We start by singing songs and then each kid gets to sit on Santa's lap and get there presents. It is always a lot of fun and it was nice to get to see family this year. My camera had died by the time we had my families party so I have no pictures.

Our Christmas Tree

Ty always grew up with a real tree and I always grew up with a fake tree for Christmas. Since we have been married we have had a real tree. This year my Dad was in town and we decided we would go cut a tree down. He thought we were going to go to a tree farm and cut one ourselves. Instead we went up into the mountains with our tree permit and went hunting for a tree. It was a lot longer than usual because we had so much snow. The tree's always look a lot different in the forest then they do when you get them home. Let's just say I was almost in tears the night we decorated it because it was such a charlie brown tree. My dad told Ty the next day while they were out that they may just want to buy me a tree from a lot that was perfect.