Makenna's field trip to the Ogden Nature Center

I was excited to be able to go on another field trip with Makenna's kindergarten class. This time there were animal prints to investigate and snow shoeing (just to name a few).

Christmas Eve 2008

Today/Tonight was so much fun. I hope we made mountains of memories that will stay with the kids forever.

The day started with Matt taking the kids sledding. There is a great area just up the road from us. Devon got there and couldn't wait to get started. Matt was still getting stuff out of the car when he heard Devon yelling for him. He was stuck on a fence, hanging by his snowpants, that were pulled down to his ankles from the force. Yes, he is totally fine, but his snowpants weren't. They got a huge tear (or should I say battle scar). The kids had a blast and tackled hills bigger than what they were used to. After a couple hours of fun, Matt brought them home and we had some lunch and watched a Christmas show.

Christmas Eve dinner was yummy. We had our Martin family traditional menu. Ham, mashed potatoes, Nana's yams, corn, olives, pumpkin bread and Shirley Temples.

When dinner was over we opened up our Christmas Eve gifts. New jammies from Mommy and Daddy and new slippers from Nana and Grampa. The kids were thrilled with their gifts.

This year we decided to make Santa, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.

All showered and cozy in their new jammies and slippers.

It's time to drive around and look at Christmas lights. The kids always take warm apple cider to drink as we ooh and ahh over all of the creativity we see.

This year someone got extremely creative. They made a Santa and Rudolph out of snow. We were definitely impressed.

Every Christmas eve, right before bed, Daddy reads, Twas the Night Before Christmas. The kids were so excited when we tucked them into bed tonight. I love the magic children bring to our lives.









And finally, merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Our first big snowfall of the season 12/14/08

The kids played in the snow, helped Matt shovel, had a snowball fight with Matt and drank warm apple cider. Devon, usually does not enjoy the snow, but declared Sunday's snowfall to be amongst the best ever.

It's snow much fun to play soccer!

How to play soccer like a princess. Wear a hat, scarf, gloves and footless tights.
The mean ref (a.k.a. Matt) made the princess take off her scarf. There were shouts of, "Bad call ref" from the sidelines.
The first snowfall to hit the valley started in the middle of Makenna's game. It was hard for the girls to concentrate on the ball when there were snowflakes to catch on their tongues.
Snowflakes and Poweraide!