Wonderful Week!

One of the best things about living here in Delta is the school schedule! We start in August like everyone else and end in May like everyone else, but on top of that we get a week off in October (Fall break), Thanksgiving, 2 weeks for Christmas, a week in February (Winter Break), and a week in April (spring break)! So this last week on top of it being my birthday I had my family home with me for the week!

Tony took me to Ouray (the Switzerland of America) for my birthday and we watched some ice climbers...






and went to a hot springs place where they had a Vapor Cave. It was so neat (couldn't take cameras in so sorry no photos!) It was underground in a cave and they had a little pool with the hot springs to soak in! It was awesome! We then did some shopping and went out to eat! It was a great day! Thanks to Jennifer for watching the kids for us!
It was so great to be able to just hang out with the kids and Tony for the week! The rest and relaxation was just what we ALL needed!

Caleb turns 8 next month and is getting ready to be baptized, so we decided it was a good time to have him try to fast for fast Sunday yesterday.

While we were talking to the family about fasting Saturday night, we told them that they could have something specific that they could fast for. We asked them if they could think of anything that they would want to fast for and Caleb blurted out "BREAKFAST"!

Always thinking of his stomach!:)

Tis the season!

It's football season!! Thought we'd show off our little football fan! "Touchdown" is his new favorite word!

Thanks Melinda (& Chad:))!

Sorry to bombard everyone with a ton of posts, but I didn't have time to blog during the break with my family home and being sick and so much to do with the kids! So with the kids back in school I've got a little more free time! Anyway, my very wonderful and creative sister-in-law Melinda gave us this Family plaque for Christmas. It is so cute-we love it! Tony had the great idea (stemed from Ben & Jamie)of making a Family game winners sheet on it for 2009 so we can keep track of who wins what game! It's been a lot of fun to keep track so far-no marks for me yet-Tony's winning everything! Except Eli beat us all in Monopoly on Sunday-he was so excited to put a mark by his name! He owned Boardwalk and Park Place and was able to build hotels on each and he kept telling everyone that they needed to land on him so that he could get 2,000 smackers! It was quite funny!
 

Pink Eye for the Holidays!

I think this is the cutest picture! I feel so bad for the poor kid, but couldn't help but smile every time I looked at him! Tony got pink eye the week before Christmas and decided to share it with the rest of us! Tony & Rhett got it the worst-Tony's eye was swollen up just like this also! It didn't seem to bother Rhett-he went about his business as usual!:)What a cutie!
 

Christmas Morning!

 
Rhett was so excited about the cars he got from Santa! He took them to Tony and demanded they be opened right away! When he realized I was taking pictures he proceeded to bring me every car individually so I could take a picture of it!:)
 
Makyla got a digital camera from Santa. She was pretty excited about it. Hope it lasts through the next year-her brother's like to mess with it too!
 
Eli got a Hot Wheels rug to go with his cars he already has. He and Rhett like to drive around on it with their cars together!
 

Caleb got one of the things he wanted for Christmas. He wanted a nintendo DS but that wasn't in the budget and he also wanted a football-Santa could handle that! He and Rhett have really been enjoying it! Rhett will now run for a "touchdown" while Caleb is chasing him--too cute!

Thanks Grandma Potter!

The kids' great grandma Potter sent us a Christmas Card with some money for the kids for Christmas. They were so excited! Don't know how much longer she'll be around so we took a picture of the kids with their dollars! The kids love getting cards from her and she always remembers their birthdays! What a wonderful woman! We love our grandma Potter!!!