Sizzzzzler night and FHE

One of our favorite things to do is bring is bring a favorite "out to eat place" into our kitchen! One of our tops is SIZZLER salad bar-- But eating out with a good size family is not always easy or economical! So we had Sizzler night last night and G&G came too to help us with FHE! This was the sign that greeted them at the front door!

The staff-- ready to serve!

Aubrey's SALAD BAR sign!

The bar is almost ready!

YUMMY!

Our family favorite fruit!

Grandpa and the kids!

G&G showed us a slide show of their mission and shared the neatest stories for FHE! We feel so grateful to have them home and to have the great examples they are for us and our kids! They are wonderful missionaries, parents, and grandparents!

braids

Daddy the Engineer

Today Ry got to go to Kel's class and talk about bio-medical engineering. Heart, cathedars, veins, and ultrasound.

Carter and Grace came too!

Their favorite part was seeing an ultrasound on a fish!

It was truly amazing!

pop

Happy National Pop Corn day! (for real!)

imagine.

Dear Friends!

Our great friends the Nash's are on their way to be missionaries and we are so happy for them! They have been dear friends for a long time and we love them to death! We had a fun dinner with Nik and Cindy and got to have Jod and Steve as an added bonus!

Silly Kels!

Steve had surgery and took his brace off for a while so Carter gave it a try while sitting on Nik's lap!

Every time we get together the kids love to have Nik give them Rocket rides!

The girls helped me make dinner for them --

Nik's favorite -- My Mom's meatloaf dinner! Extremely unhealthy but sooo good!

You cook the meatloaf, potatoes, and green beans all in an electric frying pan -- All the juices run together and make it so yummy!

Our Karate kid

Carter has LOVED taking Karate (twaekondo) and we have loved all the benefits it has brought too! Master Oliver is VERY into teaching the boys respect and honoring their parents. And when it is ok and not ok to be physical!

Just Dance

Foggy Frozen Farmington

Yes, it may be foggy and frozen, but I think there can still be beauty found in any kind of weather!

Fridge-Raider

Who is this little fridge-RAIDER?

It's Gracie!!!

New years!

For New Years we thought it would be fun to go warm up in St. George at the Patterson St. George abode -- Well, this is what we woke up to!

SNOW! It was so so cold! But so so beautiful!

This is right near their place and I think it is one of the greatest places ever-- But what do ya do in St. George when it's so cold?!

Toilet paper is always fun! Dad and Carter make mummies!

almost there!

Gracie was not too sure where that Carter went and who this mummy was!

after the mummy was done, he ripped it all off and stuffed himself-- complete with a little tail!

Just Dance II is a BLAST! (Video post coming soon!)

And there's nothing like puzzles! 1000 piece ones!

It took three days but it was complete before we had to pack up!

Cute Aubrey made a cute sign for New Years eve! We were all so tired and were still getting over being sick (Ry ended up having to go into InstaCare down there) that we had a little party then went to bed after watching the ball drop at 10 back East! But.... cute Grandpa stayed up and he and Mikelle went downtown and midnight and watched the fireworks and rang in the New Year together! We had a great time together and are surely looking forward to a New Year, feeling better, and making some good goals!