Larry the Cucumber's Cabin

We spent this weekend at my Dad's friends cabin. All the kids call him Larry the Cucumber. We had a great time. We played in the snow, stayed up late playing games, watched movies and visited with family. The guys also tried to kill everyone when they started up the snowmobiles. They hadn't opened the garage enough and the fumes from the motors blew straight into the house. Everyone had to evacuate until the air cleared.

Another great moment was when my sister and I were told to hurry outside to break up a fight between the little boys. We went front to find them both black and blue and Tanner standing over the top of Abe with a shovel. Needless to say, it was nap time after that.

all in all we had a great time. All of the boys, little and big, made a huge ramp in the snow and would try to go down the big hill as fast as they could on the sleds. I don't think anyone was seriously injured, which always means it was a good trip!

Christmas Time

I'm finally posting pictures from Christmas... just a little late, I know! We did have a great month though. We had a chance to go to Temple Square to see the lights. We ended up running in to a bunch of people we knew too. We had brought rice crispy treats and hot chocolate to snack on and the evening ended up being really fun!

We had a great Christmas as well. Delicious Prime Rib dinner at my parents house on Christmas Eve, and yummy Honey Baked Ham on Christmas day at our house with the Koen's family. The kids loved their presents and gifts from everyone. Santa was very

kind as well and some how didn't leave coal for both of our kids. He must really love them!

Pictures

We went to a park and took a few pictures. I just thought I'd share them. Tanner was very proud to have 2 missing teeth right now and loves to show his smile!

"Water Tribe"

This is one of our favorite clips at home lately. When the kids are being crazy, we will tell them we've "got our eye" on them, and one of them will whisper "WATER TRIBE". Brooklyn's version is the best. By the way... we LOVE the Avatar. We have to pretend to be benders all the time.

Uhhh Dad?

Were driving down the road today running errands. Brooklyn and Tanner are pulling the classic brother and sister fighting in the back. They keep saying..

"your crossing the line.. your on my side"
" she's on my side of the car!"
"He touched me again!"

Finally Mike turns around and says, "Can't you two just learn to co-exist peacefully?" to which Tanner replied, "Dad you do know that we don't understand what that means - right?"

Touche Tanner - Touche!

ARRRR!

Yesterday we had a fun evening with Grandpa Ralls. She took the grand kids out to buy a new outfit at the mall. Then we drove down to Orem where we went to a Pirate Pizza place. They all came dressed up in their Pirate attire. The kids menu's were also pirate hats as well. They had a huge arcade area and a play land where the kids had a blast. The restaurant was decorated like a pirate ship and all the people who worked there were in full pirate swag! It was a really fun place and the food was actually pretty good. If your looking for a new fun place to go... I would certainly recommend it. It was well worth the drive!

Home on the Range

We went up to Idaho a couple of weeks ago to visit my Grandpa and let the kids have a chance to see their Great Grandpa and help on his farm. The kids had a great time! They loved seeing the cows and riding the horse. I think Brooklyn liked chasing all the kittens the best. The boys thought that chopping the wood was neat and eat ting cookies. We all ended the day by going to the park and having a picnic with Grandpa and Grandpa and ended the afternoon with family pictures. It was a great trip!