New Years!

Kaytlin asked if she could stay awake and watch the ball drop...well we missed it because we had friends over playing games.

After our friends left we checked on the television and found our own potato drop. Kaytlin, Brayden and Brenda were the only ones that stayed awake for it.

On New Years Day we headed to Lava Hot Springs about an hour south of us to enjoy the hot pools. The water was very warm but the air temperature was so cold if you went under water your hair would freeze after resurfacing. Kaytlin had a bit of fun with that.

We want to wish you all a safe and happy 2019!

Christmas 2018

We had a wonderful Christmas this year!

The kids set up the Christmas tree.

We visited Santa at lots of different locations!

We did the puppy hunt downtown with local businesses. The kids found them all!

The girls get to troop along to Cub Scout activities with me so they made gingerbread houses.

We drove 3 hours south and visited Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Macy's always does fantastic Christmas displays in their windows.

We made some purchases on the giving machine found in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

Very rarely do we visit Salt Lake without visiting the City Creek Mall with the Disney store.

Temple Square was all lit up with lights. It was raining most of the time while we were there but it was still a great visit.

Brenda had another Choralaires concert. 

Santa came to our house and had a bit of fun.

On Christmas morning we went for a drive and visited the Idaho Falls Temple. The scene was peaceful and serene.

We went to grandpa and grandma Dawson's house. The kids opened presents and played with cousins.

The week following was filled with working/playing with their new stuff. 

We hope you all had a great Christmas filled with family and fun!
I also managed to send out our family letter a short while after Christmas. Better Late than Never. Here is a copy of it.

                                                                                                            

Halloween

We had so much fun for Halloween this year. 

The kids did a parade at school in costumes.

 We went to Broulim's to paint pumpkins. Grandpa and Grandma Vermillion rolled into town right before Halloween and were able to go to all our fun events.

 We went to the Ammon park to see all the school pumpkin displays. They also set up some activities for the kids.

 We went to our church's trunk-r-treat/dinner wearing our costumes :)

 Josh took the kids to a trunk-r-treat at our local pumpkin patch.

 For Family Home Evening we went to the corn maze. Half way through the maze it started hailing and we were dodging golf ball sized hail as we ran out of the maze to wait under the pavillian. They also had other activities for the kids.

 We raked leaves for our neighbors the week of Halloween too!

 We had so much fun this Halloween season! Hope you all did too!