Birthday # 7!

I had to work on Brodyn's birthday.  I usually take the day off for birthdays but since Brodyn was in school all day, I worked until 3:00p.m. I had everything ready so when we got home we were ready to PARTY!  We let Brody open one present before he went to school, but the rest had to wait until after!  He asked for a motorcycle birthday cake and vanilla ice cream of course!  I printed off about 40 pictures of Brody from birth-7yrs, and displayed them into a number 7 on the wall!  I got quite emotional putting that 7 together as I looked at that little boy grow and grow!  How exciting 7 will be!  Brody got a special birthday present from Grandma Thatcher.  She gave him Grandpa Gibson's horse lamp!

New Year's Eve!

 Tricia invited us over for fireworks, sledding in the dark behind the 4wheeler and hot cocoa for New Year's Eve!  It was so much fun, I told her she should make it a new tradition, and invite us over every year! When Brody started drinking his hot cocoa the steam fogged his glasses, you couldn't even see his eyes!  My kids loved every minute of it, despite the freezing weather!  Camille was over for the weekend so she got to be apart of all the fun as well! I love a new year!  This year my big resolution is to go on more adventures with my kids!  This resolution will be fun, we've already gone sledding, ice skating, and skiing!  We're on a role and can't wait for the next adventure!

Adventure #2 Ice Skating at the Eccles Ice Arena!

The Eccles Ice Arena has been in Logan since the Olympics came.  This is the first time we have ever been ice skating there!  We had so much fun.  When we were finding the right size of ice skates for everyone I asked what their smallest size was.  The intendent said that the smallest size was a size 6, and that the size 6 was really more like a size 5.  So I asked him to get one so I could try it on Sophie since her little foot was just fitting into size 5 shoes.  The skate fit like a glove and a few minutes later she was on the ice with the rest of us!  We were able to rent little red walkers to help the kids skate and it made skating alot more enjoyable for them!  We started out with the wrong skate size on Brodyn which made it hard to skate and gave him blisters.  Once we switched he did alot better.  The next day he was ready to go back, blisters and all!!  I think Emmy giggled the entire time!  We all can't wait to go back!