Easter in Cold Idaho

Easter came early this year, but spring didn't. I hope not to have too many easter pictures like these. The first ones are Brenna and Taryn and the last two are my neices, Maddie and Karlie.

Jason joked that this year for Easter we would not bother to dye the eggs and just put them in the snow. (That was two weeks before Easter, and we had no idea that it would prove true.)

Scenes from Winter in Idaho

This is a picture of the icicles hanging from our front porch. Sure they were deadly to anyone who tried to visit, but Jason was proud of them, so visitors beware! (Actually, you're all fine now, Brenna and her cousin got thirsty one day while playing and broke them off for water. Yum!)

This photo was taken in front of my parents house, as were the next two. This is the bank my dad has to throw snow up and over to clear his driveway.

These snow blocks were cut from my parents driveway. In the last couple of weeks, the snow has been so cold and heavy that they couldn't shovel, so they cut snow blocks and had to carry them off the driveway.

This is the bank of snow just off my parents patio. (Right in front of the hottub) The banks are so high that if you want to cool off --from the tub-- you can just run out and straight into the snow and it will cover your whole body.

Christmas

Well, it's about February, so it seems like it's time for me to add my Christmas picture. This is the card we sent out. We actually, after a million tries, got a better picture of Taryn and Jack, but Jason felt this more accurately showed our children. So, better late than never.

Halloween 2007

This is Jack as we were trying to get him dressed. He wanted his "Rella" dress, just like his sisters. (Boy does he need a brother)

This is Jack after seeing himself in the bathroom mirror. We had trouble getting it off of him.

I couldn't resist putting up this close up. We made Taryn a southern belle, and the curls were done with copious amounts of hairspray and hot curling irons. The effect was cute and lasted all of an hour.

My girls, a southern belle, a queen (what else would Brenna be) and the gold princess. (Or the oscar statue, if you ask Jason.)

My mom agreed to watch the kids, so we went to Provo for our anniversary. We stayed at the Hines Mansion. It was great!!! While in Utah, we went to the gardens at Thanksgiving Point. It was so beautiful. The gardens were in full fall color.
Above is a view from above the waterfalls. There are so many vantage points to see the gardens.
This is the Monet gardens. I imagine in the spring and summer it's a little prettier.
Behind me are the falls. When we first got there, we admired the falls, but we didn't realize you could walk above them.This is a view of the main building, about half way through the gardens. This is from the Vista Garden, where you can see the whole garden. We even saw a fox running through the gardens. It was amazing.

"Wego" Bed

My baby's not so little or such a baby any more. Getting rid of the crib was a big thing in my life.

Jack's Favorites:

1. Dora (Jason says it's because he's into Latin chicks)

2. Wego (Diego)

3. Blue's Clues

4. Barney

5. Spider Dan (He can even sing the song, "Spider Dan, Spider Dan, does what Spider Dan do")

You are looking at what we've been doing since the end of summer. Soccer practices and soccer games. I've never been a soccer mom before, but all three girls announced they wanted to play this year, so here I am.