Kate Sledding

Kate even got in on the action. I'm not sure if she liked it much, but she might have liked it when we took Luke down. That was fun!

Allie sledding

Allie took to sledding like a pro. I think she would have stayed out until she was an ice cube the shape of a girl. She helped edit the video and pick the music.

Luke sledding

Luke had a hard time not hitting the wall in the parking lot. He loved it and kept saying, "How do you steer this thing? (I don't think you can steer a cookie sheet.) His final take though was that snow would be a lot more fun if it weren't so cold. I think I would have to agree.

Snow in Oregon!

Last Sunday as we went out the door to leave for church, we heard a squeal of delight from the kids and saw…snow!!! We tried to leave but quickly realized that if we left we might never be able to get back so we parked the van and went back in. Church was cancelled anyway so it was good that we stayed home. We enjoyed comfy clothes, naps, games, and sipping hot chocolate while the kids played outside. It was a nice, rare treat to be home together all day! School was even cancelled for Michael on Monday and Allie’s school was cancelled for the entire week. A week later, we are still pretty much stuck at home with the weather, but enjoying our time together. We don’t get that very often and it couldn’t make for a better Christmas.

Cute Kate

I've been bad about updating the blog so now that we've been snowed and iced in for so long I have some time. Here are some cute shots of Kate that I took around Halloween that I wanted to post.

Elder Wirthlin

I just found out that Elder Wirthlin, an apostle passed away last night. He is one of our favorite speakers and has touched our lives with his words many times. He spoke at the Elementary Ed. portion of my BYU graduation. Just last night before I went to bed I was listening to a talk that he gave in October. It's a really funny talk, but contains such great advice and counsel that I know I will refer to it a lot. Here is a link to it and even if you are not a member of my church, I think that you will find it worth your time to read.

http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-947-9,00.html

Riding the tram

Michael's parents were up for Thanksgiving and on Saturday we went to ride the tram in Portland. The kids loved it, but I was a little nervous being up so high. We had a great view of the city.
I also took Kate in for her 9 month check up last week. She is 27 1/2 inches long (50%) and 15lbs11oz (6%) My new goal is to get her weight up so we can turn her car seat around when she's 1!