Happy Sunday!

 

 

Mel & Denise Marion's Homecoming

Mike made a last minute trip to SLC to welcome his parents home from New Zealand. I have a cell phone picture and it was a joyous reunion! Mike and all his siblings surprised his parents by all being at the airport.

Not much going on around here. I did hem my neighbors pants. I imagined I could whip up a couple of little projects while my machine was out. It did not happen.

I pierced my friends ears though. It has been a couple of years since last I used my gun.

Elsie and Ariel love the privacy of playing under the dining room table.

I have the cutest photos of Elsie helping Isaac with his math. ;) For some reason, like most things electronic in this house, it is not working properly and uploading the way it should.

We have had a few snow storms here in Indiana since our visit to Utah. I find myself not just dreaming, but craving the chance to be snowboarding at Park City Mountain Resort with my boys.

It's the Sweet Things

When I was little, my ski instructor was a proficient yodeler. He said the key to yodeling was to have a wet mouth. Each time we got on the lift, he would hand us little Jolly Rancher candies to "wet our whistle." We were to practice yodeling on our way up the mountain on the chair lift. I never learned to yodel but I sure loved that candy. It kept me motivated for every new run and helped with my energy level too. Not to mention, my instructor's cheerfulness made skiing fun and went a long way to helping me fall in love with the sport. I have passed this trick on to my kids. Not the yodeling, but eating candy on the chair lift. This little trick helps keep my kids' blood sugar levels up, and their morale. When they are hungry, they have a bad attitude and no energy. The best kinds of sweets to take are the little ones that do not require much effort to get into your mouth. It is a tradition now and my kids are always excited to see what candy I bought. I have to admit that I look forward to it as much as they do.

Park City photos

Lucas' birthday celebration

Who would have guessed that having a birthday at Christmas time would be such a big plus? For the second year, Lucas had a big celebration with cousins in Utah in Grandpa's cultural hall. Lots of fun.

Last Night

This year I will be better at documenting our lives through our blog. It is one of my new year resolutions.

Last night we had Brooke, Nash, Austin, Dylan, Fili, Jordan and Tilani over for tilapia, and used a coconut shrimp recipe much like this that I got from Brian.

Oh, and chocolate molten lava cakes. It was spontaneous, fun and a little hectic. Elsie has no problem snuggling up to anyone. All sweetness that one.

Elsie and Jordan totally planned the matching outfits.

Brooke and baby Nash almost 1 month old. I wish I had a photo of Brooke and Ariel playing Barbies for 20 minutes. It was darling.