Christmas Picture
This shows the kids individual personalties well.
Mason loves his brother and sister and is fast becoming a tease.

Santa's Sleigh
We went and sat in Santa's Sleigh for a few pictures. It was so bright that there eyes were closed for most of the pictures. We are also freezing!!

Snowboarding
We have a hill right by our house.
Jacob and Nash have snowboarded for hours every day this week.
They are getting pretty good!!

Bronco Fans
So my kids big Bronco Fans (most of you are well aware of that) They spend every Sunday in there bronco gear watching the game with Mark.

Junior Jazz Basketball.
This was Jacob's first day, they run a clinic for 2 weeks and then they play games. He is on a team with his friends Spencer and Jaden.

The Lights at Temple Square

We went on a little family outing to see the lights at Temple Square. We picked Mark up from work and then took Trax to avoid parking... and to let the kids have a little adventure. Some of the pictures are a little blurry because Mark was trying out some new settings for pictures in the dark. We had to hold still for 5 seconds and we all know how hard that is for the kids.

The kids thought the ride on the Trax was pretty cool.
Jacob tried to stand and balance while we were moving,

I thought this was a cute one of Mason
(including the frozen snot under his nose.)

Mark and Mason

Posing while dad plays with the camera settings.

Just a cool shot of the Temple.

First Big Snow
Iree and I made our family out of snow.
I hope they don't melt too fast.

At first the snow was too powdery to pack so the kids made snow angels.
Jacob thought you made them face down!

Thanksgiving 2007
Trip to Colorado to Visit Mark's Family
The car ride is about 9 hours. The DVD player helped us for about the first hour and then wouldn't work the rest of the trip. We moved to plan B at that point... Bribe with Candy.
The kids did very well and We all had a wonderful visit.

Thanksgiving Dinner
at Aunt Wendy and Uncle Bob's

Grandma reading to Mason and Vaughn.Uncle Randy and Mason

Jacob, Andrew and Sam played in the basement the whole evening.
They would attack anyone walking down the stairs and then ask you to send down someone else. By the end of the evening everyone had a chance to be attacked by the boys.

Traffic Jam
A mind game kept a few busy.

Great-Grandma Hayson played ball with Mason.
He would toss it to her and she would toss it back.
Vaughn had fun with the ball and Grandma also.

Hanging out at Grandma's
Iree is helping Grandma make breakfast.

Jacob and Vaughn at the piano.

Mason and Vaughn eating apples.

Grandpa McNees' House
Mark with his dad, sister Jen and brother Randy.

Family Picture
Iree was already asleep for the night. We had a great visit.

Grandpa and Jacob wrestled for hours.
I don't know how either of them kept going and going for so long.

At the Park with Grandma Brink

Iree loves to take control. Jaxs puts up with her a little better than Jacob or Mason.

A Visit With Grandpa Brink
Dave took us out to a Japanese Steakhouse. Mark and I love sushi. The chef was cooking at our table. Iree was in shock when the flames were flying. Here, the chef is making a fire volcano out of onions. We had a good time.

Grandpa Brink and Mason
Mason was about done with his trip at this point. He was so wonderful for the first three days but the lack of naps and the constant driving got to him. We were lucky to catch him not screaming.

When the boys were giving Grandpa a good-bye hug
the dogs didn't want to miss out

Grandpa set up a tent in the bedroom
for the kids to sleep in.
It was like camping in the woods.

Grandpa, Cullen and the kids.

Iree and cousin Vaughn playing.

Grandma Hayson's German Pancakes
Mark cannot leave Colorado without having a German Pancake breakfast with Grandma Hayson. It has become a tradition to stop by her house on our way out of town.

Halloween
Here they are.
We had last minute changes. Mason was a happy little bumble bee. Iree was going to be Dora but she walked out the door as a Cow. Jacob was going to be a knight but throughout the day it went from hockey player, football player, power ranger, Indian, to "I just wont dress up." Finally he decided on a knight wearing football pants with an Indian bow and arrow.

Whatever works!!