Happy Valentine's Day To My Sweetie!

In honor of my Valentine, here are some things that Wes ALWAYS does:

When he goes to the store, he ALWAYS asks if I need anything too.

When it's laundry day, he ALWAYS says "thanks for doing the laundry."

When we go for walks, he ALWAYS takes my hand.

When he leaves in the morning, he ALWAYS kisses me goodbye, even if it's really early and I'm still asleep.

When I'm stressed or sad, he ALWAYS holds my hand and tells me it's going to be okay.

When something goes wrong with one of the cars, he ALWAYS takes care of it.

When there's a special occasion, he ALWAYS remembers, (and he gives the greatest gifts.)

Gee, there's no wonder I ALWAYS love this guy so much!!!  Happy Valentine's Day!

The Frozen Four

A couple of weeks ago, Kori got invited to participate in the POLAR PLUNGE with some friends; Kathryn, Karlee, and Hannah.  It was a fundraiser for Special Olympics.  Yeah, you actually PAID MONEY to jump in a frozen lake!  These are the crazy things you do when you're a teenager!  It was held out at Hyrum Dam, and they had cut a large chunk of ice out of the lake, large like swimming pool sized!  The participants had to walk out on the ice to the farthest point from the shore, jump in, and swim to shore!  Our girls had painted their faces and wore crazy outfits.  Kori wore her tutu.  When she was coming up out of the water, she felt something around her ankles and she was worried she'd lost her shorts.  But when she got out she quickly realized that it was her tutu, which is now on the bottom of the lake!  Oh well.  She could not even describe how cold the water was!  But the girls had a great time.  They got T-shirts and there were a lot of other people out there plunging and spectating.  Afterward, they all came over to our house to warm up in the hot tub and drink mexican hot chocolate.  It was a fun day, so fun that Kori is already planning next year's Polar Plunge!  INSANE!!
Here are Kathryn, Karlee, Kori and Hannah before the plunge:

Walking out on to the ice:

And after, BRRRRRR!!!:

Until next year...

The Lego Lair

I used to love Legos as a kid.  I remember my mom had ours in a big bag that she'd put out on the living room floor and when we were done, the pieces would all go back in the bag and get put away.  My boys have loved Legos.  Always.  Still.  And I've done the same thing.  The living room becomes the Lego room.  That way I can avoid lost Legos throughout the house and vacuuming up little pieces everywhere.  Somehow though our Lego collection has grown much larger than what I had as a kid, and getting out Legos and putting them away is a much bigger deal!  Sometimes I wish I had a separate Lego room lined with Lego grids where Clint could build and build and never have to put anything away!  He wishes that too, he's even designed the whole room in his mind exactly how we would build it.  But until that miracle happens, this is what my Lego living room looks like!!

Canadian Mountain Holiday

"A person should have wings to carry them where their dreams go, but sometimes (a helicopter and) a pair of skis makes a good substitute."  Hans Gmoser

Wes spent this past week helicopter skiing in Kootenay, British Columbia.

His group was disappointed that they could only ski 2 days out of the 4 because of low visibility.  But they skied hard the days they went.  Wes got over 40,000 vertical feet in those 2 days and had a great time.

Wes went with his brother Erick, Erick's son Brady, and a few other people that they have gone with before.

I don't know why I can't get Brady's photo to upload correctly, but this is the best I could do!
Here is Bob the guide:

Some skiing pics:

This is looking up from where they started on a run called Batman.

And a tiny video of Brady and Erick skiing.  You can hear the helicopter in the background:

It sure is pretty up there!

Winter Camp

Brrrrr.... I guess if he's going to be an Eagle Scout, Clint has to do some winter camping.  We've been in the single digits the past week and a half, so lucky for our Scout troop it snowed last night which warmed things up significantly.  Also lucky for our troop, they're not far from home.  They do this winter camp in an empty lot across the street from the Scoutmaster's house.  We are lucky that Clint has such an awesome Scoutmaster, Holbrook.  Not Mr. or Brother or even Bob, it's just Holbrook.  He is phenomenal.  Our troop has a great tradition of Scouting, and a very high percentage of Scouts that receive their Eagles.  Clint is well on his way, and he enjoys his Boy Scout experiences a lot.  I hope he stays warm tonight, we might have to warm him up in the hot tub tomorrow morning!

Sunday Nap - Part 2

No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap.  ~Carrie Snow


Notice the remote under his chin.

Sunday Nap - Blog Post by Kori

 I will probably be in a little bit of trouble when my mom discovers this, but I couldn't resist.
My parents are very much in love and they cuddle and kiss all the time.  But most often, you will find them dozing the day away on the couch, especially on a Sunday afternoon.  I now know where I get my sleepy genes from.  I took the opportunity to sneak some shots of them sleeping.  Enjoy.

Aren't they cute?