January Weekends

 I was gone and Jarin's drinking 'root' beer in the front yard with no gloves.  Gotta love Dad!

The neighborhood gang building a monster snowman with Dad one weekend!

 One weekend we took a trip to the zoo and said hello to these turkeys.

 Lucy posing on an elephant trunk!

 Gotta love Jarin's stink face!

 Me with my favorite zoo animal, the orangutan, having a staring contest!

 All the animals were feasting on pine trees when we came.  FYI, next Christmas, donate your tree to the zoo!

 Four cute cats!

 One weekend we went sledding.  And by the looks on their faces...they had fun!

Jarin wasn't super excited for the long rides with Dad,

 But Lucy, on the other hand, went to the top of the mountain every time!

 Mug shot...Cutie shot.

 Beauty shot.

 I think Dustin was having more fun on this one!

 Bro and Sis just chillin'!

 Jarin's favorite ride was going half way up and riding the saucer down by himself!

 Lucy loved every ride!

 Jarin holding the reins with his eyes closed!  What a dare devil!

 Lucy caught some air a few times and had a few bad landings...

 But even falling made her laugh! 

 Swirling and twirling Jarin...

 And Lucy eating 'hopefully' clean snow!

2 Little Monkeys jumping on my bed!

 I found these on my camera from last month and thought I should post them.  I am titling these last photos as,

'Jarin's many facial expressions'.

Merry Christmas

 Many, many pictures were taken Christmas morning thanks to Dustin!  What others things did we do besides open gifts, you ask?  We ate lots of yummy food, visited a gentleman at a nursing home, went to a special sacrament meeting Christmas morning, went to the Church History Museum and saw pioneer memorabilia, international creches, a children's play zone, a quilting exhibit, and lots of beautiful artwork!  We also took the kids to Boondocks and played Xbox connect with Uncle Danner and Kelsi!  It really is the most wonderful time of the year!

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