Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

WOW....there is so much to tell you all. Bryan got laid off from work about 2 months ago. Everyone knows how horrible the economy is right now and to say the least...we have been blessed. Bryan was hired one month after his lay off. ONE MONTH! Unheard of. We are so grateful and know that Heavenly Father had his hand in this.

Because of Bryans tenacity, we were able to go up to Yosemite (our favorite Family vacation spot) for a few days this winter. Actually, just a few days before Christmas! I am going to post some of those pics for ya! :o) btw...we were able to stay in a cabin for FREE....ohhh yeah! Good job Bry! Austin, Ashley and Madi played outside all day, building snowmen and forts for their snowball fights. Bryan took all of us up to this really cool snowplay place just outside of Yosemite to go down some fun runs with the sleds. It was really a blast!

Parker and I ventured out carefully due to his little cold. We had sooo much fun and Parker had many rides down the hills with the sleds as well. He actually bit it and hit face first once and being the good mom that I am, I took a picture before I picked him up...lol (what a thoughtful and caring mom..i know)









On the night we closed the snow park down, we were coming back into Yosemite and we were told that we had to wait because someone in front of us had just turned their vehicle on the side. BUMMER....so, we turned around and went to this awesome little Mexican restaraunt named El Cid. YUM....Just so you know, Austin is the BEST at putting on snow chains. He rocked it out in less than 2 minutes. Total pro.

All in all, we had such a nice time together and loved the potbelly fireplace (wait, is that the name?) in our cabin. Austin was good at starting fires too. :o) Ashley liked to help out in that department. She also loved making cookies for us everynight. Madi was a pro at making perfect snowballs and launching them just far enough not to hit a single soul. ROFL