Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Drive home from Utah


We had a wonderful trip up to Utah for New Year's and made the long trip home today. We drove up two days after Christmas and spent 5 great days there playing with Umma and Poppy and Aunt Nancy. Thanks so much, guys, for your hospitality!

We also got to enjoy lots of great snow. I will attach some pics below! It was a lot of fun to take the kids sledding. I haven't decided which one loved it the most! But I think it is fair to say that they all had a great time! Sam was in 7th heaven! He crashed a few times and came up covered in snow, but just did the sign for more, with a great big grin on his face! He came home afterwards and slept for 3 hours! I think he was a little worn out.

On New Year's Eve, we ate lots of fun food, homemade taco salads with lots of other snacks! The kids watched movies and the adults put together a 500 piece puzzle. We finished just after midnight! It was so much fun.

On a sad note, I received the news today that my Uncle George passed away at 3:30 this morning. He has been sick for quite sometime, but he will still be missed. My prayers are with Aunt Carma and all her family. My favorite memory of Uncle George was how he always loved to "steal" our noses! I loved the trick as a child. He was a jolly man with a big grin and big heart. We were blessed to spend Thanksgiving with him, even though his health was quite poor. But, I am thankful we had that opportunity.

4 comments:

The Nicks Family said...

I absolutely love your family, your kids are adorable! They look like they enjoyed the snow. I am glad you had fun in Utah. Sorry to hear about your uncle George.

Wendy M said...

You were here in Utah and you didn't call me?! Looks like you guys had a great time in the snow! So who kept the gin-rummy score sheet that we had?
Sorry to hear about your Uncle George. Hope everyone's doing okay with it.
Love you much!

Janet said...

I love the photo collage! Looks like a lot of fun!

Jodi said...

loved your layout of pictures. I like to know how to do that. By the way, how's Olivia doing?