Christmas Fun

Santa Claus/Condo Christmas Party

We attended our condo Christmas party again this year and had a wonderful time visiting with our neighbors. We are grateful that we still have a holiday party that we can attend since leaving the LDS faith. It is really nice being able to get together with others during the holidays. Logan and Aurora were excited to sit on Santa's lap but Avery has outgrown the desire to do so.

Thanksgiving in Oregon

We spent Thanksgiving in Oregon with Joseph's family. We had a nice visit with everyone and the kids had fun playing with their cousins. We were able to visit with some of Joseph's aunts and uncles and his grandma who we don't get to see much. Aurora, Mya, Grandma Nancy, and I had a fun girls day. We took the girls roller skating and out to diner and ice cream. The girl's had a blast at the roller rink. On Saturday we went to the Boise State game with Joseph's brothers and his mom. Logan and Aurora stayed with Marci  (my sister in-law) and their cousins. We had a freezing good time on The Blue. I came very prepared with multiple layers as did Avery but Joseph didn't and froze. 

Snow

We haven't had much snow this winter, which I am loving. I think the only thing that would  make the Ogden area more appealing to me is if  the Great Salt Lake was the ocean. But the kids have been really disappointed. So for their sake I hope we have a few good snow storms or we will need to taking them sledding up in the mountains.

Ice Skating Update

Above is a picture of Aurora and her friend. They both just started working on a duet for the upcoming Winter Show. They are super excited to perform. They also both did amazing jobs at the last competition. Below is a picture of Aurora with her coach. We love Kelsey and all that she has done for Aurora, she is an amazing coach and person. Aurora was excited to place second at this competition. She also placed 2nd as the overall skater in her level for the year out of all the other skaters that have performed at all the various competitions in our inter-club( all the clubs in Utah and surrounding area). The way it works is that all the skaters get so many points based off of how well they did at each competition . She also passed her first  moves in the field pre-preliminary test. 

Halloween 2014

Logan and Numbers

Logan is a natural when it comes to numbers. We had to give a brief explanation when it came to counting to 100. After that he could count and write to 100 with no help other than a reminder on which way a number should face, that was a couple years ago. Addition and subtraction have been the same way. He doesn't use fingers or touch point, he just doesn't it in his head. Talking about numbers is one of his favorite pass times and it's often a topic at dinner or in the car. I just hope he isn't to bored in Kindergarten next year and hope that he might be a help to his class.