Snow and Snuggles

 It snowed!  It doesn't snow very often in St. George, so when it does, we take advantage of it!  Bryce and Juliet had a good time gathering up all the snow in our backyard and making a snow man out of it.  By 3:00pm all the snow had melted, so when it snows, about half the kids in the school play hooky so they can play in it!  Afterwards the kids snuggled on the couch and watched a movie and I had to get some cute pictures of the girls.

Choir

Michael has the most beautiful voice and we all love hearing him sing.  He has put on two choir concerts now and has done an amazing job.  I absolutely love to hear him.  It is one of his god given talents.  

Lindsey

 One of my best friends moved to Washington in January.  And I miss her!  We had become very close and saw each other almost every day.  Our kids were even all best friends.  Michael and Jonah, Bryce and Jaxton, and Juliet and Kate.  Her husband Chad was also a Physical Therapist and took a new job and they headed out on their new adventure.  I am not sure what I am going to do without her.  She was my carpool buddy, my kid swapper, and workout buddy.  I wish her all the best as she moves and hope one day, she will move back!  I will miss her terribly!!!

Moving

Jeremy and I bought a house!  After selling our house up north the past April, we bought a new home in Hurricane this past November.  It is a cute 2000 sq foot, 4 bed, 3 bath home on the edge of Hurricane.  We had actually tried to purchase two other houses and a lot previous to this and everything had fallen through and then this house popped up and every thing worked out for us to buy it.  We love our neighbors and the kids have loved playing with all the neighborhood kids!

Skiing in Cedar

 Jeremy and I decided that we needed to teach our kiddos the basics of skiing, so we took them up to Cedar City, rented skiis for them, and took them to a sledding hill to practice.  At first they were pretty intimidated, but by the end, they could actually ski down the hill and were having a great time.  Juliet of course was tired of being in the cold after five minutes and spent the rest of the time in the car, waiting to go home.  Maybe next year she will be more excited about snow.  Next winter, we want to take them up and have them ski at Brianhead.  

Hiking in January

 Yep...it is so awesome in St. George that we get to go hiking in January!  We love to hike as a family and took a little trail that looked down into the virgin river.  The boys love to explore and Hailey loves to be outside. Usually after church on Sundays, we hop in the car and take a drive or go on a short walk or hike as a family.  I hope this is something we always enjoy as a family!  

Michael's Choir Concert

 Michael put on his first choir concert at Dixie Montissori at the end of December.  He did a great job and it even brought tears to my eyes as I watched him sing out the words with all his heart.  Michael loves choir and has been blessed with a beautiful singing voice and a natural ability to follow music and stay on pitch.  I love to hear him sing.  He actually sings a lot of the day.  We call it his soundtrack to life and I just love listening to it.  I know that someday I will miss his little voice singing around the house all day.