A day away from the snow

Snow, Snow & more Snow

A Little Shootin'

As you all know, we love to shoot and hunt at our house! Crey received a bow from Grandpa and Grandma Berry for Christmas this year and has had a blast learning to shoot it. Also Grandpa let us use his Chipmunk .22 to teach the kids to shoot. We have gone out quite a few times and the kids are getting excited to hunt real game. Crey can't wait until he can shoot something "big" and doesn't understand why he can't go shoot a big buck so we have some fresh back strap to eat for dinner.

Ice Fishing at Enterprise Res.

This is our first family ice fishing trip. I have always been a little hesitant to take the kids because I thought they would just complain about the cold the whole time but they had a blast!! They fished a little and sled a lot. We didn't have much luck but still had fun. Crey named the fish we kept Flopper and told us he wanted to bring Flopper home and put him in a fish tank in our house. He shoveled water for about an hour trying to get enough water for the fish to survive in the sled but his "shovel" was a ice scoop with holes in the bottom so it didn't work very well. We told him we were going to take Flopper home and eat him so he finally gave in. We were hoping to catch more of Flopper's BIG brothers but didn't have any luck. Maybe next time . . .

Ward Christmas Party '09

Our ward party is always so much fun! We have lots of yummy food, the bishopric and their wives perform on their "guitars" and Santa comes to visit all the kids. Tylie and Crey even brought a letter for Santa to read so they didn't forget what they wanted when they got on his lap.

Christmas Tree Hunting

Christmas tree hunting is always something we all look forward to. As we are riding up Bumblebee Ty talks about the trips he remembers with his family while he was growing up when they would go get their tree. He thinks we have to wait until the roads are almost impossible to get through because of snow and we have to go to the top of Bumblebee. It is always an adventure! Where's the hot cocoa???...