The Garrison Blend: January 2009

Monday, January 19, 2009

Dino Museam

We got to go the Dinosaur Museam at Thanksgiving Point with some friends from work and their kids. The pictures will tell you the kids had a great time.

On Jan. 15th 2009 Syd, Jon and I got tickets to the Draper Temple Open House. Sydney was really excited and not sure what to expect, she even called Gramma to talk to her and after getting off the phone will her she could not wait to see which room was her favorite. Her favorite room ended up being the Celestial Room with the bride's room in close second. The last room we saw were the sealing rooms and Syd got the best visual of what it means to be a family forever, the mirrors on each wall helped her understand that her ancestors and her future are all linked together and she was very happy.

Its all Downhill

Jon can bite off more than he can chew sometimes.. and on Friday Jan. 2nd, he decided he would take 4 kids skiing. Not just any 4, but 3 inexperienced skiiers(Syd, Stock & Lucy) and 1 first timer(Nic). Well he does want them to have the great memories. So they went to Alta to the tow rope, and the outcome was this in a nut shell. Syd took the hill a few times and looking good, Stockton I think went down once and ended up skiing into the ski shack more then anything, Lucy tried at least once down the hill, but wanted to put in very little effort on her part and finally Nic went down once and spent the better part of the time eating snowballs. So with that Jon decided it was getting late and the kids were getting cold, so they attempted the tow rope between the runs, here Jon decided Syd needed to help with the other children and put Nic between her skiis, needless to say it did not go well, Nic crossed his skiis and then turned around and took him and Syd out in one swoop. Syd's version is better, but it took help from others to get them up. Syd then attempted Lucy and Stock, but again inexperience overruled. I do have to say they all came back happy, but only Syd wanted to go again the next day, the others had had their fill. Heres to Jon.. may he be brave and attempt more good memories.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Good-Bye 2008

Well the time came for 2008 to come to an end. With that we had 2 kids with sour tummies and the boys got hair cuts(thank goodness). So here are last pics of the kids in the year 2008!