Christmas in Colorado

When we left Vegas to drive to Colorado, there was still plenty of snow on the ground 3 days after the storm. The drive was long and uneventful. We were glad to arrive at Grandpa and Gramdma's house to find even more snow waiting for us to enjoy. When I say "enjoy," that also means plenty of shoveling and plowing. It has snowed on and off since we arrived.

Colorado Christmas 2008

And along with the beauty comes a fair share of fun and games including sledding, snowball fights, making graham cracker houses, way too much good food, movies, and never enough sleep! Kalvan even got ambitious and made an igloo in the front yard.

Of course we had our traditional Christmas Eve nativity reading as we celebrate the birth and life of our Savior. This year we had enough cousins to act it out the nativity as well. Christmas came and went with more snow and even more presents. Santa Clause was very good to us this year. How greatful we are for good kids! We hope that everyone has been blessed this Christmas and this year as we look forward to 2009. We miss and love all of our family and friends we couldn't be with and wish the best always.

Click the photo album link above to see some of our photos so far.

Things I thought I'd never say while living in Vegas...

1. I need a snow shovel.

2. The kids have a snow day.

3. Our neighbor is stuck in the middle of the street.

4. We had to dig the car out.

5. We can't go to the store because the streets are too icy.

6. Our neighbor boy is stranded at school due to the weather.

7. It's snowy and bright out.

8. I'm concerned about some of our pipes freezing.

9. Our chase tree is being pinned to the ground by the snow.

10. The weather forcast says to expect 5 to 10 inches of snow on the valley floor.

I thought I'd seen the amazing part of this storm when the snow started sticking at 2:30, but by 4:00 we had around 3 inches and snow was still falling. As far and I know everyone around us has

made it safely home and their cars are in their garages after we shoveled their driveways with shovels that weren't made for snow. Karter even took a few rides down our driveway on our little "tube" that we use in the pool. It's been a really fun day and the kids are excited about the first "snow day" in Clark County School District history since the 60's. The main problem they're facing is that no one budgeted for snowplows. Seriously, why would they?

2:30 Update

And More Snow.

What's with the white stuff?!?

As you all know we put up with 120 degree weather during the summer but the pay off is that it's very mild here in the winter. Well, not so much this year. Our highs have been in the 30's for several day and today it's SNOWING! Now snow isn't totally out of the question here, but it usually happens at night and is gone by 9am. But today it's almost 1:00 in the afternoon and a good amount of snow is falling from the sky. UN-Believable! I LOVE IT!!! Of course I'm not totally impressed with the cold, but this is really cool! Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

As Christmas draws closer it's become very apparent that Christmas cards aren't highest on my list of priorities. So if you do happen to get one please don't expect them till around New Year's. Unfortunately, they're not New Years cards they're Christmas cards. So, in an attempt to make some effort toward being on time I'm going to post a quick "card" of sorts here. It's been a wonderful year for us. Our kids are growing a getting smarter by the day. Pretty soon they'll be the teachers in the house and Kal and I will be the students. Oh wait, they already are. Having children is such an education. Karter continues to advance with his speech and is such a lively little boy. He's so full of life! I can sit on the couch and feel like I've gotten a workout just watching him. Sage is our sensitive sweet girl who is absolutely in love with horses. She's pretty sure she's going to grow up and have a field full of horses. She loves American Girls, especially Felicity, because she has a horse. Kaleb is still a Lego Maniac. He's such a smart boy and surprises us everyday with the level of compassion he's capable of. He's a fantastic big brother and tries so hard to take good care of his younger siblings.

Kalvan and I are still working hard and are so very happy with the life we've been blessed with. We'd like to thank each and everyone of you for your thoughts and love. Christmas is a time when we draw close to family and friends. While we can't take to time to visit everyone of you, we'd like you to know that you're in our thoughts and prayers. Have a wonderful Christmas and may the New Year bring joy to each of you.

With all our Love,

Kalvan, Miki, Kaleb, Sage, and Karter

Thanksgiving Pictures

For some reason when I tried to post the pictures it wouldn't do it. So I'm posting the pictures in a separate posting. Here they are:

Tis' the Season

When I started blogging I just hoped I'd have time to keep up. Well, so far I'm not doing so good. With Christmas only a few weeks away guess it's that time of year.

Happy Thanksgiving!
We had a fabulous time at Thanksgiving in Utah! The kids and I left a full week before Thanksgiving and traveled up to my sister, Kale's, house. We had a fabulous time tearing her house apart. My kids are pretty sure I'm the meanest mom every since I made them clean it up daily. We enjoyed shopping, doing a little stamping and even had a little craft time. My sister is training to walk a marathon. I must say it's very practical of her to walk it, but she's still crazy. Anyway, I did a minor amount of helping on her fund raising project. She's making Christmas advent calendars to sell as part of her fund raiser. If you'd like to check out her fund raising progress go to: http://pages.teamintraining.org/ut/cmc09/ksnyderq2u. You go Kale!

After the weekend at my sister's house we moved over to my brother-in-laws house just 5 miles away. As always we had a fantastic time playing games, watching movies on the wall, enjoying the family musical talents, and just hanging out. My sister-in-law Becki is the best bread maker I know. Her wheat bread is to die for and apparently it's good of us too. I get so spoiled everytime we visit. This Thanksgiving was expecially nice for me as both sides of our family were there. My entire family (mom, dad & siblings) came and Kal's parents and his brother's family were there. It was so wonderful to see so many people I love all in one room. It was a first for Kal and I to be able to spend a holiday with both sides of our family.


Thanks so much Jeff and Becki for hosting a very memorable Thanksgiving!
Happy Belated Thanksgiving to everyone!