Snow!

On Monday morning we headed up to Flagstaff because we were going to go on the Polar Express, in Williams, on  Monday night!  We were super excited to hear that it had snowed over the weekend too!

 

I actually fell asleep on the way there, and when I woke up this is what I saw.  I knew it had snowed, but there was so much snow! 

We brought our sleds along, and we finally found a good spot for sledding.  Caden was not too happy with the cold when we got out of the car.  (The temp was in the low to mid 30's for the whole day.) 

I have to admit that I was a little nervous going down the hill the first time, but it was so fun! 

It took a little convincing to get Caden to go on the sled, and he only went down one time.  We couldn't convince him to go down the big hill a second time.  He would scream and freak out if we tried to put him on the sled.

Eventually he agreed to go down this little teeny hill by himself.  Maybe we should started small and worked our way up.  Oh well, maybe he'll like it next year.

Bonfire

On Friday night we made a fire in our fire pit and roasted marshmallows and made smores.  I think that either my dad thought that we were at the dunes or he wanted to burn down our house because he made the fire pretty big. 



 

Early Merry Christmas!

 We celebrated Christmas with the LeSueur's on Thursday.  My mom made a yummy feast of Mexican food (flautas and bean dip).  We also had a visit from Santa Claus (aka Mikey).  Santa Claus was hilarious and insisted on having his picture taken with everyone.  Caden was a little nervous, but warmed up to him pretty fast.

 Caden and Santa

 



 Caden, Madelyn, Max, and Santa

Mom and Santa

 

Grandma Shobe and Santa

 

The LeSueurs opened their Christmas presents, and Grandma Shobe was nice to bring Caden his too so he didn't feel left out.

I Love This Wreath!

My mom saw this really cute wreath on pintrest, and she taught me how to make it.  I ended up making 2 of them for Caden's teacher's Christmas presents.  I think that I am going to have to make one for myself too!

Duke Being Cute

He thinks that all of the kid sized stuff is really supposed to be cat stuff!

Mesa Temple Lights

On Tuesday night we went to see the Mesa Temple Lights.  I love going there!

 

Me and Madelyn 

Caden and Max both thought that this was a big spider. 

The LeSueurs 

us :) 

Another not very successful picture with my mom and the kids.



Caden's Christmas Program at School

Caden's preschool rented out the Higley Center for Performing Arts for the kids Christmas program.  The kids sang Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Feliz Navidad, and Ruldolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.  Caden did some of the motions for the songs, but he didn't really sing much.  He was still the cutest one up there though!

 

The Zoo Again!

Sarah and her family were here all last week, so we did lots of fun things with the kids!  On Monday we went to the zoo.  It was so fun!  All of the animals were out and active.  It was a little chilly, but it felt good to be outside!

 

The boys had fun climbing up the stairs to see the giraffes up close.

 

This is what happened when my mom was trying to get a picture taken with all of the kids.  The boys are too busy to slow down for a picture!  This picture was taken in front of the Cheetah exhibit.  I'm pretty sure that in all of the times that I went to the zoo (since I was a little kid!)  I never saw the Cheetahs. They must've have really good hiding spots in that exhibit, so I was  completely surprised to see the Cheetahs walking around right at the front of the exhibit.  I think that it must've been feeding time because they perked up when they heard a golf cart drive by.   

This monkey sat right at the window, and let us take a bunch of pictures with him.  It was like he was posing for us. 

The Tiger was also prowling about.  It even came over and roared at the boys.  It didn't sound like a friendly roar either! 

The kids posing with the orangutan statue. 

The spider monkey was trying to warm up in the sun.  He was so cute!

Roses From My Garden!

Treasure Chest

Caden is always so excited to pick a prize out of the treasure chest for being good at school, and this week he picked out a black necklace.  He's been wearing it proudly ever since.  He cracks me up sometimes.