Sledding

Have you ever had the nightmare that your baby is in a scary situation and there is nothing you can do but watch them go through it and pray that they will be ok? We just lived that on Wednesday. Andy's parents bought us tickets to go sledding at Soldier Hollow the day after christmas. Thanks grandma and grandpa!!! Well we get up to the line and I went first, then Alex and Andy were suppose to come after me. They were taking a while to hook them on when all of a sudden I realize that Logan is in a tube going by himself up this long incline. I was freaking out and praying that he would not fall out.


Once we got to the top they explained that UDOT rules required each person to be in there own tube no matter what their age was. I was panicking at the thought of sending my baby on a tube down this huge incline. They said we could go down in a train with him so Andy and I put our tubes on either side of him and headed down the hill. Logan did not seem to notice the situation and was enjoying himself the whole trip. You can see in the pic the hands that are tightly gripping him. I have put a bunch of pics on here of the other runs we made sans Logan.

On your mark, get set, go!!!

Here is video of Andy's ride down.

Our Christmas Adventures!!!

We spent Christmas Eve just with our cute little family. We sang songs, had dinner and did the nativity sory. We also opened the traditional christmas pjs. Then Alex took his oatmeal and sprinkles out to the lawn to get the reindeer to our house. We then put the key under the mat so Santa could get in and tucked the boys in bed.

This is what we awoke to the next morning:

Santa had come and brought Alex a new bike and Logan Little People Alphabet Zoo. The kids were up at 6:30 so we opened presents real early and then had breakfast and headed down to SLC for some more family fun. The boys were spoiled by everyone and we are grateful for such a fun, giving family.

For My Journal

We have been so blessed this Christmas with generosity from all of those around us. We have had people bring us gift cards to help with Christmas and even the ward brought us Christmas Eve dinner. We were feeling so overwhelmed and had vowed to make a difference in the same way every Christmas.

Then things changed for us when a knock came at our door on Christmas Eve at 8. Andy answered the door and found a jar full of coins sitting on our front porch. I was misting with tears as I sat there and thought about this sweet sentiment. Later that night after the boys had gone to bed I went down and took the jar from the table and went up to my bed. As I sat on my bed saying a prayer of thanksgiving a piece of ribbon caught my eye in the middle of the jar. As I pulled it out it looked like a couple of dollars rolled together. Upon further inspection I noticed a 100 dollar bill and a 50 dollar bill. I was bawling at the generosity of whomever left this on our porch. They will never know how much this means to us. We want to thank that person for their generosity. I went out to Deseret Book today and bought this book and am planning on making that and this jar a part of our yearly holiday tradition. Their website is http://www.christmasjars.com/ if you want to read more amazing stories. The gospel is truly an anchor to us and we are so grateful for the blessing we have received. We can see the Lord walking with us through this trial and know that we will be a stronger family because of it.

Logan's Owie Update

We went to the doctor on Friday to set up a treatment plan. The dr. said he is healing better than he ever thought and he was done with treatment unless we felt otherwise. All we need to do is massage lotion into it to keep it moist but the burn is far better than originally thought. Thanks for all your prayers on his behalf!!!

PS We do have pics of the burn but will not post them here. If you would like to see them post in the comments with your email or just email me directly.

Christmas is Coming!!!

Only two more days until Christmas and Alex can hardly wait. It has not helped that Santa has "come" twice in less than two days. He came while my family was up here, for Andy's graduation, to deliver presents to all of us. Thanks Santa, he spoiled us a lot. Then as we were getting out of the car from delivering neighbor gifts on Monday I heard the sound of bells and I thought I was losing it. As I turned to see where the sound was coming from I saw the Jolly Old Man stepping out of his car. He saw us and came over to give the kids and gave each of them a candy cane. He told them they were both on the nice list. Alex turned to his dad and asked where the reindeer were. Andy did a good job with a story on the fly. Logan was fascianted by him and could not take his eyes off of him. To lessen the anxiety I promised a trip to the mall on Friday to see Santa again. This was Logan's first time sitting on his lap since last year he had just has surgery. Alex went first and asked for Ratatouille and a bike. Logan did not say much but he was not scared. Now just two more nights before he comes for real and I am hoping our whole family can survive Alex's excitement.

Alex's Christmas Program

Today was Alex's Christmas program, complete with Silent Night. I am sure the ACLU will be up here any minute on that one. He did such a great job!!! He has been practicing around our house for a couple of weeks. I have posted some videos of some of his songs. ENJOY and Merry Christmas!!!

He is an official USU Alumnus!!!

Today was graduation and my awesome husband graduated. I am so proud of the example he has set for our boys to never give up. No road block is immovable, no mountain too high, thanks for the lesson. WAY TO GO ANDY!!!!

Major Owies!!

Wow what a fun experience we had last night. Logan came downstairs and into the kitchen just as I opened the oven door. I saw him out of the corner of my eye and grabbed him and moved him away from the oven. I turned to grab a hot pad and he was right there again and had put his hands down on the inside of the door. I grabbed him and ran his hands under cold water. Then dad stepped in and did some great first aid. He coated it with aloe vera and then put a sock on it. We then ran him to instacare. They think it is a second degree burn, we will have to wait until the blisters are gone to see the extent of the damage. We go into our regular doc tomorrow to determine a plan of action. We are guessing his poor hands will be wrapped for at least two weeks.

We started a fun family tradition when we moved to Logan of cutting down our own Christmas tree. It has always started out our season with an adventure. This year there was not as much snow as in the past so we were able to go deeper in and find a fabulos tree, thanks Andy. Also thanks to Uncle Doug for driving us up there.

We have resisted for so long but have finally fallen!!

I had a friend at work tell me that we did too many fun things as a family to not have a blog. I thought about that statement for a while and then decided to jump in with both feet. I have never been much of a journal writer and I am hoping that this will become my spot to write our family history. I will warn you now I am a HUGE picture taker so most of our blog will probably be pictures with a breif story to accompany them. Hang on for the ride!!!