A little sunset sledding

We've been hammered by quite a few snow storms this last month. So far the kids can't get enough. We're enjoying it, because come next Monday it's back to school!

Before... After

Well, it took a lot of time and elbow grease but we finally got Zack's room updated to match a 10 year old a little better. We loaded out 5 garbage bags of junk and tried to organize the closet. Now if we can just convince the 10 year to use a garbage can and a laundry hamper we might be able to keep the room clean for about 2 days.

Christmas morning odds and ends

For the Grandparents...

Morrison Christmas Party 2008

We traveled through a snowstorm down to John's brother's house in Tooele for the family party this year. We enjoyed visiting, playing, eating, opening presents, and putting our very professional nativity play. We always have a great time when we get together! We are looking forward to next year when Garr and Karalee will be home to celebrate with us.

The many expressions of Kade

Our First Big Winter Storm!

Well, we knew it was inevitable, and here it is! We woke up this morning to a winter storm. There was a few inches on the ground already and it was still coming down. Of course we had to be somewhere by 9:30 so instead of staying home and playing in the snow we decided to brave the roads. It worked out okay and we still found time to play. I don't think the flowers in these pots on the patio are still alive...

Russian Dress

My parents had a lady in their mission hand-sew this dress for McKena. Here she is modeling her very special souvenir.

Blog Background

I've seen everybody's cute Christmas-y (or Hanukkah) backgrounds and I have attempted to change mine without success. I can change the furthest background (like the wallpaper) but it leaves half of my old background (following the directions given on "Cutest Blog on the Block"). I may be stuck with it forever! If anyone has had a similar problem and figured out what to do please let me know! I'm getting a little tired of the polka-dots.

Family Pictures

We attempted to take our own family pictures for our Christmas cards this year. This is Kade hiding in the corner (apparently he was tired of the photo shoot).

Colin's 9th Birthday

Colin celebrated his 9th birthday on November 29th. He also had a cake but apparently I didn't take any pictures of that part of the festivities. We had spent a few fun days in Park City with friends swimming and shopping and eating for Thanksgiving. Tyler and Tara joined us for Thanksgiving dinner. We rushed home on Saturday to open presents and start decorating for Christmas. Last weekend I took Colin and a few friends to go see the movie "Bolt". It was really cute and I'd recommend it to anyone who has kiddos.