Time to catch up

I can't believe its already February! This winter is going by so fast. We are enjoying the snow so much more this year than last (at least I am). We have been so busy and I have a feeling it is just going to get worse. Not that its bad. We took the kids to Disneyland in November. It was so much fun. The weather was perfect and we hardly stood in line. Celeste was nice to come with us. We all love her so much. And the kids have so much fun with her. Thanks Celeste!!

We went down to Mesa for Thanksgiving. It was fun to see Brad and Carena from Colorado. We ate at Hometown Buffet for Thanksgiving. We also made rolls, pie and turkey so we could have leftovers. We swam outside at Carena's parents house. The water was freezing but the kids had a great time. We took the kids to see Madagascar 2. It was a great show, even I would watch again. We also shopped black friday.

We had a great Christmas. We got Matthew and Caden four wheelers and got Sadie a little pink one from Wal-mart. The kids were so excited and the best part is that we got it all on film. Sadie was so much fun to watch. She is almost three and just at the age to understand how much fun and exciting it all is. Travis and the kids went outside to ride their 4-wheelers for a while and then we went to eat at Little America with Mark and Celeste and Mike and Heather Palmer. After breakfast we loaded the car and left for Utah. We made it to Filmore, but had to stay the night because the weather was horrible. It turned out great because we were able to get a good nights sleep and the kids are always excited to sleep in a hotel. The kids had a blast spending a week with the cousins, aunts and uncles and of course Grandma and Grandpa Meacham and their new dog, Diasy I mean Diamond. We went down to Robs and snowmobiled. We went to temple square with Chris and Laurie, Mom and Dad and Greg and his cute girlfriend. The kids went sledding almost everyday down at Shelley school. On our way to St. George, we stopped to see Grandma Pearl. We had a great time visiting with her. We learned more about Grandpa George and his family. Grandma is amazing. She remembers so much and has such a fun sense of humor. We had a wonderful time with you Grandma, and can't wait to visit again.



We spent New Years in St George at Leanne and Johns. We had great time playing pictionary, boys against girls. The girls won of course! We had some amazing food as well!! Thanks Leanne for hosting such a fun party.

January has been a fun month of playing guitar hero as a family, and reading the "The Kingdom and the Crown" series by Gerald N. Lund. If you haven't read these books, I highly recommend them. He wrote The Work and The Glory. This series is similar in the fact that he writes about a fictional family, but the life and teachings of Jesus are all real. I like it because it became real to me. Anyway there is nothing like having a good book in the middle of winter!!

Caden has loved loved loved 2nd grade. His teacher has been so good. I am already praying he gets a good teacher for next year.

We just got back from Mesa last night. It was fun to be in 75 degree weather. Infact we went swimming late Friday night outside and the weather was great. The pool was heated, Im sure that made a big difference. Mark and Celeste were sealed. It is such a great experience being in the temple with family.

Travis and I have been learning to coupon shop. We are absolutely loving it. Our best deal has been spending $43 and saving $250. Travis had to buy a couple more shelves to put all the food. Just within a month of doing this we have probably a year supply of toothpaste, shampoo and conditioner, and handsoap. We also have 25 boxes of cereal (cinnamon life, raisin bran, captian crunch, frosted flakes and a few boxes of rice crispies) for 50 cents a box!! We also got about 3 months worth of toilet paper for free. I hate spending money on food so this has been so much fun. Its mostly been fun because Travis likes to do it with me. Infact, he does most of the cutting coupons. One night I came home and he had the floor covered with different piles of coupons. He is really organized and I love it. Thanks baby baby!! Thanks for making and saving us money. I really can't wait to teach everyone I know about it.

I have also been busy with doing dictation for Travis and Kelly. Well, I actually just do Kelly's and Travis does his own. Its been good and fun learning more about what Travis actually does. I would love to watch him in surgery. I will post some pictures later