Snow What!

Can you tell this is just out of our front door!

4 snow days and 4 feet of snow! We are so grateful for wonderful neighbors who helped clear our driveway and get the heat back on! (Thanks Marty) Brant was gone with work and I was snowed in! Our weekend plans to Phoenix were ruined and I felt stuck. If you know me at all I absolutely hate feeling stuck. Brant returned on Saturday, to a very clean house, I might add. I didn’t know how he would get his car out, so after I dug myself out, 

We headed in town to dig Brant's car out.  We almost couldn't tell which car was his!

Rianne was a big help.  Heath just played on the hill on the side of the car.   

I was hoping it would be a surprise but after an hour and a half, he got home and finished (he didn't have that much left). We were glad to have him home!

This week when the fog came in, I felt that stuck feeling again and Brant was again out of town. So I headed down to Phoenix the beauty of Flagstaff is after 2 hours down the road, the snow disappeared and cactus started showing up! We went to the temple on Friday, enjoyed the beautiful weather; walking along the temple grounds. Ria took the picture

Back at the hotel we took the kids swimming. Saturday it was off to the Zoo with friends!

The animals were so active, we enjoyed watching the monkeys. The kids loved feeding the giraffe.

What a wonderful well deserved weekend (Thanks Larsen’s)!

She shoots She Scores

Rianne has been playing in a junior basketball league, 2^nd to 4^th grade. She is one of the youngest. Today at practice there was a jump ball between two girls and the coach said "who wants it, pull". Ria ran over to the jump ball and proceeded to pull it from the two girls. She is pretty aggressive. Most people ask if I have a hard time not coaching her, the answer is YES. I am so grateful for patient coaches, so these little kids can have these experiences I couldn't do it! I am also grateful for Brant and how he keeps me in check when I ask "can I tell her this?" and he says "well how are you going to say it?"

Saturday her team was the "Couch Potatoes" at the NAU Girls basketball game. They were also the half time entertainment, with a little Scrimmage. It was a little therapeutic for me to watch her playing with her friends! I never thought it would be a good idea for me to have a girl but He does know what is best and I am so glad He sent her to me!

She loved running through the tunnel and playing the game. Her favorite part: dribbling the court shooting and making a basket on the big 10 ft hoop in the dome!

She had a great night drinking pop, eating wings and playing with her teammates. Dancing to see herself on the big screen was a bonus! She was sure they would put it on TV. She was moving too much so we didn't get great pictures.

Check her out playing defense


She has no idea where the ball is but her girl was not getting it. She almost got hit in the head on the rebound.

Heath wishes he could play. They were giving away old jersey's he found this one and was so excited to wear uncle Chad's numbers when I told him that was Uncle Chad's number he corrected me and said "uh mom there are two" After Ria's practice she was telling me about a drill and Heath said "Did you get to play defense" (I guess he is defensively minded like his dad).

He has been so funny lately. Heath and I were driving home from town; he says "Mom are DEERS nocturnal?" (I don't know how to spell that). I said "I don't know usually we… He interrupts me and says "I know Santa's are but are all deers nocturnal? (He is SO Funny). Right now he is really into asking how to spell things and writing it down it is pretty funny to listen to him play mad libs with Brant "Dad give me an adjecdiv (sounds like a medical procedure). Brant answers "Red" Heath asks "how do you spell that?" "R-E-D" Heath writes it out completely illegible then tells Dad "read that sentence I wrote".

Kids are the BEST! We've had 2 snow days and they have played so good together. They have also cleaned the stove & microwave, made dinner and they have fought over setting the table (every meal). Tomorrow is a snow day too, what will I give them for entertainment? Perhaps the bathrooms although Ria has been requesting making bread! I wish they could do my homework!