Thomas the Train

Every year, Thomas the Train comes to our town. This year we decided to take Ridge and his cousin Beck. It is totally commercialized, total hype. But the boys didn't care. They wanted to see Thomas, take the three minute train ride, buy a toy ten times the original price and buy cotton candy. I'm sure glad we did!

trip to the ZOO

We took a trip to the Zoo a couple weeks ago with some of Willies family. They have a new dinosaur exhibit. The weather was just about perfect.

Cousin Sierra helping with the new Utahceratops

Ridge enjoying the show

Train ride.
Mom and Ridge with a dinosaur. Ridge was pretty freaked out by him, but you wouldn't know it by that smile!

Sacoya And Cousin TJ being eaten by a lion :)

Sacoya and Canyon with the Elephants.

SCARY!

Ok, well not that scary.

Riding the animals.

To much fun.

Grandpa.

Grandma.

It was a fun day, Aspen was there too, not sure why she was left out of the pictures, o and of course Willie, he was behind the camera. Surprise :)

We opened a cute little shop.....

I know it's been forever since I posted, but it seems I run around crazy lately trying to balance home, family and and my growing little jewelry business. And now I'm happy to announce that Willie and I have opened a little shop. So cute, a little crazy I know. I'm not super excited about the going to work part of it. I haven't worked in like 14 years. We didn't have a single customer last night. But we haven't done any advertising yet and it was only our second day. We will have a grand opening in May. Hopefully it picks up enough this summer, we can hire some help and I won't have to be there always :)

This is the front! We need flowers, I know, but technically it's still winter here! I mean we've had snow 3 mornings this week! Snake Creek Grill is just to the right of us. They are a pretty established restaurant, and get a lot of Park City/Deer Valley tourist. So that's a big plus.


Inside shot of my jewelry.



Inside shot of Willies photos!

So make a trip up to Heber and come see us! We are open Wednesday-Saturday nights.

Who is ST Patrick?

My 4th child Ridge is killing me. Seriously the things that come out of his mouth sometimes leave me laughing in the floor. Today he wanted to go see St. Patrick. No matter what I did to try to explain what this holiday was about he insisted on seeing "Patrick" I finally told him to go ask his dad. Well his dad explained that St Patrick died a long time ago and that we couldn't go see him. When he returned upstairs he then he asked me "Is Sponge Bob dead too?" Gotta love that kid..........

Duct tape

Did you know they have colored duct tape! Yes, lots of it. And it's not for taping things together or repairing stuff. It's for fashion apparently.

Aspen has been making all kinds of things with it for months. Wallets, bracelets, hair bows, rings, shoes, and now skirts. I'm thinking I don't have to buy her anything but duct tape for clothing now. Only I'm not really sure it is saving me money. It actually might be more expensive. But hey, it's all about creativity right?


Off to school to show off her new skirt. She can't sit down in it, so I'm sure it will be an entertaining day! I'm sure her teachers loves me!

SAD

I think I have this, every year about Mid January I start feeling so not like myself. I can't seem to kick that feeling of despair. I'm always so anxious for the trees to start blooming. It's overwhelming.

Seasonal affective disorder (also called SAD) is a type of depression that occurs at the same time every year. If you're like most people with seasonal affective disorder, your symptoms start in the fall and may continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody.

Symptoms usually build up gradually in the late autumn and winter months.

Afternoon slumps with decreased energy and concentration
Increased appetite with weight gain
Increased sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness
Lack of energy and loss of interest in work or other activities
Slow, sluggish, lethargic movement
Social withdrawal
Unhappiness and irritability

I have all of these. Wondering how common it is. I feel like I could sweep this under the rug and pretend I'm fine. I usually do. But knowledge is power right? Next year I can be prepared to ask my doctor for help to see if I can skip this crappy mood.

Mother Nature won't you please bring spring early this year.

Not so happy skiier

This outdoor kid somehow really hasn't enjoyed skiing. Last year he wouldn't even stand up, just kept putting his legs limp. This year he was so excited to go, then after the first run he was ready to go home. Silly boy. We asked him if he wanted to ski again? He ran and hid. Maybe he is a bit more like his mommy. Sorry daddy......



Not so happy little skier. At least he looks adorable.

Happy Birthday Baby

Happy Birthday to our baby, who really is not a baby anymore. Big 4. It's hard to believe. We love you and are so happy you bring the wild, the sweet, the crazy, the laughs to our family..... You are amazingly animated and interested in the "big" things. I guess thats what happens when you have older siblings who teach you everything you know.

Happy Anniversary

Sixteen years ago today, we started this journey. A journey to forever. It hasn't been easy, we've struggled, but has all been worth it. We have a beautiful family and most of all we still have each other. Love you.

Hope

This is a painting of the Saviour in a local church building that burned to the ground. Literally. It gives me hope and peace. It's a reminder to me that amongst the chaos and challenges of life, there is a Saviour who is there for us, if we will but follow him.

A classic

Love this photo. We all have one like this of ourselves. Poor baby :)

This is my sister-in-laws new shop, check it out. Such cute things.
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