Dr. Suess Winner...

The kids school had a Dr. Seuss drawing contest to honor the late Dr and Ashlynn got Honorable Mention for her grade...YAY!!  She was SO excited to be a part of all the winners throughout the school.  She won tickets to the Classic Fun center and food at Chick-fil-A. 

Here are all the winning drawings.

Here is Ashlynn's drawing.  It is from the movie "The Lorax". The drawing is from the scene where the little bears in the forest are entertained with all the marsh mellows floating around and eat all of them until they drop to the ground.  Too Funny!

Can you tell she is SUPER excited about her creation! 
I just love her creative mind!

Jr. Jazz night at the Jazz Game

Carter's team were given tickets by the league to a Jazz Game.  The Utah Jazz played the Charlotte Bobcats.  The Jazz pretty much "creamed" them.  The score was 98-68! There was still excitement in the arena from some awesome plays by the Jazz.

Cute Ashlynn...

The boys were being so silly and loud during the game.  They each got a free hot dog and small drink with their ticket, but of course they wanted other treats too.

The Jazz crew were randomly picking sections throughout the game and handing out prizes.  They picked our section and Carter was leaping over people to get to them.  He was SO EXCITED to get this Jazz Bear poster.  He now has it framed in his room.  What a fun way to remember a fun night with his Basketball team.   

Basketball Season is here

Carter has started basketball and is really enjoying it. The season runs until the end of March.
His team is really good!  They have won the first 5 games so far by more than 15 points each game.  (In Carter's words "We have creamed every team").

Carter plays point guard and has improved his skills from last year.  He is more confident with the ball this year.  He has made some great shots.

He looks forward to practice and games each week.  Carter even fills in down time at home shooting hoops outside regardless of the weather.  I love his dedication!

Cute Ashlynn trying to pass the time at all the games.  She doesn't like going but can always find someone to hang out with or find something to entertain her during the game.

Ashlynn's Class Snow Party

Ashlynn's class had a snow party a few weeks ago.  They had spray bottles with food coloring mixed with water.  They all had a great time making their sculptures and painting them!
 

Ashlynn and Emily with their colorful snow bunny.

 

Ashlynn's class right before they headed into class for some yummy hot chocolate.

Valentines

Happy HEART Day!

 

 

These were the kids fun Valentine's Gifts...A Monster and Butterfly Hooded Towels!

Ashlynn was pretending she was in a cacoon.

Personalization was an added bonus.

 

 The day before Valentines the kids had a school party at the skating rink.  They each had to earn points so they could come.  The fun part was that the kids could bring along their scooters.  All the kids had a blast with the fun music, races and games on their wheels. 

Carter on his roller blades.  His poor feet were so sore because they were slightly too small for him now. They fit just fine this past summer... I just can't keep up with his growing feet.  

Dalton Hill

Our good friends the Dalton's invited us over for some serious fun sledding.  We couldn't pass up the opportunity to enjoy all this fluffy white snow that is all around us.  The weather was beautiful...the sun was out and nothing but blue skies.  It was a perfect afternoon activity!  This hill was the perfect size with lots of jumps to make it exciting for the boys and softer tracks for the nervous ones.  Ashlynn liked playing with the Dalton's cat Guss too.  Thanks Dalton's for the fun Time!

Snow..Snow and more Snow..

We were hit with a few more snow storms that left us with more of this white stuff.  We still had snow left over from last month's snow storms.  Our piles around our house are getting so big that our driveway is starting to lift up from all the heavy snow on the edges.  The kids have enjoyed building things in the snow each day after school.  We have had some bad air quality and too cold of weather for the kids to still not have any outdoor recess at school, so when they get home they are ready to play outside in their winter gear.