Joanne was very proud of this coat rack that she made for Aunt Kathy. Joanne is very creative.
Once the girls were out of school for the break, we took them skiing at Bogus Basin. This is the first time any of the three of them had ever been skiing.
Here are Madeline and Emily working the magic carpet run.
For Christmas Eve, we all got together at Aunt Kathy's house. Joanne made her cousin Emily a Star Wars pillow case.
That night, Santa came to our house. You can see the mantle I've been working on in this picture, and we hung our stockings on it with care. We are very blessed.
On Christmas morning, I was too excited so I woke the kids up. Actually, they were awake and afraid to to come wake us up too early.
Madeline working on opening presents.
Thank you to everyone who sent card, gifts and other Christmas wishes.
Joanne's laptop was near death, so we got her a new one with a snap-off tablet screen. It's pretty awesome, and it was a good surprise for her.
That afternoon, we loaded up the car and drove to Orem for Christmas dinner. There were more presents waiting for us there. Here are the girls with Uncle Colby.
The next morning we drove the rest of the way to St. George. More presents awaited, as well as awesome cousins to play with.
Aunt Angie (North, not Atkinson), made minion hats and goggles for the girls. They wore these skiing and received numerous compliments on their awesomeness.
We also surprised my dad. The boys got together and organized a trip to San Francisco to see BYU in the Fight Hunger Bowl. As you can see, he was a little surprised. He kept saying, "Are you kiddin me?"
We weren't kidding though. On Friday morning, we caught a flight to San Francisco, ate Thai food, then went to AT&T park for the game.
Despite the beat-down Washington put on BYU, we were all still smiling at the end of the game.
Sunday was my cousin Konrad's birthday. We got him an awesome Marvel comics shirt.
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