Walking the Boardwalk at Coeur d"Alene

It was cold but not as cold and windy as last year. The boardwalk was snowy and icy though. It is a fun thing to do if you are dressed for the weather. They have added a skating rink out in the front by the parking lot. Those people really looked cold to me. The lights were pretty and the dessert inside was actually the best part of all. Next year I'd like to take the boat ride across the lake to see the lights on the other side and Santa.

NO HAT PLEASE

This little Davis didn't want to go to bed and he didn't want to wear a hat. Totally not a New Years Eve partier. I tried though.

DAD'S NEW YEAR'S EVE HAT

We had fondue for dinner on New Year's Eve and later Dad made scones for all of us. We each got some poppers which had a paper hat and toy in for N.Y. celebrating.

RELAXING AT CORY'S PLACE

This is the night we went for a chili dinner at Cory and Beka's. It was really nice just to sit and relax and visit while the kids played games at the table.

FUN IN THE SNOW

This is Avery shoveling a path in the snow. Andy, do you recognize that hat???I think you wore it when you were about his age. I was watching the boys while Erin made a run to Costco and we decided to go play in the snow before it got too dark outside. Av just had to wear that hat and the scarf and two pairs of my stretchy gloves to stay warm - he thought. Bodee wheeling his wheels thru the snow drifts. Bodee kept taking his gloves off and I kept putting them back on. Oh, my gosh, I'm getting too old for this kind of actvity, but it was still fun.

PUTTING THE KITS TOGETHER

We are working hard but having fun assembling the hygeine kits. Ben is rolling a towel really, really tight so everything fits snugly in the ziploc bag.

ASSEMBLING HYGEINE KITS

This was our family project during the Christmas family party this year. We layed out all of the items to go into the kits and the littlest of boys took a bag and went down the line for each of us to insert an item into the bag. It went really fast and we could have done twice as many if we could have afforded more items. We did 24 kits and it was such a good feeling to just do that many. I brought the bags home and packed them into boxes and labeled them with our family name and ward and stake and took them to the Bishop's Storehouse. They, in turn, transport them to the warehouse in Hermiston and from there they go to the Humanitarian Center in Salt Lake.

Playing at Mindy's

This was our lunch date at Mindy's. Avery came with his whole cowboy outfit on, even spurs. He is riding Davis' new horse and it makes a noise just like a horse. Course, Bodee is reading up on Thomas Train's newest adventure and he's very serious about it.

COOKIN' MAMAS

Kris and I tried out her new ice cream sandwich maker. They were yummy brownie sandwiches and we are still eating the left overs. Thanks Kris.

LOVE THAT NOSE

Our Humble Abode

Christmas Activities and dinners - 2007

Erin is not sure about this but Bodee is dang sure that this stuff is good.

Logan just being a good baby. It looks like this was probably "after" dinner.

Kris and Ben working on a word puzzle book at Erin's.

Davis having a fun time playing with Avery's toys.

The train table in the background is the present Avery and Bodee received from Santa. Pretty neat train setup.

CHRISTMAS 2007

Avery and I were playing Lazer Tag.

This was the dessert that I brought. It's a piece of chocolate cake, with real whipping cream that had candy cane pieces in it and choco. topping

drizzled on top and a small candy cane for decoration. It was very yummy and Christmasy looking.

The chef with the red hat is Jeremy and he is fixing up a plate of dinner for Bodee.

Just hanging out at Erin's waiting for dinner to be served.

We had dinner At Erin's and this is Avery trying on each of his

costumes. I think this one is the Power Ranger one. There is a whole box full that he just loves to wear and pretend with.