Tending, Skiing, Tending

Every week I think about what title I'm going to use for the blog.  The first thought that always goes through my mind is to title it "Busy Busy Week."  But that's boring, so I try to come up with something else.  Seriously, though, it has been a busy week.  I'm trying hard not to feel exhausted.

So, it's January.  Happy New Years, and Happy Birthday to Glenn and Christine on the 2nd, Orianthi on the 3rd (more on her birthday party later), Matt this week on the 7th, January 12th--Caitlyn (YAY she can drive!!!) and later this month--Jieun and Andy.  It's a big birthday month in our family and there will be one more to add to it when Elise's baby arrives.

This past week was fun with a ski day with the Green family.  We went up to Snow Basin on New Year's Day and used buddy passes to bring the price down a little.  We had such a good time skiing with Ollie and Gunnar.  They're pretty amazing for little guys.  Ollie especially has endurance for the cold and the hard exercise.  Also, they ski about the right speed for their grandma!

At the end of the day, Gunnar suggested it might be fun to go into Grandma and Grandpa's hot tub instead of going home.  Everyone agreed.  Grandma and grandpa kept Finn in out of the cold.  You can see that he loved the trains (almost as much as Gunnar loves them).
They had a quick bath afterwards to rinse the chlorine off and wash their hair so they'd be right ready for bed when they got home.
We had such a good time we're seriously considering season passes next year so we can join them more often.

 

Several of the other days this week I've been helping Jennie out with tending Dan's girls while Jennie goes to work.  The picture below shows their general state of dress when they come to my house.  I've seen their pajamas most days. Yuna is usually dressed, though.  The girls have been sweet and obedient and are pretty easily entertained.  Still, it's a big job as an almost 56 year-old :)

This coming year we get to study the Book of Mormon in Sunday School.  In our class yesterday, the teacher played about 10 minutes of Elder Holland's conference talk from 2009. "Safety for the Soul"  I encourage all of you to either read or listen to it.  It is powerful (as all of Elder Holland's talks are.) Elder Holland's talk on the Book of Mormon
Sunday night we celebrated Ori's birthday.  Nick had invited us and the Pederson's to his home for cake and ice cream, but Roy wanted to try out his new Traeger grill that we all gave him for Christmas.  He was cooking a lot of meat, so he wanted everyone to come over and eat.  We invited the Pedersons, too.  The brisket and chicken was delicious, the grill a success!  Here are some pictures from the evening.