Christmas 2010

As you can see, I am a little behind on the blog (ok, so a lot behind)  but I am attempting to catch up!

Christmas just seemed extra special to me this year; not because of any presents or fun activities or even the fact it was a white Christmas here in Dixie (definitely not that!).  Just having all my children together, under the same roof, for three weeks was the only Christmas present I needed. We just enjoyed spending time together and doing simple things like hiking in the rain, watching a live nativity, hot tubbing, doing legos together, driving to Las Vegas on Christmas Eve and eating dinner at the most amazing buffet ever!  I love my family!

        A soccer ball for Mac - try not to lose this one!

      Cooper loved his new bone.

          Kaylyn was more than giddy over her HP snuggie!

       I think McKenna liked her gift from Aleah :)

A new purse for Lexi 

A Plumb Christmas tradition - an ornament for each kid that depicts something from that year.

I surprised Dad with a book of his mission pictures. 

Snow in St. George

December 2010: We're told it doesn't happen very often but we've seen it both winters we've lived here now.  The rain sooned turned to snow and then it turned cold so it stuck around for a week or so.  It wasn't so bad, knowing that it wouldn't last long, but still it's strange to see snow on palm trees and topiary plants.

Bone Wash Hike

December 21:  Because it had been raining for almost two weeks, I knew that water would be running in the washes and I knew just the place I wanted to take the family!  Last summer, Cooper and I had discovered Bone Wash.  We had hiked all the way to the end of it (it was dry at this time) and ran straight into a 40-ft. rock wall.  I knew that with any decent amount of rain, this would be a spectacular waterfall. 

So we donned our rain gear, or black garbage bag in McKenna's case, and headed out.  (Unfortunately, Lexi had to work - we missed her.)  Even in December, the rain is very refreshing in the desert and it was a very pleasant day.  And we weren't disappointed at what we found at the end of the trail!

Kaylyn Comes Home for Christmas

It's been 5 months since we've seen Kaylyn so we are all sooooo excited for her to come home for Christmas!  McKenna and Aleah are anxiously awaiting the arrival of her flight at the airport.  We get to have her all to ourselves for 3 weeks!  Yay!

                                                                   She made it!!!

Halloween 2010

Our first Halloween in St. George was great!  Halloween fell on Sunday this year but that was no problem for Utahns...they just moved the whole holiday to Saturday instead.  It was just a given that trick-or-treating and any other parties would take place on Saturday night.  This was a totally new concept to us - that would've never happened in Spokane.  Also, we didn't have to freeze while going door to door either.  The weather was super pleasant and the girls had a fun day.