Fun Busy Week

Today Micah had the day off of work, but Ethan and Emma had to go to school. When they came home we decided we wanted to do something fun as a family so we took them to the zoo. Overall, we had a really fun time seeing the animals and zoo lights.

Here are Ethan, Emma, and Eliza in front of the Cougars!

Ethan's favorite part was riding the train!

Emma enjoyed watching the giraffes!


The first time we walked by the elephants they weren't in site. Ethan and Emma were excited to finally see the elephant!

Emma had fun riding the Rhino!

Ethan and Eliza took a turn on the elephant trunk.

Micah and his nephew share the same birthday. This past Sunday we celebrated at his sister Natalie's house with a yummy dinner and fruit pizzas and homemade ice cream for dessert.

Over the weekend Micah and Ethan went camping and Christmas tree cutting. Here's Ethan in front of the campfire.

After the Christmas trees were cut Micah went shooting.

Later that night we had Micah's parents, brother Alan, and our friends the Hovey's and the Heumann's over for a BYU-Utah Football Party. All I can say is that the food was really yummy!

Denver

Last week Micah and I decided at the last minute it would be fun to drive to Denver to attend the BYU vs Air Force football game and visit our family who live there. (My sister Ann has lived in Denver for over ten years, my sister Mary moved there two years ago with her husband John and they have two children Spencer and Molly, and my brother Will has lived there four years and has been married to his wife Alisha for two years who is from Denver.) My dad surprised us all by wanting to come with us. So Friday we all loaded up in the van and made the eight hour trek through Wyoming to get to Denver. Overall, it was a really fun trip and we are glad that we went.

Saturday we all headed to Colorado Springs to watch the BYU vs Air Force football game. Below is Molly, Mary, Ethan, Micah, Eliza, Lora, Emma, and my dad.

Here is my sister Ann holding Emma and I'm holding Eliza. This was the first football game that all three of our children went to together. It was nice to have some extra help with the children.

Here is Spencer and Ethan bundled up at the game.

After the football game we went to Qdoba a Mexican restaurant for dinner. We ordered some nachos for the kids and they had a blast eating together. My brother Will and his wife Alisha are sitting at the table next to the kids.

Here are the kids eating Sunday dinner at Mary and John's.

After dinner we went to Will and Alisha's new house for the grand tour. Emma and Spencer had fun dancing around to the Wizard of OZ while Ethan reenacted some of the plays from the BYU football game the day before.

The weather was beautiful on Monday so we decided to let the kids play together one last time in Mary and John's backyard before we headed back to Utah.