Im starting to be ready for spring.. I love the warmth and the kids being able to play outside.. and especially watching the things weve planted come back to live to grow delicious fruit for us. We planted grape vines and raspberries last year that I'm excited for when they start showing life again. But.... We have so much fun in the winter playing in the snow, sledding, snowmobiling.. ok mostly snowmobiling. We went out quit a bit this year and had a blast. Every Tuesday we go snowmobiling at night up west canyon (up kinda behind Cedar Fort) and weve had a blast. Its nice, we go with my sister Krista and her husband and whoever else we can talk into going and so their daughter Kandice watches our kids and they LOVE it! almost every day they ask if were going so kandice can watch them. We get back late so she has them all in bed and everything for us. Its crazy how different it is when you dont have 2 kids on there with you. Did you know your supposed to lean when your turning.. especially in the powder? I never did that with the kids :)
Can you say CHEESE?!?!We took the kids out riding and sledding in a field by our house and krista, kole, and their kids came. They pulled each other behind the snowmobiles, we had a fire and roasted hot dogs and smores, and just hung out and played all day.
Dave with Brother!! He loves his dad (and his new sled :)
I Cant tell if Kaylee is screaming or laughing?
And the Crash :)... notice uncle Koles smile :)
Aspen warming up after the crash.
The whole crew.
They love to ride in the sled behind the snowmobiles.
What a nice sister... pulling Aspen back up. I wouldnt even do that... I made them walk back up :)
This is how much Caden likes sledding... and how comfy the new sled thing Dave made them to ride in.
This is the sweet sled/trailer thing Dave built the kids to ride behind the snowmobiles... Its AWESOME!! they love it most of the time. As you can tell its not all the way done. Just the frame work. He is going to enclose it and put seats in it and a windshield. Its so great to have such a capable husband who finds all the scrap metal for free and just decided to build something and can whoop it together in a few days!!! We sure Love him!Kimball... You will definetly need to build one of these for your kidos so they dont have to sit on your lap when your out riding... Its a lot easier :)
And one last thing, as some of you know I've kinda started getting in to family history. Well a week or so ago, I was looking for some people who needed temple work and just kept following one line (from my Grandpa Smiths line) and following it and following it... I eventually came to Noah (prophet) and I didnt really believe it, so I kept following in thru people I knew I'd heard about in the scriptures... thru Abraham, Issaac and Jacob.. etc all the way to Adam (First man) and Eve (first woman) How crazy huh? I mean, I know we all came from Adam and Eve, but It was crazy seeing my own family history line go all the way back to them!! I know... I'm a dork.Thats all for now..
Sounds like you guys are having fun. I'm ready for spring too. The kids have cabin fever big time. It's usually warmer by now here but we've had a crazy cold winter (at least by North Carolina standards) and the cold mixed with the humidity is bone chilling. We love looking at your blog. Miss you.
ReplyDeleteDarrin and I totally need to invest in a snowmobile now - Look how much fun you can have. :-) I love the picture of Aspen with the huge CHEESE grin. Your kids are the best! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your family picture. It sure looks like you are having lots of fun in the snow, especially with your new toy, the yellow bullet. That is one sweet sled that Dave made. I'm glad he is resourceful and can make things. It is one thing to collect "junk" but it is quite another to make things out of your "junk". Keep up the good work Dave.
ReplyDeleteOk, so I think you should NOT move up to Alaska. I'm afraid you would convince me that playing in the snow is fun, and I'm just not ready for that. :)
ReplyDeleteOops, I forgot to say.... How cool!!!! You can trace your line back to Adam! I didn't even know that anyone had actually done that! I was trying to make Kimball feel jealous that my family went back to the 1400's. That is cool!
ReplyDeleteI totally need a sled like that, but let's be honest, it'd probably be Bonnie riding in it and the kids still up with me! Bonnie did get out with me today to ride around for a bit, it took her about 30 seconds to deafen both of my ears haha :) That's when I told her we need to get her a sled of her own.
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