SNOW DAY!??!

So, I find it just slightly amusing-- the school district cancelled school today because of snow last night- there isn't a thing on the ground in our neck of the woods and the sun is shining!! :) Last night though, it was REALLY coming down in some parts of the city- It's just that when you have lived in "REAL SNOW" this just doesn't seem like anything to cancel school over... HOWEVER- my kids are certainly NOT complaining! They were running around the house so giddy last night when we found out! It was way cute! I am sure they will remember this for years to come. I had to laugh as well when I was out shopping today every park I passed had NO snow on the ground, but about 100 snowmen!  All the snow had been rolled up into snowmen promptly as soon as the snow hit the ground!  TOO FUNNY!!!  It's cute! Right now Matt has taken the girls out on a search for a park with snow so they can go and play in it!!!! SUPER FUN! I have to admit that after almost 6 years here, I was pretty dang excited to see snow too!!! YEA!!! IT"S CHRISTMASTIME!!!

WEEK in REVIEW...

Its SNOWING in Las Vegas!  As one of my relatives said, "h___ really IS freezing over!! Ha ha... -- So on the way to take the kids to school this morning, I saw at least 3 people outside with their cameras taking pictures of the snow- yes, it is that rare of an occasion here! SO I decided to join in and document the occasion!  It's a rare thing that we pull out the "Utah" coats of yesteryear--We are soooo excited to see some snow!! We miss it around Christmastime, but other than that- we are fine living without it!  Especially driving in it!  That's another funny thing seeing the "Vegans" try to drive in the snow!  Anyway- now it finally feels like Christmas here!  YEA!!  

In other news:  RIch and Heidi welcomed Baby Natalie to Las Vegas last week!  YEA!!  She is so cute!  We have been to see her twice and she is just beautiful!  We are so excited to have a "girl" cousin in the ranks here in Viva!  Spence and Sammy came and played on Saturday and the girls had a great time with them!  They are so cute and so excited about their new sister "Madalie"  :)

Another update:  Matt went to the orthopedic surgeon last week to get the low down on his knee... it's a torn medial meniscus and YES, he will have to have surgery.  We are shooting for sometime in January- poor Matt!  It's been a bummer for him his senior year to be missing out on the sports, but we are hoping that if things go well, he can still run track!   So keep your fingers crossed for him!

I am recovering pretty well and feel about at 90% full capacity these days!~ YEA!!! It's great to be healthy again!  I have learned so much the past few months about patience and appreciation for the simple things in life!!  I have gained some new insight into "opposition in all things"  ~ It really is amazing how much I appreciate being able to be healthy!!  Thank you so much to everyone who helped me during this time- family members, friends, ward members and most of all DAVE- he has been awesome to put up with me and take care of me when I really needed it!  I LOVE YOU DAVEY!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS YA'ALL!!!  :)

KATIE'S CHRISTMAS CHOIR CONCERT AND LINDSEY'S FIRST ORCHESTRA CONCERT!!

Katie had her 5th grade choir concert last night- it was spectacular!  She had a speaking part and did so well!  We were very proud of her.  She has been working so hard-- going early to school to practice almost every day for the last two weeks and once a week before that.  She looked so cute and did a wonderful job! It was a really cute program.Lindsey had her first orchestra concert and it was awesome!  She is really enjoying the violin and we are proud of her for all of her practicing and hard work.  Her Grandma (who is an expert) says she has "the touch" and is a natural at it- go Linds!  So we have been having fun with all the December stuff- but WHOA~ is this month busy!  We are looking forward to the Christmas break! 

p.s. We welcome a new cousin today!  A new VEGAS cousin!  Congratulations Rich & Heidi!  We can hardly wait to get to the hospital and see her!! YEA!!! :)

GIRLS REVERSE and LINDSEY's birthday party

Today was "Girls Reverse" at Matt's school.  He went with Taylor Jensen.  They picked the boys up early in the a.m., had them wear the matching pajama pants they had made for them, then made them a great breakfast, decorated ginger bread houses, watched Elf and got stockings full of goodies... then they brought them home for a few hours and then picked them up again at 3:30.  This is when we got this dashing shot of the couple! :)  We will find out the rest when Matt arrives home later... I am sure it is going to be AWESOME!! :)

LINDSEY had her 12th birthday party tonight! WOW! Hard to believe she is going in YW! My little girl is growing up! She had fun birthday party~ thanks to her nice friends!!

 We had a pasta bar, salad and bread for dinner, the traditional B-day cake and ice cream and then LOTS of fun games...like a fruit roll-up eating contest, pass the life saver on a toothpick, balloon popping/musical chairs game, do you love your neighbor, a cotton ball/spoon game and Oh! so much more! (ha ha) It was fun and she has some really sweet cute friends who came and wished her a happy birthday!  We love Lindsey!  She is such a great girl!  She adds so much to our family.  She truly is the "peacemaker" in our family.  She is very helpful and always makes sure that everyone is happy. She is growing up right before our eyes into such a beautiful YW!! :)  We love her and are so proud of all that she is becoming!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY Monday LINDSEY!! We love you SO much!!

GOOD JOB Lindsey and Matt!

This week Lindsey was "student of the month" at school.  She was nominated by one of her teachers for being an outstanding student and was given a bunch of "freebie" stuff, a certificate and a special breakfast!  Lindsey is doing so well in Jr. High and had a perfect report card for the first semester!  We are so proud of her. She is a very diligent student! :)  Matt had his cross country banquet last night and even though he was out for most of the season with an injury he still lettered!  YEA!  Way to go Matt!  He loves all the kids on the team and had a great experience in his HS years running cross country!  This week he is doing varsity quiz competition. He is having a lot of fun with that too!  His senior year has been really great so far!  Good job you two!