Monday, December 21, 2015

Oops!

Bailey got in a little accident on the way home from school. It was snowy, and she was coming up to the round-a-bout. She wasn't going very fast, but she hit a patch of ice, and couldn't stop. She hit the truck in front of her. You can see right where the ball of the hitch went into her car. Her poor car! ;( No one got hurt, and the damage wasn't really bad to either vehicle, but it shook her up pretty good. She's an anxiety ridden, stress case anyways, so now she's afraid to drive. The few times she's driven since that, are only because we've made her. Right as the police officer was pulling up, another car did the exact same thing in the same spot. There were little accidents all over the place that afternoon and into the night. We tried to explain to her that she's a good driver, and sometimes those things just happen. She had a car full of kids, and that's what scared her. Her mind is playing the 'what if' game. What if she would have caused people to get hurt? Hopefully she'll bounce back fast. She actually held it together really good, until we dropped the last of her friends off, and then she broke down crying. I think she just needed to let it all out. Even when she was crying she tried to look on the bright side. She said that Heavenly Father knew exactly what she needed, and she started listing all the blessings she noticed. She said the guys in the truck that she hit were super nice, the police officer was super nice, she had Mason with her, and he kept her calm and helped her a ton, no one got hurt, etc. She fell off a horse once and got hurt, and I thought she'd never want to ride again. Instead, she decided to take riding lessons. Now she can jump horses, and she's an awesome rider. Maybe the same thing will happen, and she'll turn into a race car driver. :) We'll just keep making her drive, and she'll relax back into the swing of things eventually. 

Her poor little car!

Walking In A Winter Wonderland!

We finally had enough snow to go snowshoeing! We went to Harriman State Park, and it was a perfect day! The park looked like a winter wonderland! So beautiful!

Sawyer fell over backwards while I was taking pictures, and Bailey died laughing!
It was Sawyer and Mason's first time snow shoeing, and we couldn't have had a more beautiful day!

This is what the whole park looked like! The trees looked awesome!
They look pretty sweet, but they actually pushed each other down the whole time! :)
This was the spot where we saw all the trumpet swans.
Hahahaha! Don't mind my attention starved kids! It's a whole production just to be able to get a few good pictures when Sawyer and Bailey are together! 
Mason's snow angel! 
She's a cute little snow angel!
This is Bailey's angel.
Sawyer's snow angel! 


I handed Bailey my phone a couple times to take a group picture, and I ended up with about 10 pictures like this on it. She's a dork!

It was snowing!
We want to try snowshoeing to upper Palisades Lake next! 

Creed!

We are a Rocky loving family! We have a Rocky marathon at least once a year. We watched them all over Thanksgiving break so we would be ready for Creed! We were so excited! The movie was awesome!

I love my cute Rocky twins! :)
I'm not really sure what's going on in this picture, but I kinda love it!

Holiday Fun!

Decorating The Tree
The kids loved their 2015 ornaments! Sawyer wasn't with us to decorate, but he came down the following weekend and put his on the tree.

Bailey's ornament!
The front.
The back.

Sawyer's ornament!
We think we're pretty funny!
Reindeer & Santa
Bailey and some of the runners brought food for the food bank and were able to visit Santa and his reindeer!


Poor Santa!
Festival of Lights
We decided at the last minute one night to go to the Festival of Lights at Freeman Park. It was pretty cute! The whole park was lit up, they had horse drawn wagon rides, and Santa was there. We got there late, so the horses were already put away, but it was still fun!

This was Mason and Bailey's 3rd time sitting with Santa this season!



Thanksgiving Point
We took a day trip down to Utah to see the lights. Our fist stop was Thanksgiving Point. We saw the reindeer, and then took a wagon ride through the lights.

These little guys were so cute!

Bailey and her new friend Sven!


Wagon ride!
Temple Square
After Thanksgiving Point, we headed up to Temple Square. It looks so awesome at Christmas time! The whole place is beautiful! There is nothing quite like it to get you in the holiday spirit!





This was my favorite picture of the night!


David Archuleta Christmas Concert
Mark got us tickets to the David Archuleta Christmas concert! His voice is AMAZING, and we love his Christmas music! We brought Hannah and this was her very first concert! So fun!

These two were pretty excited! 
5th row!



Decorating Cookies
Bailey had a few of the runners over to decorate Christmas cookies! Let's just say that they are way better at running then they are at decorating. They sure are entertaining though!

Bailey, Jakob, Mason, Gabby, Alex, and Lexi

These are the ones I did! :)
Spirit Week
Bonneville had a Christmas Spirit Week. They had pajama day, white out, flannel, twin day, and ugly Christmas sweater day. 

Bailey and Madi wore their Moster pjs.
PJ Day! 
Twin Day!
Ugly Christmas Sweater Day! This thing is hideous, but she loves it!