It snowed [again] and the neighborhood came out to play! Geoff Granum brought out the “Rhino!”
Below, Geoff, Chase, and Myla Geoff pulling Kiana [literally.]Boston & MylaDusty & KJ on the Rhodes 4-wheeler, pulling Alli, Boston, and Myla. Myla kept flying off the end of this sled when Dusty went over jumps. I think she was trying to fly off…
KJ loved the Granum’s snowball maker, I have never seen one of these – it was awesome! Shannon brought out syrup and the kids were making snow cones!me, Shannon [Hayes], Caryn, & DaphneWhen everyone was done sledding and frozen,

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sundance

December 29, 2007

Family ski day –
Here’s the itinerary:
8am – wake everyone up for 10am departure
8:15am – cook breakfast
8:30 – try to wake everyone up AGAIN.
8:45-9am – start threatening everyone to wake up and EAT. We gotta go!
{note – everyone has been skiing but MOM this season and MOM is definitely the most excited this AM}
9:30 – Dusty finally remembers we’re going skiing, and breakfast is made.
10am – ORIGINAL time of departure, Kiana JUST got in the shower to look nice for skiing
10:15 – Hummer is being packed, ski clothes are starting to overtake the mudroom.
10:30 – everyone finally starts to participate in the “getting-ready”

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snow angels…

December 28, 2007

I thought it would be fun for the kids to swim in the winter…

so…Dusty & Danny started shoveling, sweeping, breaking ice, shoveling, sweeping, breaking ice, shoveling, sweeping, and once again shoveling snow OFF the pool yesterday. They then had to unfreeze a hose by running hot water through it for about an hour, work some magic to get the pump/heater running and then 24+ hours later the pool heated from a cold 49 degrees to a very toasty 99 degrees.

The results~MylaKianaEliEthanEthan~Jonah~Eli~KianaMylaSela~KJ

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soldier hollow

December 28, 2007

This is going to be a BIG post, I have lots of pictures and I know we didn’t have many cameras there today…including mine. My pictures are from Janette Duckworth & Shannon Taylor’s cameras, thank you! I know that many people/families plan on copying these.

As far as the tubing goes, it was a blast and a beautiful day! Thank you to everyone who went – we love you all!

Jane
Dusty~KJ~Jane
KJ
KJ in hiding ~ Dusty
Caryn ~ she’s on her blackberry… 🙂
Dusty~Jane~KJ
Victoria~Elizabeth~Michael~Brett Duckworth
Shannon~Susan~Caryn~Jane
Joe &

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