Sledding at Bilka's cabin

We were invited to go sledding at "Grandpa Brad's" cabin, it has a great hill.  We had a lot of fun.

V-day

We didn't take too many pictures, but Ty was so cute.  He had about 5 cherry balls in his mouth.  YUM

Anna's 12th bday

Anna finally made it to 12.  Now she can get her ears pierced, ride in the front seat, and go to Young Womens.  She made owl cupcakes for her cake this year and took them to YW's to share with the girls.

Bismarck and Minot

We drove to Bismarck for the sealing of a family in our ward, then we went up to Minot to visit our cousins, the Elwiss'

Long drive home

Clara's 4th bday

Clara turned four, she is so big.  She loved all her presents.

New's Years Eve

We made it safely back from Utah, although we are now taking turns being sick.  We played all our new games from Christmas for New Years Eve, but we had to stay home because Lex was sick.

Ty loves to read.

Christmas Vacation

We did a Dora inspired scavenger hunt and Lex's work to surprise the kids with a trip Utah for Christmas.

Baby Briggs, and Ty

Cousin party with the Johnson's

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Vacations are hard work

Minute to Win It , Santa dress up game

Ty loves horses

Christmas Eve Nativity with McCormick cousins, Ty already knew to be reverent.  What a smart boy.

Christmas PJ's

Christmas Morning, Santa made it to Utah with our stuff, all except Lex's bike

Grandma Bev's carmel corn

We sure do miss the Mexican food from Utah, but we made up for it.

We had so much fun on our trip.  It was exhausting, but we were so grateful that we could go and see our family.  We miss seeing them so often and are blessed to have their support.

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