This year we spent New Years at my parents house with the Mills. We played a few games, watched a movie and wondered if midnight would ever come.
Here is hoping 2010 will be a great year!
Friday, January 1, 2010
Happy New Years
This year we spent New Years at my parents house with the Mills. We played a few games, watched a movie and wondered if midnight would ever come.
Here is hoping 2010 will be a great year!
Whitney has been begging Mike to take her snowboarding while they were on holiday break. He finally gave in (begrudgingly) and took them on New Years Eve. Landon and Teegan decided they wanted to give it a try so they tracked down boards and headed to the slopes. I wish I could have gone up and taken pictures but it is a bit to cold for me :). Mike took a few pictures with his cell phone.
It looks like they had a great time. I have to admit I have never been skiing/snowboarding. I know I have lived in Utah my whole life and never been, believe me I have heard it. I am not sure why I never went? My parents weren't skiers and my two older sisters didn't really enjoy their lessons so I guess by the time it came to me they gave up.
Mike on the other hand was quit the skier in his day :). He used to be a regular hitting the resorts every weekend and when they got bored they would explore the back country. He and his friends would go up and build jumps and do flips and such. Mike even pulled a triple back flip once (he says it is on video somewhere ;)). In fact, I think the first gift I ever gave him was skis. It was our first Christmas when we were dating and I got him some skis he had been looking at. I sent him on a scavenger hunt to find them and they ended up in our bath tub.
So what happened to his passion for skiing? He married me and I converted him to a beach bum.
It looks like they had a great time. I have to admit I have never been skiing/snowboarding. I know I have lived in Utah my whole life and never been, believe me I have heard it. I am not sure why I never went? My parents weren't skiers and my two older sisters didn't really enjoy their lessons so I guess by the time it came to me they gave up.
Mike on the other hand was quit the skier in his day :). He used to be a regular hitting the resorts every weekend and when they got bored they would explore the back country. He and his friends would go up and build jumps and do flips and such. Mike even pulled a triple back flip once (he says it is on video somewhere ;)). In fact, I think the first gift I ever gave him was skis. It was our first Christmas when we were dating and I got him some skis he had been looking at. I sent him on a scavenger hunt to find them and they ended up in our bath tub.
So what happened to his passion for skiing? He married me and I converted him to a beach bum.
Grandma Susan's birthday is December 25th and she loves it. It is always hard to fit in a party with all the Christmas celebrations going on. This year she was turning 60 so we had a big party the day after Christmas.
We even got a cute picture of the entire Maxfield clan. (You got to love camera's with timers:)). It was fun to all be together.
Happy Birthday Grandma!
Mele Kalikimaka
This year Santa came to our house in shorts.
We had a great Christmas this year. The kids woke up and were so nice to let Mike and I sleep in a bit. Mike and I woke up and the house was so quiet (the kids were playing cards in Whitneys room) that we decided to sneek down and see what Santa brought. Boy were they surprised when Mike and I started screaming "Santa came!" "Look at all this stuff!" from down stairs. They came a runnin'.
We came down to find a whole bunch of presents and they were all numbered.
They took turns opening and by the time they got to present 3 we knew something crazy was going on. They each got pieces to a puzzle. When we put them together they made a picture of a beach. Then they started opening presents like beach towels, swim suits and flip flops. Whitney started thinking we were going somewhere she was just not sure where.
Then Teegan opened a coconut, Landon opened a pinapple and Whitney got a coconut bra. Could it be Hawaii? We didn't dare guess it sounded to go to be true.
When I took this picture Whit said "great, I am sure this will make the blog" :)
Their last present was another puzzle. When we got all the pieces together there was a note that said "if you have not figured it out by now, there is a present for each of you on the tree". We ran to the tree opened up our little presents and found a note inside.
It said HAWAII Jan 13-19 2010. We were so excited!
Then we opened a big box that was full of stuff for a luau party. Dad made breakfast while we got everything set up and we had a party.
Overall Christmas was great and we have so much to be thankful for. We spent the day with family. We had brunch at Grandma and Grandpa Maxfield's and then went to Gram and Pa's for dinner and more presents. The day was full but nice.
Let's just say we did not go without this year.
Mele Kalikimaka! See ya in Hawaii!
We had a great Christmas this year. The kids woke up and were so nice to let Mike and I sleep in a bit. Mike and I woke up and the house was so quiet (the kids were playing cards in Whitneys room) that we decided to sneek down and see what Santa brought. Boy were they surprised when Mike and I started screaming "Santa came!" "Look at all this stuff!" from down stairs. They came a runnin'.
We came down to find a whole bunch of presents and they were all numbered.
They took turns opening and by the time they got to present 3 we knew something crazy was going on. They each got pieces to a puzzle. When we put them together they made a picture of a beach. Then they started opening presents like beach towels, swim suits and flip flops. Whitney started thinking we were going somewhere she was just not sure where.
Then Teegan opened a coconut, Landon opened a pinapple and Whitney got a coconut bra. Could it be Hawaii? We didn't dare guess it sounded to go to be true.
When I took this picture Whit said "great, I am sure this will make the blog" :)
Their last present was another puzzle. When we got all the pieces together there was a note that said "if you have not figured it out by now, there is a present for each of you on the tree". We ran to the tree opened up our little presents and found a note inside.
It said HAWAII Jan 13-19 2010. We were so excited!
Then we opened a big box that was full of stuff for a luau party. Dad made breakfast while we got everything set up and we had a party.
Overall Christmas was great and we have so much to be thankful for. We spent the day with family. We had brunch at Grandma and Grandpa Maxfield's and then went to Gram and Pa's for dinner and more presents. The day was full but nice.
Let's just say we did not go without this year.
Mele Kalikimaka! See ya in Hawaii!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Basketball has begun. So far they have won their first 3 games. Landon is having a great time.
Whitney has been playing indoor soccer the last few months. Her team made it to the finals on Monday but they lost 3 to 2. It was a good game. I tried to take some pictures but it was to dark inside the gym.
Whitney has been playing indoor soccer the last few months. Her team made it to the finals on Monday but they lost 3 to 2. It was a good game. I tried to take some pictures but it was to dark inside the gym.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Visit with Santa
The kids had a fun visit with Santa at our ward Christmas party. Teegan said it had to be the real Santa because his beard was real.
Landon with some of his friends from church.
Landon with some of his friends from church.
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