My New Favorite Quote

From Kung Fu Panda...
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery,
Today is a Gift that is why they call it the Present!

Hopefully I can treat each day as a gift this year!

Snowboarding at Sundance

Chad took Kyle snowboarding the Tuesday after Christmas. Chad rented a snowboard for the first time (he usually prefers skiing). Kyle did great and Chad didn't do too bad himself. They went with the Moore's and three of their kids including their darling little 5 year old daughter. They all had a great time. Kyle can't wait to go again. We are going to have to look into a seasson pass for next year!

Chad and Kyle
Kyle heading down the hill
Chad, Kyle and Jaxon on the lift
Moore Family
Little Bryton!

Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful Christmas! On Christmas Eve we had all of my siblings and my mom over. We had Santa come and we ate a yummy homemade cafe rio dinner! On Christmas day we went over to Chad's parents had brunch, and opened presents. We came home to relax and then went back to Chad's parents for a yummy Christmas dinner. It was a very nice relaxing day. The boys were all really excited this year! We had a lot of fun!
Our family with our favorite Santa

Santa even filled Maggie's stocking!

Spencer with his big wheel


Landon with his ramp and skateboard


Jared checking out his stocking contents! He got bakugan balls and roller blades, but we didn't get a picture of that for some reason!

Kyle on his snowboard!


All of the Slocum Grandkids with Great Grandma Parisotto

Our Break From School

We had a lot of fun during our Christmas break from school. We went to a couple of dance recitals. We had birthday celebrations. We went sledding several times and went to classic roller skating. We loved the break and spending quality time with each other!

Spencer sledding
Kyle sledding
Grandma and Cloe at Tera's birthday breakfast
Landon and I went on a date to Joslyn's dance recital. He loved it and now wants to be a break dancer!

Kids are so funny...

Warning...this may embarrass some men...

I was just sitting here at the computer and Spencer was in my bathroom. He yelled, "mom, can I use one of your bandaids." I yelled back, "sure". So, he came in with my back toward him and asked me to help him. I turned around and he had one of my panty liner pads on his finger ready to put on! Hee Hee! Where did he get that from?

More Thanksgiving Photos!

This is Avram at Calvin and Cathryn's house. The girls wouldn't let the boys play unless they put on dress up stuff...makeup etc. I think Avram escaped from getting any makeup on!
My handsome brother Adam
My handsome brother Calvin
Lisa and Briggs decorating gingerbread houses

Kyle's class had a special Thanksgiving dinner at school. His teacher and a second grade teacher made them the whole meal from scratch. Jared's best friend was there!

This is long over due...

Here are some pictures from our various Thanksgiving get togethers. We had a great Thanksgiving this year. We were able see all of our families and extended families. It was a lot of fun! I have to give a big shout out to Calvin and Cathryn. They hosted Thanksgiving with Momma J and Ron this year and did a great job. Their house is so beautiful and I was so impressed they had a place for everyone to sit and eat. How am I gonna live up to that? JK I have so much to be thankful for...most of all family! We love you all and hope you know how much you mean to us!

We had a lot of fun decorating gingerbread houses at our Prestwich Family Party
My Grandma Prestwich and My Dad!

Kyle with his house
Chad and Annika! I tried and tried to get a picture of her. She is so darling, but doesn't like her picture taken
Joslyn and Landon dancing together!
Dinner at Chad's parents. There was a huge crowd there! It was so fun!
Grandma Julie always lets the kids have fancy wine glasses on Thanksgiving and Christmas! They love the sparling pear juice!