Anual Weekend Before Christmas Saint George, UT Visit

Over the weekend we visited Grandma and Grandpa Vincent in Saint George, Utah.  We stayed the first night in Flagstaff, Arizona.  The kids loved the snow (even though it was the hard kind) but for Joey and me, it helped reaffirm our stance on never living anywhere that frequently gets below 50 degrees during the day.

Christmas program/talent show.  I didn't get pictures, but Luke passed out a maze that he did, Isabel played Row Row Row your Boat on the guitar and Sylvia danced around in a dress up.

Here is Joey reading The Cremation of Sam McGee.  (Take a good look now before Joey makes me take this picture off.)

Warning: The rest of these pictures are for grandparents of course.

Sylvia in her fancy Christmas dress.  Oh and by the way, don't call her gorgeous, according to her, she is NOT gorgeous, she is pretty, cute or beautiful.

Hazel in her fancy new Christmas dress.  GROW SOME HAIR KID!

Isabel in her fancy new Christmas dress.

Luke with some boring boy clothes on enduring another picture.

Bicycle Trails

In Tucson people are always riding bicycles or outside with their dog...weird.  This morning I took the kids on one of the many bike trails around here.

The girls.

Don't let the snow hat deceive you, we went out early in the morning, later that day it was in the 70's.

Played at a playground afterward.

I am SO proud of myself.  I looked on youtube today for a "how to" and learned how to french braid hair!!!  Not too bad for my first time (and considering Hazel was attacking us with the hair brush for most of the time.)

Last weekend I bought a twin bed for Luke that I found on Craig's List for $20.  I told him he could paint it however he wanted.  Yesterday we went to Home Depot and Luke learned how to pick out a color and order it from the paint counter.  Today we all helped him sand the bed and wipe it clean.  He keeps asking if he can please paint it all by himself (really what he is saying is NO ISABEL AND SYLVIA PLEASE!)

Luke has started a new blog:  Luke's Entomology Discoveries Also, don't forget Isabel's:  The Red Ruby (I am trying to get her to put her art on there)

Bath, Office, Maze

It was cloudy outside this morning and Luke was still sleeping so the girls figured that the perfect thing to do would be to take a big bath together!

A few days ago I set up a little office in Isabel's closet for her.  She loves it.  She has thanked me so many times (I feel bad I didn't set it up earlier).  Since then I wont be able to find her, while searching in her room, I'll see light coming out of the bottom of the closet and hear her using the cash register and "talking on the phone."

Does anyone want to attempt this?...me neither.