Thanks to my brother Scott we can get out of our driveway. We have this neighbor that thinks he's a saint and plows the roads with his blad on front of his car. Well he could do a good job I guess but really he puts the snow in front of everyone's driveways so we get stuck! He also makes my dad mad after he plows the sidewalks with his 4-wheeler, then brother H pushes the snow back up on the sidewalk. What do ya do. I guess get a brother with a bob cat.

For 5 years Gabe has insisted that he hates the snow. For the first few years he wouldn't even walk in it, we would build a snowman and he would watch from the sidewalk, then get carried over for the picture! Last year he got a little better and this year, we thought it would be the same. Last week we went to the cabin to go sledding and he pointed to each of us and said "you, you and you can go outside, I'll stay inside." So that was that, we went and played while he and Zach stayed warm. Today we had the shock of a lifetime. Mike told Gabe he couldn't play the wii until he tried sledding. So went to a fun hill and low and behold. . . HE LOVED IT! He hiked up that hill so many times and went down, down, down. He flew when he went by himself and we stood at the top holding our breath waiting for a scream. But every time he hopped up happy and hiked up for more! Yahoo!

Jace of coures loves every minute in the snow.

Brother Layne has a hurt back

So does Superman Mike (the wife forgot the snowboots)

It was really fun for the whole family to ride down on top of dad!

This is the snowpile in front of our house last night, and Jace digging his way through it!

A few pics back at the cabin, this is baby paige pulling Jace up the hill

A little Snow!

The boys finally got a sled that fits them. For the last 2 years we have been using an infant sled to pull them around the neighborhood! Not so easy. We built a snowman on one of the first storms, we couldn't find anything for his face so I poked grapes on him with tooth picks! The snowman keeps growing with all of the new snow and the boys keep singing tall, tall, tall.

Gabe's cousin Kyler helped him out to the bus when it was snowing. It talkes Gabe a little while to get use to the snow but now he can run in it.

Yesterday Mike and I braved the crowd at sundance. It was a lot of fun, we found lots of friends and we even survived a full day. In our old age with far and few between trips to the slopes we were impressed to still know we've got a little in us!
Mike owes his strength to P90X
A few more weeks and I might not feel comfortable taking the baby belly down a steep hill on a board. But maybe we can go just once more before then!

Christmas 2008

Our new family tradition is to make cookies on Christmas eve for Santa. So the boys helped me roll out and cut then frost cookies! It was a lot of fun but I should have made the cookies earlier, they made for a mess to clean up. Oh well. Christmas was a success. I have it on video but failed to take any still shots. Gabe got his leapster and Jace got his Tent. Our family got a wii that has been the real hit for Gabe. He is addicted to Mario Kart and can't stop talking about it. Constantly he is telling me about how he won the race. At first I couldn't watch him play because it drove me crazy, now he usually gets 5th or 6th place. For sure he is better than me, I'm still getting 12th. We have decided to put a time limit on his play time and then he can earn or lose time by doing different things. I think this will be a great bribery tool. Mike has started counting 1, 2 wii. Gabe won't get to wii!

Christmas parties 2008

This picture goes at the bottom, this blogging messes me up sometimes!

Our underwater camera is so much fun to play with! For our Phillips family traditions we will now swim for our Christmas party every year. Thanks Linds!Gabe and Jace will be thrilled with this winter swim.

Linds and Terrance blowing bubbles

Ron. . . I don't know.

Ryan and Janeal's engagement picture, they don't blow bubbles, you can't even tell they are underwater!

Kathy,Trace and Linds

Kathy and Mikey

Grandma Louder's Christmas party. Traditional Chicken noodle soup and the nativity.

Jace and his cousin Aiden, cute little wisemen.

Eliza and Gabe, little angels. (oops, I deleted the picture)

Don't forget Grandema's traditional flaming cake! It's all about TRADITION!

Christmas Cards

I got on the ball and got Christmas cards printed so if you want one send me your address please. I have lots, but I'm missing lots. If I know where you live or I will see you soon ignore this post! my email is mb4phillips@gmail.com lol B

Santa is here!

Did you know Santa comes to town on a helicopter? Me neither, but the day after thanksgiving he did. We waited in the cold for a good 1/2 hour for the late Santa. He made his appearance and it was fun hanging out with family. Next year we will definitely dress warmer!