Taylor has been collecting tons of clothes/shoes/ fabric/bedding etc.. for his Humanitarian trip to Fiji! HE has to have 450 pounds to donate next week. Here's our pile so far. 

Taylor went to the Sweethearts Dance with his friend Elle Morgan. They had tons of fun and it was a great dance he said. 

Happy 12th Birthday to Isaac! He is such a great boy and really growing up, he's the best! 

We went skiing at Alta last week with Grandpa Shields.  We had a nice warm sunny day of skiing. Everyone had a blast! My kids are getting really good at skiing and it's hard to keep up with them. 

We went out in the boat to Jordanelle last weekend. It was nice day, and we explored in the boat and went fishing. We caught Kokanee salmon and we all had a great time! Danny is really antsy to get fishing again. Half of the lake was iced over. 

Emily is in her school play Newsies
Taylor had his Board of Review for his Eagle, we are so proud of him! He was one of the last in our area to earn his Eagle since the church stopped supporting scouts. Lizzie celebrated Alli's birthday with a gift for her. 

Happy Birthday to Isaac! We celebrated with homemade pizza and a delicious dessert pizza! He really wanted a big Comfy for his birthday and that's what he got! Hope he loves it! 

We had a great week: Lizzie completed her Country report about Italy, she was so excited and did an awesome job!
Taylor has been helping and tutoring Emily with her math, its been great both both kids!
Isaac finished his basketball season of Jr. Jazz. Taylor has been on a lot of bike rides outside when it's not too snowy, and my car hit the odometer at 52,000.

We had a full week of Celebrations for Lizzie's 9th birthday!!!
She had a fun sleepover with her cousin Alli who gave her a gigantic squishy and she was thrilled!!!!
They slept in a fort on the couch.  Emily is deep into the school play of Newsies! She is a dancer and a Manhattan Newsie! We celebrated the Feb birthdays with dinner at Sawadee and it was tasty!! 

We had a Shields Family dinner and celebrated again with dinner and chocolate cake for all! It was a fun party! 

On Lizzie's real birthday she had waffles for breakfast, I took her Chik-Fil-A for lunch at school and she took treats to dance after school. Then that night we had ravioli, salad and bread for dinner and Almond cake with fruit and berries for dessert.  G & G Shields came over and we sang Happy Birthday and she opened her gifts! She had a terrific day and was spoiled!!!

Happy Birthday Lizzie!!

We went to the Bauman's play, Annie it was great!
WE had warmer day so we played at the park. The kids had SEP's at Uintah and they are both doing great in their classes. Lizzie and Isaac both got haircuts, and Danny and I went to the Jazz game and got to sit in the Zions Bank suite! It's so fun and make the games so awesome!!!

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Lizzie made a doll from Italy from her class report. Here's the wall of all her classmates. They are all so awesome! 

Taylor has been tutoring Emily in her math class. I love seeing them working together on her math homework etc.. It makes me happy! 

We went swimming over the Long holiday weekend. The kid all love to swim and they all had a blast! 

I checked the kids out of school early one day last week to ski a gorgeous day at Alta! We had a great afternoon and it was terrific! My kids are all better at skiing than I am, I have to work hard to keep up with them. 

Taylor headed to St. George for the weekend to ride Mountain Bikes with some friends. They camped and rode, and had a great weekend. It was nice to have school off on Friday and Monday. We loved a long holiday weekend! 

Isaac finished up his Ski Bus class at Snowbird, he has had a great session learning and skiing with friends.
Lizzie is getting too old, she's almost 9.
Emily had a fun Valentines Day party with some friends. She had a great night! 

We had a surprise party with some of Taylor's friends on 2/13. He was not surprised but we had a great night! His friends came over and ate, hung out, danced etc.. It was a fabulous night I can not believe that Taylor is 17! He took off right after his party to go to St. George to bike.
We love you Taylor, Happy Birthday!   

We had a Sunday Dinner for Taylor's birthday with Grandparents etc.. We had dinner and dessert and shared our favorite memories of Taylor. I can not believe he is almost 17! Time is really going crazy fast! I love being his mom, he's such a good young man. 

Last week Isaac and Lizzie had their check ups at the Dr. Isaac got his shots for Jr. High. He is excited and nervous for Clayton. Lizzie had her country report all about Italy, she did great and learned a lot about Italy!  Danny took the kids to Deer Valley for the World Cub Aerilists skiers. They had a great time! 

Happy 17th Birthday Taylor! He went to the Skyline High Sweethearts dance with some friends this weekend. His date was a girl named Elle. He's good at making new friends. 

Snow Day!

There was a huge snowstorm on Monday 2/2. We had no school and no work for Danny. It snowed ALLLLLL day long. We had over 14 inches of snow and the kids played outside in the snow almost all day. 

Snow Day!  On Monday February 3rd we had a gigantic Snow storm! We had school and work canceled and it snowed 18 inches!  What a huge storm! 

Lizzie did her Country Report on Italy this week. She really did a great job and passed out Italian Chocolates, Ferrero Roche, for a snack. Lizzie was so cute about her report and was really excited to make her very first power point. 

We took Isaac to the Bountiful Temple one night. The SL temple is closed for 4 years for construction . I got a babysitter for Lizzie and then we all went to the temple.
It was a wonderful night, Taylor was able to baptize Emily, Isaac and a few other youth. Isaac was excited to be in the temple. He's all grown up!
We went to the Porcupine Grill for snacks after. 

Baumans came over for a weekend of fun! The kids had a great time with them. The girls were really into braiding. 

Isaac is on a fun Basketball team this winter. He plays great and had tons of fun! He usually always scores a few baskets. 

Random pics. 

Salty had a vet appointment  and we took Taylor's car through the drive through car wash. 

I took the younger kids skiing on Saturday. It was a warm, beautiful, Bluebird day! They all skied great and we had a fun day!

Danny and Taylor took a quick surf trip to Santa Barbara, CA. They camped at Refugio, and surfed all day for two glorious days. They ate at El Sitio, and had a blast being in the warmer weather. 

We took Salty to get a bath and then stopped at the Habit for a snack! He was super stinky but now he's clean and fresh. 

Gorgeous view from Santa Barbara in the plane. Such a pretty place!