Today was sunny and a little warmer, so we decided to all go out and go sledding on a nearby midwest (nothing like Utah) hill. Zachary got a tube and Ben got a sled for Christmas and couldn’t wait to go out and use them! 🙂 We bundled up and drove over to the sledding […]
Today was a very interesting day! Zachary, Grandpa, and I drove up to Elburn, IL on a little “guy’s activity” and checked out a small train car manufacturing business named Accurail. Grandpa Halliday is VERY into model railroading, and this place is where he orders most of his model train cars. One of the guys
Today it was snowing when we woke up (a far cry from the rain of yesterday and the day before). It continued to snow all day non-stop! We ended up shoveling the driveway and sidewalks (and those of our neighbors) 3 different times! In all, we got about 8 inches of snow. The first time
Merry Christmas everyone! What a wonderful holiday! I can’t believe that it’s already been a year! We had a wonderful day today spending time as a family and enjoying relaxing! The kids got up very early and were very excited to see if Santa came! We finally let them go downstairs at about 7am and
Christmas Eve! It’s hard to believe that another year has flown by! We worked hard today to clean the house and get ready for our annual Christmas Eve party. It was sleeting most of the day and the trees were all covered with ice! What a crazy bunch of weather! This afternoon we went over
Today Grandma and Grandpa Halliday arrived to spend Christmas with our family! They took the Amtrak train out from Salt Lake City (34 hour ride)! 😐 We picked them up from the train station and went back to our house for a nice, relaxing evening. We weren’t sure if Benjamin would take to them very
For Activity Days at Church today, Kirstyn and her group of friends made gingerbread houses! They had a LOT of fun and enjoyed decorating the houses with their personal styles. Last year the houses fell apart early due to the frosting not “sticking” the walls together, so this year, they used hot glue guns! 🙂
Today was COLD! It started out cold and ended the same way. Winter is here to stay, we think! During most of the day, the temperature hovered around -1 degree (-18 Celcius) and with the humidity and the wind, it felt like -22 degrees (-30 Celcius)! 🙁 All of the after-school activities were canceled, and
Today was the first big snow of the season! Was in the 20s most of the day and snowed all day. Angela shoveled the driveway 3 times while I was at work! Kirstyn, Zach, and Ben went outside and played in the snow. They worked on getting a snowman made and got about half-way done
Today was quite the interesting day! Brittany had a concert tonight featuring all the honors music groups. She sang with the Honors Chorus and played her violin with the Chamber Orchestra. She is doing quite well! She just got a brand new violin ($1400 ouch!) but it sounds soooo much better than her old rented
Today was a fun day for all of us! This morning, Brittany went out on a date with Mom and met Tracy and Carrie Raketic at Ikea for breakfast. They wandered around afterward and looked at all the fun stuff to buy! 🙂 This afternoon, Angela and I met 3 other couples (Collingwood, Smith, and
In a nail-biter final game of the year, BYU beat Utah in overtime 26-23! It was such a sweet win! They ended the season 10-2! Max Hall redeemed himself from a year ago, when Utah intercepted him five times in a 48-24 blowout in Salt Lake City. Max made some pretty seering remarks about Utah’s
