"Its a balmy 7 degress out there."

We went to Idaho to see Adam's parents the weekend after Xmas. It was soooo cold there, and of course it seemed even colder to us because we have been used to St. George. But to Adam's Dad, Dennis, 7 degrees is "warm". Yes thats right warm. They are used to 10-20 degrees below zero. But yeah-there we were, out sledding in the "balmy 7 degrees" as Dennis says. No kidding though, it was a lot of fun. We just bundled up and once you hike up the hill, go down, hike back up, and again and again, you are sweating. The kids were having so much fun, they didn't want to stop to warm up. By the time we got back to the truck Morgan's hands and feet were pre-frostbite. She was crying because they hurt so bad.

We were trying to get a pic of all the guys. Adam was being silly and doing a Zoolander pose. So funny.
All the Phillps Grandkids.

Happy New Year!!!

New Years Eve 2008, we went to St. George's "First Night". I took the kids 2 years ago, but Adam couldn't come because he had just had back surgery. This year we all had so much fun. Our favorite was the magician. He did the same show as 2 years ago, but who can remember 2 years ago??? Probably not the kids, so it was all good.

There was a display of Kokopelli's that were painted differently so the kids picked out their fave and posed in front of them. Cool!!!

Notice the bare tootsies on Morgan. She wore her ballet shoes without socks, which was fine until she took them off to go on the bouncy slide. They got frozen, and she spent the rest of the time on Adam's shoulders with her feet in his coat pockets trying to warm them up.

It was perfect because they had fireworks at 10:00 pm and 12:00 so families with kids could still see the display even though they had to leave early to go to bed. Our kids probably could have stayed up, but it was freakin cold so we left after the 10:00 show.

There were clowns making balloons for free...of course "tips are appreciated."

"The Day My Mom Saved My Life" by Morgan Barker

All the kids entered Reflections this year. The theme was Wow!!! Creighton and Bennett did Visual Arts and Morgan did Literature. Morgan ended up being a finalist in her school in the Literature category. Tonight we had an award ceremony where all the finalists were honored. Morgan wrote a story, and it is handwritten and all in her own spelling and grammar. Here is the story, just like she wrote it:

The Day My Mom Saved My Life by Morgan Barker

Based on a true story

I was jumming on the trampoleen with my brother then he went inside. A few minets later I fell in between two springs and hit my head on the wall and got stuck. I was haning upside down with my head barly touching the ground. I was crying and crying for help. then a thout entered my head saying say a praery. So I did. It was three days befor my step dads birthday. My mom was tring to hid a present because it was almost my step dads birthday She thout ubout hiding it in the garauge but somthing told her to put it outside. She followed the coice inside her head to put the present outside. She did. Wile she was doing that, she heard crying and she found me hanging there. She took me inside. Allthough I was outside hanging for thirty minets. My feet were tingling like crazy cause my legs were bent. After she took me inside she rubbed my legs, and feet. After a wile I felt better. then my head started to hert. She rubbed my head and I felt better for the rest of the day WOW! I am glad my mom saved my life!!!

We are so proud of her.

Here Mousy Mousy.

I discovered last night that we have an unwanted guest in our kitchen. Under my sink I found little mouse poops, uggghhh. I'm sure the little mouse has been having a blast rummaging through our garbage. After I cleaned everything up, I went to the store and got old school mouse traps. I was thinking, there is no way a mouse is going to be this stupid. Haven't mice evolved by now to know not to go there? But sure enough, in the morning, we had to have a little mouse funeral (not really, I just threw him in the garbage can.) SUCKA!!!! I was going to take a picture of the dead mouse, but I thought I might get hate mail from animal activists. If there are mouse lovers out there I'm truly sorry...lol.

Thanksgiving Tag

Things I am thankful for:

A: Adam...he helps me in so many ways.
B: Boys...lets face it, where would we be without them???
C: Cycling...its fun and good excercise.
D: Down time...especially at work!!!
E: Email. Sometimes its just easier.
F: Family. Oh-and food.
G: Gym...when its too cold outside to ride.
H: Holidays...gives you an opportunity to hang with family.
I: In-laws. They make life interesting don't they?
J: Jesus...my savior.
K: Kettle corn
L: Little girls...I love my Morgan.
M: Makeup.
N: Nursing...I love my profession. Be kind to nurses.
O: Outdoors.
P: Pictures
Q: Quotes...puts things in perspective sometimes.
R: Rio...Cafe
S: Sleep...(a Nelson through and through)
T: Trials...otherwise, how would we grow.
U: Undershirt...thank you SHADE clothing
V: Vision.
W: Work...teaches us a lot.
X: X-mas...are you ready???
Y: Youth
Z: Zion National Park...we are so lucky to be so close.

Ok I tag Toni.

Halloween Slide

"Cereal" Killer meets Dr. Pepper

I haven't dressed up for Halloween for so long, so this year was fun. We decided to do "punny" costumes. We had a lot of fun.