Play Day in the Snow

Earlier this week Brigham, Kaiya, and I had fun playing in the snow. This was the first time Brigham and Kaiya got to truly play in the snow. We built a snowman, made snowballs, and went sledding. They loved it so much they keep asking to go back out.

At first, Brigham would not wear his gloves. I told him his hands would get cold, but he did not believe me. He ran across the yard, grabbed a handful of snow, and came back crying. After that he didn't mind wearing his gloves. Granted, he still would take them off, but at least he learned to wear them whenever he would touch the snow. I guess some lessons need hands on learning. :)

This is our snowman. We unfortunately forgot to name him.....maybe next time.

Brigham and Kaiya helped more than I thought they would.No snow day is complete without tasting the snow. I was sure to teach them that any uncolored, preferably fresh snow was okay to eat. Brigham's response was "mmm...I wike it."Of course sweet little Kaiya must try anything her brother does. I think she liked it too, but didn't verbalize it.

And finally, we (well everyone shorter than 4 feet) went on a sled ride. There were no hills, but we did laps around the back yard. They loved it. We even crashed into the lovely little snowman we had built. All that was left was a toppled lump of snow. Since Brigham is such a Thomas the Train fan he definitely liked the crashing.

It was so much fun to go play in the snow with Brigham and Kaiya. It was great to see their fascination with it. I forget how new and exciting things like snow are to them.

All Aboard.........

Grandma and Grandpa Palfreyman treated all their family to a ride on the Christmas Express Train in Heber City. It was super fun to get together and ride a train to the North Pole. Brigham, of course was estatic and is still talking about it.

On the train, we were served hot chocolate and cookies. Elves came and asked each child what they wanted for Christmas, danced, sang Christmas carols, and told Christmas jokes. The conductor came and punched our tickets while we read the book "The Polar Express." Mrs Claus stopped for a visit; finally, when we arrived at the North Pole Santa came aboard. He talked to each child and gave them a bell. Then a train load of sleepy children returned to the station. It was a memorable night.

Kaiya was dancing to the music while waiting to board the train.

Brigham shared a seat with Journey and Oakley.

Brigham and Kaiya have such great cousins. They played with them and entertained them all night long.

This is one of the entertaining elves. Her name is Starburst. I believe she is over five hundred years old. Kaiya loved the cookies, but didn't care for the hot chocolate.

Brigham spent a lot of his ride to the North Pole looking out of the window. Every once in a while he would look back and just giggle. He loved the train.Brigham is not too sure about Santa. At least he isn't screaming like a few years ago.Kaiya just loved getting a bell to jingle.

Brigham spent all his energy on the drive to the North Pole. After he met Santa Claus he was finished for the night.

Kaiya fell asleep shortly after that.

It was a great Christmas memory. Thanks Clark and Aldeen.

Love is in the air......

The best moment for the 2008 Thanksgiving Holiday was the engagement of my youngest sister Holly. We are all super excited for her; we wish her the best. Congratulations Sean and Holly.

Better late than Never

About a month ago I took the kids to the park. Amazingly, I even took my camera. Not suprisingly, I forgot I had taken these pictures until I downloaded them onto my computer. All I can say is "that is so Emilee."