Sledding at night

We took the kids sledding after Trevor arrived home from work. Lauren was a little timid at first but in no time she was carrying her tube up by herself and diving on the tube going down by herself. Brooklynn and Brendan had great time as well and we had to bribe them off the hill with hot chocolate.

Summing up 2008

Obviously, we either do not have the time to stay on top of our blog or it is not a big enough priority. Anyways, we had some fun times. During our vacation to New York, Trevor and April went to Bar Harbor, Maine to celebrate their 10th anniversary. It is one of the most beautiful places we have been to.

April LOVED the lobsters that she ate for each meal. The food rivaled the scenery. If you ever have the opportunity to go to Bar Harbor you must get there. We would suggest to drive up route 1 so you travel through the small towns that dot the coast.

After the vacation we had to return to real life. Brooklynn started 2nd grade and Brendan started preschool (his 1st year).

























Brooklynn played soccer, she is not a big fan of all the running but we like to see her get some exercise.










During a fall break for Brooklynn's school we went to Vernal, UT to see the dinosaur stuff. We left on a Wednesday after Brooklynn got out of school. We arrived in Vernal arround midnight and being a small town we expected to get a hotel with no problems. But, after checking every hotel and motel we where getting nervous about finding a room. The situation that we where unware of is during the week Vernal is booked because of all the migrant workers that stay up there work and return home for the weekends. We where told that coal mining and oil drilling is big there (gee, I wonder why with the dead dinosaurs and stuff). Fortunately, as we pulled into the last hotel they just had a cancelation and we grab the room for 100.00 bucks on a weeknight in Vernal (what!?!) anyways we where happy to have a warm soft bed.














In November we had our family picture taken for our Christmas cards and had Thanksgiving in Logan, UT with the Shirks.
In December Grandma Hales passed away and everyone was able to get together and visit which added more time to spend together during the holiday season.