Give Me Some SUGAR!

Troy and I went to New Orleans to go to the game, and what a game it was! We flew in early in the day on New Years Eve. We rested up and waited for everyone else to arrive for our big night. New Years Eve was awesome on Bourbon Street. we even made it on the channel 2 news. We rang in the New Year at the Bourbon Cowboy (The Ute Bar). The next day, Troy and I along with the two other couples we were with, took a city and cemetery tour. We learned about the history of the city, saw the levees that broke, and the homes that were flooded. You could still see water lines on buildings and the FEMA X's on houses. We also went to a cemetery. They can't bury bodies there because of the risk of flooding so whole families are put into tombs. I found this very interesting, but wouldn't want the job of opening the tombs.
The game was amazing!!! We had heard a lot of comments from the Alabama fans of the bloodbath to come. The win was SWEET! The Bama fans started leaving with about 5 minutes on the clock. We were able to see the motorcade of our team buses on the way back to their hotel, lights and sirens and all. I have to say my favorite part was Bourbon Street all three nights and the new friends we have; Corry and Heather Smith and Greg and Kim Cope. We did everything together and loved every minute of it.

Vegas

We drove to Las Vegas the day after Christmas so the boys could bowl in the Junior National No-Tap Tournament. They both bowled extreamly well. Braden placed second in his division and Cody placed third. We plan to make this a new tradition and to enter more of the tournaments going on at the same time. Brooklyn got to ride up to the top of the Effiel Tower and stroll down the streets of Paris. Hope this will due for a few years. Troy played a little poker, but luck wasn't on his side. We had a lot of fun on our quick little trip. Mom and Dad had to get back for their trip.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Make it STOP!

On Christmas morning, Troy and I were trying to load the car to go visit the family. We live at the mouth of Rose Canyon, so when it snows it also blows. We can't ever measure how much has accumulated due to the fact everyone else's snow blows down to our end of the street.

We made it out of the driveway and thought we were in the clear. Funny huh. We had no idea how deep the snow was out on the street. WE WERE STUCK! We worked on it for a while with no progress. Luckily we live in a neighborhood with quite a few contractors. There were a few guys with plows mounted on their trucks and many neighbors pushing and finally we were out. Then off to help the rest. We found it ironic that Troy's company makes and sells plows of all sizes and we were depending on the people that had bought them for help. I have a felling we will have one on our truck soon.

When we returned home that night we were amazed. We couldn't get in our driveway with out snow blowing. Luckily Troy had Tim Taylor syndrome last year when he bought the snow blower and bought a huge one. I think after two years of snow like this we have decided that this is how it is going to be. We thought last year was a fluke. Maybe not.

Christmas 2008

Christmas Eve after opening out new jammies and

reminding everyone what we are thankful for while sipping

on bottled cokes. I realized later that that was kind of dumb.

Didn't we want them to go to sleep?

Christmas morning, waiting to come down to see what Santa brought.

Brooklyn got her own DS. Yeah, now mom has one to play.


Dad got the boys their own video Ipods. He hid them of coarse.
They were also surprised with a trip to Vegas to bowl in a national tournament.

Christmas Activities

We made Gingerbread Houses,
We pulled taffy,

We went to Thanksgiving Point to see the lights and

the reindeer,

We also went to hear Braden play in his
first band concert.