DING DING DING DING DING DING

Mark had to work in SLC yesterday and had a hard time driving home late last night. He felt like he was going to fall asleep, so he stopped at Fort Hall to walk around and wake up. He couldn't withstand the temptation of the slot machines and put 20 bucks in a nickel machine. He won 25060 nickels!! Being too tired to do the math he thought "Cool, I won a couple hundred bucks." After cashing out with the cashier and getting his picture taken, he was handed 12 hundred dollar bills, 2 twentys, a 10 and 3 ones. Whoa!!!! He was wide awake and drove home safely. I was shocked when we walked in our bedroom and handed me the wad of cash. I still can't believe it!

Not Such A Smartie

Alyssa came to me today almost in tears. She said "Mom, I have a problem"... Turns out...This little hand...

Put one of these...

Up this...

"Mom, my nose has a problem." Well, after lots of hard blowing and threatening the doctor would use tweezers, she finally was able to get it out.

I was having a hard time not laughing at her because I knew she knew better. After it was all over I asked her what made her think to do that??? She said she saw some boys putting things up their nose on nickelodeon. She learned a lesson and was very embarrassed! Poor kid!

Frozen Fog

Everything in our yard was covered with beautiful frost. I had a moment to play with my new camera and I got this cool shot of our clothes line. I had to leave town for the weekend and hoped that the frosties would hang tight until I returned for more photographing, but they didn't. So I will have to find new subjects.

Our Month of December

I cannot believe it is 2009! Once again, another year has flown by. December seemed to go especially fast--I had a lot of blog catching up to do as you can see with all the pictures I have posted. As many of you know Mark is starting a new job. It was a hard decision to quit working for Rhodehouse Construction, but we think it will be better for our family to have more time with Mark! We all have been enjoying having him off work through the Holidays. We have made a couple trips to SLC, where we did a little shopping, saw the lights at temple square, swam in the Homestead Crater, went through the Body Worlds Exhibit, and Candace got to spend a day with her childhood friend, Lindsi. We have also had lots of fun playing in the snow, watching movies, and drinking egg nog. In the middle of all the Christmas chaos, our little Coleman had his 2nd birthday. Everyone was so busy, we couldn't get everyone together for a party for him. Good thing he is young enough he didn't know the difference. Next year, I think we will be celebrating his birthday in November. We are just starting a few projects on the house before Mark starts work next week. He will be working at Ruby River Steakhouse. It will be like the good ole days at Sizzler--I am really looking forward to using his "meal card" yummm. Oh, and the good health insurance!