Easter and Spring Break

I'm trying to keep up with this blog but time goes so fast.  We had Easter dinner with my parents and it was good as usual.  I still talked Noah into dying Easter eggs but he didn't do any Easter egg hunts.  I guess he is too old for that now.  I love all the traditional things that go along with the holidays but sometimes it makes me sad to think that Noah is getting to old to do some of the kiddie stuff.  Oh well, I need to try and focus more on the spiritual meaning of the holidays more than the commercialism anyway.  I guess I didn't take any photos either.  Oh well.  It was a nice holiday.

Snowmobiling

We went to Yellowstone this past weekend with Ronalee and her kids and went snowmobiling.  It was a lot of fun.  At first I didn't really know if I wanted to go.  I hate being cold so it didn't so like a lot of fun but we got a really good deal.  It was 400 dollars for 2 nights in the hotel, snowmobiles for a whole day and gas for the snowmobiles.  We had a lot of fun.  They gave us all the warm suits and boots to wear so we stayed warm.  They were a lot of fun to drive.  Noah couldn't drive because you have to be 16 so he just always rode on the back with me.

Swimming at the hotel pool-always seems to be the highlight of any trip

All dressed in the gear, ready to go

On the way home, we stopped in Rexburg.  I showed Noah where I went to college.  It's now called BYU Idaho but was called Ricks College in my day.  It was so weird being back there.  It was very nostalgic.

They have a temple there now.  There wasn't one when I was there going to school.  There was a lot of different things.

January and Jazz Game

So, I entered a drawing a couple of months ago for Noah to be a captain of a Jazz game.  Who knew that we would actually win but they called us a couple of weeks ago telling us that we had.  It was the game against Houston on the 28th.  It was a very pathetic loss (45points) and apparently the worst loss in history at the Energy Solutions Arena.  But before the game, Noah got to go do rebounding for the team, go out on the floor during the pledge and the tunnel.  Plus he got an autographed jersey.  He was in heaven.  Our seats were in the lower bowl and were great.  It was a lot of fun.  January has been going fast and has been very cold with lots of snow.  Can't wait for Spring.

Noah out on the court before the game

Standing in the line with the players during the national anthem

High giving the players as they came thru the tunnel

Noah with Al Jefferson and Chandler Parsons

Noah shaking hands with Alec Burks

Fist bumping with Derrick Favors

Noah with Kevin Murphey

Noah's 13th Birthday

Noah turned 13 this year.  I can't believe he is getting so old and is officially a teenager now.  He wanted to invite a few friends to Planet Play.  They have a pizza buffet and then some games, laser tag and cars to ride.  The kids all seemed to have a fun night.  On Sunday, we had the family come over for pizza and cake.

Noah with his presents

Ready for church on his birthday

Video game and movie

The boys who came to his party from left to right, Matthew Hansen, Zac Mccleve, Nolan Dewolf, Josh and Noah

His birthday cake.  He loves the chocolate chip oatmeal cake that my mom always used to make us growing up.

Christmas

I'm so behind on posting on this blog.  Sometimes I think I will just let it go but it's like my scrapbook so I hate to just quit doing it.  We had another great Christmas.  We had our family Christmas party in Logan at Kelly's house on the Saturday before Christmas.  It was a lot of fun.  We had dinner, games, white elephants, talent show and just enjoying being together.  We really missed Raleigh and Tara this year.  They weren't able to come down since Christmas was in the middle of the week and Raleigh had to work.  Sad times.  On Christmas Eve, we went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and to see Christmas lights.  Then we came home and watched Christmas Vacation.  We have to watch that every year.  It's such a classic and has so many good quotes.  I had Noah for Christmas Eve and morning this year and then he went to Kent's.  This year, Noah got a Gordon Hayward jersey, movies, books and Jazz stuff.  He didn't really ask for anything specific this year but he seemed to be happy with what he got. 

The kids in Kelly's hot tub

Playing games

Christmas Eve dinner at the Cheesecake Factory

Christmas Eve....looks like Santa came