My moms visit.

My mom left yesterday after spending three great weeks here. We had a wonderful time and it is always nice to have her here. Sadly, we did not take a lot of pictures at all!! These are all I took.

The next two pictures pretty much sum up her time here: just hanging out and having fun with the girls. The girls love to have her here because she spends a lot of time playing with them.

 One night we took Sam and her friend to Stars On Ice, a skating show. We also did some shopping during the day...that's something my mom and I do a lot...shopping! :)

Then we also spent a week in Vegas because my mom just loves going there. I have to say that it was great getting a break from the cold weather, what a treat for us!

 I personally can't go to Vegas without going to Red Rock Canyon and...

 getting frozen yogurt at U-Swirl! :)

Great times, as always! Next time we will see her is in July when the girls and I go there! :)

Sam's science fair

 Sam has her science fair yesterday at school. She worked on an experiment called Stop Rot to demonstrate how things around the house like soap, sugar and salt could be used as preservative to prevent the apple from rotting. She did a really good job and had fun with it. My mom had just gotten in from France so it was extra fun having her there.

 Anaïs also had fun hanging out with everyone.

 Here is Miss Popularity with a bunch of boys...typical of her! lol

Great job Sam!

Utah Winter Games 2012

Yesterday Sam had her skating competition at the UT Winter Games. She has been working really hard on her skating lately and I am glad to see that it paid off, she took first place! She was very excited and proud of herself. Needless to say that we are so very proud of her and so happy to see that she has found her passion.

 Watching other skaters...too bad my camera made the pictures look a greenish color...

 Getting ready in the locker room...

 Warm up session right before competing:

 Waiting for the results...

 First place!!!!

Another great skating day...now on to the next competition in March in Jackson Hole, Wyoming!!

Chocolate cake mess!

We made a chocolate cake today and let me tell you...it got messy! Between Anaïs wanting to hold the hand mixer and her wanted to crack an egg... 

Love these simple moments that make them so happy!

Trip to St Thomas

I am finally posting the pictures from our wonderful Caribbean vacation in St Thomas. My old computer crashed so I fell behind on blogging...
Anyway, we went to St Thomas for a week over the holidays and it was an amazing trip. It was a nice break from the daily routine and I sure enjoyed the four of us spending a whole week of fun together.
This is the view from our hotel room balcony...can't really beat that!

The girls loved going to the beach and the hotel pool.

We went to a place called Coral World where the girls got to learn about sea life. Sam loved touching starfish.

One thing about St Thomas is that there are iguanas everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE!!! I was kind of scared at first but after a couple days you just get used to them being around.

Jeff took Sam snuba diving, which is pretty much like scuba except that the diving instructor carries the tank of oxygen on his back. I can't believe she did that, pretty brave for a 7 year old!!

We had such a good time!!! I just love how we have been able to take such fun family trips lately!! We are very lucky.