Christmas Card 2016

What a fun year it’s been and it ended with a BANG!  Both kids had field day, and then the boys and I got to come to the Mini Society sale and shop all the great products made by 3rd graders!  Halle says mini society was her favorite part of third grade.  She also loved…

I had been bugging Rusty for a few days to take an NYC road trip.  As we were driving home from Cape Ann I could tell he was tired and not up for a 3.5 hour road trip with the kids.  He suggested that I go by myself.  I was tempted, but unsure if I…

Even temps forecasted to be hovering around 0 degrees couldn’t stop us from attending one of our favorite holiday traditions—The Denver Parade of Lights.  We stayed over night at the Hyatt again this year, and despite almost freezing to death, we had a great time. Denver was a ghost town.  Usually we have to stake…

I think that so far, this has been the kids favorite thing in NY.  It is a totally hands on art “museum”  where the kids get to participate in all sorts of fun projects.  I liked it because it’s off the tourist path—most the mom’s there were local moms just having a fun day out…

We just wanted to take a min and express our love to Pres. Hickley. We are going to miss him so much! His life is an amazing example and his firm testimony will stand as the legacy he leaves behind to us. I vividly remember his testimony at the April 2006 General Conference and thought…

Oct 22, 2004—Wow!  It’s been a long time since I updated all Halle’s accomplishments.  We’ll start with the Banks family trip to Mexico.  We all flew to Mexico on Aug 16th of a week of fun in the sun.  HHalle and Bridger were both doped up on Benadryl but it seemed to work better on…