Polar Bear Plunge

On Saturday we went to my parents house to celebrate my mom's birthday. After we finished Christian had this brilliant idea that we should go to my brothers house and do the polar bear plunge in his swimming pool. The polar bear plunge is when you jump into the FREEZING cold swimming pool or any body of water (like a polar bear). There were only a few brave souls that night and no cases of hypothermia (at least that I know of). The crazy part about it is that they jumped in twice. Guess it wasn't cold enough the first time even though Christian's whole upper body was purple and my niece started crying because she couldn't catch her breath when she got out. You can't see the video very well so I have included some pictures of the event. The newest members of the Polar Bear Club are as follows: Christian, Russell (my brother-in-law), Skyler (my nephew), and Tavia (my 8 year old niece). Christian is already planning next years dive and you can already count me out. They are all out of their minds. Anyone interested, the next event will be next year at Yankee Meadow.

If we don't answer.......

we're busy watching these shows every Monday and Tuesday. These are our favorite shows of the year in no particular order. Everyone should check them out as well. We have turned into some serious t.v. junkies.

Goodbye Snow, Hello Sunshine!!!!!!!

On New Years Day we headed up to SLC to spend some time with Christian's family. We had so much fun except for the fact that it snowed almost everyday we were there. We even had to stay an extra day due to the snow. On Friday night we got together with some of Christian's friends and went to one of the greatest sushi restaurants in the state. It's ranked #2 to be exact. Oh how I have been waiting for that great taste of raw fish in my mouth. It was DIVINE! On Saturday night we had tickets to go see BYU play Wake Forest in Basketball and we had awesome seats. It was so crazy and Kylee was freaking out. I think they said there was over 23,000 people there that night which was the 2nd most people they have ever had in the Marriott Center. I should have brought some ear plugs for Kylee because you really would not believe how loud it was. It was a great game (and I'm not much of a sports fanatic) and the coolest part about it is that I got to see a few apostles like Elder Perry, Elder Holland, and Elder Christopherson. On Sunday morning we drove up Big Cottonwood Canyon and it really was one of the most breathtaking scenes I have seen in a very long time. Too bad I forgot my camera. The rest of the weekend was spent with the family which is always a good time. Except for the fact that Kylee wanted nothing to do with Grandma Mason. I really think she smiled only a handful of times at her the whole 5 days we were there. Sorry LeAnn, I swear I didn't tell her to do that. Of course being the brilliant person I am I forgot my camera through all of this so the only picture I have is the one I stole from my friend Sheri while we were at sushi. I hope everyone had a great new years and maybe next time something exciting happens with us I will have our camera to capture the moment. It's good to be out of the snow and back on dry ground.

Go BYU!!!! oh wait.....

It's been a little while since I have posted so I will try to catch you up on a few things that have been going on the past few weeks. On Saturday Christian and I were invited by our friends KC and Camille to go to the Las Vegas Bowl to watch BYU play. Christian is a H-U-G-E BYU fan and to put it nicely...... well there is no nice way of saying, they sucked it up BIG TIME. Needless to say there may have been few choice words spoken that night. It would have been worth standing out in the cold if they would have won but that obviously didn't happen. My sister watched Kylee for us and that night she took her to a Christmas party where Santa showed up. Kylee was less than impressed as you can see by the pictures. To tell you the truth I'm really surprised she didn't scream. I would have thought she would have screamed her head off like every other kid. Then again.... Kylee is not like every other kid. Heck, she is 7 months old and still won't roll over. Maybe it was the setting. Who knows. Whatever it was the pictures turned out cute. Also, last week when it snowed I pulled the blinds up and Kylee sat in front of the window for a good hour or so. She was so fascinated with it and it was really cute to watch her get so excited about it. Next year it will be a lot more fun when she can actually go out and play in it. In a nutshell that has been our lives for the past couple of weeks. I hope everyone else has been a little more exciting than we have.

Also, I hope everyone has a good Christmas!!!!

Little miss attitude

A few weeks ago we got Kylee's 6 month pictures taken. Let me just say that she was the BIGGEST stinker. She would not smile no matter how stupid we were acting, how many faces we pulled, and how many songs we sang to her. We tried everything. As you can see by the pictures she was excited to be there. So excited that the photographer gave us half off the price because she wouldn't smile. But...... Thanks to Deb at Funny Face Photo for being patient with us and capturing Kylee at her finest. We managed to get a few smiles out of her. They all turned out really cute especially the ones of her pulling attitude. Funny to see her little personality come out everyday and scary that she takes after me. Eeek!!!!!

Who wouldn't laugh at this?

For one reason or another Christian and I can not get Kylee to laugh at us. The above video is Christian's attempt to get her to laugh. Keep in mind that the first time he did this she laughed her head off. We can do certain things one time but good luck getting her to laugh at the same thing twice. Guess she is just a one trick pony. Any pointers on how to get this stubborn little girl to laugh?

Take a Hike

A few weeks ago Christian and I went hiking up Snow Canyon on Johnson's Trail with our friends Dallas, Mindy and their little boy Kayden. It was beautiful weather and beautiful scenery. Anyone who hasn't hiked that should definitely do it. It only takes about 45 minutes total and is so worth it. Kayden and Kylee couldn't keep their hands off each other as you can see. What they don't know is that they already have an arranged marriage J/K. But it was fun to watch them interact and talk back and forth to each other. So thanks to Jeff and Sheri for letting us use their pack to haul Kylee around. We will return it one of these days :).

Oh and on a side note you still have a few more days to send me your email addresses before I go private.