Michael first time snowboarding

So Michael got a day of snowboarding and a full pass for Christmas and was begging me daily to go and do it.  I got to stand outside for 8 hours in the cold and watch while Michael had the time of his life.  It's amazing how fast kids pick things up.  He loved it and now wants his own snow board for Christmas next year.

Polar Dash 2011

So every new years for the past 4 I've done the Polar Dash on Jan 1.  Seems to get colder and have more snow each year.  And each year I seem to get faster, so it keeps me going.  This year was frigid with lots of snow, but I was able to drop almost 4 minutes from my 10k time last year going 56:06.

Online results are here.

New Years Eve

This was our first adult only party on New Years Eve since we've been married.  We left the kids home alone if you can believe that, but with a 13, 10 and 7 year old they did a great job.  We went to the Simontons (Candice's workout buddy) and had some of the friends from the ward over.

Candice and Tom

Candice and Cassie (workout buddy)

We brought our new "Kinect" over and played dance central

Candice really shakin it late into the night

The new years eve crew

Family Picture 2010

We barely made the cut off this year. Usually we take this over the Thanksgiving break, or even earlier in the summer time with my brother and his family and our Dad, but we never got all in the same place at the same time this year. This was taken the last Sunday of the year right after church before the kids ripped off their church clothes.

Megans Art Work

So, I'm really behind again, but Megan came home with a poem she illustrated from scratch the other day and it was so amazing I had to scan it in a post it. First, she's in grade 2 (age 7) and has been going through a ream of printer paper a month drawing and doodling for over 4 years. She loves to draw. This year her creativity, imagination and skills have all finally started to come together though. On this assignment the teacher gave them a poem to illustrate, and they could draw what ever they wanted to draw.  This was Megan's imagination...

11 Year Anniversary

2010 was 11 years for Candice and I, and to celebrate we went to our favorite new restaurant in Minneapolis called Fogo de Chao.  It's a brazilian meat buffet where the servers dress up as brazilian gaochos and bring the different types of meat around and cut it off right at your table.  We usually don't have to eat the next day either.  Michael took these of us after we got home a few pounds heavier.

Holiday decorations

For Family Home Evening this week we made ribbon Christmas trees for our holiday decorations this year.  Kids had alot of fun making these (after the arguements were over).  See if you can pick out whose is whose.

Tom, Michael, Candice, Megan, Rachel