cousins and canyons

my sister and her family came down for the weekend. it was so fun together with them and to see all the cousins get to play together. logan and allsion had a blast playing with their cousins at their house and hanging out!

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on saturday we decided it would be fun to take the tram up the canyon. i haven't been there in forever and it was nice to take a visit to the other side of town. i definitely have some fond memories of hiking the canyon as a child, wading in the stream, and going cliff jumping in high school....good times.

our kiddos at the very top

family pic

allison and i on the other side of the water

the whole gang

all the grandkids

snuggle time

thanks keith and wendy for coming to visit! we always have fun with you guys and we were so glad you came!

pizza

i found a good recipe for homemade pizza dough so lately we have been having fun making pizza for dinner. the other night i rolled out small pizzas for the kids to make. they loved putting on the sauce and deciding what toppings they wanted. my favorite is grilled chicken, caramelized onions, and garlic, the kids pretty much like cheese...the "pecaconni's" are to spicy, and dan will pretty much eat whatever!

 

performances

allison is taking a gymnastics class and she loves it.  she has been taking this class for about a year and she is getting so good. at the end of the term there was a little performance. the kids showed off their skills and then did a little snowman dance at the end.

logan's preschool had a christmas performance at the end of the year. they read the nativity story and sang some songs. logan was dressed as a shepherd. i got his picture before he went on stage but it was pretty much the only good one.

allison before logan's performance

logan before his performance

the rest of december...

allison got a haircut

we did some science experiments

we went to winterhaven with some friends

we went to a train museum

we went to see the snow on mt. lemmon

amazing jakes

on new year's day we went to an indoor amusement park with dan's family. the kids had fun going on the rides, being with their cousins, and having access to an all you can eat buffet....

4 wheeling

on new year's eve we went four-wheeling with dan's family. the brothers usually try to plan a traditional new years trip every year. this time our family went and i'd have to say we all enjoyed ourselves.

this is a pic of the waterfall that we drove to

it was a good thing that uncle scott was there...allison had him wrapped around her finger

this girl had so much fun outdoors

happy new year

happy new year!