Welcome to 2015

So far so good!  We spent New Year's Eve with Derk & Debbie, Jeff & Emily, Miles & Chris (and their kids), Derek & Nicole (and their kids), and Logan, Kella, & Landon.  We had a meat tray, doughnuts, dips, and all sorts of goodies to munch on.  We played some games and visited while the kids ran around in the gym and put on a parade for us to ring in the new year.  Connor, Logan, and Devin didn't leave the gym all night.  They played basketball and soccer until we made them come out to go home.  It was a low key night but we had a lot of fun.

The Friday after new year's we rode up to SLC with Jeff & Emily and went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and then to a Jazz game.  The game was a blast!  We always have such a good time when we go out with our friends.  We got home late, late, but Kadee was so nervous she insisted we come and get her from Kyle and Candee's, the other kids were already asleep so they had a sleep over.

Saturday morning we got up and headed back to SLC with the kids.  We went to see grandma Bet and grandpa Earl and then went and had lunch at Wally's restaurant.  He is such a great guy.  He bought our lunch and we were able to visit with him for a little bit, but not nearly long enough.  After that we went Ice Skating at the Gallivan Center.  It's a lot harder than I remember it being as a kid!  Connor and Rory got the hang of it pretty quick, but the rest of us stayed near the rails and took our time going around.  Finally we made our way to the Stay bridge Suites (the hotel with the big red water slide) and went swimming.  The kids swam until they were starving, so we ordered room service and all of us crashed and were asleep by 9:00!   The next morning we headed to the Living Planet Aquarium.  Aunt Susan got us a year membership there for Christmas and we wanted to go check it out.  It is a great place!  The kids were mesmerized and got to touch a live star fish, cross a rope bridge, and watch a 4D movie about life under the sea.  The highlight was the shark feeding.  Kadee said, "it feels like we are underwater!"  It was such a great weekend, it was so hard to come back to school and work.  When's our next break?!