Well, then on Tuesday morning we were off to the Cabin. We got there and the road up to the cabin was very icy. We didn't make it very far before we got stuck. So David and Steve came and helped us out. We got about half way up the road and then we got stuck again. This time I decided to take the kids out and walk up to the cabin with them while the boys worked on getting the car there. The car finally did get there, but it wasn't pretty.

Muscle Man Steve was a little too strong for our car and the window shattered. Luckily Steve was ok and we got the window fixed right after we got back to Utah. I was so happy I took the kids out of the car before this happened. 

Other than the car disaster everything else was so fun at the cabin. We didn't get too many pictures here but I got a couple of the nativity and Danny pulled it out for Christmas morning with all the chaos of cousins presents. 

DJ was Joseph. Brandon was an observer again, and Anna was our little angel. Mari was Mary and she did so good. 

Here are a few pictures of Christmas morning.

We had so much fun with all of the cousins and uncles and aunts. DJ, Brandon and Anna have been wondering where all the fun has gone since we came back.  We hired someone to come take family pictures for us but the weather was too bad. So we tried to improvise and do it ourselves. Here are some of those pictures.

19 Grandkids with 2 more on the way!

Brandon didn't want a picture. Can you believe it?

Doesn't Anna look happy!

The little boys were done with pictures.

Not too bad. Every child is looking at the camara. Danny had to push Brandon's face against his to keep Brandon's face forward. What a guy!

I think my New Years resolution should be to take more pictures. Especially if we are with family that we don't get to see very often.

Tim ran a Marathon today in Logan, UT and we decided to go and support. He did great! He came in at about 4 hours and 9 minutes. It was beautiful weather and fun to see all of the excitement at the Marathon. Here is a couple pictures of Tim.

We went to a dinosaur park last night. It was so fun. The park is in Ogden. It is up in the mountains and there are all of these life size dinosaur models. They even have sound effects going. They have a museum there too where they have some robotic dinosaurs. Here are a few pictures from there. The boys loved it. Anna was a good trooper too.

It has been a while since we posted. Earlier this month we went to a family reunion at Circle K Ranch in Colorado. It was lots of fun. The mountains were beautiful, the weather was nice and overall it was a pretty good trip. DJ got a little sick one of the nights, but he seemed to be ok most of the time. We went on hikes, threw rocks into the river, tried to catch some fish, and we went to the 4th of July Parade and Fireworks in Rico a town nearby. It is a small town, but they had some pretty good fireworks.

DJ is pretty excited about arriving at Circle K

Brandon sitting in the grass with the lodge in the background

DJ swinging at the piñata on the 4th of July

Brenda sitting in the back of the van with the boys for fireworks (yes it was cold at the fireworks show)

What a trip. Last week Michelle and I took Anna to Washington DC for Steve's wedding. We stayed another couple of days and toured the city a bit. Really we needed a couple of weeks to see everything that we wanted to, but we did our best at cramming in as much as possible. DJ and Brandon stayed home with Molly. They seemed to fine for her which was a relief. Anna was great on the trip. She was very good for everything we did. Overall it was a very good trip. Washington DC has a lot of history and it was interesting to see all of the buildings and memorials.

  Washington DC Temple

  Steve and Krista

  Arlington Cemetery

White House