January 2009

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Tue 20 Jan 2009

Christmas 2008

Posted by Jason under Heidi , Holidays and Vacations , Jason , Mason , Whitney
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A few days before Christmas, we decided to drive across the country to Idaho for the holidays. We just hopped in the car and started driving on my last day of work, and didn’t tell the kids where we were going. Mason was kind of sick, and so wasn’t real into things, but finally, about 5 hours after we got in the car, Whitney asked where we were going and we told the kids. Whitney was very excited, but Mason wasn’t so much cause he was sick. But later he warmed up to the idea as well.

It took us about 42 hours to get to Idaho, which isn’t that bad. The weather was decent for the most part, although we ran into some bad weather in Wyoming that slowed us down a little. Once we got there, we had a good Christmas and surprised everyone. We did a lot of fun things and Santa Claus even found us in Idaho, where he brought the kids a Nintendo DS, which they have been wanting for years.

We also went ice fishing and caught a couple fish, then cooked them right on the spot, which was fun. We built snow forts and went to Grandpa Herb’s and the kids went sledding behind the mule. You can see the pictures of them trying to ambush the sled as it gets towed by.

The trip home wasn’t bad, either, and only took 38 hours. I put all the pictures after the break, and range from Christmas morning at Grandma Hubbards to the ice fishing pictures and more. (more…)

 

Sun 18 Jan 2009

Dance Recital

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Whitney once again was on a dance team, and one of the places they performed was at the White House. It was a lot of fun. She had a solo part this year, too, which made it even better. She practiced a lot and probably could sing the whole program by herself.

Nancy and Melanie came out from Idaho to watch the performance, and they had a good time. The day we went to the White House, the weather was a little cold but it wasn’t bad enough to make us want to leave. Whitney did a good job and I included the portion of the program where she sings her solo, and more pictures after the break…including a picture of the Idaho Christmas tree! (more…)

 

Sun 4 Jan 2009

Mason and the Computer

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I just thought this was a funny picture. Mason really likes the computer, video games, and the Internet. One day I walked in the kitchen, and I think it was on a Saturday morning, and noticed Mason was playing on the computer. He was so into it that he didn’t get a chair, so I grabbed one for him and put it in back of him and told him to sit down.

I went back to the bedroom, and a probably 20 minutes later went back to the kitchen and found Mason, still playing on the computer, standing up. He was too distracted by his game to notice that there was a chair right behind him.