New Years Day 2010

2010 used to feel so far away. It started today. Crazy how quickly the years go by. My first recollection of time was in 1968. I was in third grade, just after the new year started and I was playing four square on the playground... for some odd reason, I can remember that but not other important things that I should remember.

Today we woke up and played outside in our Utah mountains sledding along the snow covered roads. We were given a breathtakingly beautiful day. Abby's love of sledding surprises me. I lost track of the number of times she was dumped out of her sled and would jump back in. It was nice having her friend Miranda with us. We lost the use of two of the four snowmobiles, but it was still nice. Sledding is crazy fun, but later in the day, the soreness sets in.

In the winter we have to pack our stuff in and out of the cabin since there is so much snow... it was funny to see our laundry basket of food take a tumble between Lindsey and Kelsie on the way down and everyone scrambled to get it picked up.
-Brenda

New Years Eve

We went to Scott & Jill's cabin to bring in the New Year... After snowmobiling, we kept looking at the clock and wondering how we were going to stay awake until midnight. We made tin foil dinners and watched Cameron's home movies, played Celebrity and Cameron taught us how to play "How Low Can You Go?" with a paper grocery sack. You have to stand on one foot and bend down and grab the paper bag by your mouth, no using your hands or touching the ground with your other foot. Occasionally, one would grab the bag on an already wet part and the eweness factor set in. Each time everyone had a turn, Cameron would cut off another couple of inches. It came down to Cameron & Miranda, with Cameron pulling off the final win, like some very fine exotic bird. Larry didn't feel good and fell asleep far before the new year began. Thank you Scott & Jill!
-Brenda