Party of the year!

For Millie's 14th birthday, she wanted to have a party at the cabin. It worked our perfect because her birthday fell on Human Right's day so they were out of school on Monday. We filled up 3 cars and hauled 15 girls up to the cabin Sunday evening. They got in the hot tub, ate treats, watched movies, played video games, and pretty much stayed up all night.  You know, doing what teenage girls do best. It so happens that Clegg's were at the other cabin so Tyler joined in on the fun too!  Millie's friends thought he was SO CUTE so he was an added bonus to the fun!

 The next day was all play all day:

 Everyone had a blast!  They talked about this party for days!  I'm so glad that Millie has so many friends who are not only darling but really good to her.  They are so kind and funny!

Playing "what if?" in the loft at 2 a.m.

 

The next day after school, some friends "kidnapped" her and went to Orange Leaf for frozen yogurt.

Again, such cute kids!  It's too bad that Millie isn't loved at all ;)

Cayden, MJ, Andrew, Chloe, Cousin Connor, Kaden, Christian, Mason, Skye, Jessica

 

Utah!

The fourth grade did a play all about Utah.  Will was a mountain man and did a great job with his singing and dance moves!  It's always fun to watch the kids perform and I'm glad he didn't feel "too cool" to get into his character. Good job Wilbur!

Holiday outfits

It's a tradition to get a new outfit for church at Christmas time.  Don't they look great?!

Clark Clan Christmas party

As usual the Clark Christmas family party was a blast!  We started off at Fat Cats for some bowling and dinner. There is both Pizza Factory and Costa Vida so there is something yummy for everyone. The cousins have fun bowling together and the adults love it as much as the kids. My favorite part was my awesome strike caught on video ;)

 

After bowling we went to Grandpa Judy's for dessert, cousin gift exchange, a surprise visit from Santa, and acting out the Nativity story.  A couple of weeks earlier the adults went to dinner at Magleby's and did a White Elephant gift exchange.  It's too bad we didn't take any pics.  It was hilarious!  But it was great getting together with adults only so we could enjoy each others company and have more time at this party to focus on the kids. 18 of them! Grandma and Grandpa gave the kids cozy slippers and a certificate stating that they started a college savings account for each of them. Great idea! Grandpa told them that each time they deposited some of their own money into the account he would match it. So of course, Will is all over that! We ended the evening with kids acting out the Nativity story. 

It was so sweet!

 

Silly Sambo!

Christmas 2013

We spent Christmas at the cabin for the 2nd year in a row!

Last year was wonderful so we wanted to do it again.  

Grandpa wins the prize for getting the best Christmas present this year...a hot tub from Grandma and the rest of us.  We have been putting money in a pot for a few years and we finally did it!  It faces the river and mountains so it is very nice and relaxing. Thumbs up :)

 At the top of Quinny's Christmas list was a "Flippee," an animal hat. She got a kitty hat with a tail that flips up when she squeezes the pink part. Q loves anything that involves animals.  Will was so happy to get a new remote control helicopter.  Those things are so cool and he is a good pilot!

 There was plenty of snow for snowmobiling and sledding. BS got sassy on the old Summit catching some sweet air haha!

 More gifts included "Beats" by Dre, some ultra tech headphones (all 4 kids got them, but only so BS and I could use them), bike ramps, pedicure & shelac set, go-carts, iPad, air-soft guns, skis & ski gear, a Joke Box for Will, games, ...

Here, we are eating at Taggarts, one of our favorite Morgan spots after the boys spent the day hunting for rabbits and coyotes.  They got skunked but had fun anyway!

 What would a week at the cabin be without good food?  Millie kept busy in the kitchen baking up delicious goodies with Grandpa and Grandma and giving mani's and pedi's. The boys stayed busy playing with their new games and toys and having air-soft wars with the big boys.

It was another perfect holiday week and we feel very blessed for wonderful family and an awesome place to spend Christmas! <3 nbsp="" p="">