*~* Happy 2009 *~*

Happy New Year!

I guess we need to sum up what's happened since last post:

Kris went on a little weekend retreat with some girlfriends to Las Vegas...

...where she had her very first limo ride, and got a picture with Pete Rose!


Darcy got braces...


Kris's iPhone was stolen (you'd think she'd lost a pet or family member - it was horrible. She sulked for weeks). That's why Loopt was removed from the blog.

Our fantastic friends/photographer-and-assistant, Kevin and Alexandra, took some great photos for our Christmas card.

The kids all wore sweaters in order to look seasonally appropriate...but it was like 75 degrees. They couldn't wait to strip down and play in the water!

a couple of holiday parties...yadda yadda yadda...

The fam traveled to Salt Lake City for Christmas - a 22 hour drive straight stopping only for gas, potty, quick meals and Redbox exchange. The kids were awesome! We hit a little snag in Spanish Fork Canyon at about 2 a.m. when it started snowing and we basically couldn't see anything except those little reflectors at the side of the road and the occasional semi. It was a bit freaky.

We visited lots of family, got to go skiing, played in the snow, exchanged gifts and ate way more than we should.

visiting Grandpa Max

Berkleigh and Darcy

what Cooper will look like with hair

Lilly and Olivia warming up by the fire

Megan and Darcy showing off their new watches

skiing at Brighton...brrrrr!!

Max is ca-razy about Clone Wars

Kris also got a new digital camera for Christmas. Here are a few photos from that...

sock monkey!

snow!

new pjs

grandma kathy was in her apron a lot!

gasp! a Dora scooter!

Cicily eating an ice cream cone

winston looking stylish

nerf dart wars

come get some!


...and last but not least, New Year's Eve with our friends The Kalweriskys. We ate a 10-course meal at a fancy schmancy French restaurant in downtown SA called Le Reve. Of course, I forgot to grab the menu to recall what each course was: pate, salad with chilled beef, scallops, caviar, quail egg, grapefruit sorbet, a chocolate-orange soufle, various artisan breads, and cheeses.