Kent's Photography

Fence line by the cabin

Cave Falls

Two moose...

Kent took his camera and took some great shots along the rides. Mother nature creates some wonderful and beautiful things for us to enjoy. I'm thankful we took the time and did enjoy what we saw!

New Years Fun!

Last year Shane and Gina Darrington invited us to share in their cabin in Ashton during New Years. We had a blast and loved the vacation. They invited again this year and we jumped at the chance. We take our snowmobiles and we spend time with our family and friends in the snow. We stay up late, sleep in late, eat great food, snowmobile around and share memories with our friends. Shane is our tour guide and we have alot of fun. This year Sayger spent more time riding his snowmobile the "Kitty Kat", he went round and round the circle and he loved it. Kyle even tried it out this year but decided he would rather sled with the big boys. Wide open the "Kitty Kat" goes 5 miles an hour but to Sayger it is 50! Check him out.

The day after Christmas

Dinner

Sister gift-I can help mom!

Sister #2 gift

Two years ago we decided with our extended families we are so busy! We would have our family Christmas the day after Christmas. Kenna and Chip usually spend several days with the Harris family for a Christmas marathon, Charlce and Ricky have been in Texas and Kent and I are worn out on Christmas night. I have been taking cooking classes and prepared a dinner I had learned in class. It was a success and turned out very good. Ricky said I out did myself and those classes payed off. It was yummy. After dinner we quickly cleaned up and headed for gifts. It was fun. This year I had Stormie, Shandler and Sayger make Kenna and Charlce a special gift. It was fun to see them open their sister gifts. It is our time together and we enjoyed it.

Grandpa and Grandma Kidds

Grandma and Mckendrie!

Jenni-sampling the dinner.

Ricky, Charlce and Chad

Christmas Morning!!!

Christmas is definitely in the eyes of children. Look at their faces. It was awesome! Now that they are a little older I make them sleep in a bit before they can wake us up. Stormie set her cell phone alarm and to my surprise it woke them up. I bet they could have slept in longer had it not gone off. Santa left Sayger a remote control robot, which he loved. Shandler got a digital camera and Stormie a new CD player that you can plug your MP3 player into. She was thrilled, bathroom music!! We enjoyed the morning of gift opening and then headed for the showers so we could get to Grandpa and Grandma Kidd's for the festivities with aunts, uncle and cousins.

Christmas Eve Continued...

Grandma gave Stormie and Shandler very special necklaces this year. She was showing Shandler the engraving on the back of the necklace.

Grandma Great-The very best Grandma in the entire world. She is my hero! She shares in all events and loves every minute, we love having her and are blessed she is able to come.

Cool! Transformer Bubble bath!

Every year we spend Christmas Eve at my mom's house! We eat chili and snacks and open gifts. We then let the kids play and we play cards and visit. The kids look forward to it all day long. Sayger was counting down because he had a BIG gift at Grandma's from Auntie Brooke... it was a pogo stick. He is a little concerned on how to use it but once the garage is cleared out( we move the cars) he'll get it figured out. I'll post his first pogo experience for your viewing pleasure at a later date. We then went home and opened one gift-tradition- set out the plate for Santa and all of my children snuggled into Sayger's room for a snooze. HA! It was 12:30 p.m. before they finally settled down, I did an Internet check and informed them Santa was in New Mexico-they quickly quieted down. Christmas is so exciting!

Christmas Eve

Stormie-whoa!!

Ricky playing with Sayger's transformer.

I Love to See the Temple

Our Family....

December 2008

Dad, mom, Stormie, Shandler and Sayger

When I married Kent one of the first places we visited during the holidays was the temple. I was amazed and deeply touched. It has been several years since we have returned. I think Shandler was two and Stormie was five and Sayger was still a distance thought(or wish). Charlce came for Christmas and her and Ricky drove from Texas so we met them in Salt Lake City. Charlce was excited to share a part of her history with her husband from the South. We were excited when Kenna, Chip and the grandchildren accepted our invitation of a family affair.We shopped, laughed, shopped, had dinner and enjoyed the temple lights. It was so awesome to have our entire family there together. Kent and I felt very fortunate. My children were in awe and loved the lights and feeling they had at the temple that night. It was relatively calm and really not that cold, except to our southern son-in-law who informed us "we had lost our ever lovin minds..." He was freezing! We stayed at a local hotel and planned on another fun day of shopping. At four o'clock that morning Sayger sat up in bed and began to call "MOM, MOM." I sat up to comfort him thinking he had a bad dream when he informed me.... "Mom, I loved everything about the temple tonight, it was beautiful." I giggled and reminded him it was four o'clock in the morning, lay back down and go to sleep. I hope he carries that with him and remembers those feelings through-out his life.
I feel fortunate to have such a special relationship with Kenna and Charlce. It was not easy for any of us but I want them both to know we made it! I was thrilled to stand with them at the temple and know my whole family was there. They are beautiful women and we could not be prouder of who they are and who they have become. I count on them as good examples for Stormie, Shandler and Sayger and they have not let me down. Thanks girls for the fun weekend trip, even though it was cut short due to a snow storm and blowing wind.

Yearly pose...

Each year I have made my children sit in front of the tree and I take their picture. The catch is it has to be in their Sunday best! I used to insist on matching clothing but they are each getting old enough to object. This is the first Sunday in December and I made them pose in their Christmas choices. I really miss the frilly dresses and holiday styles I chose for my girls just a few years ago. I still dress Sayger like a preppy little Christmas boy...he does not object to much but he hates turtlenecks. I have a hard time believing how quickly they are growing and changing. However, they are beautiful!

Shandler-dance

Dancing at the festival of trees!

Shandler danced at a few different places during the holidays with Brooke's studio. This was at the Festival of Trees. They have kind of a funky dance and they wear these white masks. At first I was confused and I couldn't decide wich dancer was Shandler. However, she wears her emergency alert necklace and once I saw it dangling there I knew which little dancer was mine. She did great, but I am not a big fan of the masks, I like to see the animation on her face as she dances. And those of you that know Shandler, it is all about the show!