Let it snow, let is snow, let it... STOP ALREADY!!

I cannot believe how much it has been snowing lately! With a broken snowblower my back is taking the brunt of the shoveling and it's killing me! Luckily the girls are here to help out! It also seems like just as we finish shoveling our massive driveway and walks it starts snowing again and the evil cycle repeats itself! I really want a white Christmas, but this may be overdoing it! I guess I won't complain too much come Lake Powell time next year!!

Here's some pics from yesterday...

Looking out our front door! Poor Windsock Santa if freezing!! With all the wind he's been seeing a lot of action the last few days!

Looking out our front door down the street.

The backyard neighbors pretty tree/bush thing all snow covered.

At least the snow leaves everything pretty and white, for awhile anyway!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Going private!

Darrell has always been concerned with this blog thing. He's always telling me to be careful and I thought "Why, only our friends and family read this" then my friend, Kristen, had a problem with a parent at the school she teaches at. This person went online and googled Kristen, found her blog and read the ENTIRE thing. In August she had to attend a training class and mentioned it was dumb, apparently offending the parent who read it. Luckily nothing happened to my friend, she just made her blog private so only those who are invited to look and read about her personal life can, and we're going private too! Please send me your email address so I can invite you to see our blog in the future!

Movie Nite!

These pics are from our Kinyon Family Movie Nite on Sunday (mentioned in the post below!)

This is Dad and Bryan watching the movie, Brock apparently watching Grandpa and Lo playing with a car!

Shawna, Grandma and Mya (notice Grandma in her PJ's and Shawna snuggled in her blanket!) Next time I'm wearing my PJ's too!

Brock thought a dog pile on uncle Bryan would be fun so he jumped on his back, poor Lo didn't understand the whole dog pile thing at first so I threw her up there (then her legs were too short to get up there on her own so I had to throw her back up each time she fell off!)

Movie night was sooo much fun! I can hardly wait to do it again! I see a tradition starting here!

I'm thankful...

I just wanted to say what a wonderful weekend I had! It started out with Saturday, Darrell woke up early and headed off to work so I thought I'd hurry and get the house cleaned while he was gone so we could just hang out when he got home. The girls jumped out of bed, ate breakfast and really helped get the whole house spotless. We were all ready for the day by 12:30p when Darrell got home. Shawna went to a friends house to play while I worked on Christmas stuff, Darrell and Annie just hung out watching some TV. Then I needed to run an errand so Darrell took me over to Wal-mart where I quickly changed my mind and decided Wal-mart on Saturday was way to scary so instead he took me to lunch/dinner. We just hung out as a couple for a short time which is so nice, I forget how to be the wife when I feel like the mom all the time! Anyway, we got home and I changed into my pj's, the girls went babysitting and Darrell and I had more time to hang out and watch tv. I love my hubby so much! He has been working so hard the past few weeks and to have this time to be with him was so wonderful!

On Sunday we went to my mom's house for dinner and a movie. She'd bought Narnina early in the week so we all had dinner in front of the big tv downstairs and then ate tons of junk! It was a blast and I'm really thankful that we all get along as well as we do! My little nephew is growing to be such a big boy and I just love him to death! And my neices are such sweet little girls, they remind me of when mine where small! I love how Lo gets so excited when she sees me! She screams (and anyone who knows her understands she really screams!) "IT'S SHARA!" at the top of her lungs. She gets so excited and can't control herself (regardless of who it is really) she holds her hands out at her side and just shakes with excitement! And little Mya is just so sweet, yesterday I babysat and had her laughing like crazy! I'm just so thankful for my family, my brother, Bryan, and his wife, Kiersti. My sister, Becky and Mat, her hubby. And all the kids! I LOVE YOU GUYS!! Thanks especially to my wonderful parents, for without them our family wouldn't be what it is!!

Merry Christmas!

I am sooo excited for the holiday season I can hardly wait for Christmas to be here! I've just finished shopping for the girls (except a few little things), this is the earliest I've ever been finished! I just have a few homemade things to crochet and sew and then I'll be completely done! I've changed the background on my computer at work this beautiful scene...

Everytime I log on to work this is what I see and it makes me happy and excited. I also changed the background on Becky Warner's computer to this...

Which makes both of us laugh our heads off, and while it's funny, a larger version of this is scary too!

Anyway, here's a quick...

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!

WOW...

This years Reflections theme was Wow... and Shawna did a project on nature. She took lots of pictures while we were on vacation and then she put them on a posterboard. It was really neat and (drum roll please...)

She moved onto REGION! YAY SHAWNA!! GOOD JOB!!!

This is Shawna's medal, a lizard pen prize and a rubber duckie prize that she picked.

Shout out to Kristen!

I just wanted to say Thanks to my friend Kristen! She is such a sweetie! I babysat her when she was a baby, changed poopy diapers, cleaned up massive vomit (she was a fire hydrant that kid!) and then when she was a little older, 5th grade I think, I drove her past the house where a boy she liked lived and we shouted out the windows at him! Now she's grown and married and turned into the most thoughtful person ever!

I was sick all last week. Darrell was working very hard and didn't have time to take care of me very well (although I was managing ok). On Saturday he was painting at Becky Warner's house and mentioned how sick I was. Lo and Behold my cute little Kristen jumped into action! She went to the grocery store and while she was there she got the stuff to make my little family dinner, and let me tell you... IT WAS WONDERFUL!!!! She and her cute hubby, Ben, showed up at 6 with a fabulous array of meat and potatoes, rolls and, my favorite course, DESSERT!! YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY! Thanks so much guys! I love you!

For anyone who's interested, I am still recuperating from my terrible cold! At least now I have my voice back and I'm feeling much better!

PS to Kristen, I need recipes!! That bundt cake was to die for! And those potatoes were yum yum yummy!