Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we had a nice candle light dinner with Heather's family. We had Clam Chowder, corn bread, and a cute vegetable tray in a shape of a Christmas tree. We then played games. We played Pit and the Santa Claus Left Right game.

Christmas pictures

We wanted to share with everyone our Christmas decor and holiday grins. Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!

Passed Security+

I took the Comptia Security+ exam on Thursday Dec. 6 and passed with a score of 825/900. I was really nervous taking this exam because I hadn't done so well on the practice exams I took during my test preparation. From reading the community message boards @ wgu, I knew the exam was fairly difficult. Quite a few people @ wgu mentioned retaking the exam. I took the day off of work preceding the exam to study. I studied almost non-stop from 9:00am till about 2:00am . I suppose my preparation paid off. Now that I am done with school until January, I am going to go back and re-study for the Novell CNA(test 50-686) which I failed by a slim margin last July. I will likely sit the exam some time in January.

Snow Angel

It snowed tonight. I decided to do what I like to do best in the snow. I love making snow angels. I don't know why I love them so much but making them is just plain fun. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Table Tennis

Over Thanksgiving vacation, Chris was able to get a Ping pong table from his parents. This table was the table he played on as a kid. He is so excited to have a table of his own. Right now we have the table folded up in the garage. When ever we want to play we just back the cars out and unfold the table. Chris is even trying to teach me how to play.

I took a video clip of him showing the different kinds of Serves.

More Cute Thanksgiving pictures

Ryan, Jaron, Chris and I building a Temple with blocks.

Steven put Jaron in a laundry basket.

Steven putting the laundry basket over his head.

Ryan showing his happy face!

Thanksgiving Weekend 2007

Thanksgiving for us this year was held in Parowan, UT, where Chris grew up. The weather was cold, and we received snow the night of Thanksgiving. Totally diverting from past years, Thanksgiving dinner was held at about 5:00pm, where most normal families have the meal around noon or 1:00pm. After dinner, we played games including Blokus, Chess, Rummikub and Yahtzee Turbo. We stayed up way too late playing games and trying to decide our approach to the black friday sales. We decided we would attend the Staples sale in nearby Cedar City and have Jared(Chris' brother)snatch some items at Radio Shack. We purchased a few items, including a new sony DSC-s700. We should have probably read reviews about this camera before purchasing it, however thus far we have been reasonable satisfied with our purchase. Following the purchase of the camera we decided to try it out. Below are some pictures we took this weekend.


These pictures are of my family at an IHOP in the Salt Lake Area on the day after Thanksgiving. We traveled from Southern Utah and met my Brother Mike who lives near Logan, UT. We made the trip as David and Rahel had to fly out to Pittsburgh the next morning.



The next day, after David and Rahel flew out, We traveled to Mike and Tammy's House. Here are some silly pictures of Cory(yellow), Britton(on top of Cory), Megan, Jaden(both standing on fireplace). We also have Dylan, Makenzy, and Shannon.





After leaving Mike and Tammy's today we stopped to see Cheree and Mark and their children: Tyler, Madison, Jacob and Kaden. Above is Tyler with his superhero "Hands".

Here is Kaden dressed as Batman / Cowboy. This term was from his own words.

This is Jacob behind that Spiderman mask.

Madison didn't really want a picture taken, but she was bribed with fudge.

Here Kaden is, our nephew, showing his cello talent. It was so fun to hear and see him play. Here he is playing his song.

Here Madison is, our niece, showing her violin talent. She is playing some of her Christmas songs. She is so talented.