Snow Storm

We finally got a snow storm in Utah County.  It lasted 2 days and gave us lots of snow.

(I watched most of the snow playing from inside the warm house.  :)

Rylie built a few mini snow caves.

Our neighbors pile all their snow into one place for the year and it makes a pretty good little sledding hill.

While the younger kids enjoyed the snow, it wasn't too fun for Kenz to drive in or Mason to walk home in from the Jr. High.  :)

Mom's birthday and a little circus

 We had Mom's little birthday dinner this past Sunday, and I thought I would share a few pics from it. 

I think this is SO cute....but if you wanna see some NOT so cute, just come on over anytime and take a look at the rest of the pictures on my camera  :)

Isn't she sweet?? I LOVE that she let Gracee practically ride her like a horse

The all exciting candy bar card! Can you sense my excitement??

 So, a few weeks ago I bought tickets to a little circus in South Jordan...exciting, right?? YEP! Danen found out later that he was going to be out of town for it, so Dad stepped in for him! (Thanks, Dad).  I think my boys loved it a little more than Dad and I, but it was still some good memories! :)

Yep...they gave elephant rides.

 My poor kids weren't lucky enough to ride on an elephant OR a camel because their mean mom wouldn't pay for it! It cost more money for one little ride on the elephant than our entire circus ticket cost...umm no thank you!! :)  hmmmm I wonder where I learned to be such a cheapskate??

Aren't these elephants cool though??

Who knows what my kids were doing, but I liked this picture of Dad

Here's the little moon boot cowboy of the night!! The place was FREEZING!!

Bridger was being so funny! He just kept striking all these weird poses and Blake was laughing his head off!

Blake always thinks that Bridger is HILARIOUS!!!

Isn't this an awesome camel?? Once again...you don't know anybody ON the animal in this picture, they are just kids with nicer mom's than I am! :)

We might've had a little bit of a meltdown because his bedtime passed an hour ago!

Thank goodness for the Wendy's kid's meal toy that kept him far more entertained than the actual circus did.  He kept saying "When is this movie gonna get over?" haha  I guess he didn't love it!

This must've been when the motorcycle drove through a box WITH a girl in it! My boys thought that was pretty cool.

How cool is that??

I mean...who could really train that huge of an animal to do this??? CRAZY!!!

The final meltdown....apparently 10:00 is too late on a school night (or any night for this little guy)! hehehehehe

Maybe next time we could all go to the circus together?! Don't these pictures make you want to run out and buy your tickets today??

trailer to our future Emmy Award winning movie. OUTDOORS!

A neighborhood visitor.

 We've enjoyed seeing a Bald Eagle in the river bottoms this week.

 Looking for lunch.

Over 6 ft. span.

DECEMBER at the Kynastons

Christmas was nice. I can't believe it's already the 16th of January. We had such a GREAT time with Mom and Dad (Grandma and Grandpa) visiting!!! We played lots of games, put together a ton of puzzles, stayed up late, stayed up past 12:00 on new years (first time in MANY years), did fireworks at close to midnight,  drove the corvette, listened to violin and piano numbers, exercised, ate, ate some more, hit a pinata, played Just Dance 4, crochet baby blanket edges, pet Melsers, shopped christmas clearance, watched movies, TRIED to get up off the floor from a seated position, went to indoor soccer games, heated corn bags over and over, and much more. WHAT A GREAT TIME and I REALLY needed it!