RINGING IN 2012

We rang in the New Year up in Salt Lake City. It was a wonderful night with our family. We started the night off with ice-skating. It was really fun, but it has been a while and we all seemed a little rusty at first. It didn't take long before we were all doing pirouettes. Not really, Scott, Mitchell and myself held our own. Sadie put her whole heart and sole into it, and even though she fell on her poor little bottom a 100 times, she loved it and didn't want to stop. McKade did not think it was the greatest thing he had ever done in his life and thought the ice was way to slick. Go figure Kade, we are ice skating!
Next, we hit the pool. It was nice and warm and the kids had a blast. They swam there little hearts out for a couple of hours and by this time we had all worked up a healthy appetite to go and hit Tucano's. It was super yummy, we all ate way to much. Mitchell was brave and tried a piece of everything. Sadie could not get enough of the grilled pineapple, I think she ate a whole pineapple herself. McKade was a little hesitant at first, but after a few rounds of meat he found out his favorite thing was the spicy wings and he stuck with those the rest of the night. After all the food we needed to walk it off. We walked around the Gateway for a little while, then headed over to the festivities at the Salt Palace. It was hopping with a lot of teenagers, so we decided to walk over to Temple square and check out the lights. They were beautiful as always. It was around 11:00 so we walked back to the hotel and have a little party of our own. We played games, ate treats and watched the fireworks from our window of our hotel. It was a fabulous night and a great way to welcome in the 2012!













We are so blessed in our lives. We had a wonderful and healthy 2011 and are hoping for a FABULOUS 2012!

Oh, What Do You Do In The Winter Time?????????

Winter in UTAH usually = snow, sledding, snow mans, snowball fights, snow boarding, hot chocolate, frigid temperatures, and bundling up. This winter seems to be a little different then the past winters. Instead we are having bakes sales, lemon-aid stands and picnics in our front yard. I am not complaining one bit, I have to admit the Sunny weather actually makes me SMILE. but, it is a little weird to see all the kids out playing without coats on in January.





Sadie and the cute neighborhood girls are living it up and trying to make the most of this sunny January and I am loving it!!!!

2011 Christmas!

I love Christmas time and the wonderful, happy feeling in the in the air. I love the lights, the decorations, the smells and spending time with my family reflecting and pondering on the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. We had a fantastic Christmas and we were able to enjoy a lot of Christmas activities and a lot of family time. We went for our Christmas Eve tradition to see a movie before our Christmas eve feast. We saw Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 "Shipwrecked" the kids thought it was wonderful, Scott and I endured. We came home to our Fondue dinner. We had Cheese fondue, Chicken and Steak fondue and topped it all off with our families FAVORITE! Chocolate fondue. It did not disappoint. Grandma and Grandpa Degelbeck had nowhere to go this Christmas Eve, so we had the pleasure of having them with our family this year. It was wonderful.














We ended the night with opening new P.J.'s , playing of few games, Sadie singing of few songs and dad reading the Nativity Story while the kids acted it out with the Nativity set. We got Santa's cookies and milk already and the kids were off to bed. The kids all slept in the same room. I don't think there was much sleeping going on they were up at the crack of dawn.
They were all super excited of what they got and it truly was a magical day.
I loved that Christmas fell on Sunday, it was wonderful to go to church and feel the spirit through scripture and song.
2011 Christmas=SUCCESS!

Sadie's Christmas Choir Concert 2011

Sadie has been taking a singing class with her (2) best friends, our little neighbors next door. She has loved it. We were able to go support her at her Christmas Concert and she did not disappoint. She sang her little heart out and did a fabulous job.




She loves to sing and we often find her singing alone in her bedroom to her dolls and stuffed animals. We love her and we are sgrateful for her in our home.

Marvelous & Magnificent Maui

Scott I were fortunate enough to go and spend the week in Maui for a week with his work. Maui is never a let down and we were able to enjoy ourselves completely. I got to meet a lot of people from Scott's work that I had heard about but never really met. I always like to put a face with a name. We did a fun day hike up to some hidden waterfalls and I even got up the courage to jump off. Then we went kayaking and snorkeled on a beautiful reef where we swam with over 20 sea turtles. The weather was absolutely beautiful and it was just a fabulous trip all around.

Scott and I went on a 4 mile walk to a hidden breakfast hideaway and it was complete with macadamia nut pancakes and coconut syrup, eggs, hash browns and fresh squeezed orange juice. It was wonderful breakfast, but we were a little tired and hung out on this hammock for an hour on the way home. ( rough life, I know)

This was our view from our breakfast table, with a beautiful rainbow to boot.

One of the the hidden waterfalls we were able to hike up to. The water was chilly, but once your body was numb it was perfect.


Me having the courage to actually get in the freezing cold water and actually jump off the cliff. It seemed so much higher once I climbed up to the top, but that was the only way down. Not so bad, but I didn't do it again.


We love Hawaii and never get bored of all it has to offer. We are truly grateful for our brother and sister in law who willingly watched the kiddos while we were away.

A SUPER SPOOKTACULAR Halloween

Halloween this year could not have been better. The weather was PERFECT and the kids all had a great time and got plenty of Treats and Tricks to last all year. We started off the day with the School Parade, then each kid had a classroom party with lots of spooky fun, then we had a neighborhood get together at our house before heading out trick or treating for the night. It was a fun, filled day full of halloween activities,

Sadie counting all of her TREATS!

The boys trying to look cool in there SCARY sports gear! ( they always go way out on Halloween)

Sadie could have not made a cuter cowgirl! I loved it, it was a easy, comfortable costume with no make-up! That is my kind of costume.


Sadie and her best friend Lilly! All ready to go get some treats!





The kids LOVE halloween, they love picking out there own pumpkins and carving them to there liking. Kade does not like to touch the pumpkin innards, but he did this year and it was a huge accomplishment for him. Sadie and Mitchell dig right in and love every minute of the whole process.
We are grateful for a fun, and warm Halloween, because the next day a huge winter storm blew in.
Halloween 2011 was SUPER SPOOKTACULAR!