Sledding at Mutual Dell

We have had so much fun going sledding this year!

We have loved this winter and how there has been small amounts of snow

around our home, but you can still get a lot of it if you head up the canyon. 

It doesn't get much better than that!

We have gone to the same spot each time,

and have done pretty much the same thing each time :)

but have enjoyed a different crowd each time.

The first time was just our family,

then we went with Jeff's family,

and then we went with some friends (no pictures taken last time though)

Alexa in "heaven"and acting all silly-like

Karli has really enjoyed herself this year too!

and, of course, Rilee needs to get in a the action

Second time around...

Jeff's 'familio' (with baby Tatum in the car sleeping)

Karli and cousin Jade

This was at the end...

after going down our favorite "hill"

<the road>

So much fun!

Tooth Out!

Alexa had been working on her two bottom wiggly teeth for weeks,

and today (a week ago Friday) I picked her up from school and she looked like this with a tooth necklace around her neck...

Hurray!  Her first tooth is out. 

She couldn't have been more proud and excited :)

She thought it was so funny that her other wiggly tooth has fallen over a bit,

so it looks like she has lost two teeth.

She put her sparkly tooth fairy box under her pillow that night,

and she really came! 

It was such an exciting moment for Alexa. 

Give her other wiggly tooth a day and it will be out for sure. 

Karli can't stop talking about how her teeth need to start wiggling :)

once there was a snowman!

Karli's snowman!

The girls have been hoping for snow so that they could make a snowman...

well, yesterday while Karli was taking a nap, Alexa made one with her friend Merry

All by themselves!  Didn't they do awesome?

So, today, Karli and I made one :)

Karli's very own snowman...it is just her size...and she is so proud!

New Years Interviews 2012

Alexa Janis Shelley

New Years Interview 2012

Age: 5

1. Favorite Veggie?  Carrots
2. Favorite Drink?  Lemonade
3. Favorite Fruit?  Apples
4. Favorite Toy?  Stuffed animals—my hippo and my squirrel
5. Favorite Show?  Strawberry Shortcake and Wild Animal Babies
6. Favorite Game?  Shoots and Ladders
7. Favorite Book?  Fancy Nancy
8. Favorite Cereal?  Rice Chex
9. Favorite Holiday?  My Birthday
10. Favorite Food?  Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sandwich
11. Favorite Animal?  Horse
12. If you could change your name, what would you choose?  Crystal
13. What do you love doing with each person in your family?

          Dad—I love to play “trapper” with him

          Mom—Playing toys with her

          Karli—Swimming with her

          Rilee—Playing with her toys with her and making her smile

14. Where would you like to go on vacation this year?  California
15. Favorite Color?  Blue and Green
16. Favorite thing to do?  Play with my friends and art

Alexa’s Self Portrait—age 5 1/2

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Karli Pamella Shelley

New Years Interview 2012

Age: 3

1. Favorite Veggie?  Carrots
2. Favorite Drink?  Hot Chocolate
3. Favorite Fruit?  Pears
4. Favorite Toy?  Barbies and Polly Pockets
5. Favorite Show?  Three of them—Barbie and the Three Musketeers, Diamond Castle, and Fairy Secret
6. Favorite Game?  Painting Princess game (on Disney website)
7. Favorite Book?   Barbie and Princess Charm School
8. Favorite Cereal?  Rice Krispies
9. Favorite Holiday?  Halloween  
10. Favorite Food?  Spaghetti…no, Ramon Noodles
11. Favorite Animal?  “crawl” bears
12. If you could change your name, what would you choose?  Ally
13. What do you love to do with each person in your family?

          Dad—Play “trapper”

          Mom—Play flying on her feet

          Alexa—Play toys with her

          Rilee—Carry her

14. Where would you like to go on vacation this year?  California
15. Favorite Color?  Pink
16. Favorite thing to do?  Draw and Color, and computer games

Karli’s Self Portrait—age 3 ½

and,

Karli's picture of our family

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Rilee Mathilde Shelley

New Year’s Interview 2012

Age:  10 months old

1.  Favorite things to say:  da-da-da and mom-mom-mommm

2.  Favorite game:  Peek-a-boo

3.  Favorite things to hold and suck on:  Toothbrushes and baby spoons

4.  Favorite food:  Oatmeal

5.  Favorite thing to watch:  Her sisters and her dad playing “trapper”

6.  Favorite thing to do with:

            Dad—having dad hold me while he plays crazy games with my sisters

            Mom—Anything!  Just keep me within arms length and I won’t say a peep

            Alexa—playing with my toys and play peek a boo

            Karli—when she picks me up under my arms and twirls slowly around, and when she crawls around                               with me

7.  Favorite things to do:  take baths ( I love water), dance to the beat of music

8.  Favorite face:  a big CHEESY, SQUOOSHY SMILE J

Christmas 2011

We had a great Christmas this year. 

It was FULL of fun, family, friends, and traditions.

We went to an ugly sweater party at our friends house

...very fun, but very hard to find fun sweaters for it :)

We made gingerbread houses at my mom's house...

The traditional reindeer at Thanksgiving Point,

it was weird that there was no snow,

but fun and festive at the same time!

Dancing with cousin Jade

Traditional K family party at the church! 

Fun games, white elephant, nativity, dinner

Our teams had to end up in a pyramind at the end of our relay race :)

Four of the five cousins born in the same year!  Missed you Caleb.

Little buddies Mika and Alexa

and there's our happy baby Rilee again.

 

with Grandpa K

The grandkid nativity, all done by the grandkids...read by oldest Sam

Christmas Morning!

Ready to go to church

We had a great time with Tyler's fam here for the holidays! 

His parents and Ashley were here,

so we had a lot of opportunities to get together and do some fun things!

We played in the snow down in Mt. Pleasant--

sledding, snowmobiling, being pulled on tubes up and down the mountain...!

Rilee hanging out with Grandma Shelley while bowling

Chinese, yum!