Wishing for warmer times...

Out for a ride with Alyse

Surfer girls... (Brin with friend)

Brooke with her favorite cousin

The Boat Driver... what a hottie

Broc loves to ski and wakeboard

We LOVE the beach...wish it wasn't February!

Yippee kie ay...it's a cowgirl and cowboy birthday bash...

Yo,yo y'all...The party helpers...Brin and her friend

Alyse lovin' her birthday cake with her girlfriend.

Let's have some cowgirl grub!

BIRTHDAY GIRL...PAIGE

BIRTHDAY GIRL...ALYSE

Paige and Alyse are four years old!

Good friends, good fun and...

good eats!

LET'S GO UTES!

These two are biting their nails with sweat dripping off their noses.

Thank goodness the UTES played awsome...31-17!

UNDEFEATED!

Here we are at the Super Dome...Ready for an amazing game.

We are painting the town RED.  New Orleans is filled with Alabama and Ute fans.  But there is only one true color of red.

Go SUPER-UTES!

and last, but not least...we loved the food.  Give me some sugar...

Holiday Happenings...

Alyse, Brin, their darling aunt and Brooke making gingerbread houses.

Brin is a sweet Mary...even though she is giggling the whole time.

Broc loves the snow...

Brooke is the Snow Queen.

Brin, Paige, Brooke, Broc and Alyse all piled on the tube.

Winter Wonderland

Alyse

Snow Bunnies...

Paige

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (from Stacey Kasteler)

For those of you who know me... you know I know pumpkin, and these cookies are at the top of my list. So here is a great recipe.

3 cups pumpkin

2 eggs

1 cup oil

2 teas. baking soda

2 teas. baking powder

2 teas. ground nutmeg

2 teas. ground cinnamon

2 teas. vanilla

1 teas. salt

3 cups of sugar

5 cups of flour

1 bag of milk chocolate chips

Mix all ingredients together well...then add the flour. Fold in choco chips. Bake at 350 for 13-15 minutes. (depending on your oven)...it makes a lot! (thank goodness cause i can eat a lot)

Thanksgiving...in St. George and Salt Lake

St. George feast with the Colton family...

Watching Brin's soccer tournament in St. George...
The twiners love Uncle Nate (he is like their big teddy bear)

The Colton's are always up for a soccer game. Even Rudy...

We also had an amazing feast at Grandma Kasteler's before we left for St. George.

Brooke and her favorite Kasteler cousin are lovin' grandma's cookin.

Hey big boys...ready to eat?...or should we just keep takin pictures?