Another GREAT Quick Cabin Trip

On Thursday night, we finished up the kiddos basketball season at about 7:30. I had been to a CE course in Las Vegas all day and hadn't done a thing to get ready, but since winter weekends are running out, we decided to ditch school and work, and head up to Brianhead. I was worried about snowmobiling in at 11:00 at night, but all was well....cold, but well.

Friday morning, Kari was the only one who wanted to ski, everywone else wanted to be lazy, so she and Travis got to have a daddy/daughter ski date. The day was so nice I had to join them after lunch. Kari is a maniac. I was so surprised. On the first run Trav took off and I decided to go behind Kari. I was looking around, then looked to find Kari and she was already down the hill. She has one speed---FAST, and she has no FEAR. I was pretty scared watching her the whole afternoon, but she did very well. She even tackled a black diamond. Travis and I were both glad to get to spend a little one on one time with her. Travis even said that was one of his best ski days ever!

TUBING!
We had to leave Saturday afternoon to get back for Sunday, but not before we did a little tubing. Trav and Marli sat this one out, while mom, Halle, Adri and Kari raced up and down the hill. You get going so fast. It was a blast. Next time we are taking Mar for sure. She would love it.

Overnight at the VENETIAN

A friend/employee of ours gave Travis and I tickets to Blue Man group for Christmas. We decided to make a family getaway of it. It turned out really fun. Travis got us a suite at the Venetian which was beautiful and actually fit the seven of us. Blue Man group was really cool, although I am getting too old for a 10 o'clock show. The kids loved the room, canal and our wonderful breakfast at the Grand Lux Cafe. We even went swimming. Needless to say we were the only crazies out there in the cool weather.

We had a great time.

Kari's 9th Birthday

The past nine years have flown past. I really can't believe she is nine. Kari is my little sweetheart, yet when it comes to sports is my most aggressive. She has been such a blessing to our little family. You can count on her if you need anything. Often she is running to get you something or do something for you before you even ask. She is doing very well in school and has great friends.

She makes being a mom easy.
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Halle for three---SWISH

This has been a long freshman season. It started off great with a freshman team, but when they lost a couple of girls they decided to stick everyone on JV. This meant a 15 person team which makes it tough to see much playing time as a freshman. That combined with a new first year coach has made it a little tough to watch at times, but Halle has done well and played hard. She has become a perimeter shooter with a couple of games with more than one 3 pointer.
Last week against Moapa (our rivals) she didn't come in until middle of the third quarter. We were getting killed by about 15. She had a quick three, came down again and got fouled, made both her shots and then had another 3 after a couple minutes. Her 8 points got things rolling and we came back within one. The best part was she fouled out of her first game. I was proud of her. She is playing more aggressive and is really a hustler. We have one more game this Friday...then it's softball time!