January Adventures

We have had a lot of snow this year, so we haven't been out adventuring as much. Also as our kids have gotten older, we have a lot more going on, it seems. But we did fit in a lot of fun in January. Here are some of our January Adventures.

With all of the snow, we finally went sledding over Christmas break. We went to our favorite spot at Silver Lake and had a fun time even though it was super busy!

Dax loves sledding the most!

Mark took a few runs and a had a good time.

Here is Randy making sledding videos on his phone.

Seth made Mom go sledding even though she prefers to watch and video.

This is how Mom feels about sledding!

Dax loves the hot cocoa even more than sledding!

Dax turns 14 this year, and he was able to be ordained a teacher in the Aaronic Priesthood. Grandma was sick, but Grandpa still came down and we spent some good time with him. We played games and talked and hung out. Mom especially loved being with her dad. She doesn't always get one on one time with him. Grandpa was also lucky enough to hear Mark give a talk. Mark was asked to fill in the day before, but he wrote a beautiful talk and did a great job.

Grandpa was the sheriff in BANG!

We had a lot of fun with Grandpa.

A January tradition is to drive to Sanpete County and see the Bald Eagles. We look forward to it every single year. This year we saw a ton of eagles, and even spotted one tree with 15 eagles in it! It was far away, but there were so many! It was amazing. We always end the drive with pizza at Roy's in Ephraim!

Going on an adventure!

We saw a lot of beautiful eagles.

We love going to Sanpete because they are so close to the road.

We also saw turkeys a few different times.

This tree had 15 eagles in it. It was awesome!

Roy's Pizza is our favorite!

Dad's class had a field trip to the State Capitol. He goes every year with his fourth graders. Mom invited herself because this was her last chance to go since Seth is the youngest! She loved being with Seth and listening to Dad's knowledge of the history of Utah. The Capitol was so beautiful inside and she can't wait to go back and explore more. 

Mom doesn't always love field trips, but this was a good one.

Mom was so excited to see this beautiful building.

Mom got to hang out with Dad, which was the best part.

Seth will make a great governor someday!

Dad and Seth are growing so close this year!

Also, look at Mom's photo she snapped of the Capitol building!

There was plenty of other fun happening during January. Here are some memories we want to preserve for the books.

Mom and Seth built this amazing snow fort.

They also stocked it with snow balls!

We tried a new art adventure.

The boys got to attend a Youth Event at the Conference Center.

Seth has been Mom's best helper with the new pasta maker.

He really is the cutest chef.

Mom and Dad went out to eat at Strap Tank!

We are trying to check off all of the Utah temples. This is South Jordan.

Mom won a drawing at the new Life Shop in Lehi.

We built snowmen picture frames at Lowes.

Mom and Dad went to the Payson Temple with Dad's high school friend, Ryan and his wife.

We got some delicious ice cream at Handel's!

Mom went on a hike to Dripping Rock.

We made the kids go outside and they liked it!

It was a beautiful day for hiking in the snow.

Mom and Dad went on another date to Nachos Live.

Dad snapped this crazy pic of Mom! She's so excited for yummy nachos.