Mason having fun with Grandpa Fred Mertlich during a visit just before Christmas

Ryan's birthday Dec 22nd, there's a lot of candles on that cake huh?

27 to be exact

Dylan, Ryan, Mariah, Nolan, and Mason

The snow kept coming and made for a white Christmas, and some shoveling, notice Mason's bike buried to the right.

Mason, Nolan and Julie. The snowplows bury us, see the bank behind us, the school is what's across the street.

The snow is still here, but melting some during the day and freezing at night, here is a neighbors house with the longest ice cycles I've ever seen

everywhere I went this day, I saw ice cycles backed by the beautiful sun, it was really fun to see

I'm a little slow, but this is why we put ice cycles on our Christmas trees, it really happens in nature.

Mariah got the "Student of the Month" for the month of January in the 11th grade. They had a nice luncheon for the students and their parents, and a letter from the teacher who submitted her name.

Mason got to bring "Wrinkles" home from school and enjoy him for a weekend, then write about the fun they had, he read "Puppies are Like That" to Wrinkles.

Then he had mom make Wrinkles some pajama pants. It is now Jan 22 and there is still enough snow on the ground that I can't see more than a patch of grass in our yard, but it is melting a bit. 45 min away in St George, it is warm enough that I had to take off my coat AND sweat shirt.