Snow fun

Look how beautiful this place is. Who wouldn't want to live here. We went to visit my sister and her family on the Utah ranch they live on. They have horses and goats, and a great hill for sledding.

Sienna enjoyed being outdoors with her Mimi. Look how cute she is in her puffy jacked and hat.

We got to ride on a snowmobile.


Sienna even had a chance to go sledding. Mimi convinced us to go on the "slow sled", which was not very slow, or easy to control. When we got to the bottom of the hill, I was grateful to have made it without any broken bones. Sienna However, said "More, more." We ended up going down the hill three more times.


While in Utah we had a chance to go to Temple Square and see the lights. The lights at the Temple were beautiful.


Sienna sure does love her cousins. We wish they lived closer.


Happy New Year everyone!

Belated Christmas Pics

This Christmas we spent some time at Grandma Judy and Grandpa Donnie's house. Sienna didn't know what to think of the Christmas Party with all the presents under the tree that she could not open.

She looked so pretty in her Christmas Dress that Grandma Judy picked out.


Christmas morning she was relieved that she could open so many presents. She loved the baby doll cousin Carly sent her.

Here is her first tricycle. Too bad her legs are still too short to pedal herself. Until she grows a little she just jumps on and tells daddy "Go!"

This Christmas we spent some time at Grandma Judy and Grandpa Donnie's house. Sienna didn't know what to think of the Christmas Party with all the presents under the tree that she could not open.

She looked so pretty in her Christmas Dress that Grandma Judy picked out.


Christmas morning she was relieved that she could open so many presents. She loved the baby doll cousin Carly sent her.

Here is her first tricycle. Too bad her legs are still too short to pedal herself. Until she grows a little she just jumps on and tells daddy "Go!"

Rainy Days

This week has been very rainy, and not just a drizzle. I have always loved rainy days and I think Sienna is going to love them too. We went for a walk to the mailbox and when we got back home I had a hard time convincing her to come inside.

We are approved!

How fitting that during national adoption month we get the ok that we are approved to adopt again. We are so excited to start this journey again and to add to our family. LDS Family Services recomends that the best way to get placed with a baby is to let family and friends all know that you are trying to adopt. You never know what connections may be made. So here we go friends and family we are ready! Sienna needs a little brother or sister, so keep us in mind if you know of someone looking to place a baby for adoption.

Here are the pages we turned in to our social worker. You can click on them to make them bigger. You can also view our on line profile by clicking on the link under learn more about adoption -Our adoption profile.

Our little Cowgirl

This year Sienna was the cowgirl Jessie from Toy Story II. We went to the pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect pumpkin. Sienna posed for the camera. She showed off her cute smile with her missing tooth. We visited the dentist and were told that it needed to come out. She will have this cute smile for the next couple of years until her big girl tooth comes in.

Sienna posed for a picture on the tractor.

Then on Friday we went to dinner at a friend's house and got ready to go trick or treating.


Sienna enjoyed wearing her hat. Thank you Leilani for making her a cowgirl hat.



Sienna enjoyed trick or treating with her friend Araia.


She realized that people would give her candy if she went up to their door. She liked that idea and had a hard time leaving the candy in her Elmo basket.

Sienna liked her hat so much that she wore it all around the house the next day. I think Halloween is much more fun when you have children.

Happy Halloween!

Mono Lake

One of the days we were in Mammoth we went to Mono Lake. Mono Lake is a salt lake that has many tufa towers. These towers are formed when fresh water springs meet the salt water. Usually the towers are mostly under water, but the water level in the lake is so low that you can see the towers really well.

We walked down the board walk towards the lake.

Sienna tried to catch up.

They decided to play in the sand.

We enjoyed the day learning about the lake and the tufa towers.

ROAD TRIP

This last weekend we went to the mountains with some friends of ours. Mammoth is great for skiing in the winters and mountain biking in the summers. We wanted to see some fall colors and to do some hiking.





Sienna loves spending time with Brody and Araia.

I thought it would be a great shot to get the three little ones before our hike. Sienna had other ideas.

We got several looks and comments as we started off on our hike . . . each of us had a child.




The girls are such good sports. They were happy but a little tired.





The first place we saw was Devil's Postpile.



And we finished at Rainbow falls.





On another day we took a hike to a mountain lake. I got a little worried when the trail took us up the mountain and through snow.

We made it to the lake, and although it was very cold out, it was beautiful and well worth the hike.



Sienna loved her first experience in the snow. We gave her a snow ball and she said "Ccc".


I can see us returning to Mammoth every year for our family get away. It was such a beautiful place and we felt refreshed afterward.