Took our annual Big Sky Montana ski trip in early March. This year we took Grandpa TJ, Bret and Tanner. Wow I don’t think I can ever get bored of that place, it is so beautiful. We had a great time, however Tara and Mason became ill while we where there. Tara spent the first day hanging out sick while I played with the kids at the outdoor swimming pool and hot tub. Why is it that kids can never get enough of that stuff? The second day we were off to ski, we were in line for lift tickets and we noticed that Mason was getting a pretty high fever. I went to the store at the resort and used my life savings to get the kid some medicine; you know how prices are at resort areas - OUCH! Well I went back to the ticket line to give the medicine to him, as soon as he put it in his mouth he gagged and pucked right there in line. Tara and I spent the rest of the trip taking turns skiing with Makenna and hanging out with Mason, luckily we brought the Wii along so Mason did just fine.
Lone Peak is one of the steepest runs in North America so of course Tara and Mak had to go ski it. I was a little surprised that my wife took our eight-year-old daughter on such a dangerous run, even though Mak has no sense of fear in her whole body. But you know Mak, she did great and Grandpa TJ said he was more scared than she was. I took her back to Lone Peak after lunch so she could teach her old man how to rip out a double back diamond run, wow what a kid! It was a great trip and we were even lucky enough to see a wolf on our drive home.

Mason's 5th Birthday

Mason tuned 5 on February 26th. He is really into Star Wars right now and his favorite character is General Grievious so Tara made him a General Grievious cake. Mason took his cousins and good friends to play laser tag, they all had a great time. He got some Star Wars Lego's so his birthday was everything he wanted. Tara and I got him a DSi but he had to wait until April to get it, since they were not available at the time, poor kid.

We went to Brian Head ski area in southern Utah in late February for the bi-annual Jensen brothers ski trip (Tara’s dads family). It is an interesting ski area, kind of lame for more advanced skiers but great for kids. Brian Head also has some pretty good terrain park features. It was kind of like spring skiing in Idaho, but we don’t get to do that until April. Grandpa TJ took some big air on some of the jumps and showed us all up. Not bad for 66 yrs old. Tara got to see many of her cousins, and we all had a great time. Check out the video!

Winter of 2009

It's been to long since I have posted anything. I have been watching conference and listening to some of the historical stories. I started to feel guilty that I have not been keeping up on my own little family journal so I figured I better get on here and make an entry. Sometimes life just gets so busy.

We have had a great winter. We went on several fun ski trips to Targhee, Snowbird, Sun Valley, Brian Head, Big Sky and of course lots of little trips to good old Pebble. Mason turned 5 years old, seems hard to believe. He is getting so big he is not our little baby anymore. Went to Moab for the Canyonlands half marathon which Tara and I ran together. Makenna is doing very well in gymnastics, she had her first competition and got 4th in mini trampoline, and 1st in tumbling. It's been a long cold winter we are ready so ready for spring to come so we can get the boat out! Stay tuned for posts detailing some of our winter activities.