Falling in a Winter Wonderland

So we went skiing with Emily and Rory. Or should I say they went skiing and I pretended to. At least the snow provided a nice and fluffy landing, and I only fell once going downhill. Now that I have gotten my winter activities in for the season, I can lick my wounds and wait for another year to come around.

The Zipper Bag Buddy

This was my ME 380 project. We had lots of fun!

Let It Snow

So of course William and I bring our sleds to go sledding and we arrive to mud and ice. The whole two weeks we were there brought nothing of the white fluffy stuff that falls from the sky, not until the last day we are there. The above picture is Gupsten sporting the start of what should have been a white Christmas. But alas, we just got to drive back to Rexburg in it.

Spokane Temple

Fortunately, we were able to take a trip to the temple this time around. It was nice to get out of the house and spend a peaceful day remembering what Christmas is all about.

Christmas Day

I believe Momma Meyers' Christmas wish came true in that all of her kids were there for the holidays (with the exception of Seth on a mission). That meant lots of presents under the Christmas tree. As you may have noticed, it was a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, much to William's dismay, but since it was already decorated when we got there, we didn't want to go through the hassle of getting another one.



For those of you who don't know, we have a cat. I was happy that Teddy hasn't been eaten or ran away in this year that he has spent at the Meyers'. I was also glad that we got to spend Christmas with our fluff-ball.



The day was full of many fairies, for Lydia needed other fairies to play with, and tons of junk food, lots of sleeping, and of course much game playing. All in all, it couldn't have been better.

The Bag Game

So the object of the game is to pick up the brown paper bag with your mouth, not allowing any other body part, besides your feet, touch the floor.



It gets tricky when the bag becomes shorter and shorter. This is when people begin to drop out.



Yet somehow, there is always a winner.

The Christmas Letter

This year started with such potential

And like this rhyming scheme, essential

School went on and classes we took

All sociality we sadly forsook

Scraping cash and earning A’s

Life was crazy in so many ways

School ended with shouts of joy

But then it was off to find employ

I found a vet with a desperate need

To from an employee be utterly freed

When in I walked, she was fired

An to my delight I was rightly hired

Jessie was off to the nutty house

Forced to work like a Cinderella mouse

She worked for a mean and ugly matron

Who really should have been a patron

So after some yelling and some screaming

Jessie left with a face all gleaming

She talked to a nice and friendly cook

Who decided to hire her for work

This cook was then right after fired

And two other’s jobs were expired

But somehow Jessie held on strong

And managed to stay the summer long

The summer’s rest goes as thus

A groundhog caught that made a fuss,

Nasty spiders crawling out at night

To give poor innocents a dreadful fright,

And a crazy kitten’s sharp tooth and claw

While on any finger it loved to gnaw

Now at school we are again

Making our way in the world of men

Struggling again to make the grade

Summer memories quickly fade

Scraping cash and earning A’s

Life gets crazy in so many ways