Taylor's Ski Field Trip/Deer!

I was able to go with Taylor's class downhill skiing in Cokeville. We had a blast! Taylor is great at skiing. She picked it up very well and is so excited to get back. Her school will be going back again next Tuesday as well. I will be going then too yeah!

Here is Tay on the bus ride with some of her freinds.

Taylor is the girl in the back in the pink. This is at the bottom of the big hill.

Taylor coming down the big hill. She is the dot on the right!

The deer squeezed through the fence where there is a little gap and found our tree. She left little pellets of poop all over the back yard too. YUCK! We have had a ton of deer around this season. Everyone here says it is the norm. There's not a day that goes by that we don't see a few. The other day, twelve ran across the street right in front of our van while I was driving. For me, I don't think it ever gets old seeing them. They are fun to watch.

This is the deer jumping when Shane opened the door.

What's Wrong With My Camera?

Here's my camera story that I felt strongly should be posted to help others who may or may not have the same problem with their cameras. I took a bunch of pictures this last week and to my horror, they are all blurry. At first, I thought some of them were blurry because I was outside and the camera was still warm from being inside (you know, when you wear glasses outside and come in-they fog up?) So then I took some more pictures, inside, and they were still blurry. I told Shane about my problem and he told me that I had messed with the settings and I needed to check them. I checked the settings, and they all seemed ok. After a week of blurry pics, a ticked off mom thinking "Great, my camera is broken, I don't want to buy another one now!", I finally decided to look at the lens and sure enough, a big greasy finger print right smack dab in the middle of the lens. I carefully wiped it and viola! The lesson learned-if your pictures are a little blurry in the middle of the picture no, your camera is not broken, WIPE THE STINKIN' LENS OFF!!!!! Here is my week of blurry pics for your enjoyment!!

This is B trying to find a sledding hill where I shoveled the driveway ha!

Parker absolutely loved being pulled in the sled. If it wasn't blurry, you could see his rosy cheeks and a huge smile. Oddly enough, Tay and Bren fought over who got to pull Parker around. I was just grateful that my kids were fighting over pulling the sled so I didn't have to!!!
There's not much here in Wyoming-no Wal -Mart! There is however a Burger King with a playland. The kids love playing there when we need to get out of the house. Parker knows the name well and will say "Booger King" over and over when we drive by. I hope he learns his 'r' sound soon!
If it weren't blurry, this is B in the bubble.
Parker loving this.
Tay says that this is the best way to come down the slide.
THAT'S ALL! I HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR BLURRY WEEK!

Tis the Season!

What a wonderful Christmas season we have had. We have so much to be thankful for this holiday season. As always, as much as we want it to be a calm and quiet season, it never seems to go that way. This month was filled with so many fun activities from ward Christmas party to sledding behind horses on a conveyor belt, Santa coming to visit, Shane's Staff Prime Rib party, spending time with family, spending Christmas Eve at Rob and Rachaels with mom and dad Heuseveldt, going to the free matinee of Horton Hears a Who, cooking, decorating sugar cookies, eating tons of fattening foods, and having a Heuseveldt New Year's Snowmobile party at Rob and Rachael's in their field. Did I mention all the food? I decided to post the season pictures in a slide show because there were so many to share. Although it was a crazy time, we still felt the quiet peace that our Savior brings to each of us. We are thankful to be where we are and to have the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives. May his spirit be with each of us as we begin a new year.

We just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas! I have installed a couple of fun elf dance cards from our family to yours at the bottom of the blog. They are pretty funny-Enjoy! (You might have to pause my playlist to hear the music on it.) Love, The Harris Family

Soda Springs for a baptism

This past weekend, we went to Soda Springs for my niece, Jocelyn Balls's baptism. We had a ton of fun and of course, mom cooked a ton of amazing meals for all of us. We had a lot of fun playing pitch and Gin. I found a quote on a friend's blog and I think it fits this picture "We may not have it all together; but together we have it all!" (Thanks Tiffany) I love my family! Back Row: Rob and Rachael Heuseveldt, Left: Shane, Kellie Harris holding Parker Harris, Ken and Carol Heuseveldt, Jennifer, Jonathan Balls, Left: Taylor Harris, Jorianne Balls holding Jarom Heuseveldt, Jocelyn Balls with Thomas Heuseveldt, Joshua Balls with Jalissa Balls, and Hyrum Heuseveldt, Justice Balls, and Brennen Harris.

The baptism girl, Jocelyn Balls-I think she looks just like a princess!

Leave it up to Grandma Heuseveldt to give Parker a cracker full of squeeze cheese while he is in his church clothes! Have an apron! Oh so cute!

He looked so "cute" we just had to take another picture!

Kid's Tree Decorating

For our fhe activity Monday, we decorated the kid's tree downstairs. Every year, Tay and Bren have made fun ornaments at home and at school for our tree. I have saved all of their ornaments they have made especially for their tree. I love it because it has so much character and meaning. Here's some pictures of the event.

The kids taking a break from decorating to look at the snowman snowglobe. Shane tangled in the lights, and Taylor tangled in the popcorn string.

Parker couldn't wait for the lights to be put on to put the first ball on.

"It falled off!!" Says Parker

A little help from mom

"I see a bare spot right here!"

Tay all tangled up!

Teamwork!

The finished product. Aren't these kids cute?

Tada!!! The best tree ever!

Shane's New School

I finally made it down to Shane's school to take a picture of him in front of it to his embarrassment! It's brand new as of this year. We were on our way out of town when I took these so I didn't get pictures of his classroom. It is really nice! He's really enjoying it here. He has a great class and great teachers to work with.