Super Ski Day

Today we headed up the mountain and hit the slopes. 

It turned out to be a beautiful day!

Josh and Marcus

Allie in ski school

That's Rob in the back, then Allie and 

Marcus getting his board ready.

Josh and Allie

So cute seeing the boys ride up the chairlift together

Me and Allie getting ready to ski down...had to keep telling 

her to slow down because she was just flying down the hill 

(no fear with this one!)

Melissa and Noah were able to join us :)

Mighty Marcus...went down Great Western

black diamond runs with his Dad

Rob Dog...he was singing up the chair lift, 

"I love powder! I love powder!" He took me on some side trails 

on the bunny hill with fresh powder. What an adventurer. 

It was awesome! 
Then Josh told me Rob kept saying, "I'm a professional. I got it." When they got on the chair lift, Rob somehow knocked his ski off, and the operator had to stop the lift. Josh asked him, "Do you want me to carry the ski up the lift?" He answered, "No, he's a professional! We'll let the pro put his ski back on! I already stopped the whole lift for him."

Allie is Little Miss Confident...she kept saying to me 

"I'm the best one [on the mountain]."

 She definitely was very proud of herself and I was 

able to take the opportunity to teach her a little bit
about humility on the ride up the chairlift!

We definitely had a special day!
We usually only go skiing when our family 
comes from CA in February every year. 
The kids can't wait to go again soon!
 Only a few more weeks until our family comes!

Pics of the Kids

I feel horrible that I didn't get a family Christmas picture
and card together this year. At least I was able to get 
some pictures of the kids in early December...

Happy Birthday, Markell!

Yesterday we celebrated Markell's 24th birthday!

Markell, you are a blessing to our family and we thank God for YOU!

Great Times

We'll our dinner last night turned out a great success...even 

when we thought we made a few mistakes along the way. 

The MENU: salad with homemade balsamic vinaigrette, green beans with toasted pecans, rice, pan seared chicken with a cream sauce, 

and homemade chocolate mousse for dessert!

The cooking class paid off!

Allie felt like playing dress up after dinner...our little princess warrior

Tori and I went to the gym before she flew home today.

Big brother Josh with his littlest sister (20 year difference)...

the Alpha and the Omega in the Scribner family. 

Out of 8 kids Josh is the oldest and Tori is the youngest.

 We are sad to see Tori leave. We had a very special 

time with her and already can't wait for her next visit :)

We love you, Aunt Tori!

I'm Back!

I'm back! Sorry for the little break. Last week I tried to catch up on my blog and I was having trouble uploading my pictures. Uhhh! I was so frustrated.

Hooray! It's fixed and can't wait to share what's been going on in our lives since Christmas.  

 

Yesterday, Danny painted Allie's nails for her before night service

...what a sweet big brother! I'm so glad I captured that moment!

Check out some past posts I just published...

Visit from Aunt Tori

We have been so blessed to have a special visit from Aunt Tori!

We were at the airport to greet her...Rob and Allie dressed in their special cowboy and cowgirl outfits to welcome her to our part of the country!

We've had so much fun cooking dinner, going to the gym-getting special training from Josh, and simply hanging out at home. A highlight was taking a cooking class together at Sur La Table on Saturday night. We made six different things! We are going to try out our new skills and recipes Tuesday night. 

Allie turned 6!

We were able to celebrate Allie's birthday a few days early with Grandpa 
and Grandma Fish in our hotel room at Bible Conference

On our drive home we stopped for lunch and asked 
Allie where she wanted to eat...Wendy's!

The next day after Sunday service we had a 
birthday party.

She set up her babies on the couch so they could be
a part of the festivities!

I think Rob is taking up photography just like his mom ;)

Then I had fun trying to take a picture of everyone...

Love these kids!!

Bible Conference

Josh and I haven't been able to go to one of our Bible conferences in January for a couple years. I'm so thankful we were able to go this year. We took the kids, and they sat through almost all of the services with us. Like us, they were challenged to live for God. We're so glad they had the chance to hear pastors testify of what God is doing in churches all over the world and to hear many of them preach. We want them to see that God is moving
not only in Utah, but around the world. 

Also, we were so happy to have our friends (that used to pastor here in Utah) that are overseas now in Bolivia over for lunch before the conference. 

here are few pics from our conference week...lunch time!