Flying

Nic has been flying quite a bit lately for the CAP (Civil Air Patrol - for those that don't know he's one of their Maintenance Officers). Their maintenance facility is down in SLC so anytime he has to fly a plane down there he guarenteed at least 4-5 hours of flight time that day, which is awesome! Here's a picture of just why Nic loves to fly so much...

It is so peaceful up there and absolutely gorgeous! Our niece Amber has also started with the CAP as a cadet, so you can imagine how proud Nic especially is of her. She wants to be a pilot which we're quite tickled about. He's been teaching her how to shine her boots, do a proper salute and about-face, etc. It's been so much fun!

Do red-heads have more fun or do blondes?

Well, I'm not sure the answer to the more fun question yet, but I'm certainly enjoying finding out. I finally got around to fixing my hair since I colored it and took a few pictures to post. (Nic is flying cadets around right now, so you get the fun of the "self-taking" angle in the pictures.) :-) The more I get used to it the more I love it. I kept a streak of blonde in it for fun and love the effect.

2010 Has Begun

It's hard to believe we're finishing the first week of February already! Where does the time go?

Christmas was a wonderful, fun-filled, family-centered crazy time of year for us. We got to see just about all of our family which was so cool! Rhyll flew up for Christmas, Dad & Gang came down from Washington with Gma & Gpa, Kailey flew up from St George and of course we got to see all of the local family as well. There was lots of laughter, presents, games, dinners and catching up. The highlight for me was getting to join Rhyll going through the temple. The downfall was that Whitney and Ben didn't get to make it up this year. :-( Kailey's flying squirrels were definitely an unexpected fun addition to the group this year!

I have vascilated back and forth about setting goals this year but after being inspired by reading some of my family and friend's goals, I finally sat down and wrote some up. (Now I just need to print them out so I actually look at them and work toward them!)

I got a wild hair the other night and decided I was ready for a change... So I decided to become a red-head! I don't have very good pictures yet, but here's a start...