Spring is finally here, Hyrum style!

Yesterday it was 50 degrees and we were hanging out in our shorts on our newly uncovered lawn planning our garden and other spring projects. The weather report said we had a chance of snow over the next few days with accumulations of up to 3 inches. When we woke up this morning we had a foot of fresh snow . . . . and it kept snowing, for a grand total of 24"!!! Enjoy the videos, we sure had fun-- but we still would like it to melt soon. Oh, and Karen, they did not cancel school!!!

Traveling in Faith

Ususally you see parents gushing with pride about their children... well today instead you will see a granddaughter feeling very proud of her grandparents. I was pleased to see this story about my grandma and grandpa in the Herald Journal this morning, and wanted to share it with all of you out there. Check it out.

http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/news05-02-19-09.txt

Family photo grouping

I just finished our family photos project and thougth I would put it out there incyber space to see what you all think. Michael really doesn't like theflowers, but I figure I get to do something fairly girly around the house now and then...

Happy Birthday Michael!!

32 years!!

Thanks to Mom Barlow and Becky for coming up and celebrating with us!

special moment between species

This video blew me away. Joshua actually got to interact with the killer whales in an intimate gesture that was amazing to watch.

San Diego

Every year we say we are going to take a nice family trip while Michael is in his off season, and this year we actually followed trough. I believe this is the first trip ofits kind for our faamily - we went without any extended family members. It was just us. I'm pretty sure it's the first time that has happended! Anyway, we had a blast. We spent two whole days in Sea World, which allowed us to see every little star fish and barnicle. We were able to feed the dolphins and the sea lions. It was so amazing! The dolphins were my favorite part. We saw all the shows, and even got drenched by some whales.

Our hotel was right on the bay and I was able to go jogging along the bay in the mornings. We visited the beach a few times where Joshua and Michael loved the ocean waves, and Andrew ran from them screaming for his life.

We also found time to visit a historic lighthouse, visit Torrey Pines golf course, and stop for a while at the San Diego Temple.

The kids got sick on the drive home, which was a vomity-on-the-car-upholstry nightmare, but all a part of the adventure! We stopped over in Las Vegas for the night and enjoyed a half day seeing sights on the strip. We even lost Michael for a while, but thanks to a mini-miracle we found eachother again. The weather was beautiful the entire time which was such a nice break from Cache Valley winter!

Heber train ride

Michael just put into words perfectly the way I have felt about blogging lately- "We've been too busy doing bloggable stuff to actually take any time to blog! things have slowed down a little now though, so we are really playing catch-up.

Grandpa Jaussi and Grandma Jan treated the Jaussi's and Barlows to a ride on the Heber Valley Rail Road on New Year's eve. Carlie also had a birthday that day, thus the sombrero picture. (We love you Carlie! ) The train ride was a wonderful adventure. The scenery was beautiful and we were able to move between cars. We even spent some time in the open car behind the engine. The conductor fit the part perfectly and was very friendly. The kids had a great time being together and enjoying the novelty ofit, and the adults enjoyed watching them and actually having some time to chat. We all spent the night at Dads and celebrated New Years together. It is so nice to spend time with my family.