Moab 2025

The 4 oldest and I had a blast in Moab with our friends. We went with the Leifson's, Greenwoods, Roses, and Jensen's. 

On Friday we headed down and aired down as fast as we could to hit fins and things. it got dark about 3/4 of the way into it and we did the last 1/4 in the dark. There were some big ledges but we made it through. 

The next day we did 7 mile rim. It was pretty awesome. toward the end we got of track and thinking we were on the trail went down Wipeout hill. It was nuts. about 15 minutes later re realized that we were off trail and needed to go back up it to get back on track! It was the most insane we had done in our Jeep so far, but it was a good warm up for the next day. At the end of the trail, Marshall, Briggs, and Micah were playing around on the side-by-side and Marshall jumped off and split the back of his head open. There was a lot of blood but he was ok. 

The next morning we hit Hells Revenge. It was epic. Bigger and harder than anything we had done and more than I think I'd like to do again with our current set up. But we made it through and had a great time. 

Throughout the trip the boys had a great time alternating vehicles and riding with their friends. We are lucky to have some great off-road buddies!

 

The rest of February

Its been a busy week or so. 

• We had valentines. Marshall and Quaid were excited to have parties in their classes. Quaid FINALLY got to use his tiger box. Marshall was excited to exchange valentines with Samantha, his 1st girlfriend!
• I went to Nashville with my brothers. We've never gotten together and were excited to see Landon. Sadly, he got the Flu the night we got there and spent most of the time in his room. We still had some good talks and he came out for the last day. Food was great. Honkytonk highway was fun and I'm excited to go back with Cass someday
• Cass and the 3 younger boys went the UVU game. They've had an awesome season and have been fun to watch. They went with Ryan and Tate and got the royal treatment with food, treats, shirts, and awesome seats!

 

Heber Valley Camp

We had a awesome time at Heber Valley Camp with the Beall's. Even though there has been little snow down at our house, there was plenty of it at the top of the mountains. 

We all had dinner and then sledded for a few hours. The missionaries were taking people up the hill in their side-by-sides. We had a hard time starting a fire as things were pretty wet, but we had hot chocolate and played games and hung out. 

The next morning we sledded some more before going home. It was a great time and we are grateful that we got to enjoy the snow for a bit. 

Recent fun

We've finally got some good snow and the boys were itching to build an igloo. Sadly, it melted and caved in a couple days later. 

Quaid had his 100th day of school and was excited to dress up. The school posted a video and Quaid was front and center in front of the camera for most of it. 

Marshall is still killing it with reading. He loves to read and often reads in his bed at night

Quaid is super eager for things at school. He just loves it. One recent example is he came home the other day begging to start his valentines box. He wanted to get a jump on it and was excited to build his Tiger box

 

Girls trip to Arizona and Mesquite soccer

Cass had a great girls trip to AZ. Cass to provide details

McCoys Peaks team played in the Presidents cup in Mesquite. They had a great time and did well. They lost their 1st game in a close game to a D1 team that ended up winning the tournament. They smoked their next 2 teams, and lost their 4th game by one to another D1 team that went to play in the finals. It was still pretty cold at night, but there were a couple day light games where the weather was ok, The Bringhurst's and the Browns came up to one of the games. 

 

Marshall's Birthday

 Happy Birthday Marshman1234_56! Marsh just turned 9 and had a great Birthday weekend. 

On Saturday he had a party at the church. He wanted to play gaga ball and basketball. They had a great time, he is lucky to have so many great friends. For his birthday dinner, he wanted to go to Brick Oven, its become one of his favorites. 

Marshall is the life of the party. He is fun and makes friends wherever he goes. He is going great in school and looking forward to basketball season starting. He loves to play sports and has gotten pretty good, but also really looks forward to screen time everyday when he gets home from school so he can play roblox with Quaid. 

And thats a wrap!

 

2024 has come to an end. What a great year! Look how far we've come! All 4 of our boys are in school now. We have a driver. Bridger and McCoy have perfect grades in school so far this year! We have another baptized member in our family! The bald spot on my head continues to expand, and somehow Cassidy still looks as young as ever. We only have a couple more years where we're all together before things really start to change for our family. I'm grateful for this blog/journal to capture the moments as they fly by so we can remember them and treasure them forever. I hope you boys can remember the fun times we have, and the value we try to place on being together and enjoying life. 

In church, we studied the Book of Mormon this year. We've had a lot of good talks about what we've been learning and talked about in church. The youth ended the year with a 2 day Book of Mormon activity- Similar to what Cass pushed for a couple of years ago. While some of it was repetitive for Bridger and McCoy, It was still a very positive experience for the youth and I'm thankful to live in a ward where we can all come together and learn of Christ. It was fantastic to spend the year studying the Book of Mormon.

We celebrated the 31st with my parents coming over to have a thanksgiving style meal for my birthday. Cass made a Bluey inspired pavlova for our treat. We also got together with some of our friends for dinner.

Christmas

It came! It came! We had a fantastic Christmas full of magic and joy! On Christmas eve, we all went to the movies to see Mufasa, which was pretty good. Then we had our families traditional Christmas dinner in the living room. It really is one of the best meals of the year. After dinner, we all went down stairs to watch A Christmas Story. Perhaps the only Christmas movie we hadn't watched this month. 

The next morning, Grandma and Grantpa Hansen came over for presents and breakfast. It was fun to watch the boys open their gifts and be excited about things they had wanted. 

For the afternoon, we headed to the Hansens for a party. We had breakfast food, a talent show (Quaid and Quinn sang, Marshall told jokes and Cass trying to do a toe-touch). The surprise highlight was Derek who has been taking cello lessons and played with Kristina. Then we had a huge game of 7-11 and opened presents. 

It was a great day and a great way to conclude the amazing Christmas season.