It was the last week of school for our college kids!! They all had finals to take, Cali had a paper to finish, and Mariah had her last shifts of work to finish. Mariah made the drive home on Thursday and we were so excited to see her!!  Yay! Cali and Chey didn't make it home until Saturday but now we will be together for two weeks. Yay!

Since Mariah's been home, she's gotten together with some old mission companions, gone to the temple with her three older sisters (and to sushi afterward), and watched two romantic Christmas movies with family. She still has managed to work in her daily runs even though our weather could conceivably freeze her solid! I've gotten lots of hugs and I love that!

Bethany had her band concert this week. She plays baritone in the 9th grade band. There are only five of them but only three could come to the concert. Good thing they could count on her! It was a fun concert with fun songs that they played really well! It's Beth's second favorite class--right after seminary!

Ben had a guitar recital on Friday. He played David Archuleta's "Glorious," and he did really great with it! We are proud of his progress and think it's super cool he can work with McKay!

It's been super cold this week and we got snow everyday!! Kevin and I can't even remember the last time it snowed for so long or that we got this much snow. I got stuck at the end of our driveway on Wednesday and had to shovel myself out. Savannah got stuck on Thursday and we shoveled and pushed her out! Crazy times! Kevin has been shoveling and shoveling. It does look really pretty, though, and it has brought the deer down from the mountain and into our yard.