Danielle, Jacob, and Cindy, We have been mourning your absence, but tonight we celebrated your nonattendance at dinner group with Becca's tasty Sloppy Joes. Now that we've gotten in our fill of "contraband" foods, please come home. We're bored. Sage cried today when I turned onto our street instead of going one more down to your house. Eliza has no one to read to (or on), or pick bows off their head. We're really suffering.
Question: What do you do on President's Day weekend when you get to the the road to the hot springs just to find it's closed?
Answer: Go snowshoeing in swimsuits
Suzy, Bryce, Rich, Jordan, Rebecca, Heather, Mom, Dad Not pictured: those who died of frostbite in the swimsuit stunt earlier. And Ryan, the photographer.
A little brotherly love Rebecca and Rich are playing the game where you try to push each other over without moving your own feet at all.
"You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen." (Abba)
Well, Kim's definitely sweet, and she definitely won the "dancing queen" award in our books. But hopefully she looks a little older than 17. (Even though she does still fit in her high school formal! You go, Kim!)
Another fitting musical quote for our dancing queen: "Bed, bed, I couldn't go to bed. My head's too light to try to set it down. Sleep, sleep, I couldn't sleep tonight. Not for all the jewels in the crown. I could have danced all night, and still have begged for more...." (My Fair Lady) Watch out boys! And watch out, Kim!
I love this picture because you can see Kim three times in the mirrors. Almost as good as the sealing room mirrors. : )
We spent MLK weekend at a friend's cabin just past Sundance. In addition to games, big screen movies, snowshoeing, balcony jumping (see movie below), amazing food (thanks Mom), and the overnight arrival of 2+ feet of snow, we also had a great time just hanging out.
This is the van after a big snow and a lot of shoveling.
Who needs Guitar Hero when you have icicles like this?
Kim, the hottie, posing by the snow out the backdoor. She is only 5', but the snow is almost as tall as she is!
Rich wooed us all with his secret recipe for Chocolate Mint shakes. I'm not really sure what Heather is doing, but she made some sweet cards.
And what's a 3-day weekend at a cabin without a little balcony jumping? This video is of Jordan's first jump. Heather and Rich both took the plunge, too. Rich lost his shoe about 5 feet under the surface after his jump, so Jordan went deep snow diving for it. Click here if you can't pull up the clip.
I am happy to brag on Mark's behalf on the family website. Not only is he a graduated law student (please address all future mail to Mark Williams, J.D.), but he also got a nice compliment from one of his teachers about his thirty-page paper.
"As you can see below, you earned a grade of A in my seminar... After you graduate...I would urge you to consider submitting the paper to a journal that deals with immigration law. It would be a useful addition to the literature."
Today, at 3:25am, after a VERY short labor (around an hour) and no epidural, Danielle gave birth to a beautiful baby GIRL!!! named Cindy Rose Woodbury. (6 pounds, 6 ounces; 20 inches).
Cindy and her mom are doing great and are still in the hospital. Jacob is doing great, being passed around his aunts and uncles and spoiled rotten. He loves to say "Cindy"and will probably get to meet her this evening. I have the feeling her pink little bow won't stay put for long.
Sage cried today when I turned onto our street instead of going one more down to your house. Eliza has no one to read to (or on), or pick bows off their head. We're really suffering.
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