McIlnay Cousins

Annie had a blast this Christmas break hanging-out with her McIlnday cousins.

At the Grossology Exhibit in CO

Here we are at the Colorado Wildlife Adventure Grossology exhibit. Yes, you heard right, "Grossology." The exhibit features several educational modules like, for example, an explanation of how beetles roll dung balls 10 times their size and how to distinguish fox poop from elephant poop--yes, obvious I know. We had a great time! But the best part was the cute faces.

Ethan Sings Superman

Ethan Playing Ball with Papa

Trip to Rexburg, ID

After Christmas we took a trip up to Idaho to visit Shawn's grandparents Ted and May Adamson and to see some sites and friends in Idaho. The Rexburg temple was impressive. The last time we were on that ground was for the groundbreaking back in 2005. At that time Cami was carrying Annie in her womb and almost ready to pop. We also saw the newly renovated Snow building where Cami and I spent countless hours as students. After the tour of campus we saw a few old friends: Ted Ashton (Cami's violin teacher) and Andrea Radke (Shawn's history professor) with her new baby boy.

Christmas in Utah

We spent this Christmas in UT with Cami's family. It was a rare occosion to have all of Cami's siblings present. We had a blast.

The top picture shows Cami with her brother Randen holding a violin that he himself made. It's looks beautiful and sounds wonderful too. Good work Ray!

Sledding Fun

Around Christmas time, Annie and some of her cousins went sledding in UT. I was doubtful that Annie would enjoy it, but as you can see she had a blast! After a few small trial runs, she asked me if we could sled down from the "tipity top." Then she insisted that we go down from the "tipity, tipity top!" I was impressed at her enthsiasm since this was the steepest and tallest hill I've seen at a public park!

We spent the New Years in Colorado with Nana and Papa Austin. After a nice snowstorm we had a little fun with the sled and the ATV. I finally was able to convince Papa to give it a try! Take a look. I couldn't stop laughing!

Bach Double Mini-Style

Cami and her brother Randen playing the Bach Double on violins made for a 4 year-old.