snowmobile trip

saturday morining ben and kaylin made us the most delicous breakfast burritos i have had in a long time.

saturday afternoon emily made us homemade chili.

saturday night jarom and elena treated us to another round of french dip sandwiches (they never get old).

while owen spent most of the trip inside playing wii with a few cousins wesley was living outside. he loved going on snowmobile rides with kevin and REALLY enjoyed the hill outside cabin. kevin would drive him up it, wesley would FLY down it, and then kevin would drive him back up. sledding doesn't get any better than that.


wesley flying down the hill. he really did go super fast down it. and was always laughing and smiling at the bottom.

the kids playing in the snow.

kevin and napping wesley

madalyn enjoying her orange and the company.

snowmobile trip

all the crazy cousins playing outside.


elena

melissa and nat

amber

friday night katie and chris fed us chicken enchiladas with corn. it was super yummy! we always get spoiled while we are on this trip.

snowmobile trip

friday afternoon melissa and blake fed us home made macaroni and cheese with mixed veggies. it HIT the spot and was so delicious!

we played a lot of games while listening to the byu basketball game.


dad kicking back.

madalyn getting ready to go outside.

natalie and amber playing 25 words or less (i think that is what it's called).

kaylin and emily playing games.

girls ride

friday morning kevin and i fed everyone pancakes, eggs, and sausage for breakfast. then we all did a lot of relaxing and playing on the snowmobiles.

later that afternoon my dad took the girls (katie, elena, me, melissa, emily, natalie, and alex) on a wild ride. he took us up a hill by henry's lake and then back down a different way. it was the steepest hill i have ever driven down. we had to just let our sleds slide down pumping the brakes. i call it "no gas hill". it was terrifying. but also pretty cool to know that i could do that.


the ladies getting ready for the ride.


our guide. dad, emily, katie, alex, and me.

on top of the hill

on the way back to the cabin we played in the trees and hit some PRETTY DEEP powder. we had to dig out the snowmobiles a few times and had to drive standing up putting all our weight on one side. natalie was a pro.

thanks for taking us out dad and teaching us the tricks! (;

minute to win it

justin-the ding dong stacking champion

kevin trying to catch a stack of pencils.


wesley showing off the kite he made.

madalyn was REALLY enjoying the entertainment. as we ALL were.

minute to win it

kaylin trying to get pennies out of the panty hose with one hand.

natalie stacking three golf balls. she was the only one who succeded.

mom stacking dice onto a stick held my her mouth.

dad stacking ding dongs. i love how everyone in this picture has their heads back like they are trying to do it with him. (:

minute to win it

justin and amber fed us french dip sandwiches and sweet potato fries. and then the older cousins had some activities for all the kids while katie and chris taught the adults how to play minute to win it.


madalyn, kevin, and wesley relaxing after dinner

WE.HAD.SO.MUCH.FUN! thanks katie and chris!

amber trying to get stickers to stick to the egg. i won this one! (:

kevin had to dip his nose in petroleum jelly and then try to move cotton balls across the room without his hands (he kept forgetting the no hands part). (;

i had to stack nuts on top of each other. i didn't succeed.

annual snowmobile trip

get ready for picture overload. last weekend all of the gregg manwaring's (totaling 40) got together for our annual snowmobile trip. we mixed it up a bit by doing it during the weekend (thursday-sunday) instead of the middle of the week. and this time instead of renting 3 cabins we went back to stay at a cabin where our first snowmobile trip took place. it was nice being at this cabin that held so many memories for most of us. and it was nice to have everyone staying in the same place.


my little family was the first one to arrive in island park. kevin can hardly contain himself and we are usually pretty excited to get out the door. so we had a yummy lunch at phillip's lodge and then played outside of the cabin for about an hour.



kevin dug the kids some seats in the drifts.

getting inside the cabin and all settled was quite a chore. this place isn't used as much as it used to be. but, we were thrilled to be there anyway.

madalyn LOVES her grandma and grandpa.

my parents

what's yours is mine!

madalyn doesn't skip a beat when it comes to snagging her brothers' things. here she is playing owen's ds with wesley's leapster stylus. and her brothers are pretty good about sharing their things with her.


madalyn wearing owen's boots

...and in her mind what's yours is mine certainly applies!

basking in the sun

saturday afternoon i was looking for kevin and found him in the backyard.



...it took me a minute to find him.

he had cleared off the trampoline and decided to bask in the sun.



it is a nice place to be on a sunny winter day.

owen's last soccer game

owen was on an indoor soccer team in february. he had so much fun playing on this team. i think he will be doing soccer again this year.

carson and owen

these two are best buddies, neighbors, and soccer stars! (; they played together on the orange team and had quite a system down. it made it fun to watch!

here are a couple clips of owen playing soccer.

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nine years ago today...

nine years ago today i went on a blind date with this guy!



this was a TRUE blind date...which i think don't really exist anymore because you can basically look anyone up on facebook or blogs these days. back then we really had no idea what to expect.

i was talking to my best friend on the phone when he showed up and i remember telling her how hot he was. (; his car smelled like peach air fresheners and it was nice and clean...i'm sure he cleaned it especially for our date.

he took me to jaker's for dinner, a REALLY nice restaurant in idaho falls. then we drove to rexburg and attended a basketball game that his roommates were playing in. i left to go to the bathroom and almost never made it back in because i couldn't find my ticket.

he wanted to take me ice skating in rigby, but it was closed. so we drove back to idaho falls and went bowling instead.

i remember the date going by so fast, but we must have been out quite awhile. it was like neither one of us wanted it to end!

this picture was taken just about a month later...days before he was moving to ohio for the summer to sell alarm systems. i flew out to ohio in july and he proposed to me. four months later we were married!

what a difference a day makes! love you kevin!

homeward bound

a better picture of carson


me, morgan, brenda, and cooper

we liked hanging out outside so we could watch the lined up cars. we knew once they moved the roads were open. which finally happened at 11am.


so relieved! but, i did miss my fix of farkle that night at home!

thanks for the fun lowry's!