The "Almost" Stake Champs...

Almost Stake Champs......it was a painful over-time, buzzer-beater loss.

#8 - Yellow is mine

The 3 amigos who carried the team and the oldest church ref ever!

It was your typical church basketball game. We play 2 games back to back for the Stake championship because the other team doesn't want to play the following week...so exhausted, bad reffing, neck in neck the whole way til the last second, I mean 2 seconds...I really mean 4 seconds then lose by 1 basket...wild throw! Sadley there won't be next year for #8...

Happy Birthday!

Happy Valentine's Day

I was very spoiled this year by my sweetheart......

and some bling for my neck........

Missy's first Valentine flowers from "him".

Homemaking treats.....

My annual Valentine treat for him...he says he wants the same thing every year as long as they're frosted!

Snow dog

We have had a lot of snow...did I say a lot, yes, I mean alot of snow! Being the end of January, we are all officially sick of snow...yes even the dogs are sick of it! Sadly, we still probably have atleast another big month of snow

New sport?

So Jeff got complimentry tickets to Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) professional fights in Salt Lake City. He knows one of the trainers. A few days later, we watch "Cinderella Man" and "Cool Hand Luke". Is this a new sport at our house?

Christmas pics

January is quite boring. That must be so that we can catch up with ourselves. So, with that in mind, here are our christmas pics: Santa brought me a new tamale cooker and of course all the ingredients to make some wonderful pork tamales. Santa must like pork tamales so I got busy and made him some:
Everyone opens presents...yes, even the dogs who probably love it the most! Santa & his elves put together our new pool table...watch out for the sharks!

And another shot of our new house plant...our fake palm tree. Yes, it's still up and we love it. Will probably leave it for a while it's so cool.

I probably shouldn't post these but here goes:

Feliz Navidad - A Chilean Christmas Eve

Jaren was really looking forward to a white Christmas after 2 very hot ones. We did not disappoint! With lots of snow outside, we had a Chilean Christmas Eve party and Chilean food of his choosing: Choriana, Empanadas, Tomato-Onion Salad, Lettuce salad with lemon juice, olive oil & salt, Orange crush and Coke. I actually let Jeff deep fat fry something...outside (the empanadas). Yes, deep fat frying has been off limits in our house because of the thought of clogged arteries as we're getting older and the horrible after smell!

For decorations Jeni & I put together a cheesy fake 10 ft. palm tree inspired by a photo of Jaren and his first Christmas in Chile standing in a town square by a palm tree decorated with Christmas lights. We had such a fun time cooking together and celebrating Christmas.