Jackson's SEP Conference

Today we had SEP conference with Jackson's school teacher. He is standing in front of his class' bulletin board. He was so excited to show us his monster that him and his friend made. It is the monster on the yellow paper. He wanted me to take a picture and of course the one time we don't have the camera...thank goodness for cell phones. His teacher said that he is doing very well in school. She said that he loves to participate and has a great sense of humor. We are so proud of you Jackson and for your love of school.

A Day in Salt Lake

Yesterday we spent the entire day in Salt Lake with family. We went to Jumpin Jacks for Family Night. Afterwards we went to Bajio and had their delicious nachos...Mommy and Daddy's favorite. We had a fun day having no school for kids, no work for Daddy, and a day of fun with family.

Family Night

Last night we watched "Gordon B. Hinckley, A Giant Among Men" for family night. We were shocked at how much the kids liked the movie. He was truly an amazing Prophet. Watching this movie brought back a lot of memories that Jeremy and I have of him since he was our Prophet a good portion of our growing up years. President Hinckley visited Santiago, Chile when Jeremy was serving his mission. He had the privilege to hear him speak to all the missionaries and was able to participate in the celebration of President Hinckley's visit to Santiago. We really enjoyed watching this as a family.

Wildlife

Looking for wildlife and going spot lighting is one of the fun things we enjoy doing where we live. Last night when we came home from Salt Lake we came across about 40 deer and a half a dozen buck a couple minutes from our house. We could not believe how many there were.


Today we came across about 20 elk a couple minutes from where we live not to count a couple dozen deer. The elk spend most of the winter in this field. Now we will have to drive by every time we are out and about...which means a couple times a day.

Daddy's New Look

Daddy has a beard and we love it!
(Ashlynn took this picture...she is turning into our family photographer.)

Mommy's two handsome men!

Casey & Amanda's Birthday!

Tonight we celebrated Casey and Amanda's Birthday.
Jackson and Ashlynn had fun seeing all their cousins.

Soldier Hollow

On Friday all the Fairbanks went to Soldier Hollow to go sledding. Mommy and Daddy both had to work, but thanks to all the fam for taking Jackson and Ashlynn. They had a lot of fun. Thank you!

New Year's Day

New Year's Day! After a late night the kids still had tons of energy. They spent the afternoon sledding in the backyard. Uncle Jake and Uncle Tim built a jump. The kids were catching some major air. Jackson actually got the wind knocked out of him and hurt his back because he got turned around and went off the jump backwards. Everyone had a fun New Year's Day sledding, eating, and playing games with family.

New Year's Eve

Happy New Year's! We celebrated New Year's Eve with the Blackham's, Grandma, and Pa. We missed the Owen's and Jake and Kaily. It was a night of eating, games, and tons of fun. The kids and adults had a blast playing "Pit". All the kids made it til 12 and finally crashed around 1:30...it was a late night, but fun, fun,fun!