TAKING THE TRAIN TO SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

AMTRAK TO GO

MARCH 3rd & 4th
John has wanted to take a train ride for a long time so we decided to take a few days and go over Donner's pass in the winter. We heard that it was a beautiful ride, and we were not disappointed. This gentleman who is a volunteer gave us some interesting facts about the water sheds, the train sheds and Donner's pass.

THE OBSERVATION CAR WATER SHED
THE CAR THAT REMOVES SNOW FROM THE RAILS TRUKEE/CHECK OUT THE OLD FLYING A GAS STATION SEEING THE FRONT OF THE TRAIN THROUGH OUR WINDOW

DONNER'S LAKE

SHEDS TO COVER THE TRAINS FROM THE SNOW, THE TUNNEL IS UP AHEAD

THE SHEDS ARE NOW MADE OF CONCRETE BUT YEARS AGO THEY WERE MADE OF WOOD

MANY TIMES WE WERE RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE MOUNTAIN

THE SNOW DRIFTS WERE BEAUTIFUL

OUR GUIDE TOLD US ABOUT THE OBSERVATION POINT (CLOSE TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN). THIS IS WHERE THEY COULD SEE ALL THE SHEDS AND WHEN A SHED WAS ON FIRE THEY COULD GET HELP QUICKLY (THIS WAS WHEN THE SHEDS WERE MADE OF WOOD)

GRANDMA ELLEN AND FAMILY MEMBERS MEETING BABY STRIDER

OUR SLEEPY BABY STRIDER

END OF FEBRUARY 2011

WELCOME BABY CURTIS - HE IS BEAUTIFUL

8lbs 9oz - 21 inchs

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

Shannon is surrounded by boys and she loves it!

Father & Son

Logan and his brother

Dresden and his brother

Grandma BJ and Grandpa De meeting their grandson

Aunt Natalie visiting Shannon and Papa John getting acquainted with his new little grandson The boys love hanging out with their mom
The boys were going to give the baby a bath, but when he started crying it made them a little nervous and told the nurse to to it.
He had just enough hair to made a cute little tuft at the top of his headI think they will keep him

FEBRUARY 25th......SYDNEYS PARTY

PIZZA/POOL PARTY

The first half of Sydney's Birthday party was at her home where they had pizza,cupcakes, ice cream and presents. The second half was the pool party, indoors of course as it was snowing outside in good ole' Utah.

Natalie stayed with the girls while Jay joined the boys

Shannon, John and I just enjoyed watching the kids play in the pool. Shannon looks so great for only having one more night before the big arrival of our little guy.

The favorite thing for the kids was going down the slide, Jay is one of the those kids

(see him in the background) SYDNEY'S POOL PARTY WAS A BIG SPLASH!

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

TWO BIRTHDAYS PLUS A NEW BABY ON THE 26th

CREED'S BIG DAY THE 11TH

SYDNEY'S BIG DAY THE 25TH

BABY CURTIS WILL BE COMING OUR WAY

THE END OF THE MONTH

Creed celebrated his birthday in California with his family

The family celebrated Sydney's birthday the Sunday before her big day

Natalie made this cake for Sydney - a beautiful cake Nat

Mother & Daughter

Natalie and Carlee lighting the candles

Help blowing the candles out

Tayler loves to lick the frosting from the candles

Cutting the cake

Yummy cake and great ice cream

Natalie and Shannon helped serve the kids

Sisters are forever..........brothers too

Cousins had to put Syd through the spanking machine

Old pictures of the adult kids were brought out and enjoyed

Adults relaxing while the children are playing down stairs

Only 5 more days Shannon!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CREED

FEBRUARY 11TH

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OUR LITTLE GUY

YOU ARE NOW 2 YEARS OLD

We missed Creed's birthday by just a few days, but we heard that he had a fun one. We miss him, we were so happy to get the opportunity to be with him for a week. Love you little man!

You are so cute when you sleep He is the happiest 2 year old, we love you