Winter Season & Snowy Days

 We have had such a dry fall and winter here in Northern Utah.  I was a little bit afraid and kind of sad at the thought that we weren't going to have a white Christmas this year. I sure love having the four seasons here in Northern Utah, it makes celebrating the Holidays so enjoyable! I even love the snow, at least for Christmas. I typically get sick of it after New Year's and wish it would go away. Howeve, we were relieved when Santa brought snow with him for Christmas this year. He didn't bring much snow but we were happy with what we got.

 Several days after Christmas, the kids needed a morning out of the house from being cooped up for too long so we headed to our neighborhood park and did a couple runs down the sledding hill there. Even Mark and I joined the kids and we had fun going sledding as well. We had fun spending time as a family. Kaleb brought one of his neighborhood pals, Will Searle, with him and the boys enjoyed sledding with each other. Karmindy was content to sled with either Mark or myself. After we got home sledding, Karmindy insisted on building a snowman. The snow was very fine and wasn't sticking well so she had to settle with a tiny snowman but it turned out so cute!

Several days later, we met back up at the neighborhood sledding hill with our friends the Bradfords. Karmindy had fun sledding with her friend Carson and I enjoyed sledding down the hill with cute little Brayden to give his mom a break. I also enjoyed visiting with my friend Natalie. It was bitter cold out so we didn't stay long but it was a nice little outing with friends.

Its been nice this winter to have just a taste of snow so we could have a White Christmas and enjoy going sledding with friends at our neighborhood sledding hill.

Christmas Piano Recital

Back in August we switched Kaleb to a different piano teacher, her name is Kellina Norby. We decided to switch Kaleb from Tauna Broadhead to Kelli this semester because even though Tauna did a great job we didn't feel like Kaleb was progressing as well as he should be after taking for two years. Also, Kelli had majored in Music and Vocal so we thought we would give her a try. Kaleb has done very well over the course of the past few months while taking lessons from Kelli. Kaleb has worked so hard on practicing and memorizing his piano pieces this semester and did a great job preforming his pieces at his Christmas Piano Recital. The two pieces that he preformed were: "Angels we have Heard on High" and "Hedwigs Theme" from Harry Potter.  Kaleb is a huge Harry Potter fan and so I know "Hedwigs Theme" was his favorite piece to practice and perform. Kaleb did an excellent job and we couldn't be more proud of him and his amazing performances. Mark and I are both so proud of Kaleb for taking the time to memorize his pieces too. This boy has some amazing memorization skills!

Kaleb truly has put a lot of time into practicing and developing this amazing talent. I know there are many days that Kaleb gets discouraged from practicing and wants to quit because it gets difficult, but I sure hope he will stick with developing this amazing talent. We are so proud of you bud!!

Let's Dance: Winter Dance Performance

This year in Dance, we enrolled Karmindy in ballet again and decided to give Jazz a try. Karmindy has been going to dance practice each Wednesday night since August and has truly excelled. It has been such a joy to go and watch her practice on the first Wednesday of each month and see how her dance techniques and training are progressing from month to month. Karmindy has tried ballet, jazz and tap thus far but after watching her over the past two years, I think ballet is her forte. She seems to really grasp Ballet and has a knack for it.

For the Winter Dance Recital, Karmindy performed a jazz and a ballet number and did an excellent job performing both of her dance numbers. Her jazz number was entitled, "Sleigh Ride" and her ballet number was entitled, "Do you want to build a Snowman?" from the hit Disney movie, Frozen. I think her favorite dance number she performed was her ballet number because she loves Frozen. You could just see how into it she was while performing. I am sure dancing to a song you are familiar with is quite motivating.

Karmindy we are so proud of you little sister and have truly enjoyed watching you excel at ballet and jazz this year! Keep up the hard work girlie. We love you!!

Merry & Bright Christmas Lights

For the past several years we have had the tradition to go see the lights at Thanksgiving Point and each year it gets better and better because they add more and more light displays to look at. Going to Thanksgiving point is a tradition that our little family seems to enjoy. I feel bad that we haven't taken the kids downtown to see the lights at Temple Square since we have lived here in Northern Utah but it is always so bitter cold and we have just enjoyed the convenience of getting dressed in our jammies and staying in our nice warm car to enjoy the beautiful Christmas lights. However, I don't feel too bad about not going to Temple Square to see the lights because at the end of the display at Thanksgiving Point they have the most darling Christmas Story about our Saviors birth that you can read and then drive by a Nativity. I just want my kids to always remember what the true meaning of Christmas is all about- Our Savior.

This year we picked up some Dunford donuts at Harmons and then drove to Kneaders to pick up some hot chocolate before heading down to Lehi to see the lights. We had a fun time staying in our warm car and drinking and eating our yummy treats. It was such a nice evening spent together as our little family. I truly love Christmas and all of our fun family traditions. I hope my kids never forget all the fun we have and how hard I try to make each holiday special for them.

The Sky is the Limit...

Mark's brother Kevin just recently got hired on to be a Heli Skiing Pilot up at a few of the Major Ski resorts up Little Cottonwood Canyon this winter. Kevin is also living with us while he works at the resort. Kevin is an amazingly talented pilot and I am so proud of my brother in law for achieving his dream of flying. After getting home one morning from working out at the gym, Kevin invited Mark and I to go pick up his Helicopter and fly with him to Salt Lake City International Airport for some maintenance. Mark and I jumped at the chance to fly with Kevin and to be honest even though I don't like to fly, there is no one else I would trust to take me flying than Kevin.

Mark and I had a great time flying with Kevin and it was so fun. He flew us along I-15 and over several buildings around downtown Salt Lake City, including the Temple. I did wish I had taken some motion sickness pills before hand but compared to flying it wasn't bad. It sure was a fun experience to be able to fly with my brother-in-law, especially since a ride like this would cost several thousand dollars to take!!

Santa's Little Helper!

Jingles the Elf has officially returned to the Frisbey Home to keep an eye on Kaleb and Karmindy for the next few weeks. Its amazing how nice the kids can be to each other and how eager they are to help out around the house when they know Santa has one of his special little helpers watching and reporting back on their behavior each night. Kaleb and Karmindy sure get a kick out of Jingles and enjoy waking up and racing each other to find him in the wee morning hours. Jingles is quite the mischievous  and creative little guy and tends to be found doing some very fun things around our home. This year he toilet papered our tree, snuck downstairs to play Minecraft and even brought the kids strawberry milk and donuts for breakfast....how thoughtful! We sure enjoy when he comes to visit our home each year at Christmas time.