Clemons Family

Monday, January 6, 2014

Christmas Eve 2013

Christmas Eve is uneventful because the night before we already had our family Christmas party at the gma and gpa house. It was super fun, we had Mexican food and opened presents from them. Always a good time. We have been to the sing a long, the night before so we have been a bit of the partiers. So Christmas Eve we went to Temple square with Michelle's family. It is fun to walk around in the cold and watch the nativity (the same one as last year) and see the lights. After, since it is Christmas Eve, we ended up at In N Out Burger. It is the only place that is open. So we ended our Christmas eve with a double double. We missed Mitchell this year, since he is on his mission to Columbia so we held up signs that said Merry Christmas Mitchell so we can send them to him. They are hard to read in some of the pics. We also had one for Gma and Gpa since they opted to stay home. Guess they don't like In N Out burger!

Christmas Eve at Temples square

Jack entering Temple Squar

Christmas Concerts 2013

Andrew and Abi both play in the Orchestra at School. Andrew also plays in the Jazz band. During Christmas we have concerts. They are very dedicated to their musical pursuits. Andrew has Jazz and before school starts at 7:15. He is up and ready to go every day. He is on time usually. So we had two fabulous concerts the last so days. Love to see them perform and excel. Brooke was my companion to the jazz band and Nick was my companion for the orchestra. Grandma and Grandpa are the faithful attenders for both concerts and excellent seat savers because they get there so early!

Andrew waiting for his turn (he on the left)

Gpa and Gma

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Sing a Long 2013

Our favorite activity for Christmas is the Sing a Long at the Energy Solutions arena. It is sponsored by Larry Miller and the best part s the concessions are half price! so we show up early (that part has been bred into us...) and eat some concessions, and then there's a live orchestra and we sing Christmas songs and the words are up on the jumbo tron. the Jazz bear comes and so Does santa. Their musical guest was Kurt Bestor. I thought he was pretty good. He played a few numbers on the piano and flipped his hair around. He is a bit old for that long wispy hair... We were there with Michelle and her family. Brooke, and McKenna and McCall were having a great loud time. We were on the jumbo tron about 5 times! I was out at the snack shack and ran into Brooke's babysitting people the Bentzens. She said she heard Brooke in the arena. She didn't see her, but heard her. Soo funny. We just had a great time. marti, Gma, Gpa, Blake, Micaela, Abi, Nick, Jack, Michelle, Maureen, Andrew were there. Oh and Marilyn Martis mom!

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Moab 2013

Over Thanksgiving Break we went to Moab with Michelle and Marti's family. We have never been on a family vacation besides Bear Lake this summer. We rented a car and stayed in a hotel for two nights. Super fun. The first day, we Drove to Moab, got our tree permit, THEN went on a super fun hike to Delicate Arch. Marti and I parked the cars, and the rest of them hiked up the hill. We got some great pics. I don't have any yet, because Marti had to hang back with me to get me up the hill to the top. It was Great! Jack and Nick did great and I finally got there. Thanks to Marti. We hiked up at dusk and it was kindof chilly. SOO fun. Then we went and ate at Pizza Hut.

Day two, we got up and started on our jaunt to get our Christmas tree. We drove about an hour and then dropped off my rental car beause it wouldn't make it up the hill anymore and we all climbed in with Marti. We kept going to the top and finally got out and hiked around to find our tree. It was a beautiful day. We found a couple of winners of a tree. Andrew chopped them down along with Mckenna and dragged them to the car. We found a sledding hill after and had some fun sledding.

We came back to the rental car and found it had slid backwards and across the street. SO lucky it didn't slide off the cliff! That would have been hard to explan to the Enterprise rental people. We drove around and saw some petroglyphs for Nick. He is studying Utah in 4th grade so he wanted to see them.

We left the next day. We stopped in one city (can't remember which one) for a potty break and lunch. Some of us wanted blimpie and some wanted burger king. We are getting out of the car and Andrew was getting my purse since he wanted me to pay and he dumped my wallet all over the ground. Receipts, credit adds, rewards cards, and money everywhere! I was a bit irritated but tried to keep my cool...got our lunch then on our way to get gas. Abi was putting in the gas and spilled it all over the car, the ground and all over her shoes! Brooke and couldn't believe them. I have failed to raise them. Andrew says to Brooke " Brooke, the reason you don't do anything stupid is because you never do anything!". Soo funny and true. Laughed all the way home. We had a great trip. Trying to make memories. I hope they realize that!