little brother home

Me and Daniel
My mom and dad and Daniel.

Katy and Daniel

Random people wait with all the balloons!

There were originally 24 but 2 popped before he came out!

My little brother Daniel returned home from his mission on February 12. He served in the Idaho Pocatello Mission. He was supposed to be home on February 11 but due to the CRAZY snow we had that day he was stuck in Salt Lake for a day. He was not a happy camper. These are a few photos of us at the airport.

Breil soccer

Breil started soccer this month and his first game was today. He is way more aggressive with soccer than he was with basketball. He had a good time! We have no idea if he even won but a lot of fun was had!

Snow...snow...snow!!!!!

On February 11 DFW received a large snowstorm. It snowed from 5am on the 11th straight through to 3am on the 12th. It was real snow too! Not sleet (which is our normal snow). DFW airport measured 9.2 inches of snow and our city measured 10.75 inches. It was record breaking and a lot of fun. Jared HATES snow so he was a little bit of a scrooge about it but I grew up in TX and understood the kids excitement so we had a good snow day. We built snow forts and snowmen and had a huge snowball fight. It was a lot of fun. Even today, there is some snow in my front yard. My favorite part though was that all the schools canceled so I had Jared home for 3 and a half days in a row! This NEVER happens. He works six days a week so I usually dont get more than 1 day in a row. I loved it! Here are a few pictures I managed to take. Jared took some cool shots of the snow that he will probably post on his blog as well.

Jared turns 30!

Jared turned 30 on January 11. We bought 30 balloons and had a nice little party for him. I used a kindergarten picture of him for his cake. I really see the resemblence between he and Breil now. In case you cant see it, it says, "Jareds 30? Potlickin!" This is very appropriate since Jared uses that word all of the time. It was a lot of fun. The kids love to celebrate his birthday too!

Utah

Most of the Pyfers in the hot tub. Later, they all ran around and rolled in the snow. It was very entertaining for those of us inside watching.
Harlee, Ella, Nyah Ormson and Breil
We met some friends of ours for breakfast at the Pancake House in Salt Lake. We had not seen them since we moved from Amarillo in March. It was a lot of fun!

Our little family up in the Joseph Smith building on Christmas Eve.

We rode the train downtown and Harlee thought it was way cool!

My children (from Texas) thought the snow was so cool.

Everyday they couldnt wait to go out in the snow. I was

amazed at how they didnt whine about the cold. I would have

been freezing out there!

The above pictures are just a few of many pictures taken on our trip to UT. Most of Jared's family was there and it was a lot of fun being able to see them. Some of them we had not seen in several years so it was real nice. The kids had fun in the snow and with their cousins. We told them to enjoy the snow though because we will not be going back in the wintertime. The drive there and home was rough so until we can fly we will be making summer trips only :)

Breil the Balla

Breil started basketball this year. He is the littlest on the team but he is not phased. His shooting skills still need quite a bit of work but he handles the ball pretty well. Watching the games is hilarious as these little boys try to figure out the game. We have had a lot of fun watching him so far this season.

Parade of Lights

The Friday after Thanksgiving the city of Fort Worth has a big parade and they light the Christmas Tree. Jared and I took the kids and brought my brother David along. We had a good time. It was sooooo crowded and we had a hard time seeing but the kids still had a good time. Above Ella was licking her fingers from the wonderful cotton candy she had just consumed. Below Breil is still eating his and poor David is getting cotton candy all in his hair. He was a good sport. As he always is :)
I had the kids all sit on the curb before we left. They were mesmerized by all the people.