Winter in Dallas

So I went to Dallas to help out a struggling warehouse and expected to be here for just 1 week but......................... I found it needed more help than I first thought so I am staying 7 more days than I planned. It's not to bad except they have had record cold tempatures. At night it has been around 15 degrees and has not been above freezing in days. I have been working about 14-16 hours a day so I haven't gone out to see anything in Dallas. I did go out last night and see a movie so that was nice. I'm going to find a ward to go to today before I got to work though.

On Friday I am going to fly through SLC and I have about a 6 hour layover so I can play with my cute family in Utah :)

Sandbagging & Acting

As part of one of Erik's merit badges he needed to spend some time helping a community prepare for an emergency. So we choose to help create sandbags for the City of Auburn.

Way to go Erik!

During Erik's first quater at GRCC he had a Drama class. His class put on a play called "Noises Off" Erik did an awesome job with his characters. We saw it twice. We couldn't take pictures during the play but here are a couple of shots of the sets.

Sophie, Sophie, Sophie

Boy does this girl love her Uncle Erik! Lots of Sophie!

Christmas Morning

Hazel cuddling with her mommy.

The cat was having just as much fun as the kids.



Look carefully and find the real doll.

Presents everywhere!



Sophia loved opening presents. She is holding one of her favorites from Kyle. A very soft white puppy.


Kyle gets a Kitchen Aid???? When is he going to cook for me?

Nothing like a Perkins donut for breakfast

Lots of food for Breakfast

Christmas Eve at the Olson house

Christmas Eve was full of food, family, fun & music! It was great to have people over not worry about digging the cars out of the snow to get people home!

We ONLY had about 26 people this year.

Noah was having a great time with the new Wii game

Rock climbing!

For Erik's 17th Birthday he and Jennie went to an inside rock climbing facility in Seattle. They had their very own teacher for an hour. They had a great time (a little sore though!)

Happy 17th Birthday Erik!