christmas winnings!!

we finally found the time to use our WONDERFUL christmas winnings and buy a new refrigerator. it is a beast and took tim and i a little bit to get into the house, but i love it and i definitely love how much more room i have with it. we also finally received our new oven, so now i once again have a fully functional kitchen and it is absolute bliss. i gathered a ton of new recipes in the 3 months without an oven, so i am stoked to try them out. love, al

Marcucerilius

Today is Mark Brian Croft's birthday ya'll.  Give him a shout out.  He is a great big/little brother and we love having him in the family.  He has much to celebrate this year as he has just graduated from BYU!!  Yeah Mark!! Way to keep plugging all these years.  He is interviewing for jobs now and hopefully something great will come along.  We are very proud of Mark and wish him a great day.  Mom is planning some kind of birthday dinner on Sunday so be watching for further info.  Call the boy up (as I dont think he checks the blog very often  801-347-7884), and wish him a good day.  Also good pics huh.  Check out the bowl cut doo in this  one.  haha (also the ever present soda)  Also check out the cool dog!!  Mark loved that dog almost as much as he love "the bean."  We love you Mark and are very happy and proud of you!!  Have a great day!

love Mern

Lovin Flu Season!!

So, Tim and both of the girls have the stomach flu. Claire got it first last Sunday and it went down hill from there. Tim has been in bed for the last 48 hours and throwing up tons. Plus, both girls are getting two of their two-year molars, so we have been spending a lot of time indoors watching "the incredibles" and "walle". Luckily, I am an Echinacea freak and haven't gotten sick yet. I hope everyone is doing great, hopefully we'll see you guys at Mark's birthday dinner. love, al

Jackson's pheasant hunt

Jackson's 1st pheasant hunt, he shot this pheasant with a pellet gun, he was pretty excited.

Tim wanted to post a video of the girls checking out their new kitchen from grandma, he set it up as soon as we got home (it took 3 hours to put together). They LOVE it!! he made a video of when they first walked in the room and were so excited to see it, but it was too long to post on the blog. they immediately went to cooking all the different foods from Marnie (which are amazing in and of themselves). Thank you so much grandma for such an awesome gift, it is their favorite by far!!

Family Pic..

so, tim and i tried to do a family pic by using the timer on our camera. it was our first time doing it with kids and only one turned out semi good. we hope everyone is having a safe holiday season with all the crazy weather! i'm super pumped about christmas morning with my girls this year. sue, i really hope you guys can make it. tim and i have gotten stranded twice at different airports while traveling during christmas, luckily your flight is straight through. we love you all, al

CRAZY SNOW!!

seriously,  I look at the pic from Hawaii and then look out my window!!  NEED TO GO BACK!!  Crazy snow>!! don't want to leave my house!!  I talked to Ma, she said Sue was getting snow and I can only imagine Lar's snowfall!!  Logan always gets dumped on!!  Holy Crap!! Hope we can all get together in a few days!!  Feel like I am in a cave!! 

Mern

Happy Holidays from the Rawle's

Just a few photos from some of our holiday festivities.  We took the kids to temple square and a jazz game.  Aiden got a jazz jersey and ended up getting put up on the JumboTron while he was dancing.  Pretty cute.  He hasn't wanted to take off his "basketball clothes" since we came home.  He has worn them under everything and strips down to them as soon as we walk in the door.  He is practicing his basketball skills.  The picture of him with the nose was at his preschool christmas program.  Again pretty cute!!  The nose flashed and he was pissed he had to wear it.  Finally, we were so lucky to have the real Santa visit us.  Todd had been threatening to call him, cuz several children were not being very nice.  Lo and behold, he showed up and gave the kids a good talking too.  I so wished I had a camera on Aiden when he opened the door to this guy.  Eyes the size of golf balls.  They were so excited after Santa came to visit.  I took pic s of the other kids, but yeah, not quite so exciting.  These are the few and rare moments of the season that I enjoy.  (shopping, parties, programs, gimmee, gimmee, gimmee, not so much)!!  We did have fun at the Babbel family party. (good job MOM) and at the Check City party (yeah Al and Tim won a $1000 bucks) but overall, the holidays are a lot of work!!!  I am excited to have Sue and Dave for the holidays and love you all!  Happy Holidays.

Portland Precip.

Today we woke up to several inches of snow... and it's still snowing. Dave is trying to parlay this into missing a faculty meeting tomorrow. Check out our cardboard box and trashbag sled - it may soon double as our new house.

Let It Snow

the girls have a new found love for the snow. they walk around and throw snow at the dog or eat it off the lawn chairs. on monday, while i was at work, tim built a little snowman with them and i couldn't resist taking a picture.