2 MONTH BLOGGING HIATUS - SORRY !!!

This little shot of Micah is of her hanging out of the window holding onto the satellite dish we were attempting to remove from our house in Sachsen, Germany. It was a bit of an adventure as the dish was mounted about 10' off the ground and the ground was sloped such that Ryan was standing atop a ladder that had bags of grass holding up one side. We were thinking one of us would sustain broken bones, but we were victorious.

Oakley is learning the value of electronic

activities while traveling at a young age.

Her older brother Kobe is considered

a professional at this stage.

A day into our trip to Utah for the holidays, Kobe

got so sick that he started throwing up blood.

This gave us an opportunity to visit one of

Ryan's favorite hang-outs =

North Davis Medical Center!!!

Thankfully we only spent 1 day there.

Eric and Ryan tried to practice a little
photography during the trip.

Thanks to a friend, we had the help of
a NICE large lens.

One evening all of the Topham siblings, whith their associated families, went to temple square to check out the lights. It was very cold and crowded, but successful.

Ryan's friend Blaine invited a few of us to shoot clay pigeons with him in West Kaysville. We had a good time shooting a variety of shotguns and cameras.

After about 5 attempts I connected with
this "shot" and was able to capture
a round at impact.

At the annual Christmas Eve Celebration, there were a variety of events (from singing to slaying) ha ha... Anywho, here were a few photos of the event we liked.

I guess I didn't take as many photos on Christmas day as I had thought.

Either that or I lost them? Here are 2.

One event that everyone who participated in liked was the trip down to a climbing gym in South Salt Lake. Thanks to "the Scott's" we were hooked up with free passes, and really enjoyed getting on the rope again - YEEEHAAAA!

I know this is a little hard to see, but this is the view from my parents back yard in St. George

Well, this is the completed product of our house the night Ryan arrived in Bama, and the day before the rest of the fam arrived and we started occupying it. We will post the changes once we unpack so you can get the more homely feel. We are happy with it, and hope you all have an opportunity to come visit in the near future.

We lucked out and got a free jetted tub. Ryan and the kids

Use it quite often, just not necessarily at the same time

or in the same manner.

One night while the womenfolk were out doing their thing, Tory and Ryan decided to

do a little babysitting "our way". I think we all had a good time, and as you can see, the flames were as tall as the adults.