Christmas in Idaho

As you may have heard, Winter has come to the Desert. Complete with a snow day for the kids. We had a little tasteof snow on Monday and then Wednesday it snowed all day. Some areas got
8 inches of snow. Unfortunately it started raining before
the kids could play in all the snow but there was a little
left at the park. This is the first snow day in 30
years in Vegas. Apparently the county only has
4 snow plows(for the mountains). It was quite the event!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like........Vegas?? Yes we had snow today- CRAZY!!!! apparently it is the first time in 2 years that it has snowed. No snow day for the kids though. The Kids Loved it anyway!! PS ignore the commentary on the video(I was talking on the phone and filming Brooklyn) I am such a multitasker!!

We went to Red Rock Canyon(not Casino) to try and get some festive holiday pictures. Ha HA Ha. It was Dec 6th at 4:oo pm and we were in t-shirts- Crazy!!!! Todd and Taylor climbed to the top of the mountain, when Paige saw them she freaked- " GET DOWN RIGHT NOW" My little Paige is VERY afraid of heights. The kids had a good time climbing all over the rocks and being outside!

So it was our first holiday in Las Vegas, and true to Romriell tradition we were running late-(grandma and grandpa were coming) All Romriells were scurrying about trying to cook dinner, clean the house and chase the children. In the spirit of multi-tasking Paige was placed in the tub to wash one layer of dirt off, Taylor was playing Playstation, Brooklyn and Jill went to Wal-mart for soap and other forgotten Items. About halfway down the soap isle I got a frantic call to come home"RIGHT NOW" it seems that as Todd was cleaning it started raining in the kitchen through the lights (yes those lights in the picture)-, not from the clouds but from Paiges "swimming pool" After mopping up about 2 inches of water we enjoyed a lovely thanksgiving feast to the sound of drip drip drip on the tile in the kitchen-yes the "rain" continued for a while!!!! We did have a good time with grandma and papa, and drug them all over Las Vegas!!! However typical Jill forgot the camera-all well!!!

Taylor was given a "superhero" award at his school!! This award is given to students who exhibit "heroic" qualities, and they are nominated by fellow students and teachers. It was quite the ceremony the principal was in a tux and they had the "Scintas" come and perform. They have a show on the strip(that is who Taylor is standing next to) He has adjusted well to his new school!!!!