Saturday, December 27, 2008

Family Fun

Because we have been so busy with the Draper Arts Councils production of "Christmas Without Mr. C" we haven't been able to enjoy a lot of the family fun that comes along with the Christmas season. We were finally able to enjoy some of the as we slowed down to celebrate Christmas.


First of all it was Ethan's first Christmas. He enjoyed the wrapping of his big brother and sisters gifts more than he enjoyed the gifts he actually got, but he was still fun to watch.

We had plenty to be grateful for this year, and most of that came from the fact that we are all happy and healthy.

After spending Christmas going from our house to Ryan's parents house to my parents house it was nice to get into bed early and relax.

Yesterday morning we got up to some great snow and so we deiced to take the kids sledding.


My pictures are a little bright, but you get the idea. The empty white space in the middle of Sheldon and Ryan is actually Allie. She has a white snow suit and gets lost in the snow.

Cute Allie after her first trip down the hill



Finally today was the annual Hoskins' Family Party. We go ice skating every year. Every other year I can actually ice skate, but Ryan was playing broom hockey when I finally got the kids fed and was able to get out on the ice, so there aren't any pictures of me. I really did skate, I promise.


Ethan just loving the idea of being the center of attention with all the adults around


Allie skating by herself pushing the bucket. She did however get a private lesson with Ryan's cousins wife who teaches skating for a living.

And Sheldon proving that he is big and can do everything by himself.

All and all we have had a wonderful couple of days as a family. We are very grateful that we could spend some quality time together. If makes you see what is really important.

As for the questions about my previous post. Yes we are moving. Due to some financial issues we are moving in with my parents for a few months. Hopefully things will start going a little better for us and it won't be fore to long. We will be moving in the middle of January.

Friday, December 12, 2008

Sorry

Okay, so I haven't been the best blogger as of late. We have been very busy with the play, trying to get things ready so we can move and just being a busy family of 5. I have thought so many time that I need to blog, but life just gets in the way and things start to fall apart. The Hoskins family is a bunch of very tired people who have very little time that isn't taken up by something. I think however that in a week things will slow down and I will be able to share all of the craziness that we have been so busy with.
Stay tuned!