Playin' in the snow

We decided to take advantage of having this much snow (it's been a while since we have had this much around here.) So I took the boys and Kyla up to spend the night with my parents and we went sledding at their house with Kim, Jack and Debbie. My parents have 80 acres, so there were several hills that worked great for sledding. We had a blast!


Wow! That's some major air Hunter catches on the jump we made.


Colton catches some air on this one!

Yum..fresh snow!

Colton gets a ride behind the 4-wheeler.

Jack had to work hard to get the 4-wheeler out of the pasture after the snow had been melting all day.

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas to all our friends and family!!! This has been a very special Christmas for the Fagan clan. The boys will be spending next Christmas in Virginia with their mom and stepdad, so we tried to make this a special time for the three kids to be together. We decorated the house and tree on December 1st. Hunter, Colton and I also spent many evenings reading The Paperbag Christmas together. This was a wonderful Christmas story about two boys who are Hunter and Colton's ages. I think it was a wonderful way to help us all to remember the true meaning of Christmas.

We spent Christmas Eve with Craig's family. We had a wonderful prime rib dinner and opened presents. When we went outside to leave at about 9:00 pm, we were greeted with blizzard-like conditions. We definitely had a white Christmas this year!



After returning home from Grandma and Grandpa Fagan's house, we carried on the "Knutson Family Tradition" of opening presents on Christmas Eve. (The boys are very pleased to carry on that tradition!)

On Christmas day we had my family over to our house for another prime rib dinner. You can really never have too much prime rib, right??? ;-) Craig did a fabulous job with the meat! We also played a little pinochle, which is another Knutson tradition. Now I need to teach Craig, Hunter and Colton so we can carry it on. :-)


This has been a wonderful holiday season for our family. We feel so blessed! We wish all of our friends and family health and prosperity in 2009!

Making Gingerbread Houses...

Colton's 4th grade class made gingerbread houses, which I volunteered to help out with. We had lots of fun. I learned from helping Hunter when he was in 4th grade that it is very important to use lots of frosting (to keep the house from collapsing.) Our group had some great houses, and none collapsed!

Happy Birthday, Colton!

Colton is now in the double-digits! Yep, the big 1-0...crazy how time flies. This year, Colton had a sleepover and party at his mom's house, then the next day came back to our house for a 2nd party. So when his birtday rolled around Tuesday, he was whining that it was "just another ordinary day." Poor child...so abused. Heaven forbid there not be a firework display in honor of his birthday!

Colton got a punching bag and gloves from us...it's what he wanted.





Notice Colton's "shiner" - he had a collision with another kid during dodgeball at school. It's almost healed now though.

Hunter's Band Recital

Here is a short video from Hunter's band recital...not the greatest quality - I just took it on my camera. You'll need to scroll to the bottom and pause my music first. Notice the girl on the left...she was pretty comical. I am thinking that is where the whistling noise was coming from...it couldn't have been Hunter. ;-)

Fall Photo Shoot

I thought I'd throw in a slideshow of our most recent photo shoot. My friend, Amber Fischer, who is beginning her photography business took them. I think she did an amazing job! If anyone is interested in her work, check out her blog (just click on Amber Photography under my Family and Friends on the right.) I wish Kyla would have been more cooperative...as usual...but I have come to expect her freak-outs during pictures. It's a good thing she's cute! ;-)