It Snowed HARD!

It snowed hard the night after we went saucering...so the adults let us get out of bed for a few minutes to check it out. I had to bring my new friend Melody (the Barbie), she loved it too!


I think the older kids were considering jumping in the hot tub...not me! That sounds CRAZY!

Once the kiddos were tucked back in the beds, the adults decided to have some fun. They "borrowed" our saucers and slid down the really steep street. Not so safe! Here's Daddy stuck in a ditch...

Here's Nana and Aunt Misty heading towards the dumpster...

And, here is a random pic of the snow on the deck.

Ski Trip- Day Two

Here I am doing a little arts and crafts time with my cousins, Ally and Hailey. Don't you love the matching Tinkerbell pjs?!?! I sure do, actually I am wearing them RIGHT NOW!


We headed up the mountain to Ski Apache to have some fun in our saucers...it was fun! Whoa Daddy...not so hard!

The big kids climbed up the side of the mountain to do some really scary saucering...

Here I am on the way back down the mountian...don't you love my Barbie hat...I sure do!

And, here I am posing in some of my warmer clothes. It snowed A LOT while we were on our trip...so the warm clothes were very necessary!

Christmas Day

After a very long drive (13 hours), we finally made it to New Mexico at about 10 am Christmas Morning. Just in time to notice that Santa had stopped by and to get a short rest in before the fun of the day began.

We headed out to the carnival at the base of the mountain to enjoy some tubing and rides. And, just as we got out of the car, it started SNOWING! It was great! White Christmas!

Here I am riding the carousel with my Nana...


This is me crammed into my stroller just as we arrived. I was still sort of sleepy...but jolted right up when I saw the fun that lay ahead...

(Blogger is driving me crazy by putting my pics in all crazy!) So, this is me at the bottom of the tubing hill...obviously I loved it!

I am so ready, Daddy!

This was just before the first tubing experience...a little nervous...but, as you saw above, I loved it!

Mom is a Bum

We had tons of family time this holiday season. However, Mommy was so overwhelmed with getting everything done that she did not get as many pictures as she would have liked. So, we do not have pics of me with all of my grandparents and of me opening my gifts. So, sorry to all of you out there who did not make the pics. Blame Mommy!

Additionally, stayed tuned for pics from our ski trip. Mommy needs to get me in the tub...so she will finish up tomorrow...if there's time.

Back to school!

Christmas Eve

Here I am with some of my cousins on Christmas Eve. Austin is holding Sophia, then Dani, then Jack holding Nick, and then me and Anna on the front row.


Nick doesn't get much blog time...so here is a pic of the big guy! He is such a good baby!

Here I am with my Dora candy...oh yea!

And, another winner of a gift from my cousin Nick. He got me dress up clothes....WOOHOO!!!

White Elephant

We had our annual Aust Family White Elephant at Diva and Gringo's house. It was so fun, as usual!

Here I am opening one of my gifts...


And, here I am cooking some yummy food! (Goldfish!)

(Blogger keeps posting my pics out of order...AHAHAH!) Here I am getting another Barbie...I love these dolls! Which is such a mystery to my Mommy.

And, here is one of the generations of Aust cousins. Daddy and Aunt Nikki and their cousins...there are more of them. But, these are the ones who made it.

Our Little Christmas

Because of our travels, Santa made an early visit to our house. Katie got quite a few cool toys, but her favorites were the Melody Barbie and her backpack on wheels, Princess of course!