The USU Rindy's

Well hello from the northern part of Utah.  Kassidy, Tinley and myself are doing great.  This past week we were able to take mom and dad and go visit hardware ranch.  During the winter the elk come down from the mountain and graze in the meadows.  At the ranch they have sleighs and horses that take you around to see the elk.  Tinley had fun in the beginning but she got bored and quickly fell asleep. I am still going strong at the whole school thing.  Hopefully I am getting closer and not further away from my degree.  I am still working at Sprinkler Supply and its a great job. I work about 15 hours a week with my full school schedule.  Kassidy is loving her job at Great Clips and is enjoying the environment of cutting hair and all the fun that comes with it.  Kassidy just recently celebrated her 22nd birthday, and is loving her new gym pass and the amenities that come with it.  Tinley is a happy GROWING little girl.  She just had a check up the other day and she is now a whopping 19 lbs.  She is as healthy as any other child and she loves to show it.  Recently her first tooth has popped through her gums and she now has a small little white tooth coming in.  Tinley has mastered the rolling over part of life and is now trying to take on the sitting up and crawling.  She loves her little walker so much that she occasionally falls asleep.  All is well in Logan and we are tying to survive the cold weather.  If anybody wants a place to stay when they are up way north, our doors are always open.  It may be a small apartment but we love visitors.

Hiking..kayaking...makes you tired!

Well we succeeded in turning our kids into zombies just by exercise alone.  After church today we went kayaking and hiking....not bad...but throw in wind and makes for an exhausting time.   Then wind was unfortunately not on our side and was blowing into us on the way out....makes it cold and a little tricky to paddle.  But the hike was wonderful.  We climbed this hill/mountain that takes you down into a place called Ships Cove.  It is a bay that has a tanker or something like that sunk in it.  There had to be ten or fifteen seals playing in the water.  The kids enjoyed the hike...it was really easy and they loved seeing the seals...but then you have the hike back after all the climbing and playing...then the kayaking back...thank goodness it was easier this time.. but we were tired!

COUNT DOWN!

Hey everyone.  You only have ten days left...make it nine by the time any of you see this to participate in the challenge!!!

I got flowers today at work from one or some or all of my children.
I sure am the luckiest mother on earth.  Thank you to the person or persons
who did this act of kindness.  It is great being a mother 99% of the time.
the other percent is for calculated error.  You know you always have to have
a margin for error.  With my kids it is only 1% so I thank you from the bottom of
my heart.  I was pleasantly surprised and I love you all and your spouses and all
my 19 1/2 grandkids.  You are all great and very considerate!!!

TODAY IS KASSIDY'S BIRTHDAY.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL!!
GLAD YOU HAVE JOINED OUR FAMILY...GRATEFUL YOU ARE JUSTIN'S
ACCOMPLICE IN CRIME AND ESSPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SWEET LITTLE
DAUGHTER WHO IS OUR NEWEST GRANDCHILD.  LOV YA TINLEY
ONCE AGAIN.  HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KASSIDY.
WE LOVE YOU!!!

Pea-chicks....

my oh my...look at her ears...I would say she is related to some Rindlisbacher along the way after all.

The boys like to call Nia the Pink Ninja...and yes...she can be lethal.

Apparently whenever one of them put on their black thermals they all become ninja's. 

And of course they cant just smile and say cheese.  Always have to mug for the camera...

A challenge

Now I know it can be challenging to keep your photos updated for families and friends...at least for us it can.  So here is a challenge for the new year for us all.  This will do two things hopefully.  One we will all get to see updated and current photos of the kids.  Two we will start writing on the family blog again and everyone will stay in touch just a little more...

So the challenge for 2014 is...can you do at least one post and do one entry of current photos of your kids and or family once a month?  Let see who can do this...and the winner in December will get....hmmm a gift card for an amount that will be decided at a later date...deal?

Ready, set, go!  21 more days for January!