Jones Boys

These are a few pictures of what Cole and Brock have been up to lately.

Cole in his letter jacket that was a birthday present (Dec. 4) but arrived after Christmas.

Cole and Grandpa George.

Elaine & Dad.

Brock and his buddies playing basketball in a Bountiful rec. league.

Ski Day

McKenzie and I went skiing/snowboarding at Wolf Mountain (aka Nordic Valley). Great snow, no crowds and even better price!!! Snowbasin is my all time favorite but this was perfect for McKenzie as she is still not very experienced at snowboarding. We had a ton of fun mother/daughter time!!!!

Liberty and the valley sure has changed and as we rode up the chairlift I could pick out the farm, the ponderosa pines I helped dad plant so many, many years ago, the barn, the Shaw's place and the "loop". I think had there been Barney Boy, Trixie, Smokey, Hadji or even Melodie over there I'd have given up skiing that day to go for a ride. Those were certainly great times!!! What an awesome childhood we "Six Big Handy Kids" had!!!

Anne swooshing down the mtn.

McKenzie carving down the slope.

Jones December

We had a great Christmas and really loved spending time with family and friends. The kids had a long 2 week break and now are groaning about school starting.

McKenzie finished up her Associates degree at SLCC this past semester. She's taking a couple of classes there this semester to finish up the pre-requisites for nursing school. She will apply this month at Weber State. She's still deciding - the Ogden campus or the Utah State extension campus.

Cole is playing basketball at Viewmont High School. They haven't had a great pre-season and start region next week. Hopefully they can start playing a little more consistant. He took an elbow to the forehead right before Thanksgiving that required 13 stitches. He was pretty excited to find out he made the 2nd team all-state football team in Salt Lake Tribune and honorable mention in the Deseret News.

Brock is going to play in the 8th grade Jr. Jazz basketball league with a bunch of his friends. He has grown like crazy this year - about 5 inches. Raymond always measures the kids on January 1st and he is now 5'11 3/4 ". McKenzie is now the ''shortest" in the family and it won't be long until he passes me too! Brock has a ton of friends. He gets the most phone calls at our house and is constantly being invited to some activity or to someone's house.
We're looking forward to the new year and hope NOT to visit the doctor so much this year. Hope everyone has a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!