2010 Savik Family Pictures

While we were up in Utah for Thanksgiving, Dacia Durbin (Berezay), came and snapped these pictures for us -- what a huge task for such a large family! It was great to see her and she did a wonderful job!

First Snow Day!

This was our first real snow day in Flagstaff! We have two huge artificial turf fields right next to the house so I figured that would be the best place to go play in the snow and make a snowman. We are so lucky to live right next to friends who can come play with us. Kristen and Keegan came to play in the snow with us and a new family we have met in our ward, the Larson's. The Larson's have two little girls who Makenna just adores -- her first real girlfriends! They also have a little boy that is the exact same age as Hollis. The first thing Makenna did when we got to the fields was eating the snow and it wasn't too long before Hollis figured it out as well. Once Hollis figured out how to eat the snow, that was all he did. He especially loved sucking on the snowman which wasn't so great because it was covered in the artificial turf -- had to clean out his mouth several times. Makenna was taught how to make a snow angel from the other little girls there and Kristen taught her how to make snowballs and throw them. We finished our day off by making a snowman and the girls decided the snowman needed a bow on its head. It was a fun day with the kids!

Family Pics in Flagstaff

So we met a great family in our ward and, Jen, just happens to take pictures. She use to do them professionally but now takes them as a hobby -- how lucky we are! She was so good with the kids and they just loved her! Now I just have to figure out how to repay her.

October 2010 Utah Trip

Makenna, Hollis and Jerrilyn had a great time in Utah. The family showed us a good time -- we went to the pumpkin patch where the kids got to check out the little petting zoo -- they even had a kangaroo! There was also a hay maze there that the kids had tons of fun playing in. After they picked out their pumpkins we went home a carved them. Then, one day, we took the kids to the park and Elle fell of the playground equipment and she seemed pretty bad to Jen and I took her to the E.R. where she got lots of attention and she was loving every minute of it. She kept grabbing her back and insisted that she couldn't stand or it would hurt -- she even had x-rays! Everything seemed to check out fine and then when we got back in the car to go home Elle was standing up and having a good time -- she played us all -- Jen, I and all the doctors! I am sure she was hurting but just not to the extent that she made us all believe -- it was very funny!