Kinect

So as a treat  for sommer and myself we went and got this new add on for the Xbox called Kinect.  

Its a 3d camera that tracks your body and uses your body as a controller.  We bought a game to go with our Kinect called Dance central.  Its a mix between a game called dance dance revolution that was a huge hit 8 years ago and a newer game called rock band.  It uses the Kinect to make sure you are doing the dance correctly.

Sommer really likes it and uses it to workout.  We both have a lot of fun with it.

In this picture you can see the flash cards on the side give you a general idea on what the next dance move is.

First Day of Snowboarding!

Last winter we lived in Park City, UT. US capital of snowboarding, and how many times did we go? Twice. Actually I only went once. So this year is "our" year. Our first day was last Saturday. It had snowed a foot the day before, and man did our legs feel it!

 Targhee might be a smaller mountain, but you can't deny the snow & the view (when you can see it).

This kid totally thought I was a creeper.... but he was riding the same board as Julie. There aren't many luchador flavored snowboards out there; I had to take a picture. I yelled up to him the reason why I was being so creepy. 

 This is my new favorite run at Targhee, on our first way down Chris found a good hole to get stuck in too! With that much snow it is hard to get out. I thought it was funny all I could see was his head!

We teach 6&7 year olds in primary. We thought it might be a good tactic to make movies of us to show them, that way they could see we think about them during the week (plus we were hoping they'd think we were cool and listen to us).

I had a lot of fun with my favorite snowboard buddy (slash favorite overall obviously!) We are excited to have a fun snowboard-filled winter.

Home Improvement

All the work Sommer has been doing on our home has brought back fun memories of this TV show.  We've been doing it the right way though.  Sommer and her dad first worked on putting a beam on the ceiling between the kitchen and the living room.  Here are some pics of that.

So we have a nice beam that helps separate our two rooms and it definately adds a nice touch to our place.

And all done! Looks awesome!

Sommer's next and current project is our laundry room.  Her goal was to add more storage and give it a better color.  So far she has the shelf up and most of it painted...we might have picked a color that was a bit too bright for us though.

Tahdah!

She also made a sweet fitted table cloth for our table. And here are the canned lights we put in to replace our kitchen shop light.

Isn't she amazing?