More highlights from this year- skiing!

This past winter Duane fulfilled a life long dream of teaching his kids how to snow ski (2 of them). My Dad came along to help (first 2 pictures) and they had a blast! This is on the first trip where they were learning. After a couple more times going Audrey and Annelise are now great skiers and can go down green and some blue runs without any help! I was at home dealing with the gassy newborn ...but I hope to go this next year!

They did get tired

Sea World and the beach

Audrey, Annelise and Duane went on the rapids ride and and were completely soaked. This was right after so they were a little chilly.

We found a beach with some great climbing trees
and a park facing the ocean

We have a strange black dot on our camera and don't know why!!

An actual posting from the Dana's!

It's hard to believe a year has flown by! At the same time it seems like so much has happened since I last posted. The most exciting thing that happened was the birth of our 4th girl Whitney Lael on Dec. 17, 2009. We came up with her name a few weeks before delivery. The name Whitney was chosen partly due to the fact that mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevadas is the tallest mountain in the US (not counting Alaska). We love the Sierra Nevadas and my Dad has climbed to the top of Mount Whitney. Duane and I love hiking (we hiked Camelback on our 3rd date and our first kiss was on top a ASU's "A" mountain). Lael is my Aunts name and means "of God". She had a fast delivery as did the others (Annelise holds the record at 15 minutes from time of arrival to the hospital) and was 6 lbs. 15 oz., 19 inches long. Our heaviest but shortest baby! I am soaking up every second with her...and the other girls are loving being little mommy's. She is now 6 months old!

Once I remember how to get these pictures in the right layout I will be posting other highlights from this year.